The following is an article translated by Jae-sung Chung from a Korean version written by Dr. Jee Man-won.

The United States and North Korea (NK) drive hard against each other on a single track

Amidst the world’s widespread condemnation of NK’s continued nuclear threats, the United States has demonstrated its unparalleled military assets by deploying strategic bombers to the front lines. The serious consideration of a preemptive military option against North Korea appears to be skyrocketing within the US government and public.

On September 23, 2016, South Korea’s foreign minister, Yun Byung-se, in an address to the annual United Nations General Assembly, emphatically described North Korea as a habitual criminal and strongly insisted that the United Nations should reconsider whether North Korea is qualified for the UN membership. It was reported that many UN member countries agreed with minister Yun’s suggestion. On the contrary, in a defiant speech before the UN General Assembly, North Korea’s foreign minister, Ri Yong-ho vowed again to strengthen their nuclear forces. Ri Yong-ho emphasized that the nuclear power is a national goal of the DPRK and declared that NK will further strengthen their nuclear buildups to fight against US nuclear threats, as their right of self-defense.

I firmly believe that the United States will soon face a serious security threat if she continues to tolerate NK’s acts of intimidation. I assume that the United States will have no choice but to launch a preemptive strike on North Korea without notifying South Korea of its operational details, due to the unreliable security environment, in an effort to minimize South Korea’s losses. The United States forces will be mobilized as the main body and the ROKs as the supplementary force.

Any moment from now on, the United States may conduct a surprise electronic attack to paralyze the enemy’s command communication system and knock out electronic equipment. The North Korean regime will soon collapse afterwards, even without having attempted to launch a single fighter or to fire a single round from field guns, similar to the fall of the Hussein regime. As this is a significant matter of life and death for the United States and the Republic of Korea, we the people of South Korea must welcome such a decision by the US with open arms and overwhelming support. The communists and NK sympathizers placed in the South will probably respond with a frantic last-ditch resistance.