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MOA Deputy Minister Heukchi becomes first Royal Official in North since the War

5728.7.27. - TAEDO -

Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Official Affairs, Heukchi Eunwoo, became the first royal official to set foot in the streets of Taedo, North Baeguk, today. He arrived as part of a government delegation to attend the 80th Anniversary Festivities of the North Baegukese government. 

The visit came after President Yuri invited the government of PM Yoon to attend their National Foundation Day last year, during the highly televised North-South Baegukese summit in Taejeon. At the historic summit, it was agreed that South Baegukese companies would invest in the Sinsu Special Economic Zone, a stretch of land around the large city of Sinsu in northern Haegi province. Select roads of transport would be opened between the two nations, and although carefully monitored, would permit the transfer of goods and people between the two states. This historic milestone marks the first time since the end of the war almost 80 years ago that goods and citizens will be legally able to travel between the two sides. A "red telephone" allowing instantaneous communication between the KGB PM and DPRB President was also reached, reconnecting high-ranking communications since the last DPRB government.

PM Yoon and the MOA Minister, His Grace Crown Prince Baek Minjun, declined to attend, likely as conservative and anti-communist political groups would fiercely repudiate a Prime Minister who celebrated the anniversary of the Third Kyobando Revolution, a national tragedy for the Kingdom and Monarchy. For security reasons, The Crown Prince would also be potentially at risk if he travelled to the North.

The sight of Southern and Northern officials side by side at the large communist military parade earned mixed reactions. The 80th Anniversary Parade was the largest in Northern history, featuring extensive displays of military might and political loyalty to their President. Many conservative Tories of the Hungu Faction called the display of the Whig Party-led Yoon government "extremely disrespectful to His Majesty the Maripgan", given that the northern national foundation day celebrates their illegal and treasonous treachery against the crown. Proponents of reproachment insist that such sacrifices must be made to ingratiate the North into further union with the Kingdom.

Nonetheless, for the first time in decades it seems as if peaceful reunification around President Yuri's proposed "one nation two systems" model may finally be in grasp in the coming decade. Time will tell.