South Korean President Moon Jae-in said his country will not participate in the U.S.-led diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, given that South Korea requires China’s help to “enable denuclearization” on the Korean Peninsula. “We have not received a request from any other country, including the United States, to participate in a diplomatic boycott. We are not considering a boycott measure,” Moon told reporters after a summit with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday. The diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics was first led by the United States in protest of the Chinese regime’s “ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Xinjiang,” followed by Australia, the UK, Canada, Lithuania, and New Zealand. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said China would take “resolute countermeasures” against the United States over the boycott effort, though he did not specify more on the countermeasures. Moon said that while South Korea …
South Korea Says No Diplomatic Boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics
December 13, 2021
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