Yoon Jae-ok: "Democratic Party Must Abandon 'North Korea Lover' Policy"

Yoon Jae-ok, the floor leader of the People Power Party, urged the Democratic Party of Korea on the 2nd to "abandon the naive, blind, and even dangerous 'North Korea appeasement' policy."

Earlier, Kim Jong-un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and Chairman of the State Affairs Commission, at the Workers' Party plenary meeting held on the 30th of last month, defined inter-Korean relations as a "hostile relationship between two states" and declared that unification is not the objective. In response, the Democratic Party condemned the remarks but also pointed out that "the Yoon Seok-yeol administration cannot be exempt from responsibility."

Yoon Jae-ok, Acting Party Leader of the People Power Party, is speaking at the Supreme Council meeting held at the National Assembly on the 28th. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

At the floor leaders' meeting held at the National Assembly that day, Floor Leader Yoon said, "The Democratic Party's commentary on Kim Jong-un's recent remarks is extremely disappointing," adding, "While strongly condemning these remarks, they again present a false equivalence by claiming that the Yoon Seok-yeol administration also bears responsibility."

He continued, "It is North Korea, not the Republic of Korea, that refuses dialogue, violates UN resolutions, and escalates the risk of war in East Asia," and criticized, "This fact remained unchanged even under the Moon Jae-in administration."

Floor Leader Yoon pointed out, "History proves that the Sunshine Policy of past Democratic Party governments did not deter but rather promoted North Korea's development of nuclear missiles," and "The demolition of the inter-Korean joint liaison office was an incident that occurred during the Moon Jae-in government."

He emphasized, "The military and all security-related agencies must be on high alert and thoroughly prepare for all possible military provocations by North Korea."

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