Candidate In-Young Lee, Minister of Unification, said, "We will make a bold change to take the lead in turning North America's time back into "North and North time."

The candidate said in a statement by the National Assembly for Foreign Affairs and Transportation that all inter-Korean relations should be progressed even if the North Korean relationship is deadlocked.

"The peace train on the Korean Peninsula goes on two rails, inter-Korean relations and North American relations," he said. "You can't promote peace on the Korean Peninsula by moving only on one side."

He continued, "The starting point of parallel progress is the restoration of inter-Korean relations."

To the North, he said, "I look forward to moving away from an attitude that distorts inter-Korean relations if North American dialogue is not possible."

The candidate said, "We need to take a new approach with creativity and imagination" to turn it into "the time of inter-Korean relations."

He said that in order for the inter-Korean relations to continue to develop,'principles' must be established and institutionalized. I said."

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