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How Kaesong could offer the key to Korean reunification

Former Minister of Unification says German, Vietnamese models won’t work in Korea

What is the proper path toward Korean unification? The minister of unification under former President Roh Moo-hyun has explored history and found examples of what won’t work.

Namely, Chung Dong-yong said that it cannot viably be achieved through force, as it was in Vietnam, or through absorption, as in Germany.

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