Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Byeong-joo (right) holds a press conference on the 6th at the National Assembly on the invasion of North Korean drones in the no-fly zone. On the left is Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Young-bae. yunhap news
On the 13th, the Democratic Party of Korea urged that an audit should be conducted on all suspicions related to the relocation of the presidential office, saying, “North Korea’s drone invasion of the no-fly zone and the military’s failure to respond are related to the hasty relocation of the presidential office.”
The Democratic Party’s presidential office-related suspicion fact-finding team held a press conference at the National Assembly that day and said, “We strongly condemn the ignorant relocation of the presidential office that caused a security vacuum and drone regulation.” We urge you to do so immediately,” he said.
The fact-finding team argued that the North Korean drones invaded the no-fly zone because the government drastically reduced the no-fly zone in time for the relocation of the presidential office, despite the objections of the Army Capital Defense Command. They said, “During the days of the Blue House, the airspace of the no-fly zone was set in a radius of 8.3 km, including Area A with a radius of 3.7 km and Area B with a radius of 4.6 km centered on the Blue House.” It was changed to a radius of 3.7 km, and area B disappeared.” “It seems that North Korea took this opportunity to send an unmanned aerial vehicle across the Blue House to check the anti-aircraft defense posture and the unmanned aerial vehicle response system in the vicinity of Seoul and the presidential office,” he said.
They criticized, “Despite the recent intensifying threat from drones due to the development of drone technology, the no-fly zone has been reduced without any countermeasures, as if going backwards in time.” Even in setting up a new no-fly zone, it was announced that the area near the presidential office could not be officially designated as a no-fly zone because it proceeded hastily without going through the steps of receiving, reviewing, deliberating, and reporting the bill from the Airspace Working Committee.
The fact-finding team said that it was also responsible for not being able to move the air defense positions and anti-aircraft weapons systems around the Blue House due to the forced relocation of the presidential office. They said, “Since there are military units and highlands such as Inwangsan and Bukaksan near the existing Blue House, it was effective for anti-aircraft defense and response.” We couldn’t move our defense system,” he said.
They said, “The relocation of the Oval Office is not reaping any benefit, causing only a security vacuum, public inconvenience, and waste of blood tax.”