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Blue House National Security Officer Seo-hoon will give a briefing on issues related to the problems of South and North Korea in the Great Information Room in the Chunchu Room of the Blue House on the afternoon of the day. 25. Photographic reporters of the Blue House
A notice on behalf of the North Korean Labor Party Unification Front Department, which contained an apology from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for the “ attack by the Western Sea public official on North Korea, ” is reported to have been was delivered to the Blue House on the 25th. It is interpreted that the ‘direct line’ between the NIS and the Ministry of Electricity, which led to the rumor that it was ‘cut’ when the relationship between North and South Korea was stalled, she was alive.
At the briefing, the head of the Blue House National Security Office, Seo Hoon, posted a notice containing the explanation of the North Korean incident, the willingness to prevent it from recurring, and President Kim’s apology. The notice was in the name of the Unification Front Division of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea that day. Seo said, “The North sent him to our side this morning,” but did not reveal by what route he was delivered.
The director of the National Intelligence Service, Won, will attend a private meeting held at the Information Committee of the National Assembly on the 25th. Yunhap news
Reportedly, the National Intelligence Service received the notice from the North. An insider said, “I know that Director Park Ji-won entered the Blue House with a notice this morning.” This is interpreted to mean that the “underwater channel” was in operation between the inter-Korean intelligence authorities, which was not clearly known.
The notice appears to have been reported directly to President Park Jae-in. After receiving the notice, President Moon attended a ceremony to mark the 72nd anniversary of Armed Forces Day that was held at the Army Special Warfare Command (Special Warfare) in Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do a 10 am that day. It is also possible to interpret that the reason President Moon did not mention the attack by a West Sea official in the day’s commemorative speech was because he came across North Korea’s message of apology.
Director Seo Hoon also revealed the fact that President Moon and President Kim exchanged personal letters recently, explaining that “there were expectations to overcome the difficulties of the Corona 19 crisis and current challenges and to restore inter-Korean relations.” As for the timing of the exchange, a senior Blue House official said “within a month.” The Blue House did not disclose the delivery route of the letter, but it is highly likely that it also came and went from the NIS and the electricity department line. In the past, the direct line between the NIS and the Ministry of Electricity and Energy has been used for communication between the top leaders of the two Koreas. Between the two Koreas, there were channels such as military communication lines in the East and West Sea regions, direct lines between ships, and Panmunjeom channels, but this was discontinued after North Korea announced on June 9 that it would block these channels. At the time, North Korea did not mention a separate direct line between the NIS and the Ministry of Electricity.
As the submarine channel between the two Koreas is operational and President Kim’s apology comes to light, the worst-case relationship between the two Koreas is expected to face a sea change. Until the 24th, when the government officially confirmed that a missing official in the West Sea was attacked by North Korean troops, the observation prevailed that inter-Korean relations would turn into an immediate crisis situation. However, one day after the government issued a statement condemning North Korea’s atrocities, President Kim conveyed the meaning of “I’m sorry” and it emerged that the recent friendship between North and South leaders came. to become known, and the expectation that the peace process on the Korean peninsula could be reactivated was cautious. to have. This is because the channel the two Koreas used to discuss important issues such as participation in the 2018 North Korea Pyeongchang Winter Olympics and three summit meetings was also the ‘hotline’ of the National Intelligence Service and the Ministry of Electric Energy.
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