Koh Min-jung, the top member of the Democratic Party of Korea, warned the presidential office that “we must not shake the alliance” over the opposition party that launched an offensive in the presidential office on the 11th due to suspicions of wiretapping by the US intelligence authorities. ” he said directly.
In response to a question from the host asking about the position of the presidential office and the ruling party on CBS Radio’s ‘Kim Hyun-jung’s News Show’ that day, the high commissioner replied, “Looking at those remarks, what comes to mind when Biden blows is like watching season 2.”
The previous day (10th), the Presidential Office announced that “finding the facts first” when the controversy arose over the wiretapping of the National Security Office at the Yongsan Presidential Office by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
At the same time, when the opposition pointed out that the presidential office was defenseless against eavesdropping, the presidential office said, “If there is a force trying to shake the alliance by exaggerating or distorting this incident ahead of the Korea-US summit, it will be resisted by many people.” warned.
In response, the high commissioner said, “Even at that time, the remark (President Yoon Seok-yeol’s’If Biden blows’) was directed at the Korean National Assembly or the US Congress, and whether it was Biden or blown it, it was exhausted talking about these things, and eventually reported it. Didn’t you accuse MBC again?”
He continued, “If you look at these procedures that the President’s Office is currently doing, they are the same as then.” added.
When a presidential office official told a media outlet that “there is a possibility that US reconnaissance satellites were used for information warfare,” Goh refuted, saying, “They want to establish that they have not been breached.”
In the process, it was also mentioned that the German government made an official complaint to the United States when the US National Security Agency (NSA) tapped German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cell phone. Goh added, “Germany has made a statement that spying on friends is absolutely unacceptable, but looking at what the South Korean government is saying now, why can’t they say anything about the United States?”
In addition, “(President’s office) once did a practical run. It is correct that a message of protest should have come out as soon as the situation occurred,” he said.
Koh said, “If we can’t help what has already happened, we should continue to demand clear stances from the United States, rather than talking about the point of anger towards the country from now on.” Then, whether or not we have a Korea-US summit, we can take the lead there,” he also emphasized.
Source: Donga
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