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| Unification Minister nominee Lee In-young (L) and Im Jong-seok, former presidential chief of staff, nominated as special adviser for diplomatic and security affairs. (Photo by=Yonhap) |
[아시아뉴스통신=레악카나 기자] A North Korean propaganda outlet on Tuesday indirectly expressed optimism about South Korea's new national security lineup, citing a pro-unification media outlet in the South saying that high hopes are pinned on the new team. Earlier this month, President Moon Jae-in shook up the security lineup as part of efforts to break a stalemate in inter-Korean relations amid tensions in the wake of the North's blowing up of an inter-Korean liaison office.
Lee is a four-term ruling party lawmaker known for leading a nationwide student movement for democracy and unification in the 1980s. On Tuesday, Uriminzokkiri, one of the North's propaganda websites, cited articles from Jaju Sibo, a pro-unification online media outlet in South Korea, welcoming the reshuffle. We have great expectations for Lee In-young and Im Jong-seok in the recent shakeup," Uriminzokkiri quoted Jaju Sibo as saying, referring to the unification minister nominee and the new presidential special adviser for diplomatic and security affairs, respectively.
The website introduced calls in the South to get rid of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system stationed in the country. Tongil Voice, a propaganda radio station, also carried a report on protests by South Korean civic organizations calling for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Seoul.
