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National Assembly speaker repeats call for inter-Korean parliamentary conference

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Won-Gi Jung September 8, 2021
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National Assembly speaker repeats call for inter-Korean parliamentary conference
South Korean National Assembly | National Assembly Speaker Park Byeong-seug at the Fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament. Sept. 7, 2021.

South Korea’s National Assembly speaker requested international support this week for an inter-Korean parliamentary conference, while repeating Seoul’s stance that it does not pursue “unification by absorption.”

During a visit to Austria for the Fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament, Park Byeong-seug advocated hosting inter-Korean dialogue between the two Koreas’ parliaments “without any conditions,” asking for Vienna’s support for the idea.

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