"North Broke Promise First, So Why Obsess Over It?"... Kim Jong-in Directly Hits Moon Jae-in

Kim Jong-in, Emergency Committee Chairman of the United Future Party, is attending the Emergency Committee meeting held at the National Assembly on the 8th and delivering an opening remark. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Kim Jong-in, Emergency Committee Chairman of the United Future Party, criticized President Moon Jae-in, who mentioned the "promise of peace with Kim Jong-un, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of North Korea," saying, "Why are you obsessed when North Korea broke the promise first?"

Kim Eun-hye, spokesperson for the United Future Party, conveyed on the 16th at a closed emergency committee meeting held at the National Assembly main building that Chairman Kim made such remarks.

Earlier, President Moon said at a Blue House senior secretaries meeting, "The promise of peace on the Korean Peninsula made before 80 million compatriots by Kim Jong-un and me cannot be reversed."

In response, Chairman Kim said, "North Korea is advancing troops into the Demilitarized Zone, yet (President Moon) says we must keep the promise with Chairman Kim Jong-un," adding, "Peace cannot be maintained by promises alone. North Korea broke the promise first. I don't understand why there is an obsession with promises when they have become useless."

He continued, "The people have the freedom to be protected from threats," and said, "Let's seek measures so that the people of the Republic of Korea can feel secure and rely on the state."

Meanwhile, the United Future Party formed a special committee on diplomacy and security within the party on the 15th and appointed four-term lawmaker Park Jin as chairman. The special committee includes lawmaker Cho Tae-yong, former first deputy director of the National Security Office, lawmaker Shin Won-sik, former operations chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and defectors-turned-lawmakers Tae Yong-ho and Ji Sung-ho. The committee plans to hold its first meeting on the 17th and provide in-depth analysis of the international situation and the Korean Peninsula situation.

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