South Korea Unveils Plan to Normalize Relations With North Korea Amid Tensions

Flags of North Korea, rear, and South Korea, front, flutter in the wind from the border area between two Koreas in Paju, South Korea, on Aug. 9, 2021. Im Byung-shik/Yonhap via AP

South Korea on Jan. 27 unveiled a plan for reunification with North Korea, which includes efforts to provide its northern neighbor with humanitarian aid, in a bid to revive stalled denuclearization talks amid flaring tensions between the two rivals.

The South Korean Ministry of Unification presented a report to President Yoon Suk-yeol on its plans and prospects for 2023 outlining seven key policy objectives aimed at improving inter-Korean relations.