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Moon says South Korea will become stronger nation through peace with North Korea

South Korean president renews calls for dialogue with Pyongyang in one of last major speeches before election

Building peace with North Korea will make South Korea a stronger nation amid intensifying great power competition, ROK President Moon Jae-in said in his final speech marking the country’s March 1 independence movement holiday.

In past speeches to mark the occasion, Moon has advocated various levels of inter-Korean cooperation to help build momentum toward reunification “by 2045.” But this year’s speech framed improving North-South relations as a way for South Korea to survive and thrive in a turbulent international order.

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