[정치]North Korea presses South Korea-US policy toward North Korea…Kim Yeo-jung’s status still remains

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North Korea’s Vice-President Kim Yeo-jeong’s talk is noteworthy in that it came ahead of the first ROK-US authorities to coordinate policy toward North Korea after the inauguration of the Biden administration.

As the intention is to lead the US government’s appeasing policy toward North Korea through intense pressure on the Korean government, I am concerned about the North’s follow-up action.

Reporter Lee Kyo-jun.

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The fact that Labor Vice President Kim Yeo-jeong’s talk came a day ahead of the US Secretary of State and Defense Ministers’ visits to Korea is significant.

This is because this high-level meeting is the first time since the inauguration of the Biden administration, where both sides meet face-to-face to coordinate North Korea policies.

[양무진 / 북한대학원대학교 교수 : 2+2 한미 당국 회담을 앞두고 대화와 교류를 통한 협력의 길로 갈 것인지, 제재와 반인권을 통한 대결의 길로 갈 것인지 양자택일하라는 대남, 대미 압박의 의도가 담긴 것으로 분석합니다.]

In this regard, North Korea’s first official warning to the Biden administration was relatively low, and it is worth noting.

The intention is to adjust the level of response after watching the US government’s new line of policy toward North Korea.

Earlier, in the report of the 8th Labor Party Congress in January, Chairman Kim Jong-un repeatedly affirmed the principle of face-to-face response and urged the withdrawal of hostilities toward North Korea.

[북한 조선중앙TV : (보고는) 새로운 조미관계수립의 열쇠는 미국이 대조선 적대시 정책을 철회하는 데 있다고 하면서 앞으로도 강대강, 선대선의 원칙에서 미국을 상대할 것이라는 우리 당의 입장을 엄숙히 천명했습니다.]

The level of pressure on our government aimed at easing US sanctions against North Korea remains.

In response to the ROK-U.S. coalition training, we are concerned about the abolition of the Fatherland Peace and Unification Committee, which is an official dialogue window between the two Koreas.

North Korea bombed the South-North Joint Liaison Office three days after the Kim Yeo-jeong talk was released in June last year.

[정대진 / 아주대 통일연구소 교수 : 대남 압박을 통해서 내부 결속을 하고 남측에 대한 압박을 통해 남북관계 주도권을 쥐는 것은 그대로 쥐고 나가는, 비군사적 부분에 있어선 아마 조만간 이행을 하지 않을까…]

Vice Chairman Kim Yeo-jeong was lowered in his official position at the 8th Party Congress, but this time, he was on the front of the offensive against South Korea again, showing off his political status.

In the midst of the inter-Korean relations crunch, Kim Jong-un’s speech expresses the intention of continuing the villainous role that pressures the Korean government and the United States.

YTN Kyojun Lee[[email protected]]is.

[저작권자(c) YTN & YTN plus 무단전재 및 재배포 금지]