Presidential hopeful Ahn Cheol-soo pledged to pursue a “nuclear weapons sharing” deal with the U.S. on Friday, although he said that this does not mean physically redeploying nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula.
The comments come as a series of North Korean cruise and ballistic missile tests have generated heated debate between top presidential candidates about how to deter such threats.
Presidential hopeful Ahn Cheol-soo pledged to pursue a “nuclear weapons sharing” deal with the U.S. on Friday, although he said that this does not mean physically redeploying nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula.
The comments come as a series of North Korean cruise and ballistic missile tests have generated heated debate between top presidential candidates about how to deter such threats.
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