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Blue House spokesman Kang Min-seok said in a written briefing on the shooting of North Korean officials in North Korea on the 28th: ”The first point of concern for the President of the Republic of Korea is the ‘management of the crisis’ “. It was natural to explain why the Blue House and the military could do nothing while our civil servants were assassinated by North Korea and their bodies were damaged, and the president had to be informed late and respond late.
However, this clarification from a spokesperson gives rise to criticism that the Blue House is not putting people’s life and safety issues first and is addressing them from the ‘crisis management’ level. Spokesperson Kang replaced this briefing with a one-sided written briefing instead of briefings and questions with journalists. It was announced unilaterally without asking and answering the points that arouse curiosity in people.
Spokesman Kang said: “The ‘president’s time’ should not be too early, it should not be too late, and it is a time of hard work to make a single decisive decision.” In the event of a situation, the first point of concern for the President of the Republic of Korea is ‘crisis management’ ”.
It is not understandable why the ‘Korean peninsula confrontation scheme’ is discussed in the face of criticism of the government and military actions in the process of disappearance of the Korean people, being discovered and killed by North Korea. Why are you tied to the “confrontational structure” by contacting North Korea to request the rescue of the people and giving the Korean military an order to protect people’s lives first? As spokesman Kang said, it appears that the Korean government will focus on “crisis management” rather than life protection, even if a similar situation occurs next time.
President Moon Jae-in silenced the official Blue House meeting just after the fishing boat sank off the coast of Yeongheung Island in December 2017. At the time, President Moon said, “It is the responsibility of the state does not prevent and rescue such accidents for any reason. ” He said: “We must consider the responsibility of the state for the life and safety of the people as an unlimited responsibility.” There is no dispute that this is the correct attitude of the President of the Republic of Korea towards the life and safety of the people. This principle is no exception whether the United States, Japan or North Korea threaten the safety and lives of people.
Spokesman Kang said in a media report noting the president’s failure to respond to the initial response: “I am concerned that the North and South do not hesitate to raise their heads without doubting that they must return to the Cold War and confrontation. . However, it is questionable whether the method of responding to criticism as to why people’s lives were not prioritized or did not respond harshly to North Korean provocations in the way of war.
Let’s go back to Kang’s words. The “president’s time” is a time of hard work to make a decisive decision that should be neither too soon nor too late. “There is no room for refutation or reason. The president’s problems in the national economy, well-being and domestic politics are an unavoidable process for better results.
However, when it comes to the safety, security and lives of the people, the office of president is not a place of concern, but a place of determination. The army also trains and prepares 365 days for this moment of despair. The president is the commander-in-chief of these forces. The reason why President Park Geun-hye’s ‘Seven Hours of the Sewol Ferry’ remains controversial is that time has been delayed on the issue of people’s lives. That is why the desk in the President’s office of the White House in the United States is called the “Resolved Desk.” The Blue House also has a desk for the president’s decision.
However, President Moon was not at the ‘determination desk’ at the time of the disappearance of public officials, murder and body damage. At the time, the Blue House staff did not adequately report the president’s decision. Meanwhile, the ‘Golden Time’ for ‘decision’ passed, and even afterwards, only the time for worry, ‘Check the facts’ passed. Even now, instead of documents for the ‘decision’, the president may have only documents that compound the ‘concerns’.
The following is the full text of a report written by Blue House spokesman Kang Min-seok.
○ The ‘chairman’s time’ is a time of deliberation that should not be too early or too late to make a single decisive decision. In particular, there has been a security situation that could become a turning point on whether or not to return the Korean peninsula to a confrontational structure. In this case, the first point that worries the President of the Republic of Korea is “crisis management”.
A series of processes in which President Moon Jae-in received briefings, expressed official positions and chaired meetings related to the incident of the fishing instructor attack was the time of crisis management on the Korean Peninsula.
○ It’s unfortunate, but let’s analyze the situation at that time. We consider it as if it had happened in front of our military, as if we were looking through a telescope, and we reported critically, but basically it was an incident in the waters of North Korea, tens of kilometers from our sea, where we could not see and enter. .
What we could see with the eyes of our military was nothing other than the fireworks were observed by surveillance teams in the waters of North Korea. It is a situation in which only fragments of “intellect” existed.
