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The award ceremony is to take place at the White House on Nov. 20.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the executive order signed by former president John F. Kennedy establishing the Presidential Medal of Freedom, as well as the first ceremony bestowing the honor on an inaugural class of 31 recipients.
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SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) -- South Korea vowed all-out efforts to open a new unification era with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) from 2015 jordan 18 retro australia , ministries in charge of inter-Korean and foreign affairs said Monday in annual reports to President Park Geun-hye.
Park said government officials should make efforts to "create conditions" under which the DPRK can respond to Seoul's offer to hold a dialogue in January to discuss all issues of mutual concern.
Park said inter-Korean talks should be resumed rapidly to prepare for future unification with the DPRK, when she received briefings on 2015 policies by four ministries in charge of unification, defense and foreign affairs.
The conditions, which Park mentioned, indicated the scattering of anti-DPRK leaflets by South Korean civic groups, the stop of which Pyongyang has demanded as an implicit condition for inter- Korean talks.
The civic groups flied leaflets criticizing the DPRK regime across the demilitarized zone on balloons. In October air jordan 18 australia , the DPRK shot at the balloons, raising tension on border areas.
Border residents opposed to the leaflet dispersion on rising tensions, and a South Korean court ruling said the government can prevent activists from floating the leaflets if those activities threaten the lives and property of people.
Unification Ministry officials met with Park Sang-hak, who said he plans to scatter copies of "The Interview," a film featuring a fictional plot to assassinate top DPRK leader Kim Jong Un, urging him to refrain from such activity jordan 14 retro australia , the ministry's spokesman said Friday.
Kim said in his New Year's speech on Jan. 1 that there is no reason not to hold talks with Park, who said on Jan. 12 in response that she is open to a summit with the DPRK leader.
The Unification Ministry in charge of inter-Korean affairs said in its report that it pushes to legalize its government responsibility for peaceful unification with the DPRK.
The law, tentatively titled "act to lay foundation for peaceful unification," will be enacted this year to continue efforts to lay foundation for reuniting the divided Korean Peninsula under different administrations.