{"id":138048,"date":"2023-09-18T19:37:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T19:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/09\/18\/south-koreas-president-nominates-new-defense-minister\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T16:17:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:17:29","slug":"south-koreas-president-nominates-new-defense-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2023\/09\/18\/south-koreas-president-nominates-new-defense-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea\u2019s president nominates new defense minister"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TOKYO \u2014 South Korean President Yoon Suk Yul has nominated lawmaker and retired Army Lt. Gen. Shin Won Sik as defense minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The nomination comes as North Korea <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2023\/08\/30\/north-korea-launches-ballistic-missiles-toward-the-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\">continues missile launch tests<\/a>, and its leader Kim Jong Un <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2023\/09\/13\/north-koreas-kim-vows-full-support-for-russia-at-summit-with-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\">visits Russia<\/a> to meet with his counterpart Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shin served in the military for 35 years, rising to lieutenant general before retiring in 2016. He was vice chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 2015 and led the Capital Defense Command from 2012 to 2013. He entered politics shortly after retiring from the military, and he now serves in the National Assembly as a member of the ruling People Power Party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe challenges to the internal security environment are very serious,\u201d Shin said in a speech as he was nominated for the position. \u201cIt is not enough that people live comfortably. If I become the minister of national defense, what will I do? I will do my best to make a soldier worthy of a soldier, and an army worthy of an army.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 65-year-old is regarded as a hardliner on North Korea policy. He has criticized South Korea\u2019s Sunshine Policy, which calls for engagement between the neighbors, in seminars and speeches held in local churches from 2017 to 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has also insisted on abolishing the inter-Korean deal, also known as the 9\/19 agreement, that saw the two Koreas pledge to make a joint military buffer zone. The agreement, Shin has said, creates \u201cmilitary vulnerabilities.\u201d His position remains unchanged, and he intends to review the agreement to provide supplementary changes \u201cin the shortest possible time,\u201d he told the press on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a lawmaker, Shin has criticized the Navy\u2019s 500 million won (U.S. $376,000) CVX aircraft carrier program and panned defense reforms initiated under President Moon Jae-in, which reduced the size of the military in favor of acquiring advanced fighter jets and destroyers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShin\u2019s perspective is that troop reductions could weaken deterrence against North Korea,\u201d according to defense analyst Ju Hyung Kim of Japan\u2019s National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As defense minister, Shin would likely \u201cadvocate [for] maintaining a significant number of ground troops and increase hardware facilities to support the Army in response to North Korea\u2019s provocations,\u201d Ju said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also last week, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/asia-pacific\/2023\/09\/13\/japan-gets-new-defense-minister\/\" target=\"_blank\">appointed Minoru Kihara<\/a> as the country\u2019s new defense minister. Kihara, a former national security adviser under the Abe and Suga administrations, is seasoned in Japan-Taiwan relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reshuffling in both countries may be part of efforts to align each other\u2019s defense capabilities after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/2023\/08\/18\/biden-brokers-new-defense-commitments-between-japan-south-korea\/\" target=\"_blank\">military agreements were brokered in Washington in August<\/a>, Ju said, given troop movements and coverage areas were not clearly defined amid talks between South Korea, Japan and the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUp to now, South Korea is not proactive,\u201d Ju said. \u201cNew appointments might enable forces in South Korea to expand its range of operations and define how South Korea can help, particularly in providing airfield logistical support.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan has steadily built its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/opinion\/commentary\/2020\/06\/26\/its-time-to-rethink-japans-missile-defenses\/\" target=\"_blank\">ballistic missile defense system<\/a> and plans to begin test production of medium-range surface-to-air missiles this year. South Korea has yet to expand its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/space-missile-defense\/2017\/08\/03\/politics-both-home-and-abroad-drive-south-korea-thaad-deployment\/\" target=\"_blank\">stalled due to local dissent<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOnce Japan has its long-range <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/asia-pacific\/2023\/08\/31\/japan-unveils-defense-budget-seeking-hypersonics-frigates-f-35s\/\" target=\"_blank\">hypersonic weapons<\/a> in the future, it will need to coordinate with South Korea,\u201d Ju said. \u201cIf South Korea does not align or clarify the division of labor, it will be a chaotic situation for South Korea.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The nomination comes as North Korea continues missile launch tests, and its leader Kim Jong Un visits Russia to meet with his counterpart Vladimir 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