Korean Ambassador visits Flushing Chamber

With anxiety over North Korea’s nuclear program heating up in the United States, an ambassador from South Korea visited the Flushing Chamber of Commerce’s monthly meeting to talk about relations between the three countries and strengthening the alliance between South Korea and the United States.
“For half a century, the Korean people have lived in such a dire situation,” said Ambassador Bong Joo Mun, describing the proximity of 4.7 million South Koreans to the military lines with their northern neighbor. “We will not tolerate any nuclear program of North Korea on the Korean continent.”
But Mun quickly added that the situation - which recently amplified when North Korea removed itself from the six-nation disarmament talks - should be resolved through conversation and not violence.
On economic relations between South Korea and the United States, the ambassador said that the partnership between the two countries had become a strong one - South Korea is the seventh largest trading partner of the United States with $7.2 billion a year in trades.
In addition, South Korea has become an active ally to the United States in the “War on Terror,” providing the third largest number of troops in the effort, behind the United States and the United Kingdom.
“Now both of our countries should work together to try and understand where our countries will meet in the future,” Mun said.