North Korea Unveiled UAV Infiltration Photo, "It's Believing, but I'm doubtful..." [Y Record]

■ Host: Lee Se-na Anchor
■ Starring: Cho Han-beom, chair researcher at the Korea Institute for Unification,

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◇Anchor> North Korea has launched another trash balloon provocation, claiming that South Korean drones penetrated Pyongyang over three days. What is North Korea's claim and aim? Let's take a look at it with Cho Han-beom, a chair researcher at the Korea Institute for Unification. How are you? Yesterday, the North Korean Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying that South Korean drones had penetrated Pyongyang. What is it specifically about?

◆Cho Han-beom] > I made a statement last night. And the title was a critical statement. It was paid by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Usually, these military security issues are presented by the General Staff or the Ministry of National Defense. However, what the Foreign Ministry said is that it is a state-to-state relationship. Chairman Kim Jong-un's two-state theory is seen as clarifying it. According to the contents, drones penetrated three times on the 3rd, 9th, and 10th at night, and Jung-gu Station in Pyongyang and Jung-gu Station in Pyongyang are the most important areas. It's about distributing leaflets at Jung-gu Station. And I even took pictures. I think it was filmed on TOD, but I revealed it. Then we can look at some possibilities for this, and it's possible that it's North Korea's own play, and the first one. The second is likely to have been done by our private organization, and the third is likely to have been done by our authorities, but I don't think I'm from our authorities. There's no reason to do it now, in many ways. Then, the possibility of private organizations seems to be greater. Because there is enough technology. But in many ways, he took a good picture at that point. That's not how you normally spread leaflets. If you look at it that way, it was also reported in the Rodong Sinmun. Then if you report in the Rodong Sinmun, oh, we have a hole in the sky. Jung-gu Station is where Kim Jong-un's office is. Then we're sloppy in many ways, and there can be side effects like this. Nevertheless, if you cause such a situation like that, you can raise tension. So it can further strengthen the hostile two-state theory. So the most likely thing is our private organization. The second is a self-written drama. And then lastly, our authorities seem highly unlikely.

◇Anchor> That means that it is more likely that our private organization did it than North Korea's own play. You think it's reliable when you see the photo released, right?

◆ Cho Han-beom> First of all, the picture is reliable. That's how I do it. But the questionable thing is that I took the right picture at that point. And the other thing is that when you spray leaflets, they're tied up. But they usually spray leaflets from the sky. But that one fell out as it was. And some of the barrels were broken, but if they fell to the ground at that weight, the barrel would have been smashed. Of course, it can get caught on a tree branch or something. From that point of view, it seems that the contents and such are true, but the subject of the action has both possibilities.

◇Anchor> It is likely that our private organization did it, but there are some parts that are unclear?

◆Jo Han-beom> The contents of the leaflet are a little different from the general leaflets. Because how much is it when you buy food as a weapon. The content isn't that stimulating. Usually, when North Korean defector groups send it, it contains much more fatal and impactful content to the Kim Jong-un regime. If you look at it that way, it would be better to open up more possibilities for now.

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: Lee Eun-bi, editor of the digital news team

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