On April 27, 2018, the only fostering confirmed at the’Dobodari Summit’ of the inter-Korean summits, which was’silentized’ for 44 minutes, was “the power plant problem… It was President Moon Jae-in’s remark. 〈JoongAng Ilbo, April 30, 2018, p. 5〉
President Moon Jae-in and Chairman of the State Council Kim Jong-un are having a chat while walking through the’Doboda-ri’, which has a mark of the military demarcation line, after completing joint planting on April 27, 2018. At that time, President Moon handed over a USB with the contents of a’power plant’ to Chairman Kim. News 1
The Blue House at the time confirmed this as a fact. At the time, a spokesman for the Blue House, Kim Eui-gyeom, told President Moon’s support for the report on this magazine, which alone reported’remarks at the power plant’. President Moon’s explanation delivered through a spokesperson is as follows.
“I don’t seem to have discussed it verbally (the power plant issue). However, Kim Jong-un handed over a material to North Korea’s Chairman of the State Council, and it contains (a matter related to the power plant). The New Economy Initiative and New Economy Initiative were made into a booklet and PT video, and handed over to Kim Jong-un. And in the video, in the PT video, there is a content related to the power plant.”
President Moon made a related comment at the Blue House Chief and Aides’ Meeting, which was held for the first time since the inter-Korean summit on April 30 that year. He instructed, “I hope that follow-up measures will be carried out with a sense of speed,” and “There are things that can be started right away, and some have to wait for conditions to be met.”
![On the left is a look at the construction site of the Eorangcheon Power Plant in North Hamgyong Province, reported by Chosun JoongAng TV, by Chairman Kim Jong-un. Chosun JoongAng TV reported that Kim Jong-un criticized the chief cabinet officer for the delay in construction progress. A week later, on the 24th, the North Korean Labor Newspaper reported that Chairman Kim inspected the 122 nursery in Gangwon-do (right) and said, “(Chairman Kim) was delighted.” [연합뉴스]](https://i0.wp.com/pds.joins.com/news/component/htmlphoto_mmdata/202101/29/392833f2-eb50-48c0-b4e2-7b94e08a7f6a.jpg?w=560&ssl=1)
On the left is a look at the construction site of the Eorangcheon Power Plant in North Hamgyong Province, reported by Chosun JoongAng TV, by Chairman Kim Jong-un. Chosun JoongAng TV reported that Kim Jong-un criticized the chief cabinet officer for the delay in construction progress. A week later, on the 24th, the North Korean Labor Newspaper reported that Chairman Kim inspected the 122 nursery in Gangwon-do (right) and said, “(Chairman Kim) was delighted.” [연합뉴스]
Spokesman Kim met with reporters after the Subo meeting, emphasizing President Moon’s remarks, “I look forward to the implementation of the October 4 Summit Declaration and the launch of a joint inter-Korean research project for promoting inter-Korean economic cooperation”.
He said, “The president’s remarks (June) are that we have to wait for the end of the North Korean-US talks because we wait for the conditions to be established, and those that are not related to sanctions against North Korea mean that we should implement them as soon as possible. “It is an explanation that we are preparing for it in advance, with the aim of joint research and research on what kind of economic cooperation can be made between the two Koreas.” He said, “When I spoke with Russian President Putin the day before, I wanted to include the triangular economic cooperation between the two Koreas and Russia in a joint research study.”
President Moon’s remarks and the Blue House spokesman’s explanations all correspond to the explanations and future plans of the’power plant problem’ reported by this magazine. It is also confirmed that it has already ordered a scenario for economic cooperation in preparation for the release of international sanctions in the future. An official at the Blue House said, “I know that the contents of the USB that were given to Kim Jong-un at the time are more updated than previously announced,” but “I don’t know about the specific direction and method of the power plant.”
Was this the power plant problem that the Blue House said “I don’t know”? Many documents related to North Korean nuclear power plants were included in the list of 530 files deleted by officials of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy prior to the audit by the Audit Office. These include the’Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation Expert_Nuclear Power.hwp’ file written on May 2 of that year, just after the April 27, 2018 inter-Korean summit, and the’Promotion Plan for Nuclear Power Plant Construction in North Korea.hwp’ on the 14th and 15th of the same month.
Files related to’North Korea Nuclear Power Plant Construction Promotion Documents’ out of the list of 530 files deleted by public officials of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy just before the audit of the Audit Office in December 2019. Report capture
Democratic Party Rep. Yoon Gun-young, who was deeply involved in the inter-Korean talks as the head of the Blue House State Planning and Situation Office at the time, said, “It’s like a novel.” There was no’circle’ of the nuclear power plant.” The Blue House is also not making a separate official position on the issue. However, a government official said in this journal on the 29th, “It is necessary to take into account the situation that the inter-Korean relations were restored and the North Korea-US summit was planned at the time.” “Ministry level can conceive various scenarios for what will happen in the future. “Isn’t it?” However, no additional comment was made on the background of the deletion of the data by the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy officials before the audit.
Reporter Kang Tae-hwa [email protected]