Park Sung-joon of the Democratic Party of Korea invited writer Kim Jin-myung to a talk concert on July 28th at the National Assembly Library Auditorium under the theme "Where is the future of the Korean Peninsula?”
The talk concert was attended by Rep. So Byung-chul of the Democratic Party of Korea and Rep. Bae Hyun-jin of the Future Unified Party.
Kim Jin-myung, author of "The Rose of Sharon Blooms," "The U.S.-China War" and "THAAD" is the master of historical fiction novels. He is regarded as an excellent writer with an eye for reconstructing reality across reality and fiction. Rep. Park served as the host for the event.
Park mentioned the international competition between the U.S. and China as the first question of the talk concert, and asked Kim's opinion on the current standoff. Author Kim Jin-myung replied, "There are new things to note about the future of the Korean Peninsula."
He said, "You all know what it is, but so far, the U.S. has been saying 'Let's go with China' and joined China in the 1980s Uruguay Round, but now China has grown too fast. And the U.S. is completely changing its view of China from its past and 1970s ‘ping-pong diplomacy' to the present. The U.S. now see itself as “losing to China.”
Mr. Kim continued, "That's not why we push and pull in our negotiations with President Trump, and if the U.S. does not completely overturn China, we (U.S.) will fall to second place in the world, and if the U.S. falls to second place, then the U.S.will lose the power to dominate the world with the US dollar. That's why the U.S. is going to totally take down China.”
Kim also said, "The Republic of Korea has pushed North Korea for a short period of time. In fact, pulling or losing is very unlikely to result in an actual war. It's just a domestic issue," he said. "Since North Korea's war against South Korea is with Japan next to it and the U.S. behind it, the idea that North Korea will invade South Korea or attacking with nuclear weapons is relatively something that we care about in terms of preparedness, but it's very difficult for North Korea to start a real war."
But Kim finished saying, "But now the danger of war is very close. War is just around the corner, warning of the aftermath of international competition between the U.S. and China.”