Presidential Office: "National Security Office's 'North Wind Operation' Opposition Claims Are Clear Falsehoods... Will Hold Responsible"

"Northwind Gongjak Does Not Exist"
"All Measures Including Legal Responsibility for Opposition Lawmakers to Be Taken"

Presidential Office, Yongsan-gu, Seoul. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung

The Presidential Office warned that it would hold legal responsibility against the Democratic Party's claim that the National Security Office led the 'North Wind Operation,' including the infiltration of drones into Pyongyang, calling it a "clearly false fact not worth a moment's consideration."

On the 31st, the Presidential Office stated through a press notice, "We clearly declare that the so-called North Wind Operation does not exist."

The Presidential Office emphasized, "Such behavior of spreading false information, claiming it as received reports, which slanders not only the National Security Office but also the Joint Chiefs of Staff and our military, must be stopped immediately," and "the National Security Office will take all measures, including legal responsibility, against the lawmaker who spread these clear falsehoods."

Earlier, the Democratic Party's 'Yoon Seok-yeol Insurrection Investigation Team' announced in a press release that "we received a report that the National Security Office bypassed the Ministry of National Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff and directly instructed the Drone Command to prepare for drone deployment in Pyongyang."

The Investigation Team stated, "It appears that the military began preparing for North Korean infiltration drone operations starting in June in response to North Korea's release of waste balloons beginning May 28."

They further urged, "The Joint Investigation Headquarters must promptly initiate an investigation into the National Security Office, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Ground Operations Command, and Counterintelligence Command to uncover the truth and reveal any suspicions of record concealment."

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