“Only a strong security posture can prevent miscalculations
There is no such thing as free peace”,
President Yoon visiting the Ground Operations Command in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province on the 21st, encouraging Korean-American troops participating in the joint military training ‘Exercise Freedom Guardian’ (UFS). Provided by the Blue House,
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, ‘President Yoon visited the Ground Operations Command on the 21st and said, “Every soldier must be armed with the belief to protect the lives, safety, and democratic system of our people,” while emphasizing, “We must make the North Korean regime, which dreams of unification through absorption and eyes South Korea covetously, clearly recognize that ‘aggression means the end of the regime.'”‘,
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, ‘On this day, President Yoon visited the Ground Operations Command in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province to check the military readiness and exercise situations in conjunction with the South Korea-U.S. joint exercise ‘Exercise Freedom Guardian’ (UFS), according to spokesperson Jeong Hyejeon at a written briefing. This was the first visit by the commander-in-chief of the armed forces since the establishment of the Ground Operations Command, which commands and controls over half of the military’s 250,000 troops, in 2019.’,
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, ‘President Yoon emphasized, “The North Korean regime is the most irrational group on Earth that can engage in provocation at any time,” and stressed, “Only our military’s strong security posture can prevent their miscalculations.” He then said, “The UFS exercise is important for checking the national total war readiness posture and strengthening the joint defense posture to realize ‘peace through strength’,” and appealed, “To deal with complex provocation situations, government ministries should closely cooperate to firmly strengthen the national total war readiness posture.”‘,
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, ‘Upon arriving at the command post, President Yoon wrote in the guestbook, ‘At the forefront of the battlefield, the vanguard of unification! I am proud and reassured by all the troops in the Ground Operations Command’ and visited the Combat Operations Center located underground to receive a report on the exercise situation from Commander Son Sik. President Yoon encouraged over 70 Korean-American troops participating in the exercise by shaking hands with each one individually inside the operational room. After taking a commemorative photo with the troops, President Yoon emphasized, “Peace is always given when preparing and being ready for war,” and stressed, “There is no such thing as free peace.”‘,
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, ‘During his visit to the National Crisis Management Headquarters, President Yoon said, “In the early stages of a war outbreak, the suppression of artillery positions and missile bases is the most important,” and called for an overwhelming firepower readiness posture. On this day, the National Security Council conducted the first civil-military real-life cyber crisis response integrated training where citizens and private companies participated in the U.S. exercise.\n’