United Future Party: "Moon Administration Unusually Lenient Only Toward North Korea... Caught Off Guard by Kim's Personal Letter"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] On the morning of the 9th, the United Future Party criticized the government's lukewarm response to North Korea's unidentified projectile launch, asking, "Why are we not standing firm against North Korea's military provocations?"

Kim Seong-won, spokesperson for the United Future Party, stated in a commentary that "Thanks to the Moon administration's unusually lenient stance toward North Korea, the people now have one more reason to lose sleep at night."

He pointed out, "Just a week after launching two projectiles into the East Sea on the 2nd, North Korea launched three unidentified projectiles today," adding, "In the March 1st message, they talked about 'joint cooperation in the health sector' with North Korea, but missiles came back instead, and this time, we were caught off guard while being mesmerized by Kim Jong-un's Defense Commission chairman's letter."

Spokesperson Kim criticized the Blue House's response, saying, "The Blue House, which sent a reply letter mentioning 'unchanged friendship and trust' to North Korea just three days after the missile launch without even a word of regret, and remained silent as if it were someone else's business when five European countries in the UN Security Council issued a statement condemning North Korea's multiple rocket launcher launch on the 5th."

Kim said, "Today's provocation was predictable from the moment North Korea warned that the condemnation statement was 'training that any country does' and that it would be 'a fuse that triggers another serious reaction,'" and questioned, "How should we understand the situation on the Korean Peninsula where we, the actual parties involved, remain silent and indifferent, while other countries step up to condemn, and North Korea continues military provocations regardless?"

He also criticized, "Park Beom-gye of the Democratic Party even defended North Korea's Kim Yo-jong's criticism calling it 'foolish' by saying she was 'very careful with her choice of words.' This statement clearly shows the Blue House and ruling party's perception of North Korea," and pointedly asked, "If they are so confident in responding to Japan's diplomatic measures, why are they not equally firm against North Korea's military provocations?"

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