President Lee Myung-bak Says Unification Is Near On The Korean Peninsula

From ROK Drop:

4:32 AM (19 hours ago)Lee Myung-bak Says Unification is Near On Korean Peninsulafrom ROK Drop by GI Korea






Here is some interesting talk from South Korean President Lee Myung-bak:







South Korea’s president has declared that the reunification of Korea is drawing near — a surprising statement at a time of soaring tensions on the divided peninsula.



While a single Korea is the stated goal of both the communist North and the democratic South, it has seemed a faraway dream this year, which saw an alleged North Korean attack on a South Korean warship, an announcement by Pyongyang that it is expanding its nuclear programs and, most recently, the shelling of a South Korean island two weeks ago.



In the wake of the Nov. 23 artillery assault on the South’s Yeonpyeong Island, both sides have raised the temperature on the peninsula by trading angry barbs and threats of retribution. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has not shied away from tough rhetoric, as he looked to deflect criticism that his military’s response to the shelling was too weak.



On Friday, North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun stoked tensions further, accusing South Korea and the U.S. of pursuing a policy of hostility and confrontation and reiterating that Pyongyang needs its nuclear program to fend them off. [Associated Press]




Read the rest at the link, but it appears that the South Korean government is coming more and more convinced that unification may be coming from regime collapse in the next few years.