In this article I present competing patterns of discursive reconstructionof German reunification in South Korean public spheres andthe methods of mobilizing them for domestic debates on inter-Koreanrelations. I analyze the editorials and opinion articles of twonewspapers, Chosun Daily and Hankyoreh, which respectively representthe most influential conservative and progressive print mediain South Korea. The articles not only discuss German reunification incontrasting ways but also integrate those interpretive schemes intopolicy advocacy on North Korea. The conservatives utilized the narrativesabout the breakdown of the East German regime and thesubsequent unification to justify an aggressive policy toward NorthKorea, whereas progressives consistently judged the German caseas “unification by absorption,” giving full support to reconciliationand peaceful coexistence.
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