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MONOCLE

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Affairs

September 2013

Issue 66, volume 7

p.77-78

01 of 04Security is tight around the Ministry of Unification
02 of 04Entering the ministry building
03 of 04The ministry’s diplomats act independently of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
04 of 04Hwang Seunghee, the ministry’s director in charge of reunification plans

South Korea’s Ministry of Unification is adamant that not only would the reunification of the Korean peninsula be a positive step but that it’s also a realistic goal. Monocle paid a visit to try and establish the source of such relentless optimism.