It is a well-known fact that the "sunshine policy" on the lips of the South Korean authorities is a policy of confrontation and war full of rhetoric. This is evidenced by their ceaseless war exercises and arms build up against the north. We have consistently held that the South Korean authorities should not give lip-service to "cooperation" and "reconciliation" but make a switchover in their policy toward reunification and show their willingness to improve relations with the north in practice. Their mere talk about "cooperation" and "reconciliation" is an empty talk and it cannot be construed otherwise than a window-dressing to conceal their anti-north confrontation policy.
In the interview the "ambassador" went the length of talking such gibberish that 8 to 9 million "divided families" in South Korea look forward to meeting with their relatives in the north but do not pin any hope on reunification as it is unrealistic. This is an unpardonable insult to the aspirations of the Korean nation for reunification and clearly proves that the South Korean authorities' loudmouthed "settlement of the issue of divided families" is not aimed at reunification but seeks a sinister separatist aim. The "ambassador" did not bother to talk nonsense that the U.S. troops in South Korea, the root cause of all misfortune and sufferings of the Korean nation, are "playing an important role in preserving peace" on the Korean peninsula.
If the South Korean authorities have [not] even an iota of national conscience and human dignity, they should stop orchestrating such balls intended to insult the nation's desire for reunification and justify their dependence on outside forces as what the "ambassador" to Russia said in a foreign country.