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December 14, 2024

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Yoon calls for ‘freedom-based unification’ with North Korea under ROK rule

President emphasizes need to liberate DPRK people in new policy that experts say endorses unification by absorption

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol embraced a new vision of unification that seeks to “extend freedom” to the suffering masses in North Korea on Thursday, deviating from decades of policy toward Pyongyang by all but explicitly endorsing regime change and peaceful unification under ROK rule.

In a 20-minute speech to mark National Liberation Day, Yoon framed his unification doctrine as a continuation of efforts to liberate the Korean Peninsula from not only Japanese colonial rule but also the Kim family’s authoritarian dictatorship.

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