Floor leader Jeong Jeong-sik criticizes Unification Minister Chung Dong-young and calls for his resignation.

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Yeon-jeong and Lee Yu-lip = People Power Party floor leader Jeong Sik-sik said on the 6th, "As a result of the Ministry of National Defense's audit, it was confirmed that there were cases of 'empty gun alert' in all corps on the front lines of our military, but the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Ground Operations Command are said to have been unaware of this fact." He added, "Both a government investigation and a special prosecutor are needed."

At the National Assembly Audit Meeting held at the National Assembly, Floor Leader Jeong emphasized this, saying, "This is something that cannot happen in the military, where reporting to higher units is routine. We must ultimately find out who gave the instructions."

He criticized, “Right now, the security of the Republic of Korea is melting down. The Lee Jae-myung administration’s independent national defense is proving to itself how nonsense it is,” and “It is not independent national defense, but self-destructive national defense.”

Regarding the military's announcement of the final results regarding 'North Korea's landmine provocation in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ),' floor leader Jeong said, "Our soldiers were sacrificed by North Korea's cowardly invasion in clear violation of the armistice agreement. However, the military only demanded an apology from North Korea and the removal of landmines," adding, "The main enemy's provocations have been over two weeks old, and instead of taking low-strength measures such as installing loudspeakers against North Korea, they are pleading for a retreat."

He also pointed out, "While discussing measures to respond to North Korea's landmine provocation at the National Security Council (NSC) on the 1st, Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Hyun proposed independent sanctions against North Korea's illegal cyber activities, but Minister of Unification Chung Dong-young reportedly raised his voice by asking why cyber sanctions not directly related to the landmine incident were being pursued." He pointed out, "North Korea's criminal activities such as illegal hacking and virtual asset theft should be sanctioned even in normal times, but Minister Jeong even opposed this."

At the same time, he asked, "Is he really the Minister of Unification of the Republic of Korea, or is he the head of the Unification Front Department of North Korea's Workers' Party of Korea?" and demanded, "Minister Chung does not even have the qualifications to be a citizen, let alone a minister. He should step down immediately."