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“For South Koreans, the anti-inflation law is more important than condemning North Korea”

A column from ‘The Hill’, a media outlet specializing in Congress… Performance evaluation of Harris’ visit to Korea

Vice President Kamala Harris tours Panmunjom

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(Washington = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Kyung-hee = “For many South Koreans, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was more important than repeated condemnations against North Korea.”

This is part of a column written by Donald Kirk, a journalist who specializes in East Asia, on the 3rd (local time) in The Hill, a media specialist for Congress.

Kirk published a separate column about US Vice President Kamala Harris’ trip to Korea and Japan, and presented the sentiment in Korea under IRA legislation requiring subsidies to be paid only for electric vehicles assembled in North America.

Citing a Yonhap News report, he explained, “President Yoon Seok-yeol is worried that the IRA will hurt Korean automakers by only subsidizing North American electric vehicles.”

In this regard, “President Yoon and Vice President Harris discussed not only the general pledge to strengthen the ROK-US alliance, but also discussed economic issues that hindered bilateral relations,” said the President Joe Biden. looking for a way to deal with the anxiety.”

“Whether the White House makes these comments while the White House is focused on the North Korean threat is up to President Yoon’s spokesman,” he said.

He also analyzed that the North Korean threat may have become even closer physically because of Harris’ visit to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).

“Looking at the North Korean guards in front of the line drawn by the 1953 armistice, Vice President Harris must have felt the urgency of the North Korean threat,” he said.

Vice President Harris’ misrepresentation of ‘Korea’ as ‘North Korea’ in his speech at the DMZ was also prominent.

The column said, “Given Vice President Harris’ tight schedule of three days in Japan and his long trip in Korea, even his embarrassing mistakes are forgiven. “From North Korea’, the misread introduced what that happened.

At the same time, Vice President Harris is said to have mentioned women’s rights in a meeting with President Yoon, adding that “President Yoon is trying to abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family while protecting women’s rights.”

kyunghee@yna.co.kr

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