Yang Hyang-ja "Provocation as if to show off to North Korea... Yoon Seok-yeol and Lee Jae-myung should talk"

"Lee Jae-myung Immediate Hunger Strike Suspension"

Amid North Korea's surprise ballistic missile launch into the East Sea ahead of a summit with Russia, Yang Hyang-ja, a member of the 'Third Zone' party Korea's Hope, urged dialogue between President Yoon Suk-yeol and Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, saying "There is no ruling or opposition in security."

On the 13th, Yang said on her social media (SNS), "Leader Lee should immediately stop his hunger strike. President Yoon should have an open and sincere conversation with Leader Lee right away."

She stated, "At a time when the whole world is watching with concern the meeting between Kim Jong-un, the General Secretary of the Workers' Party who is recklessly developing nuclear weapons, and President Putin, who is engaged in a barbaric war, North Korea brazenly carried out provocations. This is a serious challenge and threat to the security of the Republic of Korea," adding, "the public's worries are great. This is an extraordinary crisis. Leaders must unite."

Yang said, "This is not the time for President Yoon and Leader Lee to engage in a pride battle," adding, "In order for the Republic of Korea to wisely overcome internal and external crises, the ruling and opposition parties must sit down and talk unconditionally as soon as possible. Generous cooperation between the ruling and opposition parties is both the beginning and the end of overcoming the crisis."

Yang also urged Kim Ki-hyun, leader of the People Power Party, whom she met the day before, saying, "President Yoon and Leader Lee seem to be heading for a direct collision like two locomotives running toward each other," and encouraged Kim to meet with Leader Lee.

Meanwhile, the Joint Chiefs of Staff announced that on the same day, from around 11:43 a.m. to 11:53 a.m., North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles from the Sunan area into the East Sea.

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