The Ten Point Programme for Reunification of the Country ( ko, 조국통일을위한전민족대단결10대강령) is a plan written by Kim Il-sung on 6 April 1993, to re-unite

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...

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. The program is the stated official policy of North Korea. The plan's original title was ''10-Point Programme of the Great Unity of the Whole Nation for the Reunification of the Country''. It regards the idea of reunification with South Korea under a pan-national unified state, a Federation, leaving the two systems and governments intact while opening the borders. The program proposes to remove outside influence from the Korean peninsula, especially the

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, and proposes cooperation on trade and foreign affairs as a reunified country. The North Korean foreign policy is still dominated by this original document, which has led to better relations with South Korea, beginning with Kim Dae-jung's Sunshine Policy, and in the

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Kim Il Sung
Full text of the 10 Point programme for reunification of the country

A North Korean webpage, called "By our nation by itself", which promotes national reunification. {{Kim Il-sung Ideology of the Workers' Party of Korea Politics of North Korea Works by Kim Il-sung 1993 in North Korea 1993 documents

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