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Article: Liberal Times; The Fall of the Berlin Wall: A Triumph of Freedom.
- Article from:
- Korea Times (Seoul, Korea)
- Article date:
- November 8, 1999
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As the representative of a German institution based in Korea I am often invited to participate in academic events that deal with the issue of Korean unification. I cherish these opportunities as they force me not only to keep in touch with developments back home and study the history of my own country, they also give me the chance to exchange information and views with Korean colleagues.
Addressing Korean audiences I like to begin with a quotation from the autobiography of President Kim Dae-jung ``A New Beginning.'' This is in many ways a very remarkable book. Written back in 1993 the tome tells us a lot about the character of the man now residing in the ...