The regime in Pyongyang will never be allowed to keep developing its nuclear and missile arsenal, according to South Korean presidential security advisor Chung Eui-yong (pictured), who quoted chief of state Moon Jae-in. The National Security Council (NSC) met in Seoul on Sunday after what was apparently North Korea's first test of a hydrogen bomb and the sixth of a nuclear device in total.
Moon said he will discuss with the United States about the deployment of "the most powerful US tactical assets" in South Korea, Chung added. He also vowed the president will initiate the imposition of the strongest sanctions of the United Nations Security Council against North Korea to totally isolate it. The US has taken its nuclear weapons out of South Korea two and a half decades ago in accordance with an agreement between the two countries to refrain from developing the technology. Chung said Moon would soon speak to US President Donald Trump.
During the election campaign, Trump has signaled the US could agree its allies including South Korea can hold nuclear weapons.
