Six South Korean universities on Friday pledged to increase awareness about Korean unification among local university students in the South, via a new Ministry of Unification-hosted program.

The commitment, which will see universities providing students with more diverse and focused courses related to unification, will begin to take place from the upcoming fall semester.

“For the first time, the Ministry of Unification (MoU) has hosted this joint-program and selected these universities as the ‘Leading Universities of the Unification Education,” Hong Yong-pyo, Minister of Unification said during a conference held in the University of North Korean Studies on Friday.

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