Park Ji-won: "If it's a catastrophe, everyone dies... The trilateral summit between South Korea, North Korea, and the US must resolve it for shared interests"

"President Moon, Special Envoy Proposal Was a Good Move"

Former lawmaker Park Ji-won of the Minsheng Party. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Suwan] Former Minsaeng Party lawmaker Park Jiwon stated on the 17th, "The South and North must return to the spirit of June 15, and the North and the U.S. must return to the spirit of September 19 for mutual survival," adding, "If it ends in catastrophe, everyone dies."

In a post on his Facebook that day, former lawmaker Park said, "North Korea must stop any further destruction or provocations," and emphasized, "The trilateral common interests can only be resolved through South-North-U.S. summits."

He went on to criticize North Korea's demolition of the Kaesong Inter-Korean Joint Liaison Office the previous day, calling it "the termination of the April 27 Panmunjom Declaration," and pointed out that "the resumption of military deployment and training in the Kaesong Industrial Complex and Mount Kumgang tourism zone, the reinstallation of guard posts (GP), and the distribution of anti-South propaganda leaflets are declarations of the termination of the September 19 Pyongyang Joint Declaration and military agreements."

Regarding North Korea's rejection of South Korea's special envoy dispatch, he said, "President Moon Jae-in's notification to North Korea about sending a special envoy was very well done, but Kim Yo-jong, the First Deputy Director, rejecting it was very wrong."

He further criticized, "Kim Yo-jong is not an ordinary person (Jang Sam and Lee Sa - common people)," and said, "Her aggressive proposals, extreme displeasure, refusal to accept the envoy's mission, and telling not to make unrealistic proposals are inappropriate terms for the second-in-command of the Baekdu bloodline addressing the head of another country."

He also stated, "Although acts of demolition and military provocations in the Mount Kumgang tourism zone are expected, war will not happen because the U.S. is feared, and we also prevent it from happening."

He added, "Continuous dialogue is necessary for the difficult realities such as the COVID-19 economic crisis involving South, North, and the U.S. The request to dispatch a special envoy to North Korea must continue, and a U.S. special envoy dispatch is also necessary. If COVID-19 makes it difficult, activating the UN channel should also be considered."

Earlier, on the 15th, former lawmaker Park urged on a radio broadcast regarding the rising tensions in inter-Korean relations following a statement by Kim Yo-jong, First Deputy Director of the North Korean Workers' Party, saying, "Although contact is not possible, we must officially meet the special envoys through diplomatic channels, even if they have to wear protective suits."

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