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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.