South Korea Joins NATO Cyber Group
South Korea joins NATO cyber group, China said, ‘If it does not agree, it will be like Ukraine’.
South Korea is the first Asian country to join NATO’s Cooperative Cyber Defense Center (CCDCOE).
Chinese campaigner Hu Jijin tweeted threatening Seoul, “If South Korea takes a hostile path against its neighbors, the end of this path may be Ukraine.
Hu Jijin is China’s most famous campaigner on the global stage.
As NK Pro reports, ‘Russia, Ukraine’s neighbor, launched a “special operation” in the country on 24 February after Moscow accused Kyiv of being hostile towards its neighbors.
However, this year’s NATO summit in Madrid is meant to establish a network of like-minded alliances and partnerships spanning the trans-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific regions.
South Korea joins NATO cyber group: Threatening to invade South Korea will not improve China’s image, NK Pro reports.
At the same time, China finds it difficult to use Ukraine’s blueprint to attack South Korea as it may have to pay a heavy price militarily, economically, and diplomatically.
It is unclear whether Hu is suggesting China, which is South Korea’s neighbor to the west, is ready to invade the Korean peninsula if Seoul joins international organizations.
China is treading cautiously amid strong opposition from the US and its allies. To find out how the Western bloc would react in the event of an attack on Taiwan.
South Korea joins NATO cyber group: South Korea has a mutual defense treaty with the US, and 28,500 US troops are stationed on the peninsula.
Beijing is well aware of the consequences and damage if China takes direct military action against South Korea. Hence this type of threat has been reported.
In addition, Chinese President Xi Jinping has allowed military operations outside China’s borders in the backdrop of Beijing’s assertiveness in the Trans-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific regions.
