Yoon's inner circle on the march (top) oddly resembles a scene from a mob movie (bottom).
See also 김종대 "尹, 용산시대? 헛소리.. 실컷 검토하라" Mar 17, https://news.v.daum.net/v/20220317062057931
From the English language Hankyoreh article on the proposed transfer of the presidential staff to the Ministry of National Defense Building:
Will Yoon's Blue House office move into MND building?
Mar.18,2022 17:07 KST
Hankyoreh
According to Kim, the Yoon camp is telling the Ministry of Defense to empty their main building and move into the Joint Chiefs of Staff building next door. Although it would be theoretically possible for the defense minister himself to move there, “the policy departments of the ministry will reportedly be moved to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration building in Gwacheon,” Kim said, pointing out how Yoon’s plan would scatter these different departments around in different locations.
“The Ministry of Defense and Joint Chiefs of Staff are optimized as the last bastion and center of national security in case of an emergency,” Kim commented. “For example, if North Korea detonates a nuclear weapon in the air 60 kilometers above Seoul, it becomes an electromagnetic pulse — almost 100 billion won was spent on the construction of this defense facility alone [to defend it from such attacks]. And they want to send it all packing?” Kim asked.
“The Blue House crisis management center also spent a lot of money to build a system to manage terrorist situations, natural disasters, and national security situations, all of which are [now] useless,” Kim added.
Nevertheless, the Yoon camp still believes the move is a good idea.
https://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/1035426.html
The Yoon Seok-yeol "command group"
망신당한 윤석열, 김종대 뼈 때렸다! "이런 아마추어가 없다" - 뜬금없는 용산 시대 선언에 시민들 불만.. 김태년 "문재인 대통령과 윤석열 회동 불발.. 대단한 결례" youtube March 16, 알리미 황희두
Does the president elect Yoon Seok-yeol want to move into the MND building because he's a wanna be dictator or because his shaman told him the feng-shui of the old Japanese colonial outpost is favorable to his rule? His wife had said she wouldn't live in the Blue House. This preliminary annoucement is another example of his absolute incompetence as a leader. The communities of Yongsan and Gwacheon are opposed to the plan. They voted for him.
This is one of many surprises to come. Yoon told the present prosecutor general to resign. Yoon plans on investigating the outgoing current president Moon Jae-in; for what he did not say. Don't worry he'll make something up. Rumors are that he will nominate Na Kyung-won for Foreign Minister. Na's husband allegedly diverted criminal litigation against Yoon's wife and mother-in-law in the past. Yoon's last minute supporter from the National Party, Ahn Chul-soo, had said just a few weeks ago, that anyone who voted for Yoon would cut off the finger that pushed the button on the ballot for Yoon in a year. Will it take that long? Hong Jun-pyo a former conservative presidential candidate said the building where the first family and Blue House national command authority reside isn't the problem, it's the personnel, an oblique reference to Yoon's clique in the PPP party.
The estimated tax cost of moving the Blue House staff is approximately a billion dollars. That doesn't include the adverse impact on commerce in the affected communities. The military expert cited, who has advised former presidents, and the National Assembly, referred to Yoon as an "amateur" using the English term.
Yoon’s motivation has also been speculated to be a concern over alleged “lack of security” for him personally if he were residing at the Blue House. One couldn’t help but notice that the Blue House is located close to the Gwanghwamoon plaza where the largest demonstrations in Seoul took place in 2017. These huge “candlelight revolution” demonstrations ultimately resulted in impeachment of former President Park Geun-hye and brought down her administration. The plaza and the Blue House perimeter require a relatively large police commitment to contain the crowds and control access to the Blue House perimeter wall. One demonstration last fall by conversative opposition groups did result in the militant Taegukki group moving from Gwanghwamun plaza and attempting to scale the Blue House wall resulting in a number of arrests.
One can reasonably foresee that Yoon at some point will be faced with demonstrations similar to the candlelight movement which involved as many as a million people assembling in or near Gwangwhamun. If the Blue House command authority is moved to the MND the narrower rights of way in the former Yongsan garrison area will make blocking access to the Ministry of Defense building far easier. The Samgakchi plaza at the end of Itaewonno will not accommodate such large assemblies.
Given the communications capabilities of the Blue House bunker in times of national emergency, experts and other critics have remarked that the location of the national command authority isn’t just a matter of the president’s personal security but the security of the Republic of Korea and its people as a whole. Yoon’s capricious and arbitrary desire to move the Blue House staff to the MND building is an indicator not only of his lack of competence in such matters, but also his narcissism, and arrogant self centered focus on all issues. Yoon’s behavior in this context has been compared to the actions of a monarch during the Choseon dynasty period.
Addendum 3.20 Why is Arirang News trying so hard to sell this stupid move by Yoon? They uncritically just repeat the misrepresentations by the Yoon camp. Okay so Yoon won't move into the Blue House, and he's telling the MND in Yongsan to get out of their building, and that there will be two new buildings on the old Yongsan Garrison site. Where are the generals going to move? Who is going to pay for this? Other Korean news sources say the cost of the transition will be approximately 1 billion dollars not counting the adverse affect on commerce in the neighboring communities. Doesn't all this need to be authorized by the National Assembly or does the authoritarian Mr. Yoon just order this? The legislature is controlled by the Democratic Party. Yoon cuts the department of women and children, and is going to reduce civil service employment rolls to "save money," but he's doing this? Shouldn't the public health challenge of the covid surge be the government's first priority? It's pretty obvious that the move itself will be disruptive in terms of South Korean national security and diaster preparedness.
The ultimate Yoon misrepresentation on this issue is that this area will be more "accessible to the people." How many people have actually been in the Yongsan garrison- Samgakji area. This move is being chosen for exactly the opposite reason. It is easier to block public access to the MND building and its approaches. However, the zoning and building restrictions around the Blue House have been developed to provide better security for the national command center particularly from air and ground attack. This cannot be achieved as well around the MND building because of vertical building construction around the area. This is also a reason why developers and local businesses oppose the move.
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