3rd Anniversary of Panmunjom Declaration, People Power Party: "North Korea Policy Completely Failed So Far"

Was It a 'Directed Peace Show'?

In 2019, a rehearsal for the '1st Anniversary Ceremony of the April 27 Panmunjom Declaration' was held in Panmunjom, Paju, Gyeonggi Province. South Korean soldiers are on duty at the Dorim Bridge, where President Moon Jae-in and Chairman Kim Jong-un met and talked one year ago. Photo by Joint Press Corps

[Asia Economy Reporter Hyunju Lee] On the 27th, the third anniversary of the April 27 Panmunjom Declaration, the People Power Party demanded a search for a realistic approach to North Korea, stating that "the North Korea policy so far has been a complete failure."

Yoon Hee-seok, spokesperson for the People Power Party, said in a statement that "the Inter-Korean Joint Liaison Office, one of the fruits of the Panmunjom Declaration, disappeared in an instant due to North Korea's unilateral demolition," adding, "There was even a shocking incident where our citizens were brutally shot by North Korean soldiers."

He continued, "At the Workers' Party Congress in January, Kim Jong-un publicly ordered the development of tactical nuclear weapons, declaring that he will never give up nuclear weapons," and pointed out, "It has become clear that the efforts the Moon Jae-in administration clung to were nothing but a 'staged peace show.'"

He added, "Recently, the country was even humiliated by holding a hearing in the U.S. Congress on the North Korea leaflet ban law, known as the 'Kim Yo-jong Command Law,'" criticizing it as "a disaster caused by the Moon administration's submissive diplomacy toward North Korea."

Spokesperson Yoon said, "There is no citizen who does not wish for peace on the Korean Peninsula," and stated, "At next month's South Korea-U.S. summit, trust between the two countries must be restored, and a new approach to North Korea that fits reality should be sought."

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