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November 08, 2024
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Life as Unification Minister: former minister Ryoo speaks

Challenging both the North's inconsistency and the political pressures from the South was uneasy

Ryoo Kihl-jae, the first Unification Minister of current South Korean President Park Geun-hye, shared details of his experience as point-man for inter-Korean relations on Friday, revealing details of personal exchanges with a North Korean delegation that visited Seoul in October, 2014.

Speaking in Korean at an academic conference held in Seoul on Friday, Ryoo also emphasized why he thinks dialogue is still key to resolve inter-Korean deadlock, even under the current circumstances.

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