A senior South Korean presidential aide said Monday that unification between the two rival Koreas could become a \u00ab\u00a0magic bullet\u00a0\u00bb to a nuclear row and other issues on the Korean Peninsula.<\/p>\n
Ju Chul-ki, senior presidential foreign affairs secretary, also said a successful denuclearization of the divided peninsula could give a boost to international efforts to make a world free from nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n
\u00ab\u00a0The six-nation talks should be resumed and South and North Korea should pursue direct talks to lay the groundwork for eventual unification of the two Koreas,\u00a0\u00bb Ju said in a session at the World Policy Conference, an annual international meeting, in Seoul.<\/p>\n
Ju’s comments came three days after the top nuclear envoys of China and Japan met in Beijing to discuss ways to jump-start the long-stalled talks on ending North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.<\/p>\n
Still, Sung Kim, the U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy, said Washington won’t resume the nuclear talks unless Pyongyang shows its seriousness about denuclearization.<\/p>\n
North Korea, which has conducted three nuclear tests, has shown no signs of giving up its nuclear ambition. The North also views its nuclear programs as a powerful deterrent against what it claims is Washington’s hostile policy toward it.<\/p>\n
The six-nation talks, involving South Korea, North Korea, the U.S., China, Russia and Japan, were last held in December 2008.<\/p>\n
South Korean President Park Geun-hye has made strong pitches for unification in recent months, saying unification would be a \u00ab\u00a0bonanza\u00a0\u00bb for both Koreas as well as a blessing for neighboring countries.<\/p>\n
South Korea believes unification would provide the Korean people with a springboard to prosperity by marrying South Korea’s capital and technology with North Korea’s rich natural resources.<\/p>\n
However, North Korea has long suspected that Seoul could be plotting to absorb Pyongyang. (Yonhap)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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