President Lee Jae Myung is looking at the northern area through a telescope while listening to an explanation from Division Commander Han Ki Sung at the Biryeong Observation Post of the 25th Army Division in Yeoncheon County, Gyeonggi Province on the 13th. Photo by Yonhap News
On the 13th, President Lee Jae Myung visited the 25th Infantry Division of the Army in Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi Province, and stated, "It is more important to win without fighting than to win by fighting." He added, "What is even more important is to make it so that there is no need to fight at all, and that is the job for people like us."
Meeting with officials of the 25th Division that day, President Lee said, "Security is an essential and indispensable task for everyone to maintain the community," and continued, "I hope you take pride in being entrusted with that responsibility."
President Lee went on to say, "Recently, due to various incidents, your sense of pride may have been damaged, but our citizens trust the loyalty of our soldiers. You have faithfully fulfilled your roles, not out of loyalty to any individual, but out of loyalty to the people and the nation." This remark appears to be made with the military's involvement in the December 3 Martial Law Incident last year in mind.
President Lee also mentioned, "Recently, there have been reports that some soldiers are leaving the service in large numbers and that morale has dropped significantly, but the public does not see it that way at all. The military of today is completely different from that of the past. Our people recognize this."
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