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Indeed, North Korea has drawn a line with the request for a joint investigation, warning that it is encroaching on territorial waters on the Korean side’s maritime search activities to find the bodies of public officials affected by them.
However, President Moon Jae-in repeatedly emphasized the need for joint investigations and decided to request the reestablishment of channels of dialogue such as lines of military communication, and it is noted whether this opportunity will lead to the reestablishment of channels of dialogue between the two Koreas. .
According to the Blue House, President Moon chaired a meeting of emergency security ministers for an hour and a half starting at 3 pm on the 27th. The meeting was attended by the Minister of National Defense, the head of the National Intelligence Service, the head of the presidential secretary of the Blue House, the head of the Office of National Security and the first deputy chief of the Office of National Security. It is unusual for President Moon to directly chair the Meeting of Security Ministers.
President Moon decided to ask North Korea for a joint investigation to investigate the truth.
The difference between the explanations of the North and South military authorities as to whether the victim expressed a willingness to visit North Korea or whether the body was damaged by North Korean forces, etc., should be investigated jointly.
This is because the tone of the National Security Council (NSC) the day before strengthened the tone for requesting a joint investigation from the North in an official position of ‘requesting a joint investigation from the North if necessary’. In addition, during the investigation process, President Moon requested North Korea to reestablish and restart military communication lines for communication, consultation, and information exchange.
In this way, the sudden change of position from ‘request if necessary’ to ‘request’ in one day seems to reflect the will to clarify the exact truth, since the arguments of the two Koreas are mixed with declarations of intention to visit Korea. del Norte and complaints of damage to the body.
In addition, he seems to be aware of criticism that the response from the Blue House and the government was too easy to wait on the goodwill of North Korea alone.
It also reads like a message about North Korea. It is analyzed that through the process of handling this case, President Moon’s will to build trust between the two Koreas and use it as an opportunity to restore the line of military communication that had been cut after the bombing of the Liaison Office of Kaesong in June.
It is noted that the Blue House believes that North Korea does not want a further deterioration in inter-Korean relations, as President Kim Jong-un directly apologized along with promising to quickly prevent recurrence after a day of condemnation by the Korean government.
It is a paving stone for making the search for truth through joint investigation an opportunity to improve relationships.
Following up on the Blue House announcement that day, the first thing that was said was, “I welcome the North’s prompt apology and promise to prevent it from happening again,” and I expressed respect for North Korea.
But the key is North Korea’s reaction. So far, North Korea has not accepted the South Korean government’s request for a joint investigation. North Korea did not agree to our request for a joint investigation even at the time of the July 2008 attack on Prince Park on Mount Geumgang. It was the same as not responding to a joint investigation even when Japan raised the kidnapping issue.
Although there are antecedents that have positively evaluated the changes in North Korea, this is the reason why the analysis suggests that North Korea is unlikely to respond to the request for a joint investigation because there is no precedent.
In addition, the analysis is raised that the revolt of the Korean Central News Agency against the territorial invasion of the South, while emphasizing its promise to avoid recidivism and its efforts to recover the body in relation to the attack on the 27th, was in line with the joint investigation request.
On this day, the Chosun Central News Agency reinforced the necessary security measures to ensure that the relationship between trust and respect between North and South is never damaged in any way. “Do it”.
Im-chul, a professor at Kyungnam University’s Far Eastern Research Institute, said: “North Korea will most likely accept this as pressure to call for a second investigation of the truth about the incident. It may be suggestive.” explained.
As such, it is unclear whether or not North Korea will respond to the joint investigation, so it appears the Blue House will have no choice but to deepen its concerns for now. This is because, without further aggravating inter-Korean relations, there is a double task to be found to accurately reveal the truth of this incident.
