Joint Chiefs of Workers Chairman Adm. Kim Myung-soo speaks throughout a particular parliamentary committee session into President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial legislation imposition, held on the Nationwide Meeting in Seoul, Jan. 14. Yonhap
Joint Chiefs of Workers (JCS) Chairman Adm. Kim Myung-soo voiced issues Tuesday over a possible probe into allegations that the South Korean army flew drones over Pyongyang final 12 months, citing the necessity to preserve ambiguity in responding to North Korea’s declare.
The JCS chairman made the comment as he dismissed suspicions raised by the opposition bloc that the army engaged in actions aimed toward inducing North Korea’s provocations forward of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s botched martial legislation imposition final month.
The army has maintained its stance of neither confirming nor denying the alleged drone infiltration, which Pyongyang first made public in October, citing operational safety.
„Saying that we can’t affirm is a method to strain the counterpart, restrict its choices and trigger confusion by conserving our secret,“ Kim mentioned in a particular parliamentary committee session into Yoon’s martial legislation imposition.
„However one can’t win this sport if another person tells the opposite the playing cards in my palms or seeks to search out them out by means of an investigation,“ Kim mentioned.
The JCS chairman mentioned there are „completely no indicators“ of the army getting ready or planning for such actions forward of the martial legislation imposition, emphasizing that sustaining political neutrality is among the many army’s duties.
„The enemy provokes once they want to, whereas resorting to deception and ambush. In response, we preserve our surveillance and readiness posture,“ he mentioned.
Kim’s remarks got here a day after the protection ministry launched an identical assertion, rejecting allegations that its suspension of an inter-Korean army pressure discount pact or resumption of loudspeaker broadcasts alongside the border have been performed to induce the North to impress. (Yonhap)
