South Korea's incoming president wants to scrap a ministry handling relations with North Korea, his aides say.Lee Myung-bak, who takes office on 25 February, will merge the Unification Ministry with the Foreign Ministry.
Four other ministries are being downgraded as part of what he says is a pledge to streamline government.
But Mr Lee advocates a tougher stance towards North Korea and the Unification Ministry has been accused of being too soft on Pyongyang in the past.
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