[News fighting] Park Choong-kwon, "North Korea-Russia military alliance? Russia's Struggle...It can be destroyed at any time."

[YTN Radio News Fighting Bae Seunghee]
□ Broadcasting: FM 94.5 (07:15 - 09:00)
□ Broadcast date and time: October 18, 2024 (Fri)
□ Host: Kim Woo-sung PD
□ Castor: Park Choong-kwon, member of the People's Power,

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◆ Producer Kim Woo-sung (hereinafter referred to as Kim Woo-sung): YTN Radio News Fighting Bae Seung-hee. Let's start part three. North Korea blew up the inter-Korean road. There is a lot of talk about using this bombing scene. The constitution was also revised to be called two hostile countries. We don't use this expression anymore. I'm calling it Korea. What does this mean? Let's find out what the situation is like between the two Koreas now. You majored in science in the South and the North, right? I was a North Korean defector. Park Chung-kwon, a member of the People's Power, is connected. How are you, Senator?

◆ Park Chung-kwon, Member of the People's Power (hereinafter referred to as Park Chung-kwon): Yes, how are you?

◆Kim Woo-sung: Let me ask you what was just reported this morning. Recently, North Korea deleted the Juche era. These reports are coming out, and at first glance, it can be seen as the two most important letters supporting North Korean society, but you also have experience majoring in science in North Korea. The subject has disappeared. How do you feel about it?

◆ Park Chung-kwon: In my view, the North Korean regime has changed its consciousness a lot recently, and the inside of North Korea has become very unstable, hasn't it? In such a situation, it seems that the North Korean regime has been excluded from the process of solidifying the regime within the North and thinking about how to lead it in the future. However, I don't think I can see it that way if it's said to have completely abandoned the Juche ideology, and rather, I think the intention is to gradually remove the status of my grandfather Kim Il-sung from the North Koreans and put himself in that position.

◆Kim Woo-sung: Then do you interpret Kim Jong-un as "He's trying to take the status of Kim Il-sung?"

◆ Park Chung-kwon: I think that's a bigger aspect.

◆Kim Woo-sung: Don't you often say that North Korea is a politician of appeasement? I am very careful about calling former President Park Geun Hye and being cautious because of his relationship with Kim Jong-il, the former chairman of the National Defense Commission, but I don't understand it well. It's going with a very different grammar. That's how I feel. What do you think?

◆ Park Chung-kwon: That's what it's like now. As I said before, the inside of North Korea is shaking a lot and the public sentiment of the North Koreans is violated, so what would it be like to say that we will go as it is now? Even the situation where the four generations of hereditary succession are difficult is predicted. Then we have to do this in a different way than before, and the most important of them is to completely separate the two Koreas. So, the biggest reason why North Korea is shaking is the Korean Wave, and in order to completely block the Korean Wave and take out all the admiration and envy for South Korea from North Koreans, we must eventually separate South Korea, and to do so, we have to dismantle this part of the reunification of the motherland, which has been claimed from the grandfather to the Kim Jong-il era.

◆Kim Woosung: Yes. In the end, the reason for scrapping the reunification of the motherland North Korea is in a very dangerous situation internally. He explains that he has to declare something in a new way.

◆ Park Chung-kwon: That's right. So in the process of finding a new exit strategy, I think these things are now being shown.

◆Kim Woo-sung: Constitutional amendment is also being discussed, have you heard about it through various channels? Is this being done in detail?

◆ Park Chung-kwon: Wasn't there a Supreme People's Assembly in North Korea on the 7th and 8th? Therefore, there was a prediction that a message about it would come out after revising the constitution, but it was not actually there, but if you look at the article published yesterday and today, it is the Korean Central News Agency. He said that it is a constitution of the Republic that regulates the Republic of Korea as a hostile country. And if you put together some of the things that came out of it, it seems that there was some constitutional amendment to the territorial sovereignty of the constitution. There is a saying that it is part of a step-by-step implementation to thoroughly separate the territory of North Korea's sovereignty from the territory of the Republic of Korea. So now the North Korean regime has defined the area where sovereignty is exercised, and the DMZ, we started calling the DMZ the southern border of North Korea, didn't we?

◆ Kim Woo-sung: It's called a border.

◆ Park Chung-kwon: That's right. It is believed that what it calls a border may have been a new territorial clause.

◆ Kim Woo-sung: In fact, there is an area in our constitution where migrants from the North and those who have been in the North and come to the South can still be accepted as our people. This is because the constitution says that the entire Korean Peninsula is considered territory, but if North Korea expresses the south as a border, will there be some changes in the parts of those who come from the North in the future? How do I watch it?

◆ Park Chung-kwon: We are unchanged.

◆Kim Woosung: Yes. We don't change.

