The President’s office denied the allegations of eavesdropping and wiretapping by the US government, calling them “absurd and false allegations.” The leaked documents released by foreign media reports are organized as having been manipulated, and instead, they criticize the opposition party’s political offensive as “self-harm” and “infringement of national interests” and try to change the situation.
According to passports on the 12th, the President’s office has fabricated many of the documents disclosed on social network services (SNS) in connection with the suspicion that the US intelligence agency wiretapped and wiretapped high-ranking officials in the Korean presidential office, and the contents were also classified as sensitive and confidential in terms of diplomacy and security. It is assumed that the items are not included.
A high-ranking official in the presidential office told News 1 that “there are many inaccurate information about Korea.” Another high-ranking official also said that many of the leaked documents were fabricated, saying, “(The contents) are already known,” and “I don’t think there are any sensitive parts.”
The President’s office issued an official position the day before (11th) and said, “Regarding the suspicion of wiretapping and wiretapping by the US government, the defense ministers of the two countries agreed on the fact that ‘a significant number of the documents in question were forged’.” We will further strengthen the trust and cooperative system between the two countries through the ‘Korea-US Intelligence Alliance’.”
National Security Office First Deputy Director Kim Tae-hyo, who was on a business trip to Washington, DC the day before President Yoon Seok-yeol’s state visit to the United States at the end of April, also met with reporters at the airport and said, “The views of the two countries are consistent in the evaluation that much of the disclosed information is forged.” This will serve as an opportunity to strengthen information sharing between the two countries,” he stressed.
Kim Tae-hyo, First Deputy Director of the National Security Office of the Presidential Office, departs from Incheon International Airport on the morning of the 11th for Washington, DC, to make prior arrangements ahead of President Yoon Seok-yeol’s state visit to the United States at the end of April. 2023.4.11/News 1 In particular, Deputy Director Kim drew a line, saying, “It cannot be a variable” to some prospects that the “eavesdropping and wiretapping controversy” will act as a variable for President Yoon’s state visit to the United States. Then, emphasizing that Korea and the United States have been together in her important intelligence activities, he said, “I think that the trust between the two countries will be further strengthened on this occasion.”
Until the 10th, the President’s office had been cautious, saying, “Finding out the facts is the priority,” but after a day, it switched to hardline mode, saying, “Many of the leaked documents are fabricated.” It seems that the decision to quickly sort out the controversy that can go was considered.
President Yoon also refrained from making public remarks about the eavesdropping and wiretapping controversy, and instead △strengthened labor union accounting △reinforced competitiveness of secondary batteries and semiconductors △prompted messages on extinguishing forest fires in Gangneung or held a groundbreaking ceremony for the first electric vehicle-only factory in Korea and promised policy support. It focused on people’s livelihood and economic actions.
There is also a view that the presidential office is trying to change the situation by defining the opposition party’s offensive as ‘diplomatic self-injury’ and ‘infringement of national interest’. The power of the people, the ruling party, also responded to the criticism of the Democratic Party as a “groundless political offensive” and started firing in support.
Regarding the Democratic Party’s assertion that security loopholes were revealed due to the official position the previous day of the presidential office’s relocation to Yongsan, the President’s Office said, “It is an absurd false suspicion.” It was emphasized again that the
He continued, “The Democratic Party is in a hurry to incite the people by raising false negative suspicions that wiretapping and wiretapping were carried out with the’relocation of the Presidential Office in Yongsan’ without thinking about whether it is true or not.” It is an act of self-harm that shakes the ROK-U.S. alliance amid threats and an act of violating national interests,” he expressed regret.
A key official in the presidential office met with reporters the day before and said, “Have the presidential office been relocated, the prime minister’s office relocated, or other government agencies from countries such as Israel, Britain, and France, where there are various wiretapping controversies?” The claim that there is a security problem is nothing more than a political offensive,” he dismissed.
Source: Donga
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