Yoon: "Ministry of Unification Has Acted as North Korea Support Department... Needs to Change" (Update)
Emphasizing the Original Role According to Constitutional Spirit
North and South Residents Must Live More Humanely in a Unified Korea
President Yoon Suk-yeol recently urged, "Until now, the Ministry of Unification has acted almost like a department for inter-Korean aid, but it should not be that way."
After saying this to his aides regarding the Ministry of Unification personnel, including Kim Young-ho, a professor at Hanshin University who was nominated as the new Minister of Unification, President Yoon said, "It is time for the Ministry of Unification to change," Kim Eun-hye, the chief spokesperson, conveyed through a written briefing on the 2nd.
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President Yoon emphasized, "From now on, the Ministry of Unification must perform its original role based on the constitutional spirit of unification grounded in the free democratic basic order."
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Furthermore, President Yoon stressed, "The unification we should aim for is one where all residents of both South and North Korea live better lives and can live more humanely."
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