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Song Min-soon

Song Min-soon (Korean: 송민순; Hanja: 宋旻淳; born July 28, 1948) is a South Korean politician and diplomat who served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade from 2006 until 2008.

In this Korean name, the family name is Song.

Song Min-soon

Roh Moo-hyun

Ban Ki-moon

Yu Myung-hwan

Roh Moo-hyun

Baek Jong-chun

(1948-07-28) 28 July 1948
Jinyang, South Gyeongsang, South Korea
(now Jinju)

Democratic Party

Seoul National University (BA)

송민순

Song Min-sun

Song Minsun

Early life (1948-1975)[edit]

Born in Jinyang (present-day Jinju) in 1948, Song studied at Masan High School and received his B.A. in German Literature from Seoul National University in 1975. He served in the Army for three years, completing his military service before graduation, and passed the Korean foreign service exam in 1975.

The Six Parties unanimously reaffirmed that the goal of the Six-Party talks is the verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in a peaceful manner.

The DPRK committed to abandoning all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs and returning, at an early date, to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and to IAEA safeguards.

The 1992 Joint Declaration of the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula should be observed and implemented.

The DPRK stated that it has the right to peaceful uses of nuclear energy.

The other parties expressed their respect and agreed to discuss, at an appropriate time, the subject of the provision of light water reactor to the DPRK.

The DPRK and the United States undertook to respect each other's sovereignty, exist peacefully together, and take steps to normalize their relations subject to their respective bilateral policies.

China, Japan, ROK, Russia and the US stated their willingness to provide energy assistance to the DPRK.

The directly related parties will negotiate a permanent peace regime on the Korean Peninsula at an appropriate separate forum.

The Six Parties agreed to take coordinated steps to implement the afore-mentioned consensus in a phased manner in line with the principle of "commitment for commitment, action for action".

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Elected to the 18th National Assembly in June 2008, Song now serves on the Foreign Affairs, Trade & Unification Committee. As a new member of the National Assembly, he has been promoting legal reforms that address important foreign policy challenges, such as improving Korea's Official Development Assistance (ODA) policies and streamlining procedures for a more rapid deployment of Korean UN PKO forces. Another major area of interest has been the settlement of North Korean defectors in South Korea who are currently not receiving adequate vocational training. As a corrective, Song has proposed that current laws mandating an eight-week training period be revised to provide for at least one year of diversified and specialized training programs.


His major legislations so far have been:


In seeking to enhance Korea's global standing and accelerate inter-Korean reconciliation, Song continues to collaborate with colleagues within and without the National Assembly in a principled and bipartisan manner. He hopes that these efforts will ultimately pave the way for creating a reunified nation that is democratic, market-oriented, denuclearized, and friendly to all neighbors.

Politics of South Korea

Foreign relations of South Korea

Military history of the United States

Official website: www.mssong.or.kr

Speech at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2007.

Speech at the Council of Foreign Relations, New York, 2007.