Regular Briefing by Spokesperson Cho Joonghoon
Date: Monday,
June 27, 2022
Time: 10:30-10:34 A.M.
1. Unification Minister to meet with foreign correspondents
Unification Minister Kwon Youngse has been visiting leaders of
religious groups since last week and collecting opinions on the
prospects of the new Government's North Korea policy.
Minister Kwon will pay a courtesy visit to the Confucianism Director
Son Jin-Woo of Sung Kyun Kwan today and the supreme leader of
Chondogyo Park Sang-Jong on Friday July 1.
In addition, the Minister will attend a press conference invited by
the Seoul Foreign Correspondents Club(SFCC) at 3P.M. today to share
insights of inter-Korean relations and North Korea policy of the new administration.
On June 28, Minister Kwon will deliver a speech at an event
commemorating the history of North Korean abductions during the Korean
War. This event has been hosted by the Korean War Abductees’ Family
Union every year since 2010 to help the general public understand the
pain of victims of North Korean abduction during the Korean War.
2. Other schedule
On June 20, Minister Kwon will sit down with members of the Korea
NGO Council for Cooperation with North Korea and listen to various
suggestions on inter-Korean humanitarian cooperation projects and
discuss the promotion of inter-Korean relations.
3. Q&A
Q. Heavy rain alerts have
been issued for most of the North Korean regions. In this regard, how
does the Ministry perceive the possible influence of this to the
North’s nuclear test?
A. As the weather situation in North Korea and its relation to a
nuclear test are based on military judgement, the Ministry does not
have additional information to offer.
Regarding the North’s preparations for nuclear test, the ROK and
US intelligence authorities are in close cooperation in monitoring
developments in North Korea’s major facilities and regions, thereby
maintaining a firm readiness posture for all possibilities.
