文 First ‘I’m so sorry’ apology for real estate policy … Belated pardon not mentioned

Real estate policy de facto recognized failure

“Quickly prepare multiple supply plans”

Don’t bring up the topic of Lee’s forgiveness

Emphasis on ‘conversation’ on North Korea’s ‘nuclear advance’

President Moon Jae-in first apologized for the real estate controversy on the 11th, saying, “I am very sorry for the people who are discouraged by the housing difficulties.” In November 2019, in ‘Conversation with the People’, President Han Moon said: “The Korean government is confident about the real estate issue,” admitted a policy failure after a year due to a rise in property prices. However, in the real estate market, it was diagnosed as “too late”.

President Moon said in the ‘2021 New Years Address’ announced by the Blue House on the same day: “We will quickly draw up a variety of housing supply plans that can be quickly effective with a special emphasis on expanding supply.” . Consequently, before the Lunar New Year, the government plans to introduce a policy to expand the housing supply based on the regeneration of central Seoul. A deregulation card is also being reviewed to promote private supply.

President Moon also said that to restore the labor market affected by the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), “we will focus on the 30.5 trillion won labor budget, which is 5 trillion won more than last year, in the first trimester”. Furthermore, after revealing the plan to promote the Korean-style New Deal, which is pouring out a total of 160 billion won, in a “regional approach,” he added, “We will quickly promote large-scale and ultra-wide projects.”

President Moon also highlighted his willingness to join the Pacific Rim Comprehensive and Progressive Economic Partnership Agreement (CPTPP) prior to the inauguration of the US administration, Joe Biden. It is an initiative to actively participate in the new global commercial order. Regarding relations between Korea and Japan, which were weakened by the court’s decision of “comfortable women,” he said: “We will continue to fight for future-oriented development.”

President Moon did not urge North Korea to denuclearize, but he re-emphasized the importance of inter-Korean cooperation, despite the promise of North Korean State Council President Kim Jong-un to strengthen the nuclear force. Previously, President Kim rejected the South Korean government’s proposal for quarantine cooperation as a “non-essential problem,” but President Moon said: “We must find ways to cooperate for the survival and safety of the people of the North and from the south”.

Real estate experts reacted skeptically to President Moon’s New Year’s speech that day. Professor Kwon Dae-jung from Myongji University noted, “Even if a supply measure arises, the supply cannot be increased in one morning.”

President Moon made no mention in his New Year’s speech on the 11th, suggesting the pardon of former Presidents Park Geun-hye and Lee Myung-bak. Earlier, on the 7th at the New Year’s meeting, when President Moon revealed that “the new year is the year of integration,” political remarks that “put weight on the slopes” followed, but that day the word was used. “Inclusion” instead of “integration”. . The Blue House explained this as “embracing to resolve polarization.”

With public opinion on the amnesty split in two, President Moon’s final position is expected to be resolved only after the Supreme Court ruling against former President Park on the 14th. Since the New Year’s press conference of the President Moon is scheduled to answer questions from reporters in the middle of this month, it is highly likely that President Moon’s intentions for amnesty will be revealed.

On the first day of the new year, Nak-yeon Lee, who lit the pardon and representative of the Democratic Party, said: “I will await the ruling of the Supreme Court.” Lee is known to be watching the trend of public opinion after facing a fierce backlash from pro-moon supporters. Since amnesty is the intrinsic authority of the president, a hamgu order has been issued even among Blue House staff.

The fact that President Moon’s New Year’s speech on clemency is completely unpredictable is interpreted to mean that the conflict and concerns are deep. According to a poll previously released by Gallup Korea on 8 this month, the response that “the current government should not forgive” (54%) exceeded the response (37%) that “the current government should forgive.” However, voices calling for amnesty are notably loud among opposition supporters and the age group over 60.

In the passport, it is believed that Lee would not have raised an amnesty without a good relationship with President Moon. It’s worth noting that the moment Lee brought up the amnesty was immediately after his monopoly on President Moon late last year.

In President Moon’s New Year’s speech on the 11th, there could be no comments urging North Korea to denuclearize, which publicly produced a tactical nuclear card. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un declared the advancement of nuclear technology, but President Moon reiterated that “the key drivers of the peace process on the Korean peninsula are dialogue and mutually beneficial cooperation.” It is interpreted as a reflection of President Moon’s willingness to re-mediate the two-Korean dialogue using the spark of inter-Korean cooperation. However, diplomatic experts and opposition parties have pointed out: “Are you going to help North Korea’s nuclear development?”

