Suspicion that the government considered the construction of a nuclear power plant in North Korea is spreading around the opposition.
President Moon at the time, talking behind the talks
“There is also a power plant-related content in USB”
Project theory of power support for North Korea came out
Opposition Party “Disclose all the contents in it”
Among the files deleted by officials from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy just before the Wolseong nuclear power plant audit, there are 17 files suggesting support for North Korean nuclear power plants, such as’Promotion of nuclear power plant construction in North Korea’. The question arises as to whether the Ministry of Industry has embodied the plan since the date of writing these files is May, just after the Panmunjom inter-Korean summit in April 27, 2018. The focus of the opposition attack is focused on the contents of the USB (removable storage device) that President Moon handed over to the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un during the summit.
President Moon Jae-in said he was uncomfortable when Kim Jong-in, chairman of the People’s Power Emergency Countermeasures Committee, said on the 29th of last month, “The attempt to build a nuclear power plant in North Korea is a shocking transfer. According to a key member of the passport, President Moon said on the 29th, “I have received a lot of Matador, but is this too far?” It meant that Chairman Kim Jong-in’s remarks exceeded the dangerous level.
Inter-Korean relations journal before and after the date of writing of the nuclear power plant by the Ministry of Industry in 2018
Nevertheless, in the political world, voices to disclose the contents of the USB delivered to Chairman Kim Jong-un are not fading away with suspicion that the government was trying to build a nuclear power plant in North Korea. On the 30th, former Congressman Seung-min Yoo said on Facebook on the 30th, “By looking at the evidence presented, even elementary school students can think that the government was trying to build a nuclear power plant in North Korea.” It will be done.”
What happened during the April 27 meeting? At that time, the so-called’Dobodari 44-minute secret talk’ was a symbolic scene that the leaders of the South and North shared by sitting face to face over a small table or taking a walk. The Blue House explained that only the expressions of two people talking in the DMZ were broadcast live like a silent movie, but the contents of the conversation were not recorded or recorded. However, during the conversation, President Moon said, “The power plant problem… A scene that seemed to say “” was captured by the camera. For this reason, it was observed that the North Korean power issue was discussed in the secret talks.
When this story became a hot topic, President Moon said, releasing the backstory of the meeting at the Blue House Senior Advisors’ Meeting on April 30, three days after the summit. “I don’t seem to have discussed it verbally (the power plant issue). He handed over the New Economy Concept to Chairman Kim Jong-un in a booklet and PT video. There is a power plant-related content in it.” He also said that this data was delivered in USB. Accordingly, it was speculated that the USB contained a project to support North Korea’s power in the process of denuclearization.
On the 31st, a key member of the passport denied that “the opposition party made a mistake” on the suspicion of supporting North Korean nuclear power plants. Regarding the document related to the’Power Plant and Energy Cooperation’ that President Moon handed, this person said, “The main contents were hydropower, thermal power, new renewable, and LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) power generation.” He added, “Nuclear power plants cannot be built in North Korea without the consent of the United States, so in the end, hydropower, thermal power, and renewable energy are available for cooperation in improving inter-Korean relations, but nuclear power does not fit at all.” Democratic Party lawmaker Yun Gun-young, who was deeply involved in inter-Korean summits as head of the Blue House State Administration Office, argued that “there is no North Korean nuclear power plant construction in any of the inter-Korean summits and exchange and cooperation projects.” He said, “There may be a hundred concessions and the government officials of the Ministry of Industry may have reviewed the related contents, but that is not considered to be the government’s policy promotion.”
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