'True liberation' means ending division of Korea: President Moon
- 6 years ago
In light of Korea's Liberation Day on Wednesday... President Moon Jae-in praised the independence activists who sacrificed for the freedom of Korea.... while sharing his vision for lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula.
Shin Se-min reports.
True liberation, he said, means putting an end to the division of the two Koreas.
Marking the 73rd anniversary of the end of Japanese colonial rule,... President Moon Jae-in called on the people to overcome such division for Korea's survival and development.
The President said that the development of relations between South and North is the driving force that ultimately promotes the denuclearization of the region.
"Though political unity may still be far away, true liberation for us will come when there are free exchanges between the two Koreas through the establishment of peace and the forming of a joint economic community."
Forming a joint economic community,... the President said, would bring the Koreas some 150-billion U.S. dollars over the next 3 decades.
One of his government's plans is to physically connect the two through cross-border railways and roads by the end of this year.
And his plans don't stop there--
"Today I propose the creation of the East Asian Railroad Community, which would include the United States and six Northeast Asian nations. This community will form an energy bloc in Northeast Asia by expanding Korea's economic area to the northern part of the continent and becoming the basis of co-existence and prosperity in the region."
And that,... he says,...will be the starting point for a multilateral security system in Northeast Asia.
Though he did not specify the other four countries,... they are believed to be China, Russia and Japan.
"The President then promised to continue building inter-Korean relations with a deeper level of trust,... and said he would continue to lay the groundwork to expidite discussions between Pyongyang and Washington about the nuclear issue.
Shin Se-min, Arirang News.
Shin Se-min reports.
True liberation, he said, means putting an end to the division of the two Koreas.
Marking the 73rd anniversary of the end of Japanese colonial rule,... President Moon Jae-in called on the people to overcome such division for Korea's survival and development.
The President said that the development of relations between South and North is the driving force that ultimately promotes the denuclearization of the region.
"Though political unity may still be far away, true liberation for us will come when there are free exchanges between the two Koreas through the establishment of peace and the forming of a joint economic community."
Forming a joint economic community,... the President said, would bring the Koreas some 150-billion U.S. dollars over the next 3 decades.
One of his government's plans is to physically connect the two through cross-border railways and roads by the end of this year.
And his plans don't stop there--
"Today I propose the creation of the East Asian Railroad Community, which would include the United States and six Northeast Asian nations. This community will form an energy bloc in Northeast Asia by expanding Korea's economic area to the northern part of the continent and becoming the basis of co-existence and prosperity in the region."
And that,... he says,...will be the starting point for a multilateral security system in Northeast Asia.
Though he did not specify the other four countries,... they are believed to be China, Russia and Japan.
"The President then promised to continue building inter-Korean relations with a deeper level of trust,... and said he would continue to lay the groundwork to expidite discussions between Pyongyang and Washington about the nuclear issue.
Shin Se-min, Arirang News.