By Choi Ha-young
Ruling Democratic Party of Korea Chairwoman Choo Mi-ae urged the administration, Monday, to push for talks between Pyongyang and Washington, as a solution to ease tension on the Korean Peninsula.
"The government should actively call for and mediate talks between Washington and Pyongyang," Choo said in a speech at the National Assembly. "At the same time, the government should make all-out efforts to restore the inter-Korean channel."
"For this, I strongly demand the government dispatch special envoys to Pyongyang and Washington, in order to push for a two-track dialogue, one between the U.S. and North Korea and the other between South Korea and North Korea."
Choo reiterated her earlier proposal to the North to give up nuclear weapons and strengthen its ties with the South. "North Korea should abandon its bid to isolate South Korea, which is a vestige of the Cold War."
The chairwoman also pressed North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to engage in talks citing palpable changes in the reclusive society.
"We need to note the newly emerging generation, the so-called Jangmadang generation that is accustomed to a capitalist system. They are relatively free from North Korean socialism and known to harbor ill feelings against propagandistic ideologies."
In protest of her speech, some conservative opposition lawmakers left while she was speaking, criticizing the ruling party leader's "naive" views about North Korea.
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| Choo Mi-ae |
"The government should actively call for and mediate talks between Washington and Pyongyang," Choo said in a speech at the National Assembly. "At the same time, the government should make all-out efforts to restore the inter-Korean channel."
"For this, I strongly demand the government dispatch special envoys to Pyongyang and Washington, in order to push for a two-track dialogue, one between the U.S. and North Korea and the other between South Korea and North Korea."
Choo reiterated her earlier proposal to the North to give up nuclear weapons and strengthen its ties with the South. "North Korea should abandon its bid to isolate South Korea, which is a vestige of the Cold War."
The chairwoman also pressed North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to engage in talks citing palpable changes in the reclusive society.
"We need to note the newly emerging generation, the so-called Jangmadang generation that is accustomed to a capitalist system. They are relatively free from North Korean socialism and known to harbor ill feelings against propagandistic ideologies."
In protest of her speech, some conservative opposition lawmakers left while she was speaking, criticizing the ruling party leader's "naive" views about North Korea.
