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News summary on the way home from work, Subsletter Evening.
President Yoon Seok-yeol made his 'UN stage debut' by giving a speech at the UN General Assembly.
Again, the keyword (keyword/key word) was 'freedom', and it was mentioned 21 times.
On the other hand, the letter 'B' for 'North Korea', which appeared as a regular in the President's speech to the United Nations, did not appear.
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida mentions 'North Korea' and 'Kim Jong-un', so why is the message to North Korea missing from President Yun's speech?
President Yun didn't even bring up the North Korean 'B'
President Seok-Yeol Yoon gave a keynote speech at the UN General Assembly under the theme of 'Freedom and Solidarity: Searching for a Solution in the Transition Period'.
'Freedom' is number 21, 'international community' is number 13, and 'solidarity' is number 8. These words are used to suggest a solution to the international crisis.
The goal of the speech is to protect freedom and overcome global crises together through solidarity with the international community.
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It is noteworthy that the word 'freedom' was mentioned 21 times. Freedom appeared 35 times in the presidential inaugural speech last May and 33 times in last month's Liberation Day celebration speech.
It can be seen as a keyword that penetrates the core of President Yoon's main speech.
On the other hand, the letter "B" in North Korea was not mentioned.
Interviews with experts say that they do not remember cases in which the President of the Republic of Korea did not mention North Korea in his speech to the United Nations.
It's a very unusual speech, so it's an important feature of this speech.
"I can't remember a time that North Korea did not appear in the UN speech of the South Korean president" (Kim Jong- dae
, visiting professor at Yonsei University, former member of the Justice Party, CBS Radio 'Kim Hyun-jung's News Show')
Most of the time, we talked a lot about inter-Korean relations or how to solve the North Korean nuclear issue, didn't we? There was no mention of that part at all."
Why was there no message to North Korea?
The presidential office explained why President Yun did not even bring up the letter 'b' in North Korea, but it is said that the message to North Korea was omitted from this speech because it is already included in the bold initiative.
"The message to North Korea is not directly included in this speech, and you can think of it as a situation where there is nothing more to add or subtract from the announcement of a bold plan." (Presidential Office Senior Official)
However, it is said that President Yoon met with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres after his speech at the UN General Assembly and asked for a hardline response from the international community to North Korea's nuclear provocation.
According to a briefing at the presidential office, Kim Eun-hye, senior public relations chief, President Yoon said, "I ask the president to pay attention and provide support so that the international community can respond with one voice when North Korea resumes its nuclear test or carries out additional nuclear provocations." Guterres responded by saying, "President Yoon and the Republic of Korea can trust the United Nations."
Still, there are a lot of questions about the fact that President Yoon did not mention North Korea in his speech to the United Nations, which is the main schedule of his visit to the United Nations.
In an interview with the 'New York Times' before visiting the US, he criticized, saying, "(The Moon administration) has been obsessed with North Korea." The international community's interest in it is growing.
Moreover, it is difficult to see that the international community understands the bold idea.
Experts have come up with various analyzes as to the reason for not mentioning North Korea, but the first is the analysis of 'clarification of the message'.
It was a consideration to clearly convey the message of freedom and solidarity.
In the cornerstone of the Yun Seok-yeol administration's foreign policy, I will try to play a new role as a global pivotal state.
Because it's completely distracting.
At the UN General Assembly, we also talked about clear global issues, but all that was talked about global was omitted and only North Korea was left.
(Wang Seon-eun, Director of the Center for Foreign Affairs at the Hanpyeong Policy Research Institute/ YTN 'News Rider')
President Yoon's speech is meaningful in that he officially announced on the international stage that the value alliance with the free camp is the direction of Korean foreign policy. .
There is an analysis that the second without a message to North Korea took into account realistic situations such as North Korea's backlash.
It is a situation in which North Korea's Vice-Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea Kim Yeo-jung, in a discourse, said, "We hate the person Yun Seok-yeol. We will never deal with it." Isn't it a choice, this kind of analysis.
There seems to have been a tactical calculation that there is no need to talk about it again at the UN General Assembly in a state in which North Korea is not ready to respond to it and is not ready to accept it in the current situation on the North Korean nuclear issue and North Korea policy.
