United Future Party Foreign and Security Special Committee: "If North Korea Drops Leaflets, We Should Resume Loudspeaker Broadcasts"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hye-min] The Future United Party's Special Committee on Foreign Affairs and Security stated on the 22nd, "If North Korea distributes anti-South leaflets, (we) must immediately resume psychological warfare against the North, including loudspeaker broadcasts."

The special committee released a statement that day, saying, "The surest way to stop North Korea's provocations is to make them feel that they will lose more than they gain by provoking."

Shin Won-sik, a former military general and member of the National Assembly, argued, "The nature of our civilian groups' anti-North leaflets and North Korea's anti-South leaflets is completely different. North Korea's actions are illegal acts at the government level, whereas our civilian groups' actions are voluntary and fall under the constitutional freedom of expression."

He continued, "If North Korea distributes leaflets, we must immediately resume psychological warfare against the North," adding, "Psychological warfare is what hurts North Korea the most." Shin said, "The most fatal thing to the regime is for North Korean residents to know about freedom, human rights, and outside news," and explained, "The North Korean regime will either change according to the awakening of its people or be cornered into a crisis by holding on to the end. Immediate resumption can suppress North Korea's threats and become a new card to promote denuclearization in the future."

The special committee criticized, "The government must clearly express its determination to maintain full readiness and respond firmly to North Korean provocations," and added, "It is beyond absurd and infuriating that the government is harsh enough to trample on even the constitutional rights of our people while showing endless submissiveness to North Korea."

Additionally, the special committee urged President Moon Jae-in to apologize and to reshuffle the foreign affairs and security team. Special Committee Chair Park Jin commented on former White House National Security Advisor John Bolton's memoir, saying, "The true face of the Moon administration's diplomacy was fully revealed. Due to reckless and impulsive, self-generated diplomacy, North Korea's denuclearization has become more difficult," and urged, "President Moon should fully disclose to the public what exactly happened."

Meanwhile, the United Party plans to submit a 'Resolution Condemning North Korea's Provocations Against the South and Urging the Abolition of North Korea's Nuclear Weapons' to the National Assembly under the names of all its members on the same day. The party also plans to hold an emergency meeting chaired by Emergency Response Committee Chair Kim Jong-in, inviting former defense ministers.

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