Korean reunification ‘inevitable,’ says Lee

OSLO — South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Wednesday described as “inevitable” the peaceful reunification of his country with North Korea, whose new leader has been in place for nine months. “We are the only divided nation in the world and it is inevitable that we (will) come to peaceful reunification at some point,” Lee told reporters in Oslo. “Nuclear weapons or military might is not a way for North to overcome the current problem,” he said, urging Pyongyang to renounce its nuclear program as demanded by the UN. — AFP