{"id":52016,"date":"2024-03-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myanmarnewswire.com\/?guid=d55d011b3abfb00eebbd0087ee7e9205"},"modified":"2024-03-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T00:00:00","slug":"ppp-accuses-dp-leader-of-taking-subservient-attitude-toward-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myanmarnewswire.com\/ppp-accuses-dp-leader-of-taking-subservient-attitude-toward-china\/","title":{"rendered":"PPP accuses DP leader of taking ‘subservient’ attitude toward China"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n The ruling People Power Party (PPP) on Monday accused opposition leader Lee Jae-myung of taking a “subservient” attitude toward China, criticizing Lee’s remarks that South Korea should not get involved in the cross-strait issue.<\/p>\n
Lee, chairman of the main opposition Democratic Party (DP), made the remarks during a campaign speech Friday, accusing President Yoon Suk Yeol of ruining South Korea’s diplomacy for the past two years with a hard-line policy on China.<\/p>\n
South Korea should just say “xie xie,” which means “thank you” in Chinese, to both China and Taiwan without getting involved in the cross-strait issue, Lee said, adding that it does not matter to South Korea how the issue unfolds.<\/p>\n
Lee also said South Korea should also not be involved in the Russia-Ukraine war either.<\/p>\n
On Monday, PPP leader Han Dong-hoon strongly criticized the comments, while rejecting Lee’s claims that the government is employing a hard-line policy stance on China.<\/p>\n
“Is the Republic of Korea taking a hard-line-only policy toward Chi
\nna? That’s not the case at all,” Han told reporters after a party meeting. “Rather, the previous Moon Jae-in administration and Chairman Lee have pursued a policy that is too subservient and biased toward China.”<\/p>\n
“It is not that we’re going to neglect relations with China,” he said.<\/p>\n
He emphasized that South Korea’s diplomatic policy is based on the national interest and the global political landscape, while saying the recent strengthening of Korea-U.S. relations is to rebuild what nearly collapsed during the previous government of President Moon Jae-in, due to its submissive attitude toward China.<\/p>\n
“We need to overcome the pro-Chinese and submissive attitude toward China held by the DP,” Han said.<\/p>\n
Source: Yonhap News Agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The ruling People Power Party (PPP) on Monday accused opposition leader Lee Jae-myung of taking a “subservient” attitude toward China, criticizing Lee’s remarks that South Korea should not get involved in the cross-strait issue.<\/p>\n
Lee, chairman of the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n