SEOUL: South Korea will pursue neither unification by absorption nor any hostile acts toward North Korea, the vice unification minister said Monday, reaffirming the policy of President Lee Jae Myung's government of building peace on the Korean Peninsula.
Vice Unification Minister Kim Nam-jung made the remarks during a meeting with residents of border areas at Camp Greaves, a former US military base-turned-field-trip site in the western border city of Paju, just below the Demilitarised Zone separating the two Koreas, Yonhap News Agency reported.
"To achieve a peaceful Korean Peninsula without the need for conflict, the Lee Jae Myung government will recognise and respect the North Korean system and will neither pursue unification by absorption nor engage in any forms of hostile acts, " Kim said.