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Honorable Kim Chun-Sig Vice-Minister of Unification, Representative Anne Mary Campbell of the UNHCR Korea, honorable Robert King, U.S. Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues, dignitaries,
ladies and gentlemen, those who spared their precious time to contribute as speakers and discussants, the audience who came to this place to join us despite their busy schedule and all those who dedicated their time to prepare for this forum, Human rights is not a politically insensitive issue here in South Korea.

For this reason, it took a rather long and bumpy journey for my institute and, to finally open this forum today. Some argue that mentioning North Korea’s human rights problem will endanger inter-Korean relations and will be detrimental to peaceful management of national division. Others argue that we have to tackle this issue rather squarely since the improvement of human rights in North Korea will critically help the nation change into a more stable and responsible member of the international community. They also argue that such a change will reshape North Korea into a country that does not need nuclear weapons and that we can then dream of a peaceful democratic unification...