North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s sibling Kim Woong-jung
On the 20th, South Korean President Moon Jae-in nominated Chung Eui-yong, special assistant to the president for foreign affairs and security, as his new foreign minister candidate, as Kang Kyung-wha, the first foreign minister of the current government, will step down after 3 years and 7 months.
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Previously, Kang was not mentioned in the political and official circles as part of this cabinet reshuffle. Kang Kyung-wha is the longest-serving state councilor in the Moon Jae-in administration, and he was retained in the cabinet reshuffle on the 4th of last month, which led to the saying “Go Kyung-wha K5” (K is the initials of Kang Kyung-wha’s last name) within the foreign ministry, meaning that Minister Kang Kyung-wha will complete his 5-year term. This Time, Kang Kyung-wha was replaced and broke the expectations of the outside world. According to the observation of the diplomatic community, the condemnation talk of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s sister Kim Yo-jung last month may have some influence on this.
On the 9th of last month, Kim Woong-jung, vice minister of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, named Kang Kyung-wha and said that he desperately wanted to blow some more cold wind on the frozen inter-Korean relations, and warned that he would “write it down”.
On the 5th of last month, Kang said at an international conference in Bahrain that the challenges posed by the Wuhan pneumonia Epidemic have made North Korea more like North Korea. Kang’s comments point to the increasing closedness of North Korean society under the Wuhan pneumonia epidemic. However, Kim claimed that it was a “presumptuous statement” and said he would “settle the score.
Last June’s “Kim and Jung talk” led to the resignation of the unification ministry and defense minister one after another. Former Unification Minister Kim Chain-teok resigned 2 weeks after Kim’s June talk, saying that he took the blame for the deterioration of inter-Korean relations; in the same month, former Defense Minister Jung Kyung-doo also stepped down more than 2 months after being condemned by Kim Yong-chul, vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party under Kim’s command.
However, public opinion generally believes that this will not have much impact on Kang Kyung-wha’s position. It is understood that Moon Jae-in trusts Kang Kyung-wha, and in order not to give outsiders the impression that Kim and Jung are influencing the personnel policy of the Moon Jae-in government, so the possibility of directly replacing Kang Kyung-wha is very small.
However, in this case, Kang Kyung-wha happened to be replaced more than a month after Kim talked to him. The company’s main goal is to provide the best possible service to the customers. The government hopes to restart the cooperation between North and South Korea with the Wuhan pneumonia and vaccine, and it is hard not to consider the issue of Kim Woong-jung’s stay because he condemned Kang Kyung-woo by name.
On the 11th of last month, Kookmin-ri lawmaker Ha Tae-kyung said that those who are targeted by Kim and Jung will also be targeted by Moon Jae-in’s administration and will be completely isolated, so the case of Kang Kyung-wha, the foreign minister, is the best proof.
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