Taeyoungho "Diplomatic and Security Coordination Needed... National Intelligence Service Is the Biggest Problem"

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Tae Young-ho, a member of the Future United Party, raised suspicions of conflicts within the diplomatic and security lines and suggested the need for coordination.

On the 25th, Tae said on Facebook, "I have doubts about whether the current movements of the new diplomatic and security lines are normal."

He added, "The diplomatic and security lines of the Blue House, the National Intelligence Service (NIS), and the Ministry of Unification have all changed and seem to have each had their debut, but it is not very smooth. It is time to review the working relationships and structure among the Blue House National Security Office, NIS, Ministry of Unification, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and fundamentally reform the government organization."

Regarding the incident where the Ministry of Unification abandoned a barter project with North Korea after being notified by the NIS, Tae pointed out, "North Korea must have realized that the NIS holds the lead in inter-Korean policy. On the other hand, the NIS chief caused controversy by using a strange term (trusteeship) related to the North Korean situation during the first briefing to the National Assembly Intelligence Committee."

He also criticized the Blue House National Security Office for taking charge of the visit of Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau and China's top diplomat, to Busan, bypassing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, saying, "This is a direct benchmark of the structure where China and North Korea place party diplomacy above the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."

He said, "The biggest problem is the National Intelligence Service, which handles both intelligence and policy," and pointed out, "Most advanced countries do not have intelligence agencies handle both intelligence and policy." The reason is that if intelligence agencies are involved in policy-making, the reliability of intelligence is lost.

Tae said, "If the relationship between the NIS and the Ministry of Unification becomes a policy competition as it is now, even if the NIS collects intelligence on North Korea, it will hardly share it with the Ministry of Unification," and added, "The conflict between the Blue House National Security Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has long been considered an open secret," emphasizing the need for President Moon's coordination.

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