SEOUL – Republic of Korea President Lee Jae-myung on Sunday called for continued efforts to restore trust with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

Building a peaceful Korean Peninsula, where the two Koreas can grow together through coexistence and cooperation and on a foundation of trust, will be the true way to fully uphold the spirit of the independence movement, Lee said in his commemorative speech delivered at the ceremony marking the 107th anniversary of the March 1 Independence Movement during the 1910-45 Japanese colonization.

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Lee stressed that ROK respected the DPRK's system and will neither engage in any type of hostile acts nor pursue any form of unification by absorption, vowing to continue efforts for dialogue resumption with the DPRK.