"A military clash is inevitable on the Korean Peninsula." Kim Jong Un's strong warning? [Y Record]

■ Host: Anchor Park Seok-won 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> North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who has been quiet so far, has issued his first message since the U.S. presidential election. He directly criticized the United States, calling it an "U.S. imperialism." He also said, "Completing the preparation for war is a top-notch task." North Korea is narrowing its stride with Russia.What on earth are you thinking about? I'll look into it with an expert.I am with Professor Lim Eul-chul of Kyungnam University's Far East Studies Institute. Please come in. First of all, North Korea's Korean Central News Agency reported last week's Kim Jong-un's speech today (18th), what did you pay attention to?

◆Leaving Lim> The keyword is war preparation completion. Then, specifically, how to complete the preparation for war, and in relation to that, he insisted on strengthening five capabilities. The first is political and ideological impact, the second is military and technical impact, and the third is the ability to strengthen actual training, and most of the field commanders and battalion commanders are key people in command of operations and battles on the ground. Strengthening these men's operational command capabilities. And strengthen guard duty capabilities because you don't know when war will break out. Through these five things, preparations for war must be completed. First of all, I sent out such a message.

◇ Anchor> Who do you think it was a message to?

◆> First of all, internal messages, messages to the U.S., messages to South Korea, and messages to the West. I think it's a comprehensive message. In particular, there are two parts that I paid attention to. The first is that military conflict on the Korean Peninsula is inevitable in Kim Jong-un's speech. It clearly revealed the perception that this was only a matter of time. Second, I did not mention the dispatch of North Korean troops to the war in Ukraine, but I think I also explained the reason and background of why we had to send troops to Ukraine. In that context, it is a speech that contains a lot of very important messages, and I think we should evaluate it like this.

◇Anchor> So far, there has been no message after Trump's election as U.S. president, but this time, he calls the U.S. "U.S. President" or talks about U.S. war merchants.There are things like that. Are you talking about principles? Or are you talking about some tough stance?

◆ Lim Eul-chul> First of all, I was referring to a strong position. It is highly likely that he has continued to watch the situation since former President Trump's re-election, and especially as a North Korean researcher, Kim Jong-un's personal relationship with President Trump is important, but who is in charge of President Trump's foreign and military policies in the end. There's a possibility that they paid a lot of attention to this. However, although it has already been revealed through the media, it is filled with national security adviser, defense minister, secretary of state, and strong people, and Chairman Kim Jong-un is by no means easy to deal with. In short, uncertainty about the policy toward the U.S. has increased much. As a result, for now, the line of strengthening nuclear force, which has been emphasized continuously, is the best for now. Therefore, continuing to strengthen nuclear armament, regardless of whether it is left or right, is the only way to promote the security of the country, and even if dialogue and negotiations are made later, there will be no disadvantage at that time. It is best to have maximum war capabilities and strengthen nuclear force. This judgment is also shown in this speech, and I see it like this.



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: Lee Mi-young, editor of the digital news team

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