South Korea's President Yoon on Balancing Defense and Domestic Reforms

South Korea has been consistent in strengthening its defense posture against the threat from North Korea since the Korean War .

The reason that we are maintaining our defense posture and our readiness against North Korean provocation is to maintain peace.

North Korea's conventional capability is much inferior to that of the Korean military, he says.

Foreign policy and domestic reforms are two sides of the same coin: I'm trying to make our foreign policy and institutions meet the global standard.

Next year marks the 60th anniversary of the normalization of Korea - Japan relations in 1965 .

Korea and Japan share a common security interest when it comes to North Korea's nuclear and missile threat.

Korea , the U.S. and Japan to show a cooperative leadership to properly support our ASEAN partners.

The first lady of previous administrations has also been caught up in controversies.

President Moon Jae -in says he has no time to think about his approval rating or a midterm election, but should get things done within his presidency, within his tenure.

The gender divide between men and women is a consequence of Korea 's rapid industrial development, he says.