Unification Minister Chung Dong-young proposed dropping the designation of North Korea as South Korea's "main enemy" in order to resume talks with Pyongyang, a move that drew pushback from the defense ministry, during a policy briefing to President Lee Jae Myung Wednesday. "Recognizing each other by name is the crucial first step. We must cease hostile, hate-filled language toward one another, such as designating a 'main enemy,'" Chung said during the policy briefing. "The unification ministry will move away from the previous administration's policy of unification by absorption and advance discussions on a new unification framework." Chung had earlier elaborated on his reasoning during a press briefing Tuesday. "Using the term 'main enemy' is inappropriate when we are pursuing peaceful coexistence on the Korean Peninsula. The expression 'threat,' which was used under the Roh Moo-hyun and Moon Jae-in administrations, is far more suitable. I believe the term 'enemy' used by the Yoon Suk Yeol administration was inappropriate," he had said. "We must bring an end to this scary status quo wher