○ When the North Korean military finds information that a missing public official was killed and burned with fire to damage the body, confirmation comes first. The Blue House has already revealed in detail what was needed in this situation.
First, at the nightly meeting of emergency relations ministers on 23rd, the government succeeded in dividing the intelligence, deduced the facts from the intelligence of the pieces, and tried to confirm its accuracy. Since the facts that the two Koreas have captured are still different so far, the Korean government yesterday proposed a joint investigation and is conducting a separate fact-finding. I think journalists will understand how difficult it is to establish the facts.
The evening meeting ended at 2:30 am and the President was officially informed six hours later without being confirmed as fact, and the President reaffirmed the veracity of the intelligence or information and the credibility of the estimate based on it. He made it clear to the people and instructed North Korea to find the necessary procedures. According to the president, “the matter was too serious.” “Is it reliable over and over again, if it can be judged true?”
This is because when sufficient facts are confirmed, it is possible to disclose them transparently to the public, receive an apology from the North, and receive a promise to prevent a repeat. Subsequent responses (President Moon’s order to convene the NSC -> NSC meeting and outcome report -> President Moon’s announcement of a message to North Korea -> additional convocation of the NSC -> President Moon’s presidency of the meeting of emergency security ministers) will be omitted.
○ After President Moon’s message to North Korea (September 24), a notice containing an apology from President Kim Jong-un arrived exceptionally quickly (September 25).
A spokesman for the US State Department (25th) said: “It is extremely unusual for a North Korean leader to apologize to the South for a particular issue,” and said: “This is a useful measure.” (This part was reported by foreign media after the death that “it is extremely unusual for a North Korean leader to apologize to the South for a specific issue,” and a spokesman for the US State Department (25) assessed it. as “a useful measure”. It was modified to be)
The evaluation not only of the national media but also of the foreign media was positive. <뉴욕타임스>Similar reports from foreign media followed, such as the analysis that “this apology has prevented what could have been another serious crisis in inter-Korean relations.”
On the other hand, let’s see the approach of some national media.
-Speaking of brutality … Moon’s government fell in love with Kim Jong-un’s words “I’m sorry” (Chosun Ilbo, page 1 of September 26)
Similar reports from the national media followed.
○ We look back at the “Mine on Wood Board” provocation on August 4, 2015. It was an unfortunate event. After twists and turns, the North Korean military’s “expression of regret” came about 20 days later. This is the evaluation of the press and other press at that time.
-North Korea, which never said “apple”, clearly “expresses regret” this time (Chosun Ilbo)
-In the midst of the immediate crisis in North South Korea, the number of victories and defeats of the late president’s “adherence to principles” passed (Chosun Ilbo)
-North Korea “Sorry for the South Korean soldiers injured due to the mine explosion” … The first regret to be declared as a subject of North Korea (El JoongAng Ilbo)
-Dialogue and commitment prevented the catastrophe in North and South Korea (Joongang Ilbo editorial)
It was not just the North Korean leader’s apology, but the media’s assessment at the time that the word ‘sorry’ was included in a joint report.
○ At yesterday’s meeting of the Ministers of Emergency and Security Relations, there were a number of reports this morning that “affirmed” North Korea’s apology notice and also undermined and criticized the proposal for a joint inter-Korean investigation and reinstatement. lines of communication.
Regarding the meeting of the ministers of emergency security relations, UN Secretary General Antony Guteresh “urged a transparent investigation to determine the facts” and urged North and South Korea to return to the Declaration. 2018 Pyongyang Conference and the spirit of the inter-Korean military agreement to ease border tension and build trust.
I’m not trying to blame the media. It is out of concern that the two Koreas do not hesitate to raise their heads without doubting the need to return to the Cold War and confrontation. Some outlets even counted and criticized the number of times the president mentioned ‘peace’ at the Armed Forces Day ceremony that took place after receiving the notice from North Korea. Although we have promised the public that we will respond firmly to speech and to any action that threatens the life and safety of people.
As the President emphasized when sending comfort to the bereaved at today’s Subo Conference, the government regrets that something that should not have happened, but not only strong security, to make it more peaceful.
I would like to introduce the words of Mahatma Gandhi, which President Moon quotes frequently. There is no way to peace. The peace is the way.
September 28, 2020
Speaker of the Blue House, Kang Min-seok
