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The South Koran Government has warned that its Unification Ministry is no longer interested in giving blanket support to its northern neighbours.
South Korean President, Yoon Suk Yeol announced the shift in posture toward North Korea on Sunday after appointing a conservative head of the Ministry.
“So far, the unification ministry has operated as if it were a support department for North Korea, and that shouldn’t be the case anymore,” Yoon said, according to senior presidential press secretary Kim Eun-Hye.
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“Now, it’s time for the unification ministry to change,” he added.
South Korea’s Unification Ministry is tasked with maintaining contact with its northern neighbour since the peninsula was split in two following the Korean War.
The ministry has throughout its history pivoted in different directions depending on the warming and cooling of relations with North Korea.
Tensions between the North and South have frayed during President Biden’s administration amid increased US-South Korea military exercises and weapon testing in North Korea.
The hermit kingdom has also returned to an aggressively anti-American posture in solidarity with its allies, Russia and China.
“From now on, the Unification Ministry must carry out its proper responsibilities in accordance with the constitutional principles that unification must be based on liberal democratic order,” Yoon reportedly told staff.
