North Korean Labor Party Chairman Kim Jong-un reported on the 3rd day of the 8th Labor Party Congress on the 7th, the Chosun Central News Agency reported on the 8th. yunhap news-As North Korea’s Chairman of the State Council Kim Jong-un unveiled at the 8th Party Congress, the policy to fully expand external relations and to consider the South Korean issues in line with the demands of the times, interest in the specific content and meaning of the remarks is growing.
According to a report by the Labor News, Chairman Kim said in the report on the 3rd day of the 7th business summary, “considering the South Korean issue in accordance with the created situation and the changing needs of the times, and the overall direction and policy position of our party to expand and develop external relations entirely. A thousand people.”
However, North Korea did not introduce more details and did not disclose the full text of the remarks.
North Korean experts interpreted it as a positive message in the direction of policy toward South Korea and the United States, but there were also many opinions that we should look more carefully.
◇ Consideration of North Korea’s South Korean Issue,’Unconventional Proposal’ vs’Not High Likelihood of Specific Proposal to South Korea’
Hong Min, head of the North Korean Research Institute of the Institute for National Unification, said, “It is noteworthy that the field of the cause of the reunification of the motherland was referred to as the’South Korea issue’ in the 7th Party Conference in 2016. It implies that a strategy toward South Korea that involves a fairly fundamental change in perception can come out as it has the meaning of renewing the perception of’daenam’.”
“There is a possibility that’relationship reset’ or’unconventional proposal’ will come out beyond the implementation of the existing principle agreement or proposals for dialogue or exchange and cooperation,” said “the term Kim Il-sung-Kim Jong-ilism appeared in the process of the party conference. He added that the atmosphere that escapes from the halo of the leader of the predecessor is also detected, such as not putting pictures of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il on the front of the party venue.”
On the other hand, Professor Im-chul of the Gyeongnam National University Far East Research Institute said, “North Korea has just considered the issue with South Korea, but this is an intention to approach it carefully,” he said. “It was different from the 7th Party Congress 5 years ago, especially the international community. “The possibility of a specific proposal to South Korea does not seem great, considering the sanctions of Korea, the prolonged corona 19 crisis, and the prolonged deadlock between the US and the United States.”
Professor Lim said, “Considering that the Moon Jae-in administration, unlike the conservative governments in the past, is making efforts to implement inter-Korean agreements such as the Anti-Spraying Act, North Korea is also likely to express its will to implement the agreements of the 4.27 Panmunjom Declaration and the 9.19 Pyongyang Joint Declaration.” .
Yang Moo-jin, a professor at North Korea Graduate University, said, “The’formed situation’ mentioned by Chairman Kim means sanctions and corona, the launch of the new administration of Biden, and intensifying conflict between the United States and China. “It refers to the people’s desire to independently lead the inter-Korean relations,” he said. “It is to exercise the initiative of inter-Korean relations according to their own needs, without being unilaterally attracted to the inter-Korean relations.”
The Ministry of Unification said, “There have been cases in which North Korea referred to inter-Korean relations as’the issue of North-South relations’, but it is the first time that the expression’the issue with South Korea’ means,” he said. There is” he explained.
North Korean Labor Party Chairman Kim Jong-un reported on the 2nd day of the 8th Labor Party Congress on the 6th, reported on the 7th. yunhap news–◇ Overall expansion of North Korea’s external relations,’possibly leaving room for negotiations with the US’ vs’possibility to exclude messages from the US to South Korea’
Experts’ interpretation of North Korea’s policy stance that it seeks to expand and develop foreign relations entirely was divided.
“As for external relations, the possibility of a message with considerable weight has increased by expressing that Chairman Kim has declared the overall direction and policy position for the overall expansion and development.” And there is a possibility that an appalling foreign message will come out.”
“There is a possibility of coming out after reaffirming the existing position with respect to the United States, leaving room for negotiation, while actively seeking out external relations, including relations with the public and Russia.”
Professor Lim Chul said, “North Korea’s foreign relations are not only referring to relations with the United States, but to the policy direction to focus on improving relations with other friendly countries such as China, Russia, and Southeast Asia.” He said, “If we acknowledge the strategic position of North Korea as a nuclear power and deal with it in a relationship of trust and respect, we expect to reveal its principled position to actively engage in dialogue and negotiations.”
Prof. Lim said, “The intensity of the expression of total expansion and development is at an unusual level, so it opens the possibility of a surprise proposal to the United States.” “He added.
On the other hand, Kim Dong-yeop, professor at the Kyungnam University Far East Research Institute, did not give much significance to Chairman Kim Jong-un’s remarks.
Professor Kim said, “I believe that Chairman Kim’s remarks are not specific messages or proposals to the South and the United States, but to the direction of the policy to enter into the full text of the Party’s Code,” he said. “In this party conference, specific announcements or proposals to the Korean government and the United States are excluded. “We expect to present the principle and direction of a large framework.”
Professor Kim added, “If North Korea makes a specific message or presentation to South Korea, the possibility of the Supreme People’s Assembly at the end of this month is higher.”
Professor Kim Young-soo of Sogang University said, “North Korea generally applies a higher security level for foreign policy directions such as South and South Korea than for domestic issues such as economy,” he said. “2018 Inter-Korean Summit, North American Summit, 2019 Hanoi No Deal, In this generalization, the achievements and problems of various pending issues in the South and the United States, such as the enactment of a bill to prohibit transmission and spread of North Korea, and the expected trends of the Biden and Moon Jae-in administrations were summarized in this generalization, and the future direction was determined, but North Korea adjusted the level by itself.”
In general, North Korea has gone through the procedure of adopting and disclosing a report on consolidation at the party convention. As North Korea’s Chairman Kim Jong-un appears to have completed a three-day business summary report from the 5th to the 7th, it is expected that the decision will be adopted and the contents disclosed sooner or later. It is expected that the detailed contents of the policy to expand and develop overall external relations and the consideration of South Korea issues will also be disclosed in the decision.
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