U.S. nuclear submarine Michigan (SSGN 727) docked in Busan in October 2017. / Yonhap News.  

At the recent South Korea-U.S. summit, Lee Jae-myung strangely brought up the issue of nuclear-powered submarines. President Trump immediately responded by telling him to build them in the U.S., and this issue has sparked much debate.

Standing Representative of the National Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation, Former Representative of a North Korean trading company in the Czech RepublicIf I were to say just one thing from a third-party perspective, Lee Jae-myung is trying to hand over nuclear submarine technology to North Korea, thus paving the way for North Korean nuclear submarines equipped with nuclear weapons to approach the U.S. doorstep. In the end, Lee Jae-myung pretended to be acting for the good of South Korea, but he was actually playing a game to help North Korea.

However, that is not what I want to say. Strangely, Koreans are obsessed with nuclear weapons while continuously obscuring the essence of the real problem.

To be frank, South Korea today is like an empty shell; its core has already fallen to North Korea and China. I know there will be fools who will spout nonsense from their homes, saying, "South Korea is not that easily swayed," "South Korea is a country with strong crisis response capabilities," or "South Korea is protected by God."

This country is still full of fools who mistakenly believe that the Lee Jae-myung administration is a government for South Korea. This is a country where leftists, who tear and burn the Taegeukgi and the Stars and Stripes, are apprehended by "patriots" who tear down the Chinese flag, and yet the fools remain oblivious.

I state with confidence: South Korea is not a country that will perish due to the lack of nuclear weapons. It is a country that will perish because of North Korean and Chinese spies, pro-North Korean and pro-Chinese traitors who have betrayed the nation, and foolish citizens.

Let anyone who wishes to refute me come forward. Do you think this country will be set right simply by South Korea developing nuclear weapons now? No. The nuclear weapons South Korea develops will fall into the hands of the spies and traitors who have seized power, and they will be turned into weapons against the U.S. and Japan. It will be like cooking porridge and giving it to a dog.

Those who chatter about South Korea immediately making nuclear weapons while pretending to be patriots, without understanding any of this, are the biggest fools who attended prestigious universities. The way to save South Korea is not through nuclear weapons, but by prioritizing the elimination of spies and traitors.

Seeing Kim Hyun-ji continuously observing from behind at the venue of the South Korea-U.S. presidential meeting, do people have no thoughts? There isn't a single person who wouldn't think Kim Hyun-ji is a spy now. Yet, for such a woman to persistently accompany national leaders in public settings is evidence that South Korea is already a world of spies and that it has completely collapsed.

With the situation like this, why are people still harping on about nuclear weapons? Conservative right-wingers, do not shift the blame for your failure to protect the country onto nuclear weapons due to your own foolishness.

The U.S. opposed South Korea possessing nuclear weapons from long ago because they knew well that South Korea would betray the U.S. and Japan and turn into an enemy. Instead of blaming the U.S. for this, South Koreans should be ashamed of themselves for not being able to protect their country, being manipulated by North Korea and China.

Now, before talking about nuclear armament again, the entire nation must rise up and demand the truth about the spies be revealed. Do not let it be like cooking porridge and giving it to a dog!

Kim Tae-san, Standing Representative of the National Council for Reconciliation and Cooperation, Former Representative of a North Korean trading company in the Czech Republic  

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