Presidential office launches task force to implement Yoon’s unification doctrine

The presidential office on Friday launched a task force to implement the details of President Yoon Suk Yeol's new unification doctrine, an official said. The task force is headed by Principal Deputy National Security Adviser Kim Tae-hyo and aims to realize the goals and projects laid out in the unification vision unveiled by Yoon during his Liberation Day address Thursday. Among other things, the task force will work to raise further awareness of North Korea's dismal human rights situation around the world, launch a North Korea Freedom and Human Rights Fund to support nongovernmental activities that promote freedom and human rights in the country, and provide cutting-edge, on-site programs to better educate South Korea's young generations on what unification could look like. In the case of the fund, the aim is to launch it before the end of the year. The new doctrine updates a previous unification vision presented by the Kim Young-sam administration in 1994. It centers on expanding North Koreans' access to outside information and proposes opening an official dialogue channel between the two Koreas to discuss any issue. Source:Yonhapi News Agency