79th Liberation Day Celebration Speech Presents Vision and Promotion Plan for Unification
Yoon "Liberation is Incomplete as Long as Division Persists"
President Yoon Suk-yeol and First Lady Kim Keon-hee are watching a performance at the 79th Liberation Day Celebration held at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 15th. [Image source=Yonhap News]
President Yoon Suk-yeol stated on the 15th, "There is a crucial historical task that we must inevitably resolve," adding, "That is unification."
In his congratulatory speech at the 79th Liberation Day ceremony held at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul, President Yoon said, "Complete liberation remains an unfinished task for us," emphasizing that unification is a significant historical challenge.
President Yoon remarked, "Since the loss of our national sovereignty until today, our people have written a truly great history," and added, "The value that runs through this great journey is freedom." He emphasized, "Our liberation was the fruit of the struggle for freedom," and "Even in the bleak situation of losing our sovereignty, our people did not give up."
President Yoon stressed, "Now, the Republic of Korea has leapt beyond dazzling economic growth to become a global pivotal nation and a global cultural powerhouse," and asserted, "Neither imperialist forces' seizure of sovereignty, division, war, nor anything else has been able to stop our vigorous advance toward freedom."
"Realizing Liberation through a Free and Democratic Unified State of the Entire Korean Peninsula"
President Yoon Suk-yeol and First Lady Kim Keon-hee are observing a moment of silence with Lee Dong-il, President of the Patriotic Martyrs' Families Association, and other attendees at the 79th Liberation Day Celebration held at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 15th. [Image source=Yonhap News]
President Yoon said, "In 1919, our people began efforts to establish a free democratic state where the people are the masters on the Korean Peninsula," and added, "Although liberation came with the defeat of Japanese imperialism in 1945, as long as the division system continues, our liberation must remain incomplete."
He continued, "The freedom we enjoy must expand to the frozen kingdom deprived of freedom and the northern land suffering from poverty and famine," emphasizing, "Only on the day when a free democratic unified state where the people are the masters is established throughout the Korean Peninsula will complete liberation be realized."
President Yoon declared, "Based on the constitutional duty of the president to achieve free democratic peaceful unification, I intend to declare our vision for unification and unification promotion strategies to our people, the residents of North Korea, and the international community," and said, "The future of the unified Republic of Korea we dream of is clear."
On this day, President Yoon presented the three major visions for unification, three major strategies for promoting unification, and seven major plans for unification promotion.
President Yoon stated, "▲ A happy country where the people's freedom and safety are guaranteed ▲ A strong and prosperous country that leaps forward through creativity and innovation ▲ A country that leads harmony and development in the international community and contributes to world peace and prosperity. This is the future of the unified Republic of Korea."
As tasks to advance toward a unified Republic of Korea, he cited ▲ the need for the people to firmly hold values and capabilities to pursue free unification ▲ the necessity to create changes so that North Korean residents earnestly desire free unification ▲ and the importance of solidarity with the international community.
President Yoon added, "We ourselves must have a stronger conviction in the value of freedom," and said, "Only by firmly protecting the freedom within us can we become the unification promotion force that leads free democratic unification."
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