Cross-strait tensions a global issue: Yoon Suk-yeol‘ABSOLUTELY OPPOSE’: Tensions across the Taiwan Strait have risen because of the attempts to alter the ‘status quo’ by force, the South Korean leader saidReuters, SEOULTensions across the Taiwan Strait concern not only countries in the region, but the whole world, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said, adding that Seoul is opposed to changing the cross-strait “status quo” by force. “The Taiwan issue is not simply an issue between China and Taiwan, but, like the issue of North Korea, it is a global issue,” Yoon said in an interview with Reuters on Tuesday ahead of his state visit to the US next week. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is pictured during an interview with Reuters at the Presidential Office in Seoul on Tuesday. Yoon said his government has been exploring how to help defend and rebuild Ukraine, just as South Korea received international assistance during the 1950-1953 Korean War. Yoon said he is open to peace talks, but opposes any “surprise” summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to “show off” to voters out of domestic political interests.

Source: Taipei Times April 19, 2023 21:50 UTC