Kim Dae Jung quotes:
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And also, we are providing, you know, a nuclear power plant in the north, two light water systems, so some 4 or 5 billion dollars we are providing to meet with North Korean requests on the condition North Korea will not produce a nuclear weapon.
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You know, North Korea situation is far worse than East Germany, and South Korea is weaker than West Germany.
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If America would withdraw from South Korea, there could be a power struggle between such as China and Japan.
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So if North Korea continues present isolation, then with such economic difficulties the North Korean government must meet a very serious situation in the future.
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So such an American troops presence in Korea in the South and Japan, total some 100,000 should stay there forever, even after unification of Korean peninsula.
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And also, we are providing, you know, a nuclear power plant in the north, two light water systems, so some 4 or 5 billion dollars we are providing to meet with North Korean requests on the condition North Korea will not produce a nuclear weapon."
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Well, that is very imperative to let North Korea open door to outside.
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So moderate is insisting that North Korea should open door to outside.
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So in Asia I want to make - I want to succeed to make a model of what success, practicing democracy, and market economy. Then that will give a good influence over Asian countries.
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Unification is one thing, and stability in Northeast Asia is another thing.
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There is some sign that North Korea is changing recently. There is ongoing successful negotiation to have a military talk to Pyongyang, which has been stopped for seven years.
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To realize peace on the Korean peninsula, and to develop exchange, cooperation between both Koreas, they are the, you know, immediate target of our government.
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Unification is not our present goal. That is a future program.
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I think a major cause of present Asian economic difficulties that mainly come from, you know, lack of market economy.
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But such IMF pressure is very much helpful for me to push such a, you know, reform. So in this sense I think IMF is very much helpful for alien society.
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So for mutual interest, I do want American presence in this region.
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American presence is, you know, the major cause of balance of power and the stability in this region.