Kim Ki-hyun "Park Ji-won, Trying to Reverse Approval Ratings with 'Trusteeship' Rumors... A Contradiction in Itself"

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Kim Ki-hyun, a member of the Future United Party, attacked Park Ji-won, the head of the National Intelligence Service, calling the news of "Kim Yo-jong's delegated rule" an "absurd rumor."

On the 21st, Kim said on Facebook, "There is no reason for Kim Jong-un (Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of North Korea) not to know that the moment a tyrant with absolute power steps back to the second line, greater chaos and bloodshed than during the tyrant's reign will follow."

The day before, the National Intelligence Service announced that Chairman Kim delegated rule to several figures, including his younger sister Kim Yo-jong, to relieve ruling stress. In response, Chairman Kim stated, "It is an absurd story contrary to common sense and contradictory in itself," and raised suspicion, saying, "I wonder if this is an attempt to shift the focus to North Korea issues again as the regime's approval rating falls."

Kim expressed strong suspicion that "'If not, then whatever' style North Korea issues are being used to avoid the collapse of support caused by skyrocketing real estate prices, a job desert, tax hell, and moral decay," and raised his voice, saying, "Are we supposed to take Director Park's 'rumor' at face value that power was delegated just because of 'stress' at a time when the economy is in ruins due to international sanctions against North Korea, the COVID-19 crisis, and floods, standing at a crossroads of regime survival?"

He added, "The National Assembly Intelligence Committee is not a place to use the National Intelligence Service's exclusive North Korea intelligence authority for domestic political purposes," and said, "It is astonishing how they claim to know the deep inner workings of power in North Korea so well with North Korea intelligence capabilities that fail to even detect the unauthorized discharge from the Hwanggang Dam in advance."

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