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The bills surrounding inter-Korean cooperation are controversial day after day.
Following the revised bill of the Inter-Korean Health Care Act, this is the revised bill of the Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation Act.
Regarding this amendment, some say it is a violation of the UN Security Council resolution to sanction North Korea, or that North Koreans will buy real estate in the future.
It is right?
Reporter Kim Woong-rae pointed out.
[기자]This is an amendment to the Inter-Korean Cooperation and Exchange Law announced by the Unification Ministry on the 27th of last month.
It has been added that South Koreans and North Koreans can invest in the other region in order to obtain economic benefits together or separately.
■ Violation of UN Security Council resolutions?
Not only political circles, but also the Internet and social media argue that the amendment violates sanctions against North Korea.
There is a possibility of violating Resolution 2375 of the UN Security Council sanctions against North Korea, which prevented the establishment of inter-Korean joint ventures.
If you look at the new provisions of the amendment, you can look at it that way.
However, other provisions have already made it possible to comply with international sanctions against North Korea in the area of trade and cooperation projects.
The Ministry of Unification is in a position that it is not necessary to include the content of the same law and other provisions so far in the new provisions.
■ Renting to North Koreans?
Some say it is necessary to pay rent to North Koreans in the future.
The amendment has paved the way for North Koreans to invest in real estate in our country. Aside from the current situation in North Korea, where the average worker’s monthly salary is around 120,000 won, we can see that it won’t happen if we look closely at the law.
Article 1 of the Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation Law stipulates that the purpose of this law is to promote mutual exchange and cooperation to contribute to peace and unification on the Korean peninsula.
A simple investment for the generation of profits means that it does not correspond to an exchange and cooperation project and cannot be approved for business.
The Ministry of Unification also made it clear that investment for profit rather than recovery of the national community is completely excluded from the concept of cooperation projects.
■ Sudden promotion?
The Unification Ministry is pushing ahead with amendments to the law in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the enactment of the Inter-Korean Exchange and Cooperation Act, but simply put, the new provisions that have been controversial are not new.
In the days of the Kim Young-sam administration in 1994, when the first measures to revitalize inter-Korean economic cooperation were announced, related regulations that were externally binding and are in effect until now were published in the official gazette.
In the last 26 years, when the government notifies in the same detail that the amendment was in effect, there has never been a time when North Koreans or companies have invested in Korea in any way.
YTN Kim Woong-rae[[email protected]]it is.
Internal reporter Lee Soo-hyun [[email protected]]
Researcher Mihwa Kim [[email protected]]
