청, Military No-Mask Policy Controversy: "Intended to Normalize Military Activities"

Rep. Ha Tae-kyung's Allegation Met with Blue House Response: "President's Directive Is to Confirm the Effectiveness of High Vaccination Completion Rate"

[Asia Economy Reporter Ryu Jeong-min] The Blue House stated that the controversy over the military's no-mask policy was intended to normalize military activities.

A Blue House official explained on the 27th, "As the military's vaccination completion rate approaches 94%, measures are being prepared to gradually normalize military activities, and the president's directive aims to confirm the effects of the high vaccination completion rate during the process of normalizing military activities."

The view of the Blue House from Namsan, Seoul. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

Earlier, Ha Tae-kyung, a member of the People Power Party, said at a press conference that "matters concerning the health and safety of soldiers can never be used as pilot cases or research cases for policy experiments. Policy experiments involving human lives must be conducted strictly with the voluntary consent of the parties involved."

Rep. Ha demanded, "Disclose the full details of the no-mask experiment order given at the August 4 Blue House All-Forces Commanders Meeting without any distortion or concealment of a single word."

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