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.

But such IMF pressure is very much helpful for me to push such a, you know, reform. So in this sense I think IMF is very much helpful for alien society.

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

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.

Unification is one thing, and stability in Northeast Asia is another thing.

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.

So if North Korea continues present isolation, then with such economic difficulties the North Korean government must meet a very serious situation in the future.