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Reunification continued to be at the top of
President Park's agenda on day three of her
state visit to Germany.
From visiting the remains of the Berlin Wall
to meeting with the leaders of German unification,
our correspondent Choi You-sun takes us through
a day in the president's reunification campaign.
President Park, the leader of the world's
only divided nation, visited a highly symbolic
site of unity and freedom.
Berlin's East Side Gallery is what's left
of the Berlin Wall, covered in painted murals
by more than 1-hundred artists from around
the world to commemorate the tearing down
of the wall in 1989.
The South Korean president also visited a
photo exhibition that compares scenes from
the demilitarized zone on the Korean peninsula
and Germany's Grunes Band , which is now an
ecological park.
The president had proposed turning the DMZ
into something similar.
"It makes me hope and look forward to a day
when our demilitarized zone will change into
a symbol of peace."
Staying with her reunification campaign, President
Park met five former and current officials
who were at the center of German unification,
asking them to share their insights and wisdom.
The group told the president there were frequent
people exchanges between the East and the
West, that eventually led to a peaceful reunification.
They said the German case is different from
the situation on the Korean peninsula, in
that East Germans themselves had wanted change.
At a luncheon with Korean and German businessmen,
President Park vowed to prepare the Korean
peninsula for a peaceful reunification.
She then asked the business community to do
their part in achieving a successful economic
integration between the two Koreas.
"President Park is now in Dresden for the
second leg of her state visit.
Here, she is expected to lay out details of
her reunification policies during a speech
on Friday.
Choi You-sun, Arirang News, Dresden."
