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Homeless children, generally orphans. The term originated during the Arduous march period, but has since expanded in definition to generally encompass wandering homeless individuals, including adults and the elderly.

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The Dilemma of a Demilitarized Border Region on the Korean Peninsula

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  * At a town hall meeting held in northern Gyeonggi Province in November 2025, President Lee Jae-myung, along with the Ministers of National Defense and the Interior and Safety, listens to remarks from residents of the border region .  © Blue House Il Young Jeong Senior Research Fellow_Institute of Social Science_Sogang University   The South Korean government is pushing to move the Civilian Control Line (CCL) northward and ease regulations governing military facilities in border areas. In this regard, the Ministry of National Defense has announced plans to “actively pursue the lifting and easing of restrictions on protected areas in order to enhance the rights and interests of the public and revitalize local communities, while maintaining a robust military readiness posture.” From the perspective of easing tensions in border areas and addressing the inconveniences faced by local residents as the government pursues a policy of peaceful coexistence on the Korean Penin...
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Making Peaceful Coexistence Work on the Korean Peninsula

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  * The joint presidential briefing by the Ministry of Unification, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ministry of National Defense for the second half of 2026 is being held at the Blue House on August 5, 2026. © Blue House Il Young Jeong Senior Research Fellow_Institute of Social Science_Sogang University On August 5, the Ministry of Unification, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of National Defense jointly presented their policy reports to President Lee Jae-myung for the second half of 2026. Traditionally, presidential policy briefings have been held only once at the beginning of the year. The Lee government, however, added a summer briefing as a midterm assessment of its policies. The occasion also served as an opportunity to evaluate and adjust the government’s policies toward the Korean Peninsula over the past year. In this column, I will examine the Lee Jae-myung government’s policy of peaceful coexistence on the Korean Peninsula, identify its key challenges, an...
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The Shameful Unification Budget of the South Korean Government

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  * Ribbons symbolizing hopes for Korean reunification are tied to the barbed wire along the Demilitarized Zone(DMZ) fence .   @iStock Il Young Jeong Research Professor_Institute of Social Science_Sogang University With the arrival of autumn, the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea is in the process of reviewing the new year’s budget proposal. While our Constitution grants the government the authority to prepare and submit the national budget, it entrusts the National Assembly with the power to review and finalize it, ensuring that the budget can only be confirmed through the Assembly’s deliberation and resolution(Article 54 of the Constitution). This article aims to critically examine the 2025 budget proposal of the Ministry of Unification and to suggest new, necessary initiatives.   The Ministry of Unification’s Distorted Budget, Losing Its Primary Role The Ministry of Unification’s budget is, quite literally, distorted. The 2025 budget proposal amounts to a to...
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