Former Moon aide claims S. Korea-US alliance is 'curse'

What happened: Moon Chung-in, a former adviser to former President Moon Jae-in, said at a Seoul National University panel that the South Korea-US alliance could prove "a curse, not a blessing" over the next 20 to 30 years. Key numbers: Remarks made Wednesday. Moon served as adviser from 2017 to 2021. Why it matters: Moon argued the US may see South Korea as an outpost for containing China, risking entanglement in US-China rivalry, and urged a shift to collective defense. Song Min-soon countered that the alliance is "neither a blessing nor a curse, but a reality.

Moon Chung-in, a former adviser to former President Moon Jae-in, said at a Seoul National University panel that the South Korea-US alliance could prove "a curse, not a blessing" over the next 20 to 30 years.

Moon argued the US may see South Korea as an outpost for containing China, risking entanglement in US-China rivalry, and urged a shift to collective defense. Song Min-soon countered that the alliance is "neither a blessing nor a curse, but a reality.