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South Korea Debates Using North Korea's Official Name Amid Constitutional Concerns
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South Korea Debates Using North Korea's Official Name Amid Constitutional Concerns

South Korea's unification ministry says the question of whether to use North Korea's official name warrants broad public debate, after Minister Chung Dong-young used the term 'Democratic People's Republic of Korea' at an academic forum last month. Critics argue using the official name amounts to accepting Pyongyang's two-state policy and violates the Constitution, which does not recognize state-to-state relations with the North.

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