To keep the peace, South Korea’s Lee must prepare for war

When a South Korean soldier stepped on a land mine in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on September 21, it might have been taken as a grim reminder of a war that never formally ended. Instead, the explosion has revealed something more unsettling: the Korean Peninsula’s old security order is shifting, even as Seoul tries to […] The post To keep the peace, South Korea’s Lee must prepare for war…

asiatimes.com ·2026-10-01

To keep the peace, South Korea’s Lee must prepare for war

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