Kim Jong-un was ‘desperate for nuclear weapons and did not want his daughter’s generation to ‘live with the burden’ of nuclear weapons’
Kim Jong Un was reportedly “desperate to get rid of his nuclear weapons and did not want his daughter’s generation to live with the burden” of nuclear weapons, South Korea’s former leader claimed.
Moon Jae-in, who facilitated the historic summits between Kim and former US President Donald Trump, revealed in a new memoir that the North Korean leader “repeatedly” and “desperately” made it clear that Pyongyang had no intention of using its weapons and expressed his frustration. about global distrust.
Moon also added that the tyrannical dictator surprisingly “mentioned that he has a daughter and does not want her generation to have to live with the burden of nuclear weapons.”
“He sincerely explained his commitment to denuclearization,” he added.
Moon’s memoir, titled “From the Border to the Center,” includes the passage — which has now sparked backlash — stating that Kim Jong Un “repeatedly said he had no intention of using nuclear capabilities.”
Former South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s recently published memoir, titled “From the Periphery to the Center,” claims that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was “desperate to get rid of his nuclear weapons.” Pictured: The memoir goes on display at a bookstore in Seoul on May 21, 2024
Kim reportedly said he did not want his daughter’s generation to “live with the burden” of nuclear weapons. Pictured: Kim, his 10-year-old daughter, Kim Ju Ae daughter and an official watch, which says it is an intercontinental ballistic missile launched last December from a secret location in North Korea
A photo released by the official North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows missiles launched during a simulated nuclear counterattack last month
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, accompanied by his daughter Kim Ju Ae, visits a military vehicle production plant on January 5, 2024
The memoir sparked outrage and fierce criticism from South Korean Unification Minister and top North Korea official Kim Yung-ho, who said on Monday that “full confidence” in the country’s intention to denuclearize its nuclear capabilities instead of developing could result in a “miscalculation” that could have a “serious adverse security outcome” for South Korea.
If South Korea relies solely on North Korea’s “good faith,” its people and national security could be at risk, Kin warned.
“Instead of denouncing the previous government, he should act more like a Unification Minister and focus his energies on restoring inter-Korean relations,” he said at a news conference.
But Moon’s comments come just a month after Kim oversaw North Korea’s first-ever “nuclear trigger” exercises, simulating a nuclear counterattack as a warning to enemies.
The exercise took place on April 22 and Seoul’s military had previously announced that the North had fired several short-range ballistic missiles that day, with Tokyo also confirming the launch.
Kim “conducted a combined tactical exercise simulating a nuclear counterattack involving super-sized, multiple rocket artillerymen,” the official Korean Central News Agency reported at the time.
This photo, taken on March 15, 2024 and released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 16, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (center R) and his daughter Ju Ae (center L) attending the completion and commissioning ceremony for the Gangdong Comprehensive Greenhouse in Pyongyang
Kim Jong Un and his daughter last December inspected a missile that North Korea said could reach the US mainland, Seoul and Tokyo
Kim Ju Ae has been pictured several times next to her father and North Korea’s weapons arsenal since her first appearance in November 2022
Kim Jong Un (front 2nd from right) and his daughter Ju Ae (R) inspect a Korean People’s Army training session at a secret location in North Korea on March 15, 2024
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, accompanied by his daughter Kim Ju Ae, visits a military vehicle production plant on January 5, 2024
The missiles “hit their island target” some 350 kilometers away, the message continued, saying Kim had expressed “great satisfaction” with the result, which boosted “the Korean-style tactical nuclear strike” — which contradicted with his apparent ‘desperation’ to ‘get rid of his nuclear weapons’.
KCNA said the exercises were in response to a joint air exercise between the US and South Korea, which runs from April 12 to April 26.
The U.S. and South Korean air forces said the annual exercises would serve to “demonstrate lethality in the air domain and enhance their ability to deter, defend and defeat any adversary.”
Pyongyang claimed it is “seriously threatened by the incessant military provocations of the enemy forces,” KCNA said on April 23.
As a result, the North must “more overwhelmingly and rapidly strengthen its strongest military force,” it added.
Kim’s daughter, Ju Ae, has been photographed with her father at several major public events, prompting speculation that she could have been chosen as the next leader of the nuclear-armed North, for a third hereditary succession.
In an image released by Pyongyang in March, Ju Ae was seen using binoculars to observe recent paratroop training exercises, alongside her father and senior military officials.
And in December last year, Kim took his young daughter to the third test of his country’s most advanced missile system, which could hit the US, Seoul and Tokyo.
But little was known about Ju Ae, believed to be the middle child of three, until she made her first public appearance at the time of a rocket launch in November 2022.