◆ Park Chung-kwon: According to Article 3 of the Constitution, the Korean Peninsula under the Constitution is an annexed island, and according to the Constitution, we constitutionally, North Koreans are also citizens of the Republic of Korea. That's why when North Korean defectors come, they are accepted as the Korean people. Therefore, even if North Korea changes like that, if we don't claim the two countries, for example, as former Chief of Staff Lim Jong-seok claimed during the Moon Jae In administration, there will be no change.

◆ Kim Woo-sung: We are unchanged Along with this explanation, we need to see what North Korea's change means, but we are exploding the connection road now. I'm showing you these actions. Kim Jong-un came to the spot. There are also talks about this, which means that it is familiar to our people because North Korea has already shown so many explosive acts, but in what sense should I see it?

◆ Park Chung-kwon: That's right. As you said, the South-North Joint Liaison Office was bombed during the Moon Jae In administration, and our assets were demolished in the Mt. Geumgang tourist area, isn't this the third time? Up to the blast of the connecting road. All of our blood taxes and assets are used here, and didn't this road alone cost 180 billion won in blood taxes? North Korea has to pay this back because it was given in the form of a loan at the time. It's our asset. North Korea blew this up without fulfilling any obligations. I think I can see the intent in a way or two. The first is a message to North Korea's inner circle. As I said earlier, the essence is based on the premise that the situation in which the North Korean system is shaking from its roots due to the Korean Wave is now the root cause. In this situation, North Korea gives North Koreans a message that it will completely separate the two Koreas, completely eliminating expectations for inter-Korean unification. That's why I'm going to strengthen my inner solidarity first. It seems to mean this, and the second is that there will be the next presidential election in the United States soon, right? I think we also intend to use this as a bargaining chip with the next U.S. administration. In fact, didn't candidate Trump say on social media on the 15th that he is the only one who can solve this problem? Look at it like this.

◆ Kim Woo-sung: Internally, I will eliminate expectations that I can no longer get better with others, and create a crisis internally, and use it as a bargaining chip. I don't know if this situation continues, but there is a lot of anxiety among our people. The residents of the border region are particularly worried about whether there will be a conflict or provocation in the form of a local war, but there was an attitude of the South Korean government that did not affirm or deny the drone penetration incident, but North Korea continues to claim that the South Korean government is responsible. What should be the basis for that? What is the basis for North Korea's claim like that?

◆ Park Chung-kwon: In fact, is there anything that the North Korean regime claims to be reliable? I don't think there's anything reliable, and there are many things, but rather than that, the North Korean regime's actions now make it difficult to form internal solidarity. So, in order to go into work for internal solidarity, shouldn't there be a big external threat for the North Korean regime? But actually, it's more of a crisis now. Because wasn't there a city march of our military last October 1st? Here, a large number of important strategic assets of our ROK-US coalition were disclosed, and there were Hyunmoo 5 and strategic bomber B1B Lancer. These are all assets focused on removing the North Korean leadership. However, in this situation, didn't drones appear over Pyongyang three times only as disclosed by the North Korean regime? It is also an area where the Central Party of the Workers' Party of Korea, the heart of North Korea, is located.

◆Kim Woo-sung: Flying over Kim Jong-un's head?

◆ Park Chung-kwon: It flies over your head. So drones came in and out of these places like my own, but the North Korean regime couldn't respond. But even if it's actually a military drone, it's a problem, but if it's a civilian drone, it's more serious. From Kim Jong-un's point of view, he's really appalled and unable to sleep properly, so didn't he even do a show like this recently where 1.4 million young people were mobilized to sign the voluntary enlistment? I would like to say that it shows those mental states.

◆ Kim Woo-sung: I'm worried. The South Korean military is still frowning on public safety, and in fact, children are even talking about witnessing the balloon, but we said it was not a balloon, but a normal satellite launch when North Korea raised the level of provocation for internal solidarity and external bargaining power, but we will take corresponding measures now when it damages our territory. The government and the military are talking. When tension rises and becomes a state of full-scale war or conflict, that is, when it becomes a local state of war, our people actually suffer a lot of damage. The economy, too, has a lot of such concerns. You're also a young man inside, but you've also studied at major universities in North Korea, so how likely should we see that?

◆ Park Chung-kwon: First of all, I think it's right to think that the possibility of an all-out war or something like this is low. Of course, I continue to worry about national concerns, but this is the case. So there have been similar cases in the past. Hasn't there ever been a wooden-box landmine provocation? At that time, our military responded strongly without any retreat based on its overwhelming military power. At that time, the North Korean regime declared a quasi-state of war and actually moved troops. I went near the DMZ and eventually gave in. It's a very good case, I think it's a response case, and we have this excellent case. That's why the North Korean regime's provocations have never stopped, regardless of what kind of government we have in Korea, whether it is a liberal or conservative government. They kept provoking missiles, and so did any nuclear test. In the end, what is important is that the North Korean regime should be equipped with war deterrence and preparedness that we cannot dare to commit a deadly provocation against our country.

