People Power Party: "North Korea's Brazen Attitude Is Caused by the Government"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] The People Power Party criticized North Korea's attitude regarding the shooting incident involving our citizen as a "brazen and shameless attitude," pointing out that the government brought this upon itself.

Hwang Gyu-hwan, deputy spokesperson of the People Power Party, said in a statement on the 30th, "Shooting a civilian who was not carrying any weapons and then talking about management itself is an outrageous act."

Deputy Spokesperson Hwang pointed out, "Amid the COVID-19 crisis, North Korea once again justified its actions by claiming that our residents were not properly managed, and suddenly criticized the People Power Party. Trying to blame all of this on the main opposition party is a typical act of shirking responsibility."

He added, "Then, shamelessly saying that inter-Korean relations should not go to ruin is also a recurring pattern of North Korea," emphasizing, "The Yeonpyeong Island shelling incident, the Cheonan ship attack, the blowing up of the inter-Korean liaison office?these typical double-faced tactics took away our citizens' precious lives and property, and North Korea quietly moved on without a proper apology."

Deputy Spokesperson Hwang criticized, "This attitude of North Korea is something our government brought upon itself," and said, "Without a proper protest even once, the government and ruling party were merely swayed by a single apology notice saying ‘sorry.’"

He continued, "The letter written earnestly by the deceased citizen’s son was met only with formal responses, and by treating the theory of voluntary defection as a fait accompli, the government gave North Korea a justification. Moreover, the president declared in the policy speech the ‘urgency of a peace regime,’ signaling that our government has no intention of responding strongly, and the Minister of National Defense changed his stance on the mutilation of the body, creating an escape route for North Korea," he said.

He added, "We must not remain silent in the face of North Korea’s continued brazen and shameless behavior," and said, "Through a firm response to North Korea, we must ensure that our citizens’ precious lives are never recklessly taken again, nor should such incidents be dismissed with flimsy excuses as if they were trivial."

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