South Korea President Yoon Address to Congress
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On Thursday, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol addressed a joint Congress, urging the U.S. to support it against North Korea. Left-leaning articles highlight that Yoon praised the “synergy” between the U.S. and South Korea, while right-leaning articles highlight that Yoon invoked the words of former President Ronald Reagan in his address about escalating tensions with North Korea.
The Hill published a centrist article reporting that Yoon delivered remarks to a joint session of Congress on Thursday, urging the American legislative branch to support Seoul against potential North Korean aggression during a time of escalating tension. His address to Congress comes a day after President Joe Biden signed into law a significant commitment to deploy U.S. nuclear-armed submarines to the peninsula in response to North Korean aggression, specifically nuclear threats.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlighted that in his hour-long address to Congress, Yoon praised the “synergy” between the U.S. and South Korea, urged North Korea to cease its nuclear threats, and spoke on the threats to democracy that disinformation campaigns posed. Yoon, the third world leader to address Congress during Biden’s term, paid tribute to U.S. soldiers who died in the Korean War and reiterated South Korea’s commitment to aid Ukraine against Russia.
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlighted that in his delivery to Congress, Yoon invoked the words of former President Ronald Reagan when speaking about the tensions between South Korea and North Korea. He quoted from Reagan’s “A Time for Choosing Speech”: “There is a price we will not pay.” “There is a point beyond which they must not advance.” Yoon visits Congress amid escalating tensions between the Koreas, with North Korea claiming that U.S.-South Korea military drills are pushing the peninsula towards nuclear war.
From the left
South Korean president praises ‘synergy’ with U.S. in speech to Congress
Washington Post
From the right
South Korean president quotes Reagan to warn about Kim Jong Un in address to Congress
Fox News