◆Kim Woo-sung: Representative Park Choong-kwon is also a young generation. I was also a young man when I majored in material engineering in North Korea. In the event of an all-out war situation, do young generations in North Korea, MZ generations, especially these jet generations, actively participate in the war? There are many people who don't know because we haven't experienced that generation in person.

◆ Park Chung-kwon: The system has the potential to be mobilized for war anyway. However, in my view, there are considerable questions about how much of North Korea's MZ generation will defend the North Korean system. I think the combat power will be very weak. It is said that 1.4 million people are now mobilized for a signature campaign, but this is just a show, and they are forced to do so. If such a situation happens, I believe that just turning on a loudspeaker broadcast to North Korea can have a significant effect on breaking the North Korean military off the front line.

◆Kim Woo-sung: The young generation in North Korea evaluated whether they could be so threatening when a war broke out. As it is now connected to the war in Ukraine, North Korea sends about 10,000 people. It's already in. Also, the dead were found. This is being said, but this is a serious problem. What do you think?

◆ Park Chung-kwon: Isn't it said that Russia has recently started ratifying the North Korea-Russia Treaty at the State Duma (House of Representatives)? I think they sent soldiers from the North Korean regime in exchange for something like this, so about 10,000 people came out, and recently about 3,000 people have been deployed to Russia's 11th Airborne Charge Brigade to be trained, don't you think? However, a high-ranking Russian military official confirmed on the 15th that a large number of North Korean soldiers defected. There are some dead, but this is being pursued by North Korean and Russian troops who defected from the North. You mentioned this intelligence, and if our country has to support Ukraine, I think the deadliest strategic weapon will be a loudspeaker broadcast to North Korea.

◆Kim Woo-sung: Yes. Let's get the facts out. That's what I'm saying.

◆ Park Chung-kwon: That's right. Then you can think that the majority of the North Korean military, the 10,000 dispatched, will deserter, and that the Russian military will break away from the front line to go after them, which will have the effect of weakening both the North Korean and Russian forces.

◆ Kim Woo-sung: The issue of military cooperation between North Korea and Russia is not just about providing weapons, but in fact, I'm worried that this will escalate into a situation of various countries and countries, but in the past, we also had a brown bear project with Russia. There were also various relationships with China. Would it be fatal for North Korea to bring Russia into a friendly relationship with the South Korean government? Or, in the current situation, should we respond in a more block form with cooperation between Korea, the U.S., and Japan? What do you think?

◆ Park Choong-kwon: For now, it is right to respond through cooperation between Korea, the U.S. and Japan. International cooperation centered on Korea, the U.S. and Japan. The most important thing is to bring about cooperation among our free world countries, and it will not be easy for us to attract Russia right now. Because Russia is still fighting the Low War and that doesn't mean we can help Russia, right? Then, wouldn't Russia eventually end up with North Korea or China who can bring out insufficient weapons or some kind of support? So even if we want it now, it will be difficult for Russia to bring it on our side, and I think we should bring this Russia on our side. But that's not the moment. It's impossible. I think it's time to bring Russia to our side when Russia rebuilds some of the economic conditions that have been devastated by the war since the end of the Russian War.

◆Kim Woo-sung: We have to get Russia on our side after the war in Ukraine. But I'm worried about something. There are rumors that nearly 10,000 soldiers will be sent like this, and if there is such a military deal between North Korea and Russia, what if Russian troops come next time when there is a tension crisis or various confrontations on the Korean Peninsula?

◆ Park Chung-kwon: I think we need to improve our relationship with Russia after the Russo-Japanese War in order to prevent such things. And haven't Russia and North Korea formed such an alliance that can send troops by establishing a comprehensive strategic partnership? But I think this is an alliance with North Korea as a desperate measure because Russia is now in a difficult state due to the Russian war. That's why it's a future and thorough transaction relationship. Russia should not unilaterally receive it from North Korea, but should probably support technology and things like that.

◆ Kim Woo-sung: What about the possibility of participating in the war?

◆ Park Chung-kwon: That's why I think it's a relationship that can be destroyed at any time when the situation changes.

◆Kim Woosung: I see. It is a relationship that can be destroyed.

◆ Park Chung-kwon: We have to bring it out.

◆ Kim Woo-sung: And now the People's Power is preparing a statement condemning North Korea's various actions. Does the Democratic Party join in? Have you talked to him?

◆ Park Chung-kwon: I haven't confirmed that yet.

◆Kim Woosung: Yes.

◆Park Choong-kwon: Recently, Rep. Hwang Jung-ah of the Democratic Party of Korea made a statement of criticism for the first time. So I'm going to talk about that with a lot of Democratic lawmakers. Of course, I think it's right to step up and criticize.

◆Kim Woosung: I see. Whether it is progressive or conservative, if it threatens the lives of our people, the Republic of Korea will not stay still. That's all for today's talk. Thank you.

◆ Park Chung-kwon: Thank you.

◆ Kim Woo-sung: Park Choong-kwon was a member of the People's Power.