South Korean Unification Minister Chung Dong-young answers lawmakers’ questions during a meeting of the National Assembly Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee in Seoul. Photo by Asia Today
June 15 (Asia Today) -- South Korean Unification Minister Chung Dong-young said Monday that Seoul would seek to transform its "two hostile states" relationship with North Korea into one based on peaceful coexistence.
Chung issued the message on the 26th anniversary of the June 15 Joint Declaration, the landmark agreement adopted at the first inter-Korean summit in 2000.
"The Lee Jae-myung administration has devoted the past year to proactive efforts for peace, including halting leaflet launches and loudspeaker broadcasts, but what came back was an extremely heavy and cold silence," Chung wrote on social media.
"Even so, we cannot let go of the thread of dialogue or stop moving toward peace," he said.
