South Korea's unification and defense ministries have scaled back language targeting North Korea in their 2025 work plans, downplaying President Yoon Suk-yeol’s hallmark policies like “freedom-based unification” amid his ongoing impeachment trial.
In a list of policy objectives unveiled Friday, the unification ministry emphasized the goal of "stable management of the Korean Peninsula situation and establishing a foundation for unification," a shift from 2024's main goal of building a "free and peaceful unified Korean Peninsula."
South Korea's unification and defense ministries have scaled back language targeting North Korea in their 2025 work plans, downplaying President Yoon Suk-yeol’s hallmark policies like “freedom-based unification” amid his ongoing impeachment trial.
In a list of policy objectives unveiled Friday, the unification ministry emphasized the goal of "stable management of the Korean Peninsula situation and establishing a foundation for unification," a shift from 2024's main goal of building a "free and peaceful unified Korean Peninsula."
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