Nervous Kim Jong-un's 'mental education'...Is "Bromance" with Trump over too? [Y Record]

■ Host: anchor Yoon Jae-hee
■ Starring: Bong Young-sik, visiting professor at Yonsei University

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◆ Anchor: Yesterday, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un spoke at a battalion commander's meeting for the first time in 10 years, and I wonder what a battalion commander's meeting is like.

◇ Bong Young-sik: The fact that the general was gathered and the battalion commander's meeting seems to have the purpose of doing mental education that goes deep inside the military. Paradoxically speaking, the supreme leader gathers a battalion commander and meets for the first time in 10 years. In addition, mental education can be a proof that military discipline is shaking to some extent and public sentiment is not that easy. The dispatch of troops to Russia will be spreading inside North Korea, and maintaining trust in the regime is more important than anything else for Kim Jong-un, so it seems that it was done at the level of a battalion commander in charge of ordinary soldiers.What is emphasized here is that all efforts should be made to strengthen nuclear force and prepare for war, and the route of strengthening nuclear force is an irreversible policy.

We can't imagine changing and we can't imagine that irreversible policy is already long, and in January 21, the 8th Party Congress declared the development of five new weapons. But it's been a long time.Ma, including North Korea's nuclear-powered submarines, is not yet very likely to be completed within the deadline. There must be a nervousness of the Kim Jong-un regime, so we must complete the North Korean version of the mid-term defense plan that we aimed for at the 8th Party Congress within the deadline, which is interpreted as encouraging remarks. The current situation is dangerous for American war merchants to lead to World War III, so even if public sentiment is shaken now and there are complaints about the regime due to various economic difficulties, it is noticeable to emphasize this once again.

◆ Anchor: The emphasis on the nuclear armament line is actually the first message from Kim Jong-un since Trump's election. At the same time, he also used the expression "the head of a destructive group of peace and stability" about the United States, but can we predict that we cannot expect such a bromance between Kim Jong-un and Trump in the future?

◇ Bong Young-sik: We still have to wait. This is the first message to the U.S. since General Secretary Kim Jong-un's election as Trump. But what I criticized here is whether the U.S. as the leader of a destructive group of peace and stability and an American guy were aimed at Trump, the president-elect, or criticizing the Biden administration, who is still a sitting president. In other words, it seems to be a matter to be judged while looking at the data for a little more time, whether it is an investigation that is aimed at dividing American politics and examining their intentions, or expressing fundamental distrust and hostility toward the United States.

◆ Anchor: Okay.

Excerpt from the conversation: Jung Eui-jin, editor of the digital news team