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Unification Minister Lee In-young. Yunhap news
Unification Minister Lee In-young made a comment intending to share with North Korea whether a vaccine for the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) is secured. Minister Lee’s comments have sparked negative public opinion as the government has failed to secure a vaccine, known as Pfizer and modders, which are known to have 95% immunity.
In an interview with KBS on the afternoon of the 18th, Lee expressed his willingness to cooperate in quarantine against Corona 19 between the two Koreas. He said: “If we can cooperate with each other through treatments and vaccines, it will be an opportunity for the North to escape a bit of the economic sacrifices due to the quarantine system.” .
In this regard, some criticized: “It is a situation in which not even the citizens of Korea can be right, so I will spread it to North Korea.” The Korean government is negotiating a vaccine for Corona 19, but the officially insured amount is known to be well below the target of 30 million people. On the other hand, the Japanese government has sold more than 300 million vials of the Corona 19 vaccine, which has entered phase 3 clinical trials, in the last four months. Therefore, it was noted whether it was a total defeat in the ‘vaccination war’.
Minister Lee also said in an interview: “If the Corona 19 situation calms down a bit more, I will formally propose a dialogue to North Korea.” Said.
He drew a line as “the area of the president’s judgment” regarding whether or not to hold high-level talks or dispatch envoys, explaining that “the proposal to open the waters of inter-Korean cooperation is the same now.
Regarding the possibility of North Korean provocation in time for the US regime change, he said: “Because there were such cases, we cannot say that there is no possibility,” he said.
At the same time, he suggested to North Korea that “a more rational approach is to put cold noodles on the table and come out flexibly through dialogue and negotiations, rather than an approach based on tension with missiles or nuclear weapons.”
Reporter Kim Ji-hye [email protected]
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