Moon cancels his summer vacation: Blue House
- 5 years ago
President Moon Jae-in will skip his annual week-long summer vacation this year for the first time since he took office in 2017.
He's staying in the top office to deal with Japan's export curbs and North Korea's recent missile tests.
Shin Se-min reports.
No summer vacation for the South Korean President.
The top office says Sunday that President Moon Jae-in will not be taking his pre-scheduled summer break this year,... originally set for the last week of July.
Instead,... the president will be at the Blue House,... working as usual.
He did, however, reportedly order other top office employees to continue their vacation plans as scheduled.
He is skipping this year's summer vacation to focus on the key challenges facing South Korea.
Japan is reportedly preparing to expand its restrictions to other sectors by taking South Korea off a whitelist of trusted importers,... a move that could seriously disturb the supply chains of more than one-thousand items.
Japan's Cabinet is likely to decide on Friday, August 2nd,... whether to endorse the removal of Seoul from Tokyo's whitelist.
And President Moon's cancellation of his summer break may be to show his will to harden Seoul's fallback plan and send a message to Japan over how serious he is taking the issue.
As well as that, North Korea's latest 'solemn warning' over South Korea's joint military drills with the U.S., which Pyeongyang showed by firing two of its "new tactical guided weapons" over the East Sea on July 25th.
Also putting off a summer break,... Korea's national security advisor Chung Eui-yong,... who reportedly cancelled his leave last week.
"The President's cancelling of his summer vacation this July shows the seriousness of the issues the country is faced with.
The presidential office has not confirmed when the president will be taking his leave this year, or if he will take any leave at all.
Shin Se-min, Arirang News."
He's staying in the top office to deal with Japan's export curbs and North Korea's recent missile tests.
Shin Se-min reports.
No summer vacation for the South Korean President.
The top office says Sunday that President Moon Jae-in will not be taking his pre-scheduled summer break this year,... originally set for the last week of July.
Instead,... the president will be at the Blue House,... working as usual.
He did, however, reportedly order other top office employees to continue their vacation plans as scheduled.
He is skipping this year's summer vacation to focus on the key challenges facing South Korea.
Japan is reportedly preparing to expand its restrictions to other sectors by taking South Korea off a whitelist of trusted importers,... a move that could seriously disturb the supply chains of more than one-thousand items.
Japan's Cabinet is likely to decide on Friday, August 2nd,... whether to endorse the removal of Seoul from Tokyo's whitelist.
And President Moon's cancellation of his summer break may be to show his will to harden Seoul's fallback plan and send a message to Japan over how serious he is taking the issue.
As well as that, North Korea's latest 'solemn warning' over South Korea's joint military drills with the U.S., which Pyeongyang showed by firing two of its "new tactical guided weapons" over the East Sea on July 25th.
Also putting off a summer break,... Korea's national security advisor Chung Eui-yong,... who reportedly cancelled his leave last week.
"The President's cancelling of his summer vacation this July shows the seriousness of the issues the country is faced with.
The presidential office has not confirmed when the president will be taking his leave this year, or if he will take any leave at all.
Shin Se-min, Arirang News."