[앵커]
The political battlefield is also heating up.
Let’s take a closer look with reporter Song Young-seok, who visits the Ministry of Unification, to see what is the background of the government’s release of the video, whether it will have any effect on inter-Korean relations.
Reporter Song! Was it okay for the staff who was on site at the time to film the video that I only recently found out regarding its existence?
[기자]
Yes, the Ministry of Unification says it was filmed where it was possible for work by an authorized official.
I explained that there is a task of collecting trends in Panmunjom in the direct enforcement rules, and the act of filming is within the scope of this task.
It is pointed out that if the act was within the scope of work, it should have been registered in the records.
The Ministry of Unification replied that it was shared only with a small number of business-related people and was not maintained as an official record.
[앵커]
Are there any more videos besides the ones that have been released?
[기자]
To the question ‘Is the published video the entire video?’, an official of the Ministry of Unification replied that it was compiled and edited several times with a mobile phone.
The Ministry of Unification explained that it did not include unnecessary parts, but did not delete anything.
[앵커]
okay.
You have already released the photo, but why did you find the video that the employee had and additionally disclose it?
[기자]
I’ve heard the opinions of experts.
The general evaluation is that this is to emphasize the coercive nature of repatriation to the North, that is, the fact that the fishermen were forcibly repatriated once morest the will of the fishermen.
It is said that the judgment that the video can show the situation at the time more vividly than the photo and that it will affect the public opinion came into play.
[앵커]
North Korea is protesting through propaganda media as a ‘new north wind’, will it be a variable in inter-Korean relations?
[기자]
There is a strong current of concern among experts that the Ministry of Unification has jumped into the middle of a political debate.
The question is whether there is even a need for the Ministry of Unification, which is not an intelligence agency, to take the lead in leading dialogue with North Korea.
There is also a concern that the role of the Ministry of Unification itself will be difficult to perform as it has filmed and disclosed what happened privately between the two Koreas.
The North Korean authorities have yet to respond.
There is a prospect that North Korea may come out more aggressively by discussing the issue of flyers once morest North Korea.
Video Editing: Lee Jae-yeon
