South Korea’s Yoon Renews Unification Call in Challenge to Kim

Yoon Suk Yeol in Singapore on Oct. 9.Photographer: Roslan Rahman/AFP/Getty Images
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol called again for unification of the Korean Peninsula to free it from nuclear threats in a renewed challenge to Pyongyang’s moves to rule out the possibility of rapprochement.

“A unified Korean Peninsula that is free and open will also create a strong impetus for economic development and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific,” Yoon said Wednesday in a speech in Singapore. “Across the energy, logistics, transportation, infrastructure and tourism sectors, the demand for vigorous investment and cooperation will soar.”