Seoul, Aug. 18 -- South Korea's Unification Ministry reaffirmed President Lee Jae Myung's policy of non-hostility and peaceful coexistence towards North Korea, explicitly rejecting unification by absorption, Yonhap news agency reported today.
"The government plans to consistently pursue measures to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula and restore inter-Korean trust," ministry spokesperson Koo Byoung-sam said during a press briefing, referencing Lee's Liberation Day address.
The ministry formally rejected former President Yoon Suk Yeol's "Unification Doctrine," which advocated for unification via absorption of the North. Regarding Pyongyang's silence on Lee's overtures, Koo said that the government "needs to wait and see," Yonhap reported...