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| ▲ Unification Minister nominee Chung Dong-young speaks at a confirmation hearing at the National Assembly on July 14, 2025. (Yonhap) |
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Unification minister nominee calls for restoring frayed inter-Korean ties
SEOUL, July 14 (Yonhap) -- Unification Minister nominee Chung Dong-young on Monday raised the need to restore frayed relations between South and North Korea, and reestablish peace on the Korean Peninsula.
Chung made the remarks during a parliamentary confirmation hearing as President Lee Jae Myung has vowed to mend strained inter-Korean ties and seek dialogue with North Korea.
"(We) need to restore inter-Korean relations that remain in ruin and reestablish a peaceful coexistence system on the Korean Peninsula," Chung said at the start of the hearing.
Chung called for resuming reconciliation and cooperation efforts with North Korea and finding ways to faithfully implement agreements reached between the two Koreas.
Chung, a journalist-turned-lawmaker, was nominated last month as the first unification minister under the Lee Jae Myung administration. He previously serviced as unification minister in 2004-05 under former liberal President Roh Moo-hyun.
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