SEOUL — President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea proposed on Sunday a special tax to fund the enormous cost of reuniting with North Korea, broaching a sensitive topic even as uneasiness deepened here about the future of the North because of its ailing leader, Kim Jong-il. Although all previous South Korean leaders have advocated rejoining the North, Mr. Lee was the first to propose that the South start saving for the event with a “unification tax.” A unification that was...
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