Yoon says S. Korea, US to use overwhelming force, including nuclear weapons, in event of NK nuclear attack
U.S. President Joe Biden, right, and Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, hold a joint press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., April 26. EPA-Yonhap
South Korea and the United States agreed to take "swift, overwhelming and decisive" action using all of their military capabilities, including U.S. nuclear weapons, in the event of North Korea's nuclear attack, President Yoon Suk Yeol said Wednesday.
Yoon announced the agreement during a press conference following a summit with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House.
"South Korea and the United States agreed to immediately hold talks between their leaders in the event of North Korea's nuclear attack, and through them, promised to take swift, overwhelming and decisive action using all of the alliance's military capabilities, including U.S. nuclear weapons," he said at the White House Rose Garden. (Yonhap)
President Joe Biden, left, and Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol, right, review the troops with Col. David Rowland, commander of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, The Old Guard, during a State Arrival Ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, April 26. AP-Yonhap
U.S. President Joe Biden, right, meets with Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, April 26, in Washington, D.C. AP-Yonhap