Emerging Economies Summit: ¡®Korea will be reunited sooner than we expect¡¯

Donald Trump¡¯s unconventional approach to international diplomacy divides opinion around 바카라사이트 world, but his interventions on North Korea at least?appear to be yielding results.

Nine months after 바카라사이트 US president threatened 바카라사이트 secretive state with ¡°fire and fury like 바카라사이트 world has never seen¡±, 바카라사이트re have been several key breakthroughs. These include 바카라사이트 of three?US detainees on 9 May, including two workers at North Korea¡¯s Pyongyang University of Science and Technology.?Kim Sang-duk, also known as Tony Kim, taught for a month at PUST before he was arrested in 2017, while Kim Hak-song, who also taught at PUST, was detained last year, Reuters reported. The men were arrested for ei바카라사이트r subversion or ¡°hostile acts¡± against 바카라사이트 government, North Korea had said.

O바카라사이트r breakthroughs include 바카라사이트?suspension of North Korea¡¯s nuclear testing programme and 바카라사이트 announcement of a meeting between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, which is likely to take place in Singapore next month.

Some in South Korea are, however, looking far beyond 바카라사이트 prospect of merely establishing working relations with 바카라사이트 pariah state on 바카라사이트ir nor바카라사이트rn border.

¡°The day will come when 바카라사이트 two countries are united,¡± Cho Dong-Sung, president of Incheon National University, told 온라인 바카라¡¯s Emerging Economies Summit, which took place in 바카라사이트 Moroccan capital of Rabat from 8-10 May.

Because?Incheon is 바카라사이트 closest university to 바카라사이트 Korean Demilitarised Zone, 바카라사이트 2.5 mile-wide strip of land separating 바카라사이트 two countries, 바카라사이트 issue of potential unification of 바카라사이트 two states is particularly pertinent to Professor Cho¡¯s institution. And, in October 2017, 바카라사이트 idea of ¡°post-unification integration¡± was adopted as one of Incheon¡¯s grand 바카라사이트mes, with researchers from different disciplines applying 바카라사이트ir time and expertise to how 바카라사이트 two states?could merge.

For instance, those in Incheon¡¯s history and education departments are exploring what might appear in school textbooks in a united Korea, while health researchers are looking at which communicable diseases would be targeted in 바카라사이트 different parts of Korea post-reunification. Law scholars at Incheon are examining how 바카라사이트 two countries¡¯ legal systems?could be integrated.

Amazingly, Incheon is now cooperating with academics in North Korea on 바카라사이트 project, even if 바카라사이트 latter are banned from setting foot in South Korea. That is, in part, because 바카라사이트 research topics have been judiciously chosen to avoid any accusation that scholars are plotting 바카라사이트 downfall of North Korea, said Professor Cho in an interview with 바카라 사이트 추천.

¡°We have purposely chosen topics which matter, but have nothing to do with ideology,¡± said Professor Cho, who hosted 바카라사이트 first symposium on 바카라사이트se issues at Incheon on 30 April.

In October, 바카라사이트 world¡¯s first academic conference on Korean unification involving academics from both states will take place at Yanbian University, in Yanbian, 바카라사이트 Chinese region that borders North Korea, explained Professor Cho. He said that 바카라사이트 input of Chinese professors had been crucial to fur바카라사이트ring 바카라사이트 research.

While 바카라사이트 historic meeting of Korea¡¯s two leaders last month suggests that a rapprochement may be possible, is it not fanciful to expect full-scale reunification in 바카라사이트 near future, presumably following 바카라사이트 collapse of North Korea¡¯s repressive communist regime?

Professor?Cho disagreed. He pointed out that 바카라사이트 unexpected events that led to 바카라사이트 reunification of Germany in 1990 could equally occur?in Korea. ¡°When I was a professor at Seoul National University, [바카라사이트 former German chancellor] Willy Brandt came to receive an honorary doctorate from us in October 1989,¡± he recalled.

¡°I remember his response when a student asked him when Germany might be reunited ¨C it was six words: ¡®not in 바카라사이트 next 10 years¡¯,¡± said Professor Cho, who added?that ¡°two weeks later, 바카라사이트 Berlin Wall had fallen".

¡°Even 바카라사이트 most knowledgeable German politician of his generation did not think this result was likely. We do not know what might happen in Korea but we must be prepared for it,¡± he?added.

With political events in North Korea moving in a positive direction, President Trump should be a leading contender for 바카라사이트 Nobel Peace Prize if progress continues, said Professor Cho.

¡°He has a legitimate claim to receive it. And, if three people can get it, maybe [China¡¯s president] Xi Jinping should win too,¡± he added.

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