Tae Yong-ho: "Moon Administration's North Korea Diplomacy Completely Failed... Ignorance and Illusions About the North"

[Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Tae Young-ho (Tae Gu-min), a former North Korean diplomat stationed in the UK and the candidate for Gangnam-gap of the Future Korea Party, appealed for support for the United Future Party, stating that "the Moon Jae-in administration's diplomacy toward North Korea has completely failed."

On the 13th, Tae said in an appeal, "Although the South and North Korean leaders met amid global attention and created an atmosphere of reconciliation, North Korea's tactics toward the South have not changed, and denuclearization has not been achieved."

He emphasized, "As someone who knows the North Korean regime's thoughts better than anyone else, I see that the Moon Jae-in administration's diplomacy toward North Korea has completely failed," adding, "It is distorted as if invisible peace is flowing, but the lives of our people are still exposed to North Korea's provocations and nuclear weapons."

Tae pointed out that the Moon administration's North Korea policy has three serious problems: ▲ ignorance and illusions about the North Korean regime ▲ recognition of the Kim Jong-un regime ▲ submissive siding with North Korea. He criticized, "North Korea's goal of communist unification has not changed since the division, and there is no intention of denuclearization at all. Nevertheless, there is a naive reality where North Korea is perceived as a normal state."

He continued, "Even now, the most inhumane human rights abuses in the world are being committed under the North Korean Kim Jong-un regime," and criticized, "yet this government forcibly repatriated two young defectors who hoped to defect after claiming they were criminals in North Korea, and plans to promote individual tourism using North Korean visas routed through third countries to evade UN Security Council sanctions on North Korea."

Tae criticized, "Just three days after the 10th anniversary of the Cheonan sinking incident, North Korea launched missiles again, but the Blue House did not issue any statement," adding, "Worried that the peace mood might be broken, it has become a situation where it cannot say anything about North Korea's provocations that threaten our security."

[Image source=Yonhap News]

Tae said, "During this election process, I was quite shocked to face the ruling party candidates' perceptions of North Korea who want to become members of the National Assembly," pointing out, "Candidates from the ruling party who defended North Korea by saying 'we fire more' regarding North Korea's missile launches, candidates with unclear awareness of North Korean human rights, and candidates who said the Cheonan sinking incident might not have been caused by North Korea clearly showed ignorance, illusions, and submissive siding with North Korea."

He emphasized, "If the economy is about people's livelihood, security is about life and death," adding, "This election is a decisive opportunity to judge the Moon Jae-in administration's misguided North Korea policy and to restore the shaken national security. If we miss this critical opportunity, true peace will not be in our hands, and the vicious cycle of being toyed with by the Kim Jong-un regime will only repeat," appealing for support for the United Future Party.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.