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PRINTWhen the Kim Dae-jung administration decided to pursue peaceful coexistence first rather than rushing to early unification, it set the goal of improving inter-Korean relations through "reconciliation, cooperation, change and peace." The Kim administration used the term "North Korea policy" instead of "unification policy," based on the idea that unification can be achieved in the long-term. The goal of that administration´s North Korea policy was to achieve "de facto unification" based on improved inter-Korean relations through reconciliation and cooperation, and to achieve peaceful coexistence through stabilization. Therefore, the keywords for North Korea policy at the time were "reconciliation, cooperation, change and peace." The philosophy behind this policy was that the two Koreas could peacefully coexist through reconciliation and peaceful management of division while avoiding destructive regime competition, and acknowledging respect each other´s regime...
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The Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU) is a think-tank dedicated on research on Korean Peninsula issues.
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