In the ‘2021 New Year’s Speech’ announced by the Blue House that day, President Moon suggested directions such as uda resuming inter-Korean cooperation △ strengthening the alliance between the ROK and the United States and improving relations between Korea and Japan in the field of diplomacy. More than the New Year’s speech at the beginning of the inauguration, the mentions of inter-Korean relations fell relatively, but it was analyzed that the will to resume the dialogue became stronger. On the occasion of the inauguration of the US administration by Joe Biden, President Moon expressed his willingness to “ strengthen the alliance between Korea and the United States ” and emphasized the “ future-oriented development ” of Korean relations. Japan that continue to cool.

President Moon’s remarks on this day, emphasizing the improvement of inter-Korean relations, contrasted with North Korea’s actions that had just announced plans to increase the nuclear armed forces. President Moon’s statements remained at the principled level of “a Korean peninsula of peace without war and nuclear weapons,” while President Kim declared that he would advance further on nuclear weapons. The call for denuclearization towards North Korea has been omitted. According to comments posted on the 9th, the fifth day of the 8th Labor Party Congress, President Kim called for nuclear reinforcement, using expressions including “ nuclear ” such as “ nuclear submarines ” and “ the construction project of the national nuclear armed forces ” thirty-six times.

President Moon revealed his unwavering commitment to the recovery of relations between the leaders of the two Koreas until the first remote communication proposal of this day. President Moon said, “Our willingness to meet anytime, anywhere and communicate in a non-face-to-face manner remains unchanged.” It is interpreted as a way to set up a dialogue table regardless of the form, considering the situation that North Korea closed its borders due to the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19).

President Moon also presented an inter-Korean cooperation card with quarantine as the link. The commemoration speech on March 1 last year, “I look forward to joint cooperation in the health sector with North Korea,” and after arriving, the trend continued. As a concrete plan of action, “Northeast Asia Quarantine and Health Cooperation Agency” and “Korea-ASEAN Comprehensive Health Care Cooperation” were selected. The Biden administration can be interpreted as suggesting a health cooperation led by our side amid the observation that top-down decision-making a la Donald Trump, leading to a surprise American dialogue, could be difficult.

However, it seems unlikely that North Korea will accept our proposal. President Kim had already devalued the Korean government’s quarantine cooperation proposal at the 8th Congress of the Labor Party. He said: “The South Korean authorities have raised non-essential issues such as quarantine cooperation, humanitarian cooperation and individual tourism, giving the impression that they are interested in improving North-South relations.”

President Moon also expressed his willingness to resume the dialogue between the two Koreas, which was interrupted on the occasion of the inauguration of the Biden administration, but it is expected that next March, when the training of the ROK-US coalition USA, be a major obstacle in inter-Korean relations. North Korea, which stipulated that inter-Korean relations had returned before the Panmunjom Declaration in 2018, has demanded an “ interruption of the combined training of the ROK and the United States ” as a condition for resuming the dialogue. Faced with this situation, diplomatic experts point out that if the Korean government asks the United States to stop joint training, as in the case of the Trump administration, a conflict with the Biden government cannot be avoided.

The opposition party noted that President Moon’s perception of security is far from reality. In a comment, spokesperson Choi Hyung-du said, “Kim Jong-un ‘returned before the announcement of the Panmunjom Declaration,’ but President Moon only repeated ‘to ensure mutual security’ and ‘shared prosperity’ like clockwork. broken”. “How do you shake hands and how do you have a conversation?”

Kim Jong-in, chairman of the People’s Power Emergency Countermeasures Committee, said at the party’s non-commissioned meeting that day: “President Kim announced that he would build a nuclear submarine and spoke about improving the hit rate of the ballistic missile. intercontinental (ICBM) “. He raised his voice.

Meanwhile, President Moon said, “We will continue to strive for future-oriented development” regarding relations between Korea and Japan. On the 8th of this month, victims of comfort women in the Japanese military won a lawsuit for damages filed against the Japanese government, and the Japanese side protested. A key Blue House official explained: “It is a strange situation to mention quickly” and explained that “the Korean government has sent a clear stance on improving relations.” / Reporters Yoon Hong-woo, Jin Dong-young, Heo Se-min and Kim Hye-rin [email protected]

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