Democratic Party: "US Classified Leak Confirmed... Kim Tae-hyo, Who Claimed It Was Forgery, Must Be Dismissed"

Press Conference by Opposition Foreign Affairs and Security Standing Committee Members

Standing committee members related to diplomacy and security from the Democratic Party of Korea demanded the dismissal of Kim Tae-hyo, the First Deputy Director of the National Security Office.

On the 17th, members of the National Defense Committee, Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee, Steering Committee, and Intelligence Committee held a press conference at the Yongsan Presidential Office, stating, "All members of the Democratic Party's National Defense, Foreign Affairs and Unification, Steering, and Intelligence Committees urge the dismissal of First Deputy Director Kim Tae-hyo."

They pointed out, "With the arrest of a private from the Massachusetts National Guard Air Force as a suspect in the leak of classified documents in the United States, the suspicion of classified document leaks in the U.S. has been confirmed as true," adding, "The statements from the Presidential Office and First Deputy Director Kim Tae-hyo after the incident were absurd."

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Standing committee members related to diplomacy and security from the Democratic Party stated, "The Presidential Office concluded in advance that the wiretapping was 'fabricated' without sufficiently conducting a fact-finding investigation or verification process regarding whether wiretapping or eavesdropping occurred," and criticized, "True to the Yoon Seok-yeol administration's submissive and low-profile diplomacy, it even gave up the opportunity to protest to the United States and dismissed concerns about wiretapping as false information." They continued, "While the U.S. openly caught the culprit of the classified leak, on what grounds did the Presidential Office and First Deputy Director Kim Tae-hyo conclude that the leaked documents were fabricated?"

They also demanded an apology regarding the Presidential Office's criticism of the Democratic Party as engaging in 'self-harm that shakes the Korea-U.S. alliance and an act that harms national interests.'

They emphasized, "The public, witnessing the endlessly repeated diplomatic disasters and submissive diplomacy, cannot shake off doubts about whether this government can be entrusted with security and national interests," and added, "There must be a clear fact-finding investigation and punishment of those responsible for this unprecedented security breach."

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