North Korea's President Kim Jong Un in a statement released this week said North and South Korea should meet and discuss the unification of the country without interference from the outside. He made it clear that the fate of the Korean Peninsula would be decided by the Koreans themselves. And if that sounds familiar its because you read it here first in PolitiDose in several commentaries in the last few years.
Both North and South Korea have already met and agreed to cooperate in several areas during the up coming winter games scheduled to take place in South Korea. So a dialog has already started and is taking place. When South Korea elected its new President Moon Jae-in he made it clear he would seek to have a dialog with the North and the conversation has moved along. Can North and South really achieve unification on their own? If their talks are really serious what will be the reaction by China, Russia and the United States. All three have self serving motives why they support the North and South separation and why no progress has been made in changing the status quo.
This writer still believes the best long term solution is a united Korea with one government, one people and one country under one united flag. Only those who remain blind to human nature never see the big picture that sits right in front of them.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
