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===North Korean relations===
The Nordpolitik policy also proposed the interim development of a "Korean Community", which was similar to a North Korean proposal for a confederation.<ref>{{cite book | title = Korea| last = Bluth | first = Christoph | year = 2008| publisher = Polity Press| location = Cambridge| isbn = 978-07456-3357-2 |pages=48–49}}</ref>

From 4 to 7 September 1990, high-level talks were held in Seoul, at the same time that the North was protesting about the Soviet Union normalizing relations with the South. In December 1991 both states made an accord, the Agreement on Reconciliation, Non-Aggression, Exchange and Cooperation, pledging non-aggression and cultural and economic exchanges. They also agreed on prior notification of major military movements and established a military [[hotline]], and working on replacing the [[Korean Armistice Agreement]] with a "peace regime". The agreement was praised for forming a foundation for cross-border exchanges and cooperation.<ref name=wp-19911213>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1991/12/13/two-koreas-pledge-to-end-aggression/d104ab96-1a85-4024-8b61-bf9e43d779eb/ |title=Two Koreas pledge to end aggression |last=Blustein |first=Paul |newspaper=The Washington Post|date=13 December 1991 |access-date=19 September 2018}}</ref><ref name=nyt-19911213>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/13/world/koreas-sign-pact-renouncing-force-in-a-step-to-unity.html |title=Koreas sign Pact renouncing force in a step to unity |author=David E. Sanger |newspaper=The New York Times|date=13 December 1991 |access-date=19 September 2018}}</ref><ref name=state-19911213>{{cite web |url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/t/ac/rls/or/2004/31012.htm |title=Agreement on Reconciliation, Nonagression and Exchanges And Cooperation Between the South and the North |publisher=U.S. Department of State |date=13 December 1991 |access-date=19 September 2018}}</ref>

In January 1992, North and South Korea also signed the [[Joint Declaration of the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula]], although the North subsequently reneged and pursued its own nuclear weapons program. This coincided with the admission of both North and South Korea into the United Nations.<ref name="BipolarOrdersp160">{{cite book |author= Hyung Gu Lynn |date= 2007 |title= Bipolar Orders: The Two Koreas since 1989 |url= https://archive.org/details/bipolarorderstwo00lynn |url-access= limited |publisher= Zed Books |page=[https://archive.org/details/bipolarorderstwo00lynn/page/n174 160]}}</ref> Meanwhile, on 25 March 1991, a unified Korean team, for the first time, used the [[Korean Unification Flag]] at the World Table Tennis Competition in Japan, and on 6 May 1991, a unified team competed at the World Youth Football Competition in [[Portugal]].