I think a major cause of present Asian economic difficulties that mainly come from, you know, lack of market economy.

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

So such an American troops presence in Korea in the South and Japan, total some 100,000 should stay there forever, even after unification of Korean peninsula.

There is some sign that North Korea is changing recently. There is ongoing successful negotiation to have a military talk to Pyongyang, which has been stopped for seven years.

If America would withdraw from South Korea, there could be a power struggle between such as China and Japan.

So South Korean ability is very much limited to handle North Korean, you know, difficulties. So we don't want to see an immediate collapse of the North Korea regime.

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.