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According to a December 2017 survey released by the Korea Institute for National Unification, 72.1% of South Koreans in their 20s believe reunification is unnecessary, [39] with younger South Koreans saying they are more worried about issues related to their economy, employment, and living costs.
A politician breaks taboo and starts a conversation over whether North Korea and South Korea should give up on reunification.
The plan's original title was 10-Point Programme of the Great Unity of the Whole Nation for the Reunification of the Country. It regards the idea of reunification with South Korea under a pan-national unified state, a Federation, leaving the two systems and governments intact while opening the borders.
As a result, many South Koreans do not know the exact date their own state was established, [45] in contrast to North Koreans, who do. [44] In contrast, a holiday marking the mythological formation of the "Korean race" in 2333 BC is commemorated with a national holiday (National Foundation Day) in South Korea each October. [45]
North Korea will no longer seek reconciliation and reunification with South Korea, Kim Jong Un has declared, as his nation vowed to put three new military spy satellites into orbit in 2024.
The Ministry of Unification (Korean: 통일부; Hanja: 統一部) is an executive department of the South Korean government aimed at promoting Korean reunification.It was first established in 1969 [1] as the National Unification Board, under the rule of Park Chung Hee.
South Koreans traditionally use the “Korean age system”, where the newborn is considered one year old at the time of the birth and then gains a year on the first day of each new year.
On 25 June 1973 the Speech at an Enlarged Meeting of the Political Committee of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea titled On the Five-point policy for National Reunification (Korean: 조국통일5대방침에 대하여), Kim Il Sung summarised his policy as follows: