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S. Korean President calls for dialog with N. Korea


SOUTH Korean President Lee Myung-bak today called for dialog with North Korea, apparently softening his hard-line stance on the country.

"We should make efforts to achieve peace through inter-Korean dialog while enhancing our defense posture at the same time," Lee said in a meeting with the unification ministry at his office Cheong Wa Dae.

Reunification with the North Korea might not be a thing of a distant future, Lee said, calling on the unification ministry, which oversees inter-Korean affairs, to make efforts to help change the public's negative views about potential reunification.

Lee had reversed engagement policies of his liberal predecessors and resorted to a hard-line approach in dealing with Pyongyang.



 

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