South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol delivered a major speech on Thursday announcing a new roadmap for “freedom-based unification” with North Korea, revising a decades-old policy by embracing efforts to bring about a “unified Republic of Korea.”

The new doctrine outlines three key tasks to realize what amounts to unification by absorption.

The first is to develop the capacity for unification by promoting the values of “freedom.” Yoon denounced “anti-unification” forces who allegedly spread “fake news” and propaganda that divides the country, apparently referring to progressives who support greater inter-Korean engagement and a softer line toward