Word: unificationism
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When Germany unilaterally last month halted all weapons shipments to Turkey, a NATO ally, because some of them had been used against Kurdish rebels, the Turkish reaction was furious. An Istanbul newspaper caricatured Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher wearing a swastika, and Turkish President Turgut Ozal darkly warned that "Germany...
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"I think that the idea of Korean unification is not as good as it sounds," Suh said. "It is also very far off because though slight progress has been made in recent talks, the two Koreas are still vastly different."
Unification is possible, Suh said, but is likely only after several changes in the conditions of the two countries.
"Right now, North Koreans hate South Koreansand vice versa," Suh said. "If this is notcorrected, it would be unrealistic to expect thata successful unification would be possible."