Hong Young-pyo, a member of the Democratic Party, is asking questions about politics, diplomacy, unification, and security at the 4th plenary session of the 348th National Assembly (temporary assembly) held at the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul on the 4th. News 1
“I think you must have been incredibly rotted by former President Trump.”
Together with Democrat Hong Young-pyo, at the National Assembly on the afternoon of the 4th, in a question to the government in the fields of politics, diplomacy, reunification, and security, he said, “Former President Trump ignored the alliance because he advocated America First and American supremacy.” This is a remark to the effect that the South Korean government suffered during his tenure due to former President Trump’s US priority. In the opposition, criticism came out that it was not appropriate to cut down the loser like a palm flip according to the ups and downs of the alliance regime.
In an inquiry to Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha, Congressman Hong said, “President Biden talked about the restoration of the alliance in his inauguration address.” “I think this is meaningful. President Trump has completely destroyed the alliance for four years, so he will restore it.
In response, Minister Kang replied, “I think (Rep. Hong) emphasized the importance of President Biden’s alliance.” He added, “In terms of communication, I am looking forward to having a smoother communication with the Biden administration, which is a bit more suitable for the code.”
President Moon Jae-in, Kim Jong-un, and former US President Donald Trump met at Panmunjom on June 30, 2019. Newsis
Regarding Congressman Hong’s remarks, criticism came out from the opposition as “the frivolous words and actions of the regime.” Rep. Cho Tae-yong, a former high-ranking diplomat, said, “At present, 50 seats in the US Senate belong to the Republican Party to which former President Trump belongs, and there are more than 74 million US citizens who supported Trump in the last presidential election.” You have to be cautious about your remarks.”
People’s Power Spokesman Bae Jun-young said, “Because of this feathery opportunistic attitude, we are losing trust in the United States.” A former high-ranking diplomat who requested anonymity pointed out that “the biggest beneficiaries of Trump’s policy toward North Korea are the Moon Jae-in administration and North Korean Kim Jong-un.”
Kim Myung-soo controversy, 與 “Illegal eavesdropping” 野 “You have to step back cleanly”
Supreme Court Chief Kim Myung-soo leaves work at the Supreme Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 4th. Chief Justice Kim apologized for the controversy over false clarifications in relation to the transcripts released by Busan High Court Chief Judge Im Seong-geun. In a statement sent to reporters that day, Chief Justice Kim said, “I regret that I responded differently (unknown to the fact) based on unclear memories nine months ago.” News 1
In the question of the government on that day, the controversy over lies by Chief Justice Kim Myung-soo also became a major issue. Prior to that, Supreme Court Chief Kim held a true battle over the so-called’impeachment’ remarks with the Busan High Court Chief Judge Im Seong-geun, whose impeachment bill was decided on that day. The day before, Supreme Court Chief Kim denied that “I had never talked about impeachment” when Deputy Chief Justice Lim expressed his appreciation in May last year, but on that day, Chief Justice Lim released a recording of the conversation at the time, and Chief Justice Kim’s response was received within a day. It was a lie.
Rep. Hong Young-pyo aimed at Judge Im, “It’s shocking to expose it through illegal eavesdropping, which doesn’t even do an illegal errand center.” On the other hand, Rep. Cho Hae Jin said, “It was revealed that Supreme Court Chief Kim worked with the regime and pushed for impeachment of junior judges.”
Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun said, “It is not reasonable to say this or that about the head of the judiciary,” but said, “The statement that the impeachment of the vice-president Impeach was made with the government may not be in line with the facts.”
Jeong Sye-gyun “North Korean nuclear power plant has no plans”
Regarding the recently controversial suspicion of the government’s North Korean nuclear power plant construction, Prime Minister Jeong said, “The government has never had such a plan, and it is not practically possible.” Regarding the opposition’s suspicion, “the issue was not normal. They made a political offensive in a direction that is not realistic,” he said. “The nuclear power plant has never even been negotiated with the United States.
When asked by independent lawmaker Hong Joon-pyo, “Why not disclose the USB that President Moon handed to Chairman Kim Jong-un?”, Prime Minister Jung replied, “It is an international practice not to disclose what was originally exchanged between leaders.”
Korea-US training, Seo-wook “As planned” Lee In-young “flexibly”
On the other hand, in the question of the government on that day, the positions of Defense Minister Seo-wook and Unification Minister Lee In-young were different regarding the ROK-US joint exercise expected in early March. “We are preparing to carry out the ROK-US combined exercises as planned,” Seo said. “The customized deterrence strategy of the ROK-US alliance is a common strategy optimized on the Korean Peninsula.”
On the other hand, Minister Lee said, “If the ROK-US combined military training proceeds, there is a possibility of a certain backlash and tension caused by (North Korea).” He insisted, “Rather than a way in which the military training issue raises tension and is ignited by the conflict between North and South Korea, rather than acting as an opportunity for a new conflict between North America, we must find a way to deal with it more flexibly and wisely.”
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