Only the truly magnanimous and strong are capable of forgiving and loving.

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.

American presence is, you know, the major cause of balance of power and the stability in this region.

Unification is not our present goal. That is a future program.

You know, North Korea situation is far worse than East Germany, and South Korea is weaker than West Germany.

Democracy is the absolute value that makes for human dignity, as well as the only road to sustained economic development and social justice.

So now we are pushing economic reform, bank reform and enterprise reform. So we can finish that reform this year, in September or October. Then our economy may be much more, you know, normalized.