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the unification of korea

February 21st 2007 02:31
Roh Moo-hyun
one step closer to unification
big news here in south korea this morning was the announcement of moves being made to unify the north with the south of korea. statements made by the ministry of unification yesterday only go to show that there is a will and in some sense a need to unify the two nations, which is being initiated by the south korean government.


the hot issues that the ministry's lee jae-joung touched upon was concentrating on food aid and attempting to connect severed families between the two nations. the food aid would come in form of fresh food along with fertiliser to assist with the continuation of north korea's depleting agricultural efforts. they also announced efforts to improve communication systems, namely video conferencing, in an attempt to re-connect families that were seperated after the war. it is estimated that there are 480 people living in the communist state.

in november of last year, as the world watched on in horror, and as kim jong-il
kim jong-il
kim jong-il has to take a closer look at his dying nation
launched probably his only three nuclear war heads, the americans decided they would take action against this with their super secret weapon of trade sanction. this sadly, was probably the best thing that could have happened to push the two nations together. it has been estimated that 15 percent of north korea's population has died of starvation this winter, majority of them children and the older generation. this has in turn initiated south korea to try to aid the dying nation through a ministry that i am certain most of the western world knows nothing about.


the two are a long way away from unification, but it is positive to see that there are steps being taken by both sides to improve on the current situation. it is also through other nations now entering into talks with north korea, namely australia, opening up trade once again that a more secure stance of global vitallity has been taken. john howard, the australian prime minister, has also announced that he will send ministers over to the pyeongyang pennisula to discuss trade relations. australia cut ties with the nation in october of 2002. maybe this is a benchmark for things to come?
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