MAINTENANCE – Seoul denounced “a de facto territorial invasion”, which is not the case in reality, observes researcher Pascal Dayez-Burgeon. But “the North Korean clown is very useful for everyone”, explains the former diplomat.
Pascal Dayez-Burgeon is a specialist on the Korean peninsula, a former French diplomat posted in Seoul and a CNRS mission manager.
The two Koreas exchanged missile fire on Wednesday: Pyongyang launched more than 10, one of which fell near South Korean territorial waters, prompting Seoul to retaliate with three air-to-surface missiles , South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol denouncing ade facto territorial invasion“.
LE FIGARO.- The South Korean army denounced a “very rare and intolerable” shooting. Are the latest firefights unprecedented?
Pascal DAYEZ-BURGEON.–These events, on the spot, are worrying, but in reality they are nothing new, they are even distressingly commonplace. Since the division of the two Koreas, and especially since the end of the 1970s, since South Korea gained the upper hand economically, the two countries have not ceased to confront each other. It is tragically commonplace. And very often, these confrontations occur on occasion…
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