[야고부] Member of Parliament Yoon Mi-hyang – Maeil Newspaper

“In our sad sky, about 240 fighters are doing military training to threaten peace, and missiles are flying against it from the North, and the air raid alarm we only heard about through training becomes a reality. . Without the intervention of anyone in Japan or the United States, we ourselves can protect our land by ourselves. We must protect our security so as not to lose the peace … “Stop the joint ROK-US military air drill immediately!”

The above statement is almost indistinguishable from the North Korean propaganda media “Our People”, which criticizes the joint ROK-US exercise. This is the argument of a South Korean lawmaker, not North Korea. It was on that day that North Korea, which had raised the level of military provocations day by day, launched more than 120 missiles, including launching missiles into Korean territorial waters south of the NLL for the first time since the division. Representative Yoon Mi-hyang’s position came after an organization called “Candlelight Action” issued a statement calling for the suspension of the joint South Korea-US air exercise. On the 3rd, the KCTU also requested that Vigilant Storm be stopped. On the 4th, Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, also took a stand in line with these statements, saying: “It is worth considering that the decision of the United States and South Korea to extend the joint exercises was rejected. and North Korea adopts corresponding measures “.

“Vigilant Storm” began in 2015 as a flight preparation training exercise for the ROK-USA joint venture. In 2017, when the Moon Jae-in government was inaugurated, a combined exercise involving 230 ROK and US Air Force units was conducted, but it was reduced to training by the South Korean Air Force in 2018 and abolished in 2018. 2019. North Korea did not contest the South Korean-US exercises during the inter-Korean military agreement, but in 2021 Kim Jong-un called for the halt of the South Korean-US joint exercises.

But why did independent representative Yoon Mi-hyang, who has left the Democratic Party, abruptly insist on stopping training between South Korea and the United States? He has a history of participating in a statement calling for the postponement of the joint ROK-US military exercise alongside 30 Democratic lawmakers in 2021. The trial of Representative Yoon, who was indicted in August 2020 on eight counts, including fraud and violation of subsidy management, violation of local finance law, violation of donations law, embezzlement and commercial negligence during the time of President Dae-hyeop Jeong, has not been tried in the first trial so far, two years have passed During the presidential election, the Democratic Party promised to expel lawmakers accused of corruption, including Rep Yoon, but did not keep them. Representative Yoon is likely to end his term as he continues to enjoy National Assembly privileges, such as immunity from immunity.

Seomyeong Soo, visiting editorial member (CEO of the Super China Research Institute) [email protected]