President Moon Jae-in will announce a New Year’s Address for 2021 at the Blue House on the morning of the 11th. President Moon revised the manuscript on the day ahead of the announcement of the New Year’s address without setting any official schedule. In this New Year’s address, which is in its fifth year in power, the keynote of the state administration of the last year in power will be included.
President Moon Jae-in is announcing a New Year’s address before this year’s first State Council meeting at the Blue House main building on January 7th last year. In this year’s New Year’s address, which will be released on the 11th, it is noteworthy whether remarks regarding the amnesty of the two former presidents will be made. Newsis
It is said that the’skeleton’ of this New Year’s address will be the’recovery, integration, and leap forward’ revealed at the New Year’s meeting on the 7th. An official at the Blue House said, “The New Year’s greetings are composed of expressing thanks to the people who made efforts for quarantine and economic recovery last year, and expressing their will to recover daily life and become a leading country.” “It will contain special determination to strengthen inclusion in relation to the polarization situation.”
President Moon is expected to emphasize “quick daily recovery” by mentioning the specific timing of vaccination starting next month in relation to the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19). In addition, it is expected to express its will to make policy results after overcoming the corona.
The remarks on the peace process on the Korean Peninsula, which have been given a large weight in each New Year’s address, are also noteworthy. Inter-Korean relations are also de facto last year for success.
North Korean State Council Chairman Kim Jong-un issued a warning letter to the new administration of Biden in the United States in a report on the 8th party conference on the 5th and 7th of the past. There will be.” The message of President Moon responding to this may be contained.
It is said that the direct mention of the pardon for former Presidents Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye, which have emerged as the biggest issue in the political world, has been omitted from the New Year’s address. A key member of the Blue House said, “President Moon will emphasize the meaning of’integration’, but disagree with interpreting it as an amnesty. “It’s not just a pardon for integration.” In fact, President Moon is planning to present inclusiveness as a new keyword instead of the word “unification” used in the New Year’s meeting. It can be interpreted as having in mind the interpretation that “integration reminds of slopes”.
Blue House staff also refrained from commenting on the amnesty. Internally, on the 14th, a de facto ban was issued even to the Supreme Court ruling against former President Park. In the end, it is highly likely that President Moon will directly suggest direction through a New Year’s press conference immediately after the Supreme Court ruling.
North Korean Labor Party Chairman Kim Jong-un officially announced on the 9th that a nuclear-powered submarine is being developed. The Chosun Central News Agency reported that Chairman Kim’s report on the project summary of the 8th Labor Party conference held on the 5th to 7th of the day, “The task of possessing nuclear submarines and underwater launch nuclear strategic weapons, which are important in enhancing nuclear long-range strike capability, is It was assumed.” It is known that North Korea has initially built a 3,000t-class diesel-propelled submarine capable of loading a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), and this is the first time that it has officially announced its intention to introduce a nuclear-powered submarine. The photo shows a submarine released by North Korea’s Chosun JoongAng TV in July 2019 while reporting that Kim Jong-un had inspected a newly built submarine. yunhap news
◇ Possibility of partial reorganization this week = On the other hand, President Moon is likely to carry out a third reorganization, including Minister of SMEs and Startups Park Young-sun, as early as this week. The change of Minister Park is meant to officially run for the Mayor of Seoul by-election in April. As the successor, Chung Tae-ho, who served as senior job at the Blue House, and Democratic Party lawmakers are mentioned, but Chung denies his internal policy. In addition, there is a possibility that the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Minister of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Food will be replaced together. Rep. Jo Jung-sik, former chairman of the Democratic Party’s policy committee, and former lawmaker Kim Hyun-kwon, who served as proportional representative in the 20th National Assembly as a farmer, are mentioned as successors. However, an official at the Blue House said, “There is no matter to confirm the reorganization.”
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