SEOUL, June 14 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday called for national unity to denuclearize the Korean peninsula and lay grounds for reunification with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), saying the inter-Korean relations are in a critical moment.
"The goal of denuclearizing the Korean peninsula and laying grounds for unification can be achieved when the force of the nation is gathered together at a time when the south-north relations face a critical crisis," Park said in a video message to a session of the National Unification Advisory Council, according to the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae.
Tensions remained high following the DPRK's fourth nuclear test in January and the launch in February of a long-range rocket, which was condemned as a disguised test of ballistic missile technology.
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