At the time of the April 27 inter-Korean summit in 2018, whether or not to disclose the document contained in the USB that President Moon Jae-in handed to the North Korean State Council Chairman Kim Jong-un emerged as a topic of politics. On the 1st, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy released an internal document that was the source of the suspicion of the North Korean nuclear power plant (the’plan to promote nuclear power plant construction in North Korea’), but rather, the power of the people who insisted on a state affairs investigation and special prosecution. It is because the level of pressure is increasing, saying, “Please cancel the agreement on the substance of the document” (Spokesman Eun-hye Kim).
![President Moon Jae-in (second from right) and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (second from left) sign the Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification on the Korean Peninsula at the inter-Korean summit on April 27, 2018. The left is Chairman Kim's younger brother, Kim Yeo-jeong, the first vice president of the Labor Party, and the right is Cho Han-gi, then the Blue House Protocol Secretary. [청와대사진기자단]](https://i0.wp.com/pds.joins.com/news/component/htmlphoto_mmdata/202102/02/ff8ed015-9cd3-48ef-8bcd-b2135eafd3d4.jpg?w=560&ssl=1)
President Moon Jae-in (second from right) and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (second from left) sign the Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Unification on the Korean Peninsula at the inter-Korean summit on April 27, 2018. The left is Chairman Kim’s younger brother, Kim Yeo-jeong, the first vice president of the Labor Party, and the right is Cho Han-gi, then the Blue House Protocol Secretary. [청와대사진기자단]
On the 2nd, Chee Jae-sung, chief executive officer of the Blue House, appeared on MBC radio’Kim Jong-bae’s attention’ and said, “You should never disclose it,” but said, “If the opposition party begs to take responsibility for this, we can examine it closely. . Chief Choi said, “If we unconditionally disclose all of the things that happened at the summit meeting that we raised suspicions without any grounds, what would the country become? Added. The temperature difference was clear from Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun, who said the day before, “It is not wise to disclose the contents.” When the opposition party and the Blue House showed a chicken game aspect, the Democratic Party together raised a lot of debate.
①“Can be disclosed”=Rep. Young-chan Yoon, a former senior public relations officer at the Blue House, argued that “if necessary, let’s open it.” In a call with the JoongAng Ilbo on the 2nd, Rep. Yoon said, “It’s a decision at the Blue House, and I know that various procedural considerations are needed.” have. He said, “I am confident that there is no content that I would bother to disclose. “The content contained in the USB is a new economic initiative that President Moon Jae-in has envisioned since the party’s president in 2015, and the power plant-related content inside is not nuclear power, but renewable energy such as hydropower and thermal power.” Policy Committee Chairman Hong Ik-pyo also appeared on a radio that day, saying, “Since the New Economic Concept (contained in USB) was something that President Moon did in the past, and I was also involved, I think there will be no big problems (even if it is disclosed).” said.
②“Opposite the association”=Rep. Song Young-gil, chairman of the National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs and Transportation, drew a line in the call that day, “USB is never released.” Rep. Song said, “We cannot disclose diplomatic issues between heads of state. Where is such a country in the world? Even if the opposition party is on the verge of offensive, if we disclose this, inter-Korean relations will inevitably be in a state of collapse, no matter who takes power in the future. In addition to inter-Korean relations, we may face diplomatic isolation worldwide.” Regarding the opposition’s assertion that’if USB is released, all suspicions are resolved’, Congressman Song said, “It is absurd to see that we can violate the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), deceive the United States, and independently promote North Korean nuclear power. It’s like Don Quixote sees a carriage and calls him a monster.”
③“According to public opinion”=Rep. Kim Young-ho, a secretary of the Democratic Party of the National Assembly’s Foreign Transportation Day Committee, stood in a conditional position in favor. Rep. Kim said in a call that day, “USB contains diplomatic documents that the Korean leader delivered to the North Korean leader. “You have to be very careful,” he said, “and the Blue House should pay attention to the voices of the people.” “From the standpoint of our government alone, there seems to be no problem if we disclose it. The problem is in North Korea’s position, but what is more important than that is to relieve the suspicion of our people.”
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