US lawmakers are also concerned about the war ban against North Korea … “President Wen needs to amend the bill.”



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Entry 2020.12.18 17:46

Statement from Democratic Party Congressman Gerald Connally
Co-chair of the ‘Korean caucus’ and member of the House of Representatives
“We do not respond to North Korea in a way that limits us.”

Amid concerns about the “Amendment to the North-North War Act (Amendment to the Inter-Korean Relations Development Act)” applied by the Democratic Party in the US political circle, US Congressman Gerald Connally, representative member of the Earth said on the 17th (local time): “President Moon Jae-in signed the bill. Before doing this, we must critically review it,” he urged.



US Congressman Gerald Connally. / EPA Yonhap News

Connally, a member of the Connally Democratic Party, who is a member of the Foreign Relations Committee of the United States House of Representatives and co-chair of the ‘Korea Caucus’ of the United States House of Representatives, said in a statement released today: ” The Korean National Assembly has recently crossed the border between North Korea and South Korea, or a third country such as China. “I am concerned about the criminalization of sending printed materials, auxiliary storage devices (USB, etc.), money, etc. to North Korea via the Internet. “

Connally said: “Current legislation could damage the ability of South Korean human rights groups to disseminate independent and diverse information to North Koreans and reduce freedom of expression.” “We do not respond to North Korea’s suppression of freedom of expression in a way that limits us.”

The ‘Tom Lantos Human Rights Committee’, a bipartisan organization in the US parliament that deals with human rights issues around the world, is scheduled to hold a hearing in January next year on the law of war against North Korea. In a statement issued on the 11th (local time), Congressman Chris Smith, who previously served as the United States Republican Party co-chair of Tom Lantos’ Human Rights Commission, expressed concern over the decision of the Democratic Party to South Korea to deal with the North Korean war ban. They have announced that they will meet

In a statement issued after the secretary of the Republican Party of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the United States House of Representatives, Michael McCawul, said in a statement: “It undermines freedom of expression, the fundamental value of democracy.” “The bright future of the Korean peninsula depends on North Korea becoming like South Korea,” he said, “not the other way around.”

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