530 files deleted by government officials from the Ministry of Industry … Among them were documents about the construction of North Korean nuclear power plants.



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The South and North Korean summits will follow a welcome dinner held at the House of Peace in Panmunjom on the evening of April 27, 2018. [청와대사진기자단]

The South and North Korean summits will follow a welcome dinner held at the House of Peace in Panmunjom on the evening of April 27, 2018. [청와대사진기자단]

The list of 530 files eliminated by public officials of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy just before the auditor’s audit was released on the 28th. Among them, it was found that a series of documents related to the construction of plants were included Korean nuclear power plant and inter-Korean energy cooperation, prepared in 2018. This was revealed through the list of crimes attached to the complaint filed by the Daejeon District Prosecutor’s Office on 23 last month that charged three officials of the Ministry of Industry, including Director Munmo, for obstruction of the audit.

The list of 530 deleted files includes the document ‘Expert on Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation in the Energy Field_Nuclear Power.hwp’ documented on May 2, 2018, and the document ‘Promotion Plan for the Construction of Nuclear Power Plants in North Korea. There were also investigative reports such as’ Situation of North Korea’s Electric Power Industry and Case of German Integration.

Files related to 'North Korea Nuclear Power Plant Construction Promotion Documents' from the list of 530 files removed by public officials from the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy just before the Audit Office audit in December 2019. Report capture

Files related to ‘North Korea Nuclear Power Plant Construction Promotion Documents’ from the list of 530 files removed by public officials from the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy just before the Audit Office audit in December 2019. Report capture

Original documents from the ‘North’ folder in Finnish

There are 17 files for North Korea-related deletions listed and 13 files excluding files with the same name. As a result of the restore, all these files are said to be in the top folder named ’60 pohjois’. pohjois means ‘north’ in Finnish. In Naver’s Finnish dictionary, ‘Pohjois-Korea’ is North Korea. Also, under the pohjois folder, there was a subfolder called ‘bukwonchu’. Bukwonchu is presumed to be an abbreviation of the title of the deleted file, “Promotion Plan for the Construction of Nuclear Power Plants in North Korea.

Are the 2018 Inter-Korean Summit and the Nuclear Power Plant Documents related?

Furthermore, the time to write or review these documents is the period between the first inter-Korean summit in Panmunjom on April 27, 2018 and the first North American summit between the President of the United States, Donald Trump, and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un. , June 12. , 2018.

At the time of the Panmunjom Summit on April 27, President Moon Jae-in handed over the new economic initiative on the Korean peninsula to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. President Moon said at a meeting of chiefs and advisers chaired on April 30 of that year: “I gave a brochure and a PT video (presentation) to President Kim.” It has never been confirmed whether there was any content related to the construction of a nuclear power plant in North Korea in the New Economy initiative.

On November 5 last year, as prosecutors tried to seize and search the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy in connection with the 'Economic Evaluation and Manipulation of Wolseong Unit 1', officials from the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy of The Sejong government complex is busy.  Yunhap news

On November 5 last year, as prosecutors tried to seize and search the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy in connection with the ‘Economic Evaluation and Manipulation of Wolseong Unit 1’, officials from the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy of The Sejong government complex is busy. Yunhap news

“No North Korean Nuclear Power Plant Has Been Heard” By Industry Ministry

The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy is in a bad mood about documents related to North Korea. In the context of declaring nuclear power, it could generate political and diplomatic problems to promote the construction of nuclear power plants in North Korea before and after the 2018 inter-Korean summit.

Regarding this, a key Industry Ministry official said: “I have not heard of any instructions or reports regarding the construction of North Korean nuclear power plants at the time” and “It is not known whether the officials to position of the Ministry of Industry at that time they drew up the documents “. However, he added, “At that time, in the context of the opening of new inter-Korean relations, we could have assumed various scenarios and prepared various plans.”

In the list, there is also a document on the trend of organizations opposing the abolition of nuclear power plants.

In addition, the list of files to be deleted includes the ‘Wolseong Unit 1 Sustainable Operation Loss Trend Report Report’ on February 7, 2017, BAK ‘, on March 5, 2018, the Trend report of the National Action Contest for Nuclear Energy Export (Director). On the 20th of the month, several documents were also included to report on the trends of organizations that oppose post-nuclear policy, such as’ Trends in Nuclear Energy Exportation Press conference of the Popular Action Headquarters. BAK ‘on April 21 of the same year. Also, on April 15 of the same year, there was a group trends document in favor of Moon Jae-in government’s nuclear power plant phase-out policy, such as’ Report on Group Trends Related to Energy Conversion_Guksu.BAK ‘.

Reporters Kihwan Kim and Hyunjoo Park [email protected]




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