the State media, the DPRK announced that the country’s authorities temporarily suspend work on the plan of military actions against South Korea. The expert told the “MK” why the North Koreans took this sudden decision and that, in his opinion, was the real cause of the deterioration of relations between East Asian States.
“first you need to note that many were led to a translation mistake, says “MK” leading researcher of the Center for Korean studies Institute of far Eastern studies Russian Academy of Sciences Konstantin Asmolov. – It was about some military actions, because the statement stood the plural. That is, they offered different types of military response to South Korean provocations. However, the North Korean authorities temporarily postponed”.
According to experts, the decisive moment in the issue of inter-Korean relations will come tomorrow. If the anniversary of the Korean war the so-called “fighters for a free North Korea” will again try to implement a propaganda campaign (although the South Korean authorities are seemingly not going to allow that), it will be an important signal to the North Korean leadership. Moreover, it should be noted that on Monday, June 22, despite claims about enhanced police checks, declarations of the coastal areas of threat, etc., this organization still has launched another batch of leaflets.
“Perhaps a little unclear why these folks so angered the North Koreans, – continues Konstantin Asmolov. We need to figure out how many leaflets were launched that in the last game, may 31, there were 500 thousand. For example, for Russia, this is the edition for serious gubernatorial campaign. Now imagine a small group of “noble defenders”, which at intervals of 2-3 months can print these copies on glossy paper and have the resources and equipment in order to periodically start all of this in the DPRK”.
the Expert added that the launch of propaganda leaflets, which occurred this Monday, already the fourth this year. Approximately ten of these were produced last year. Many of them wore even poluprorocheski character.
“first inter-Korean agreements prohibit all hostile acts, so the launch of leaflets in such numbers that the peace will not name, – said Konstantin Asmolov. The South Koreans responded in the following way: “we Have freedom of speech and democracy, we can’t ban human rights activists to criticize you”. Although that the law of national security, that the laws of inter-Korean exchanges, these people can safely be arrested even without the adoption of a special law, which the authorities of the Republic of Korea is now so concerned”.
According to experts, the aggravation of Mikolajki relations began with the moment when Kim E Jong, sister of North Korean leader instead of, as usual, to blame “human garbage”, put the question another way.
“She said that the North Koreans will deal not with “mutt” and its owner – said Konstantin Asmolov. And let the South Koreans we will explain to: moon Jae In is so incompetent and unable to do something about the President that he can’t plug a human rights group to avoid the law? Or the moon with one hand signs the agreement, and the other is sabotaging?
If any such explanation is not the man with whom you can negotiate.”
the Expert stressed that the South Korean leader loves “deep Symphony of action.” One day he appeared in the tie, which went to his successor. Moon was also a special menu where each item contained a hidden meaning. So the North Koreans decided to show that they too are capable of “symbolism” and destroyed the inter-Korean joint office.
we will Remind, on June 16 in the vicinity of the industrial complex in the border Kaesong in North Korea has been an explosion of inter-Korean liaison office. North Korean authorities said the decision to destroy this separation (which de facto performed the functions of diplomatic missions and was intended to facilitate dialogue between two warring parties) a response to the defectors send propaganda leaflets that discredited the North Korean leadership and called for an uprising against the ruling in the Pyongyang regime.
After that, the DPRK began to consider the Korean Republic is not as the closest partner, and as the worst “enemy”. Moreover, the DPRK army also promised to increase its military presence in the border with South Korea the region and to resume military exercises.
