Tour for reunification wraps up in Seoul ahead of major campaign on Liberation Day in August

By Kim Dong-young Posted : May 30, 2025, 17:42 Updated : May 30, 2025, 17:43
The 2025 Korean Dream Unification Action Resolution Rally participants pose for a photo in Yongsan district Seoul May 30 2025 Courtesy of the Korean Dream Hangang Grand Festival Organizing Committee
Participants pose for a photo at an event in Yongsan, Seoul on May 30, 2025. Courtesy of the Korean Dream Hangang Grand Festival Organizing Committee
SEOUL, May 30 (AJP) - A nationwide tour promoting reunification between the two Koreas, organized by a civil coalition, wrapped up with a final rally in Seoul on Friday after spanning 13 cities and provinces.

The Korean Dream Hangang Grand Festival Organizing Committee held an event at the Kim Koo Museum & Library in Yongsan, bringing together civil representatives from across South Korea.

The event served as the finale to a series of rallies that began on May 12 in Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province, building momentum for the organization's broader "Korean Dream Ten Million Campaign," scheduled for mid-August to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Liberation Day on Aug. 15.

Led by former Prime Minister Chung Un-chan as chairman, along with co-chairs former National Assembly Vice Speaker Chung Woo-taek and former Democratic Party floor leader Lee Jong-geol, the committee has been mobilizing public support for reunification between South and North Korea since 2022.
 
Former Prime Minister Chung Un-chan speaks at the 2025 Korean Dream Unification Action Resolution Rally May 30 2025 Courtesy of
Former Prime Minister Chung Un-chan speaks at a rally in Seoul on May 30, 2025. Courtesy of the Korean Dream Hangang Grand Festival Organizing Committee
The campaign promotes a vision called "Korean Dream," which envisions a unified Korea contributing to world peace by achieving reunification as a path to national advancement rather than merely a political objective.

"Over the past 80 years since the end of Japanese colonial rule, through your dedication and sacrifice, we have overcome the ruins of war and achieved both industrialization and democratization," said the chairman.

"Now is the time to transcend barriers of ideology, generation, region, and class to achieve genuine national unity and sustainable co-prosperity," he added.
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