"You have to be fully prepared...Kim Jong-un May Be All-Out War In Unexpected Way" [Y Record]

■ Host: Anchor Na Kyung-chul and Anchor Um Ji-min
■ Starring: Lim Eul-chul, Professor of the Institute for Far East Studies at Kyungnam University

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◇Anchor> Now Vice Minister Kim Yo-jung and the Ministry of National Defense spokesperson announced a late-night statement last night, and they said that. If a drone appears once again, we will consider it a declaration of war and act according to our judgment, so what actions can we expect?

◆> First of all, when our military broadcasted the loudspeaker in the front area, we hit the loudspeaker. Don't test our patience even if the North keeps sending continuous messages now when it actually fired artillery shells. Even though we keep warning each other repeatedly, if we invade Pyongyang again through drones, they will respond to it by force now. However, what North Korea keeps saying and our side is concerned about is that it can be a catalyst that can lead to one bigger military conflict, not just exploding drones and balloons. That's very worrisome, but I think we're reading a lot of our intentions in North Korea. So, we must now show the Yoon Suk Yeol government, which continues to test its patience, through military action, not words. It seems that you have made this decision now.

So, in my view, considering the size of the North Korean artillery brigade deployed in the front and the equipment they have, we should not just dismiss it as bluff. There can be enough actual damage, there can be a gunfight. And one of the points we should not miss here is that North Korea should not consistently send fliers now, after all. But we have to pay attention to the contents of the flyer. In North Korea, Kim Jong-un is sometimes called the most dignified and in a way, the most sacred person, and a flyer that continues to damage the image of this person is distributed to North Korea, and this time, a flyer that can damage the image of the top North Korean leadership through drones is distributed over Pyongyang, so North Korea needs to prevent it even at the risk of war.

If we fail to prevent this, it could eventually deal a decisive blow to Kim Jong-un's prestige and dignity. It could be a more powerful blow to the North Korean system than to lose the war. So, if we understand the nature of the North Korean system at all, whether it is appropriate for our government to approach it in this way is a very skeptical position as a professional.

◇ Anchor> We just received a breaking news that our military has detected the situation in which the North Korean military is preparing to detonate on the East Sea and Gyeongui lines today. What do you think about this?

◆> I think it's a move that North Korea has already announced. In that context, follow-up measures are rapidly progressing because they have already vowed to thoroughly separate and disconnect all railways and roads connecting the two Koreas. That's why I keep telling you that North Korea should keep the possibility open and prepare for any military action to maintain its supreme dignity and maintain the system, even though we are clearly seeing a situation that is fundamentally different from the past inter-Korean relations. And if you look at what these people are doing right now, they don't really stop talking. They will show us not only by words but by actions. I'm implementing it with my own principles. You have to look at it in that context. The question now is, how about continuing to sever inter-Korean relations, raising a sense of hostility toward the South, and what is the final outcome of such measures? You have to look at that, too. But in my view, North Korea is now preparing for war. We're preparing for war. Because there is no possibility that what they are asking for will be accepted at all, and our government will openly remove Kim Jong-un. It's coming out in this way, so this is beyond the level of the river and the river, and military provocation clashes can happen in a way that we haven't expected so far. I think we should do that and be fully prepared.

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: Lee Sun Digital News Team Editor

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