The most shocking comment on natl security: Moon says NK can be consulted about US-ROK military drills, in response to a Q on the fate of March drills: "남북 간에는 한미 합동 군사훈련에 대해서...필요하면 남북군사공동위원회를 통해서 북한과 협의할 수 있다." Why shocking?⤵️..1/ https://twitter.com/duyeonkim/status/1351004401067044872
(1) US-SKorea drills defend 🇰🇷 against NKorean attack & nuclear threat. Any changes should be discussed & agreed with its US ally. One never gives the attacker a say in how one decides to defend their own country. That's putting SKorea's national security in the hands of NK..2/
(2) The comment reflects the thinking & nature of Moon & his progressive faction, so this isn't shocking to people in Korea. The issue is state leaders saying it publicly; it tells citizens NK has a bigger say in how SKoreans are protected or not & that there's a hierarchy..3/
(3) Moon's comment sounds like his reply to Kim Jong Un's demand during NK's 8th Party Congress that drills end. It also appears to be another desperate attempt to resume inter-Korean dialogue, which NK has been refusing still upset with Seoul about Hanoi summit's failure..4/
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