- Photo File : Vice Unification Minister Um Jong-sik
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SEOUL, Jan. 5 (KATAKAMI / Yonhap) -- South Korea will stick to its current policy on North Korea, seeking to get the communist neighbor to understand it should respect Seoul and take a responsible attitude if it wants dialogue, a senior official said Wednesday.
"We should try to get North Korea to change in a desirable way and take a sincere and responsible attitude so that fair South-North relations can be formed," Vice Unification Minister Um Jong-sik said in a radio interview. "The door for dialogue is always open, but (the North) should respect its dialogue counterpart."
North Korea has made a series of dialogue overtures after sharply escalating tensions with a deadly artillery strike on a South Korean island in November. In its New Year's message, Pyongyang stressed the importance of improved relations and dialogue with South Korea. (*)
