"How to Strengthen Security and Countermeasures?"... Gwangju Employers Federation Successfully Holds Friday Breakfast Forum

The Gwangju Employers Federation announced on the 23rd that it had invited North Korea expert Kim Dongsik as a guest speaker for a special lecture at the 1,686th Friday Breakfast Forum, under the theme "No One Reported Me."

The forum, held on the third floor convention hall of the Holiday Inn Gwangju Hotel, was attended by Gwangju City Deputy Mayor for Administrative Affairs Ko Gwangwan, Labor and Employment Policy Director Lim Byungdoo, and others. During the event, they signed a campaign agreement to guarantee voting rights for the 21st presidential election, provided information on ensuring voting time for workers during the early voting period on May 29-30, and explained the substitute workforce support program for parental leave.

Kim, who served as the lecturer, is the CEO of North Korea Strategy Consulting. He has worked as a senior researcher at the National Security Strategy Institute under the National Intelligence Service, an analyst at the Defense Security Command, and spent 15 years as an operative for the External Liaison Department of the Workers’ Party of Korea. He also runs the YouTube channel "Kim Dongsik's North Korea S-File" and has published several books, including "No One Reported Me: The Reality of North Korea's South Korea Strategy."

This forum focused on: ▲ the shift in North Korea's policy toward the South and its operational stance ▲ selection and training of infiltration operatives ▲ North Korea's infiltration and operational tactics against the South ▲ characteristics and future outlook of recent spy ring incidents. Kim emphasized the importance of strengthening security measures, including thorough counterintelligence to protect, maintain, and expand existing spy networks, and maximizing internal discord and division in South Korea through espionage organizations, with the aim of weakening the nation's power.

Yang Jinseok, chairman of the Gwangju Employers Federation, stated, "Kim, who graduated from the Kim Jongil Political and Military University, was sent to the South for the second time in 1995 to carry out a mission, was apprehended, and after defecting, worked as an analyst at the Defense Security Command (now the Defense Counterintelligence Command) from 1999. For nearly 30 years, he has been engaged in North Korea's operations and intelligence analysis targeting South Korea. It was a valuable opportunity to hear about his turbulent life, which can serve as inspiration for overcoming difficult times in business management."