The following is the full text of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s address to the nation on New Year’s Day on Monday.
My fellow citizens, and 7 million overseas Koreans,
The year of the blue dragon has dawned. I wish everyone a Happy New Year.
What wish …
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President Yoon Suk Yeol said Monday that South Korea and the United States will complete a strengthened “extended deterrence” regime in the first half of 2024 to block North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats at its source.
Yoon made the remark in …
