‘김여정 입장’ 왜 서론이 길었나…중동·우크라 먼저 언급한 이유는

Kim Yeo-jung's briefing on why the introduction was long... The reason for mentioning the Middle East and Ukraine first

On the night of the 19th, Kim Yeo-jung, the General Secretary of the Labor Department of the Workers' Party of Korea, delivered a "major international issues lip (introduction)" after the joint US-South Korean exercises 'UFS' were sharply reduced due to the directive from US President Donald Trump. In this briefing, Kim Yeo-jung expressed that the value and interest of the exercises' reduction and the decrease in their duration did not change the essence of South Korea's anti-South Korea policy. However, she assessed the relationship between Kim Jong-un and Trump as "steady and excellent."

The 'Kim Yeo-jung briefing' focused not only on the reduction of the US-South Korea joint exercises and Trump's directive but also on major international issues that are exacerbating the global security crisis. The briefing, which was 2960 characters long, spent 1231 characters on the US-South Korea joint exercises and Trump's relationship.

Kim Yeo-jung intentionally viewed North-South Korea relations as one of many regional and global security issues. She began her briefing with the Middle East, then moved on to the Russia-Ukraine war, the prolonged conflict in the Russia-Georgia conflict, and North-South Korea military cooperation. She also addressed Japan's aggressive military expansion attempts and concluded with the need to address North-South Korea relations within the context of a broader regional and global strategic competition.