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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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