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News Analysis The Sung-Gil Sung Book To Travel To Korea Last Year
Former Deputy Ambassador to Italy
‘Secretary No. 1’ with a lower rank than Tae Young-ho
Myoyeon two years ago … arrived in July last year
My daughter is repatriated to the north … without public action
Cho Seong-gil (center), North Korea’s deputy ambassador to Italy, holds a ‘Roberttto Peace Bell’ at a cultural event held in San Pietro di Peleto, Italy, on March 20, 2018 (local time). San Pietro di Peleto / AP Yonhap News
It was belatedly confirmed that the former North Korean ambassador to Italy, formerly Cho Seong-gil, who had been debated since November 2018, entered South Korea in July last year. On the 7th, a member of the Democratic Party, Jeon Jeon-cheol, who is the chairman of the Information Committee of the National Assembly, said on the 7th: “Former Ambassador Cho came to Korea voluntarily in July last year. Prior to this, Congressman Ha Tae-kyung, secretary of the National Assembly Intelligence Committee, said on the night of the 6th: “Former Ambassador Jo Seong-gil entered Korea in July last year and it was understood that the authorities they are protecting her. ” While the fact of the entry of a high-ranking diplomat into the country has been revealed, considering the actions and circumstances of former Deputy Ambassador Cho, there is the prospect that his visit to Korea will merely provoke a wave of inter-Korean relations. ▶ Page related to Article 4 The government does not confirm whether former Deputy Ambassador Cho travels to Korea, formal or informal. It is an extension of the “principle” that does not publicly or officially confirm whether a specific North Korean refugee resides in Korea. Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said in a Foreign Ministry state affairs audit held at the National Assembly that day: “The Foreign Ministry has played a sufficient role, but it is difficult to give details. Former Deputy Ambassador Cho left the Italian embassy on November 10, 2018, before returning home, and disappeared with his wife. Former Deputy Ambassador Cho’s rank is “ Secretary of the First Class ”, but after North Korea’s sixth nuclear test in September 2017, the Italian government expelled the then-ambassador over UN sanctions, and he has served as “ deputy ambassador. ” Italy’s Foreign Ministry announced in February of Last year the daughter of former Deputy Ambassador Cho was repatriated to North Korea. Various media report that “Former Deputy Ambassador Cho’s visit to Korea” is “the highest level asylum after Hwang Jang-yeop “or” a great event that will have a great impact on inter-Korean relations, “but the facts need to be considered. Former Deputy Ambassador Cho is the ‘number one secretary’ and ranks lower than Representative Tae Young-ho, who came to Korea after working as a construction job for the British embassy. “Deputy Ambassador” is not a job title, but a “temporary assignment.” A brilliant source in North Korean diplomacy said: “In North Korea, when an ambassador is vacant, the task of ‘temporary deputy ambassador’ is temporarily assigned to the lower ranks.” In principle, the order of the North Korean embassy is of the order of “ambassador-corporation-catastrophe-secretary”, and so on. Another source said. A source noted that “Jo Seong-gil is a serving diplomat, not a high-level diplomat,” and said, “If you want to find a difference with other North Korean defectors, you are a ‘formal diplomat belonging to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of North Korea ‘with few cases of coming to Korea. ” It is pointed out that it is premature even with the prospect of the entry of former Deputy Ambassador Cho to Korea becoming a significant variable in inter-Korean relations. This is because there is a clear difference in the actions of the parties and the government compared to the precedent of Representative Tae Young-ho. On August 17, 2016, Rep. Tae’s entry into Korea was publicized in the media as “the highest rank among North Korean diplomats who have fled North Korea so far” at an official US press conference. Unification Ministry of the Park Geun-hye administration at that time. Assemblyman Tae has also been active in public criticism of North Korea. On the other hand, former Deputy Ambassador Cho has been shutting down both parties and the government for the 15th month since his arrival in July 2019. Former Deputy Ambassador Cho said he was not appearing at all in the Korean defector society. His “comprehensive withdrawal” appears to have been prompted by consideration of making North Korean families, including their young daughters repatriated to the north, as little “handicapped” as possible. Experts generally note that the Moon Jae-in administration, which has strived to improve inter-Korean relations, such as three summit meetings in 2018, professing the “ exclusion of absorption and unification, ” has no reason to use ` “ Jo Seong-gil to Korea ” for internal political purposes. A former senior official said: “Since the parties and the government are showing a silent and cautious movement, it will not act as a major variable that will negatively affect inter-Korean relations, even if it is officially confirmed that Sung-gil’s trip to Korea It is true”. By Lee Je-hoon, Kim Ji-eun, and Jeong Hwan-bong, reporter [email protected]
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