South Korean President Yoon Seok-yue, who was accused of being "late to work and off-duty card points," was criticized again a few days ago.
According to Yonhap News Agency on the 15th, on the day of the launch of the rocket launched by the DPRK on the 12th, the South Korean military not only delayed the notification of the news, but also president Yoon Seok-yue and his wife Kim Jian-hee went to the theater to watch a movie, causing controversy inside and outside the political circles. South Korea's largest opposition party, the Common Democratic Party, has been bombarded by many people, saying that Yoon Seok-yue's security awareness as commander-in-chief of the three services is problematic, and Yu Sang-ho, chairman of the party's Emergency Countermeasures Committee, criticized that the way Yoon Seok-woo's government responds to North Korea's rocket launches "seems to be of an amateur standard" and is "very disturbing."
On the way to work of Yin Xiyue on the 13th, a reporter also expressed doubts in person. In this regard, Yin Xiyue replied that the government has taken necessary countermeasures according to the situation and does not need to worry too much about it.
Screenshot of the Yonhap report
According to Yonhap News Agency, the South Korean Joint Staff Headquarters (Joint Staff) said on the 12th that the Rok military detected from 8:07 a.m. to 11:03 a.m. on the same day that North Korea fired about 5 multiple rocket artillery shells into the western sea from somewhere on the west coast. According to the preliminary judgment of the KOREAN Federation, the shells fired by the DPRK side have no guidance function, and their caliber is 122 mm or 240 mm.
However, according to Yonhap News Agency, the Yonhap Ginseng's report on the launch of rockets by the DPRK was not timely, and the Yonhap Ginseng did not release the relevant news until late on the night of the 12th after detecting the trajectory of the last shell.
In this regard, some people questioned that the reason why the ROK Joint Counselor delayed the briefing was related to the schedule of Rohan President Yoon Seok-yue on the 12th.
According to South Korea's "Chosun Ilbo" reported on the 12th, at about 14:00 p.m. on the same day, Yoon Seok-yue and his wife Kim Jian-hee watched the Korean movie "Broker" at a movie theater in Sungsui-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul. Directed by Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda, South Korean actor Song Kang-ho won the Best Actor Award at the 75th Cannes International Film Festival for his role in the film, becoming The first Cannes film emperor in South Korea. Because Yin Xiyue and his wife watched the movie with the public throughout the whole process, they were also praised by the Korea Economic News Network for "walking into the masses".
On the 12th, South Korean President Yoon Seok-wook and his wife Kim Jian-hee watched a movie at a theater in Seoul
After watching the movie, Yoon Seok-wook and his wife also invited actor Song Kang-ho, director Park Chan-wook and other Korean film industry figures to dinner at the Presidential Palace on the evening of the 12th. According to South Korea's "East Asia Daily" reported on the 13th, the dinner began at about 18:00 on the 12th, and Yin Xiyue praised the achievements of "Broker" in Cannes, and said that Korean films "are our national character and the potential for national development."
On the 12th, Yin Xiyue invited people from the film industry to dinner at the Presidential Palace
Unlike a number of Korean media that reported on the 12th that Yoon Seok-yue "walked into the masses" and encouraged the hilarity of the film industry, the news of north Korea's rocket launch fell silent. It was not until about 11 p.m. on the 12th that the Han Lian ginseng informed the matter.
In addition, according to Yonhap News Agency, the South Korean presidential spokesman's office also followed closely behind, and only at 11 o'clock that night did it disclose to the media the situation of the national security room's security situation inspection meeting, saying that the first time the national security room held a security situation inspection meeting that morning, Kim Tae-hyo, the first director of the national security office, held a security inspection meeting to listen to relevant reports and check the combat readiness of the ROK army, and at this time it was more than 12 hours and 30 minutes since the start of the meeting.
The Rok presidential spokesman also explained that the presidential office will not announce to the media at any time that North Korea will launch traditional rockets with short ranges and high levels of fire. Although the security room responded keenly to the "provocation" of the DPRK side on the same day, it did not immediately disclose the relevant information.
Although explanations were given, delays in informing North Korea of rocket launches, coupled with President Yoon Seok-wook's visit to the movies with his wife after North Korea test-fired rockets, have caused a dispute between Yoon and his government.
According to Yonhap News Agency, Yu Sang-hu, chairman of the Emergency Countermeasures Committee of south Korea's largest opposition party, the Common Democratic Party, said on the 13th that the way Yoon Seok-wook's government responded to north Korea's rocket launches "seems to be amateur level" and "very disturbing."
Park Hong-geun, a representative of the Common Democratic Party, was even more sarcastic: "Is it normal for the people to worry more about national security than the commander-in-chief of the army?" ”
In addition to politics, according to Yonhap News Agency, south Korean people also have doubts about watching the movie after the president fired rockets in North Korea. On the way to work of Yin Xiyue on the 13th, a reporter also expressed doubts to Yin Xiyue.
In this regard, Yoon Seok-yue replied that if the rocket launch is equivalent to the weight of missiles, the South Korean government should take corresponding measures. However, the Government believes that the rockets are inferior to the missiles and has taken countermeasures commensurate with the severity of the incident, and there is no need to worry too much about it.
Yin Xiyue's response did not stop the controversy. According to South Korea's "Daily News" reported on the 15th, Lee Jae-ming, the former presidential candidate of the Common Democratic Party, also posted on Facebook on the 15th, continuing to criticize Yin Xiyue and his wife to watch movies.
Lee Jae-myung said that North Korea's rocket launch posed a "serious threat" to South Korea's national security, but Yoon Seok-wook's government "concealed" the matter from the people on the same day, and Yoon Seok-yue, the top head of state security, also ran to see a movie, which "the head of state's response to the threat reflects the current situation of the government's response to security threats."
Lee went on to criticize that if Yoon Seok-yue had not received a report of North Korea firing rockets, it would have been a "disorder of national discipline," and if he had received a report and gone to the movies, Yoon would have been blamed for his security consciousness. Finally, Lee also urged Yoon's government to see security as "the most important national task."
"Security is both the life of the people and the destiny of the country. It is hoped that the Yin Xiyue government will make security the most important national task, rather than becoming the conservative government of the past that maliciously exploits and despises security. ”
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