Press Release (February 6)
2014 MOU Work Plan Presented to the President
“Establishing the Foundation for a Unification Era on the Korean Peninsula”
□ Ministry of Unification briefed President Park Geun-hye on its 「2014 Work Plan」 and had a discussion session at the Ministry of National Defense on Thursday (Feb.6) at 10 A.M.
□ To activate the Trust-building Process on the Korean Peninsula in earnest for the “Korea Bonanza with Unification,” the Unification Ministry presented concrete projects and work plans.
o The Ministry will: △Promote agro-livestock and forestry cooperation by way of strengthening collaboration with international non-governmental organizations(NGOs) to ensure practical improvement in the livelihood of North Korean people, △establish ‘history foundation for peace and unification(tentatively named),’ △construct governance for peace and unification through cooperation between the government·private·research organizations.
o Through such endeavors, the Park Geun-hye administration in its second year will pave the way to open a unification era achieving tangible outcome on North Korea and unification policies that Koreans can personally experience.
□ Minister Ryoo Kihl-jae has set ‘paving the way for peace and unification through trust and cooperation’ as the policy objective and presented three major strategies to build the foundation for a unification era on the Korean Peninsula.
① Establish sustainable peace on the Korean Peninsula: On the basis of strong security, the Unification Ministry will strive to build trust through inter-Korean dialogue and cooperation. Also, by denuclearizing North Korea and building political and military trust with the North, we will build the foundation for peace.
② Activate the 「Trust-building Process on the Korean Peninsula」 in earnest: While making efforts to solve North Korean’s humanitarian issues, we will promote inter-Korean exchanges in ways that are mutually beneficial and helpful in recovering the homogeneity of the two sides.
③ Prepare for a Unification Era on the Korean Peninsula: We will transform our community into a ‘unification-friendly’ society by enhancing unification awareness. Also, we will build the foundation for unification internally and externally through a cooperative pan-governmental and pan-societal preparation system for unification.
□ Based on these three major strategies, the Unification Ministry plans to put forward nine core tasks in 2014.
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Three Major Strategies
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Nine Core Tasks
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Establish sustainable peace on the Korean Peninsula
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① Make progress in solving North Korea’s nuclear issue and building political · military trust between the South and the North
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② Build a world peace park in the DMZ
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Activate「Trust-building Process on the Korean Peninsula」in earnest
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③ Solve humanitarian problems and seek improvements in North Korea’s human rights situation
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④ Recover homogeneity of and promote reciprocal cooperation between the two Koreas
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⑤ Promote inter-Korean cooperation to materialize the 「Eurasia Initiative」
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Prepare for Unification era on the Korean Peninsula
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⑥ Turn our community into a ‘unification-friendly’ society
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⑦ Offer unification education to nurture the future generation of the unification era
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⑧ Provide customized resettlement support for North Korean refugees for the unification era
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⑨ Stimulate international cooperation to increase and spread support for unification
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Spokesperson of Ministry of Unification
