A South Korean lawmaker from the ruling
\nSaenuri Party has criticized former President Lee Myung Bak, saying he should
\nretract the publication of his recent memoir that has stirred up a great deal of controversy. <\/p>\n
\u201cMB [former President Lee Myung Bak] has He added, <\/span>\u201cThe Not only that, Representative Ha asserted that the former \u201cIf this was a way for him to try to The former South Korean leader wrote in his A South Korean lawmaker from the ruling Saenuri Party has criticized former President Lee Myung Bak, saying he should retract the publication of his recent memoir that has stirred up a great deal of controversy. \u201cMB [former President Lee Myung Bak] has made a significant mistake by revealing all the nitty-gritty details regarding the discussions […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":29862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nmade a significant mistake by revealing all the nitty-gritty details
\nregarding the discussions for an inter-Korean summit in his memoir, including
\ndemands from Pyongyang. This classified information should be spread no
\nfurther,<\/span>\u201d Representative Ha Tae Kyung posted on his
\nFacebook page on Friday.<\/span> <\/p>\n
\ninformation that MB has exposed still carries significant implications
\naffecting current inter-Korean relations. Ha went on to note <\/span>that
\nthis is likely to negatively impact the country<\/span>\u2019s
\ncredibility around the world, as <\/span>\u201cclassified
\ninformation crucial to foreign relations is not allowed to be made public for
\ndecades,<\/span>\u201d a measure he noted to be aimed at preventing possible unfavorable impacts on current diplomatic
\nrelations.<\/span><\/p>\n
\npresident could be in violation of the Criminal Act Article 113, which involves
\ndisclosure of diplomatic secrets. Ha pointed out that if Lee revealed
\nsuch information from inter-Korean relations to offer guidance for the current
\nadministration it could have easily been achieved without also exposing it to the public.<\/span> <\/p>\n
\nreestablish his public image, there<\/span>\u2019s nothing to say
\nbut that MB is a president unable to differentiate private and public
\ninterests,<\/span>\u201d Ha stated. <\/span>\u201cIf you<\/span>\u2019re a president, even after leaving office, you put the country ahead
\nof yourself.<\/span>\u201d <\/p>\n
\nmemoir, <\/i><\/span>The Times of the President<\/i>, <\/span>slated for release today, details of a high-level official from North
\nKorea<\/span>\u2019s State Security Department visiting the South
\nshortly after Pyongyang shelled Yeonpyeong Island in 2010. He also made public
\ninformation about discussions on holding summit talks with the North. Chapters
\nof the book were released to members of media organizations last week.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nHe also revealed that the North demanded 500,000 tons of rice in exchange for
\nan apology issued by Pyongyang regarding the sinking of a South Korean naval
\ncorvette. The North also asked for 10 billion USD in cash through a delegation
\nthat visited the South in August 2009 to pay respects to late President Kim Dae
\nJung, whom the North Korean leader held summit talks with in 2000, according to
\nLee<\/span>\u2019s memoir.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"