The second-term Unification Future Planning Committee draws up a new
vision for unification that encapsulates the philosophy of liberalism
The Ministry of Unification establishes the second-term Unification
Future Planning Committee and holds its inaugural meeting (March 15)
On March 15, the Ministry of Unification held the inauguration
ceremony and the first plenary meeting of the second-term Unification
Future Planning Committee, with Unification Minister Kim Yung Ho in attendance.
New figures, including North Korean defectors, the youth, and
foreigners, have joined the second-term committee to facilitate
discussions on the new unification vision from various angles.
* The Unification Future Planning Committee: An advisory body to the
Minister of Unification established in March 2023, aimed at preparing
a unified future based on private-public cooperation. It operates five
subcommittees (politics and military affairs, economy, social and
cultural affairs, human rights and humanitarian affairs, and
international cooperation).
During the meeting, Unification Minister Kim Yung Ho emphasized the
vision of a unified Korean Peninsula as a means to realize
“liberalism,” citing President Yoon Suk Yeol’s commemorative address
on March First Independence Movement Day. He further outlined his
intention to craft a new vision of unification that encapsulates the
essence of the commemorative address and reflects the philosophy of
liberalism. This initiative, he affirmed, would be pursued in
collaboration with the second-term Unification Future Planning Committee.
Additionally, Minister Kim stressed, “The new unification vision
should provide hope to North Korean residents through the spread of
freedom and human rights and should be a direction for the
international community to cooperate with responsibility as it is a
universal issue, rallying national will towards a ‘free and unified
Republic of Korea.’”
Moreover, Minister Kim urged the committee to play a pivotal role in
the matter.
