Korea Joongang Daily
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Diplomats discuss prospects for peace after unification minister's 'candid' remarks at Korea JoongAng Daily Forum

Ambassadors and senior diplomats in Seoul gathered Thursday to reflect on the state of inter-Korean relations and the growing challenges to peace and media freedom amid global uncertainty at the Korea JoongAng Daily Forum.

2025-10-16

South Korea's policy puzzle: Lee's top aides divided over 'two states' approach to North

The head of South Korea’s Unification Ministry and the country's top security adviser have aired starkly differing views on North Korea policy. While one sees North and South Korea as “two states,” the other opposes this viewpoint.

2025-10-05

Lee says issue of separated families 'top priority'

President Lee Jae Myung said Saturday that the issue of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War must be addressed as a "top priority" between the two Koreas.

2025-10-04

Unification Ministry reviews changing South Korean term of North Korean defectors

The Unification Ministry said Tuesday it is considering changing the South Korean term for North Korean defectors, noting the word highlights their escape from the North and carries a negative connotation.

2025-09-16

North Korea's Kim likely urged China not to raise denuclearization during visit, says South's unification minister

South Korea’s unification minister said Monday that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un likely urged Beijing not to raise the issue of denuclearization during his recent visit to China.

2025-09-08

North Korea's Kim likely conditioned China visit on dropping denuclearization call: Minister

North Korea's Kim Jong-un likely conditioned his Beijing visit on no denuclearization mention, marking a shift in diplomatic relations.

2025-09-08

Unification Ministry approves Paju's plan to contact North for cross-border marathon event

The Unification Ministry has approved the Paju city government's plan to contact North Korean officials to discuss the municipality's plan to host an international marathon event at the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas.

2025-08-30

South Korea to review request by elderly ex-North Korean soldier to return to North

The Unification Ministry plans to review a request by an elderly former North Korean soldier, who had been jailed for decades in South Korea, to be returned to the North, according to a civic group representing the former prisoner on Friday.

2025-08-22

Gov't mulls renaming Unification Ministry amid changing realities on the Korean Peninsula

As the Lee Jae Myung administration eyes its first major governmental reorganization, one issue has unexpectedly become a flashpoint: whether South Korea's Ministry of Unification should keep its current name.

2025-07-03

Seoul says no change in radioactive levels in sea over suspected North Korean nuclear waste discharge

The unification ministry said Tuesday there has been no meaningful change in radioactive levels in the Yellow Sea following a report over North Korea's suspected discharge of wastewater from its uranium refining facility in North Hwanghae Province.

2025-07-01