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The Diplomat (2 May 2023)

Anna Dawes and Manseok Lee

The establishment of the NCG represents a timely and measured response to changing domestic situations in South Korea as well as the growing nuclear threat from North Korea.

During South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s state visit to Washington honoring the 70th anniversary of the alliance between the United States and South Korea, he and U.S. President Joe Biden announced the Washington Declaration. This announcement paves the way for creating a Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG) between the two governments, modeled on nuclear consultative mechanisms within NATO. Through the NCG, the two allies would collaborate on the planning and execution of responses to potential nuclear use by North Korea.

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