South Korean President Recalls Germany's Reunification
“This year marks the 25th
anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
But the Korean Peninsula remains stifled by a wall of division,” stated
South Korean President Park Geun-hye.
In a landmark address to the UN General Assembly, President Park made
the bold assertion, “I call on the international community to stand with us in
tearing down the world’s last remaining wall of division.”
Stirring words. Stirring
themes. Especially, punctuating the
diplomatic drone of many of the General debate speeches.
Though Park recalled, “The two Koreas were separately admitted
as member states to the UN in 1991. Having two separate seats despite a single
language, culture and history is clearly not normal. ” Since the end of WWII, the historic Korean
nation has been divided by the demilitarized zone (DMZ) which has tragically
become part of the national geography.
The DMZ dividing South and North Korea is 4 km wide and 250
km long and while serving as the demarcation line, also has blocked the free
flow of people for 60 years.
Visiting Germany earlier this year, Park Geun-hye admired many of the places connected with that
nation’s peaceful unification nearly a quarter century ago.
Speaking hopefully, Park extolled, “Just as the unification
of Germany laid the grounds for a new Europe by integrating Europe, a unified
Korea will set in motion a new Northeast Asia.”
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