(Kim Geun-sik, professor at Kyungnam University / former head of the People's Power Vision Strategy Office, MBC Radio 'Kim Jong-bae's Focus')
In addition, there is an analysis that, in a situation where the UN sanctions against North Korea are severe, it is not possible to send a message to North Korea because it is difficult to obtain a response from the West to repeat the 'bold initiative' that includes the easing of economic sanctions.
The international community unites to oppress and sanction North Korea, which is a common international norm of action.
This doesn't make sense logically.
So, even talking about such a bold idea is a bit harsh, but I should have said something to urge attention because peace on the Korean Peninsula determines politics and security in East Asia and is very important to world peace.
(Jongdae Kim, Visiting Professor, Institute for National Unification, Yonsei University/ Former Justice Party Member, CBS Radio 'Kim Hyun-jung's News Show')
"I intend to meet Kim Jong-un"... Kishida Summoned the Pyongyang Declaration
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida also gave a speech at the UN General Assembly, mentioning North Korea, saying that he is willing to hold talks with North Korea without conditions.
It's not new, but there are a lot of media reports in preparation for President Yun's speech at the United Nations, where there was no North Korean message.
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Prime Minister Kishida said, "Based on the North Korea-Japan Pyongyang Declaration, we have comprehensively resolved various issues such as the abduction of Japanese citizens by North Korea and the nuclear and missile issues, and there is no change in our policy of liquidating the unfortunate past and establishing diplomatic ties." He also said that he was willing to meet without conditions.
The North Korea-Japan Pyongyang Declaration is a declaration that the leaders of North Korea and Japan met in Pyongyang 20 years ago and agreed on the basic principles of normalization of diplomatic relations.
Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi, who visited Pyongyang at the time, made an official apology for the past colonial rule, and then North Korean leader Kim Jong-il admitted and apologized for the abduction of Japanese citizens.
It was a very shocking announcement.
Although Prime Minister Kishida did not make any new proposals for North Korea, the fact that Japan has put on the international stage a message that it values the Pyongyang Declaration signed by Japan 20 years ago is a glimpse into Japan's thoughts on improving North Korea-Japan relations.
Prime Minister Kishida is from Hiroshima, where there is the pain of being exposed to nuclear weapons.
In response to the failure of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) evaluation meeting held last month due to Russia's brakes, it was noted that "Japan will pursue a realistic response to the realization of a world without nuclear weapons with a sense of historical mission as the only war-exposed country." It stands out
It could be read as an indirect message about North Korea.
Experts say "Strategic silence is good, but it's disappointing"
President Yoon's failure to send a message to North Korea can be explained by 'strategic silence', but there are many experts who say that 'North Korea' is missing.
The UN General Assembly is a multilateral diplomatic arena where leaders of each country gather, and it is a good opportunity to directly explain North Korea policy, which is one of Korea's core foreign policies.
It leaves a feeling of regret, saying, 'Isn't it right to send a continuous message to the North on the UN stage?
Because we are the owners and it is a problem for us, in fact, it is the biggest problem for us and at the same time a global problem, so I don't think peace on the Korean Peninsula is an issue of such a nature that we can simply ignore it.
(Professor Junhyung Kim, Handong Global University / Former President of the National Diplomatic Academy, KBS Radio 'Choi Young-il's Current Affairs Headquarters')
For a slightly different reason in the passport, there is a reaction that it was disappointing that there was no message to North Korea.
If we really want to talk about freedom, we have to talk about North Korea's nuclear weapons, North Korea's enactment of nuclear weapons into law.
this can't be
You should give this speech at the UN General Assembly.
(Lee Jae-oh, Senior Advisor to the People's Power, KBS Radio 'Choi Young-il's Current Affairs Headquarters')
What if a comprehensive version of 'Bold Concept' was released?
The presidential office said that it had prepared a roadmap for cooperation in the political and military sectors in the 'bold initiative', which aims to seek economic support from the initial stage of denuclearization negotiations, but a comprehensive version has not been released yet.
At the UN General Assembly this time, it was left as a 'bold initiative with a blank space' that was still not filled.
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The first frost of the year was caught on the morning of today (21st) at the Jungcheong Shelter in Seoraksan Mountain.
The Jungcheong Shelter is not an official observation point of the Korea Meteorological Administration, so it is not an official record, but it is said to be the earliest frost since 2000.
(Photo = Yonhap News)