[2020 National Audit] Taeyoungho "Democratic Peaceful Unification Advisory Council's North Korea Human Rights Projects Vary According to Regime Orientation"

Tae Young-ho, a member of the People Power Party, is drinking water as if his insides are burning during the Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee plenary meeting held at the National Assembly on the morning of the 28th. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Tae Young-ho, a member of the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee from the People Power Party, pointed out that the North Korean human rights projects conducted by the National Unification Advisory Council (Minju Pyeongtong) since the launch of the Participatory Government have been carried out differently depending on the political orientation of the administration.

According to data submitted by Minju Pyeongtong to Representative Tae on the 22nd, since the launch of the Participatory Government (2003), 95 North Korean human rights-related projects have been conducted, including lectures, online lectures, seminars, training sessions, North Korean human rights photo exhibitions, North Korean human rights lectures and symposiums, and North Korean human rights leadership courses.

Among these, during the conservative administrations of Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye, 78 North Korean human rights projects were conducted (40 under Lee Myung-bak, 38 under Park Geun-hye), whereas during the progressive administrations of Roh Moo-hyun and Moon Jae-in, only 17 projects were conducted (6 under Roh Moo-hyun, 11 under Moon Jae-in).

Representative Tae stated, "It has been clearly proven numerically that Minju Pyeongtong conducts North Korean human rights projects according to the political orientation of the administration," and criticized, "As a constitutional and advisory body, Minju Pyeongtong is politicizing the North Korean human rights issue on its own."

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