Japanese press “Contemplating ROK-US-South-North Relations” for Foreign Minister Eui-yong Eui-Yong

President Eui-yong Eui-yong, special assistant for foreign affairs and security, appointed as the new foreign minister. 2020.7.3/News1 © News1 Reporter Park Jung-ho

On the 20th, Japanese media analyzed that the ROK government selected President Eui-yong Eui-yong as a special assistant for foreign affairs and security as a successor to Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-hwa, as a figure with consideration for US-ROK relations and inter-Korean relations.

NHK delivered the news of the new foreign minister’s internal affairs with Jung’s new foreign minister, and introduced, “Jung Special Bo is a former diplomat who served as a US corporation, and after the inauguration of the Moon Jae-in government, he served as the head of the National Security Office, which is the command tower for diplomacy and security, and then retired last July.” .

NHK said in particular, “Jeong visited Washington, USA after meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang as a special envoy for President Moon in March 2018, and told President Donald Trump that’Chairman Kim proposed a summit meeting’, and three months later. The first US-North Korea summit was held.”

NHK explained, “His diplomatic minister, Mr. Joe Biden, seems to have the purpose of rebuilding US-Korea relations in line with the launch of the next administration of the US, an ally, while continuing to improve inter-Korean relations.”

In this regard, the Yomiuri Shimbun also interpreted that the internal affairs of the Foreign Minister Jung’s special report on that day as “showing the intention to accelerate intermediary diplomacy for the resumption of North American dialogue”, and the Kyodo Newspaper also said, “In addition to strengthening ROK-US solidarity, reconstruction of inter-Korean relations that have been stalemate. I think I aimed for it,” he said.

Recently, the two countries are having a conflict over the ruling of a Korean court against Japanese government and companies to compensate for damages from Japanese military comfort women and forced mobilization during the Japanese occupation.

However, it seems to be the judgment of the Japanese media that the South Korean foreign minister’s greeting has no direct connection to such a relationship between Korea and Japan.

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