Lee Byung-cheol, 2nd in the military ranks, criticizes Biden’s remarks… Kim Jong-un’s intentional pressure
The principle of’Gangdaegang·Sundaesun’ Continued weapons tests, seemingly to meet the level of U.S. response
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This is a situation in which the nervous war between the North and the United States is escalating, as North Korea directly targets the US President Joe Biden, who declared the launch of a ballistic missile as a violation of the resolution of the UN Security Council. North Korea is pushing for a change in US attitudes by advocating the principle of “strong, strong, first, first,” but the US is also warning of a “corresponding response” to North Korea’s provocations, so there is no sign of concession on either side first.
Lee Byeong-cheol, vice chairman of the North Korean Labor Party’s Central Military Committee, said in a speech on the 27th, “Over the normal weapons test belonging to the right of self-defense, the US ruling over heard that it was a violation of the UN’s resolution,” and expressed strong concern that the hostility of the Daejeon line, which had become extremely constitutive, was revealed without hiding. “The US President’s remarks are blatant violations and provocations of our country’s right to self-defense,” he said. “I think the new regime in the United States must have taken the first offense,” he said. “If you can’t make any calculations and keep saying anything (at random), the United States may face bad things.” Warned.
President Biden said at a press conference on the 25th (local time) that the missile launch is a violation of the Security Council resolution and “if they (North Korea) choose to increase tensions, there will be a response. There will be a corresponding response.” It was revealed. After President Biden’s remarks, such a backlash from North Korea was expected to some extent. However, it is also evaluated that it is meaningful in that it is a talk by the name of Vice-Chairman Lee, who was the second highest rank in the military sector after Kim Jong-un, who was promoted to the highest rank that North Korean soldiers can wear in October.
Considering his position, this discourse can actually be seen as a message containing the intention of Chairman Kim Jong-un. The level of his discourse is also higher than that of the recent vice president Kim Yeo-jeong (March 16) and the first vice-minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Choi Sun-hee (March 18). Previous discourses expressed dissatisfaction with the US’ “coercive stance”, but there was a stronger trend to watch the US action. However, this time, taking into account President Biden’s remarks, it is noteworthy that the US-North Korea relations were evaluated as wrong from the beginning.
It seems that this includes not only the US response to the missile launch, but also complaints about all the words and actions since the inauguration of the Biden administration, including participation in the UN Human Rights Council’s North Korean Human Rights Resolution and the criticism of human rights during the visit by US Secretary of State Tony Blincoln. Biden’s administration is responding harder than the previous government, such as defining missile launch as a violation of the resolution of the Security Council and convening a sanctions committee against North Korea. Seems to be.
That attitude is read from the passage where Vice Chairman Lee said, “The belligerent attitude of the new US regime is again pointing to which way we should go.” This can be seen as reaffirming the position of the 8th Party Congress in January that they will face the United States on the principle of a’strong river first election. As a result, North Korea is expected to continue military training and missile test launches in the name of securing self-defense and to adjust the water level according to the US response. Yang Moo-jin, a professor at the North Korean Graduate University, said, “From the standpoint of North Korea so far, in the situation where the predecessor line is not visible and there is only the river,” he said. There seems to be a point,” he said.
The United States is expected to finish reviewing its new policy toward North Korea after finalizing the opinions of allies at a meeting with the heads of the Korea-US-Japan security office in Washington, DC later next week. Vice Chairman Lee Byung-cheol said, “We are never developing weapons to attract anyone’s attention or influence policies.” This is a general analysis. It is highly likely that the United States has also included short-range missile provocations within the expected range, but it is likely that North Korea’s recent provocations and hard-line remarks will have to be considered in a policy review to some extent. National Foreign Affairs Director Kim Joon-hyung said, “The United States also seems to be in trouble.” There is,” he observed.
/ Reporter Kim Sang-yong [email protected]
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