The expression that only President Moon fell into’dreams’
It is necessary to escape from the report of’Nothing Great Party
New government, it’s natural to plan a new strategy
White House spokesman Jen Saki answers reporters’ questions at a press briefing on the 22nd (local time). Washington/AP Yonhap News
The media commentary on the field of diplomacy and security often thinks that it is an area where’Nothing’s Great Party’ is allowed. In the case of domestic issues, follow-up measures for inaccurate reporting are relatively clear, but in the field of diplomacy and security where confidentiality is important, the authorities often refrain from responding to clear misinformation. In particular, when it reaches the field of interpretation of foreign foreign and security policies, the degree of interpretation becomes even more severe, and interpretations of the same text are often diverged in opposite directions. Since the US and Japan governments will never make a’protest call’ to the interpretation of the Korean reporter’s willingness, this’Nothing’s Great Party’ structure continues. This idea was solidified after a new White House spokesman, Jen Saki, confirmed the interpretation of the conservative media on the 25th of the’new strategy’ mentioned at a press conference on the 23rd. In an editorial, the Biden administration said, “It is the first time that the Biden administration has mentioned a’new strategy’ toward North Korea.” This is “a formalization of the Biden administration’s clearing of Trump policy that North Korea policy is no exception.” The administration declared its position on the North Korean nuclear program two days after its inauguration. In other words, it means that the Moon Jae-in administration alone is dreaming of abandoning the Trump administration’s policy toward North Korea and devising a’new strategy’. However, is it so much fuss about this remark? The live interview on this day can be checked through a 61 minute 42 second video posted on YouTube’s White House account. At the interview that started at 1:3 pm, the related question came up at the very end. A man, who appears to be a Japanese journalist sitting in the back of the White House briefing room, first asked the White House’s view of the possibility of hosting the “Tokyo Olympics,” and then moved the subject to the Indo-Pacific policy of the Biden administration. After confirming the second question, “Are you asking about the policy toward Japan related to North Korea?” Saki said, “We will introduce a new policy that protects the alliance with the Americans,” presuming that “the North Korean nuclear and ballistic missiles are a serious threat.” “We will closely consult with Japan and Korea in the process of thorough policy review.” These remarks, in fact, are merely remarks by Saki’s’in his own language’ of the remarks made during the Senate approval hearing on the 19th by Secretary of State Tony Blincoln. Nominee Blincoln said, “We will review our approach to North Korea and policies, and we will discuss all measures with Korea and Japan in this process.” He said he would then look at “whether it would be effective to intensify pressure to get North Korea to come to the negotiating table, or if other diplomatic approaches are possible.” The strategy that the US draws out through policy review is a’new strategy’, not a’old strategy’ that has previously failed. Although some friction is expected in the process of policy coordination between Korea and the United States, it is the same for each other that there is no clear answer to the problem of the North Korean nuclear issue. It is not only to claim what is to be claimed and to accept what is to be accepted, and it is not a thing to be intimidated by a word of’new strategy’. By Gil Yoon-hyung, staff reporter [email protected]