President Park is now in Germany on a state
visit.
During her four-day stay, the South Korean
leader will carry on her drive towards a well-prepared
and successful reunification on the Korean
peninsula, with hopes to learn from Germany's
own experience.
Our correspondent Choi You-sun , who is traveling
with the president, files this report from
Berlin.
Reunification is the key word for President
Park Geun-hye's state visit to Germany this
week.
Stronger Seoul-Berlin cooperation in inter-Korean
reunification was a top issue on the agenda,
during President Park's talks with German
President Joachim Gauck Wednesday.
Seeking German support for her trust-building
policies on the Korean peninsula and in Northeast
Asia, the South Korean leader discussed how
Berlin can better share its own unification
experiences with Seoul.
President Park also visited the Brandenburg
Gate, a landmark in Berlin, symbolic of German
unification.
Here, the president is thought to have reflected
on her reunification drive.
Korean hopes to learn from the German unification
experience and seek ways to better prepare
for the aftermath of such an historic event
also topped President Park's agenda with German
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday.
Speaking to German broadcaster ARD, the South
Korean president said she is open for constructive
talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
She said when she gets a chance she will tell
him economic and nuclear development cannot
co-exist and that Seoul is ready to help the
North Korean people.
When asked about her recently pledged reunification
preparatory committee, President Park said
there should be more exchanges between the
South and the North to narrow social and cultural
differences, and public consensus formed in
the South on preparing for reunification.
"Behind me is the Brandenburg Gate, which
President Park visited earlier on this Wednesday.
She'll continue with her reunification campaign
in Germany this week, by meeting former officials
at the center of German unification and laying
out details of her reunification policies
during a speech in Dresden.
Choi You-sun, Arirang News, Berlin."
