Oh Se-hoon criticizes Im Jong-seok's "Let's not unify" stance as "blindly following Kim Jong-un's logic"

"Kim Jong-un's 'Hostile Two-State Theory' Repeated Like a Parrot"

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On the 21st, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon criticized former Presidential Chief of Staff Im Jong-seok's claim of "Let's not unify," calling it "a mere echo of Kim Jong-un's 'hostile two-state theory.'

Former Chief Im, in his keynote speech at the '6th Anniversary Ceremony of the September 19 Joint Declaration' held at the Kim Dae-jung Convention Center in Gwangju on the 19th, said, "Let's not unify. We should accept the objective reality and embrace two separate states."

Mayor Oh posted on Facebook the same day under the title "I thought it was pro-North (Jongbuk), but is it Chungbuk (Loyal North)?" and pointed out, "The remarks made by former Chief Im Jong-seok and some left-wing figures are fundamentally shaking the Constitution and security of the Republic of Korea."

Mayor Oh said, "Is it an exaggeration to call this behavior, which blindly follows Kim Jong-un's logic, not just pro-North but Chungbuk? It saddens us that some leftists, who surely understand the logical structure of the North's claims, are merely echoing them."

He criticized, "Kim Jong-un's 'hostile two-state theory' is clearly a shallow pretext to escape the contradiction of claiming to aim for unification while threatening nuclear attacks on his own people. Kim Jong-un has reduced 'unification' to nothing more than a tool under his control."

Mayor Oh emphasized, "We must firmly reject any behavior that treats 'unification' as a subordinate concept under Kim Jong-un's rule. There is no reason to be shaken even slightly by Kim Jong-un's two-state theory. Unification is not simply a physical merger. It is a destined path to be achieved peacefully while upholding our constitutional values of liberal democracy and market economy order."

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