[학술논문] The PyeongChang Winter Olympics and Engagement with North Korea: Implications for the Peace Process and the Promotion of Human Rights
The South Korean President, Moon Jae-In, sent special delegations to Pyongyang. The visit resulted in a surprising agreement that included Kim Jong-un’s remarks that he is willing to take the road forward for denuclearization and reconciliation with South Korea. As tensions on the peninsula have been at maximum levels for more than fifteen years, this can be considered as a dramatic shift from...
[학술논문] 북한의 新 평화공세와 개혁ㆍ개방의 딜레마
...crisis, North Korea has launched a new peace offensive, similar to that which followed the collapse of the Soviet bloc in 1989. At that time, the South Korean government was fooled by Pyongyang’s diplomacy, and failed to induce the North toward reform and opening. Moon Jae-in seems to be sympathetic to the Kim Jung-un regime; as a result, the new peace-offensive may save the regime, with help...
[학위논문] 『한반도 평화』를 둘러싼 국내 정치집단 간 역학관계 연구 : 이슈와 영향을 중심으로
...national security concerns, and in such a vein, efforts have been made to bring peace to the Korean peninsula. However, North Korean nuclear and missile threats have meant that such efforts have thus far failed. Since taking office, the administration of President Moon Jae-in has demonstrated the desire to bring 'peace to the Korean peninsula', with interest in the matter thus once again on...
[학술논문] Future of the U.S.-ROK Alliance
...countries? Will diverging interests on some issues such as South Korean participation in U.S. geopolitical activities to contain China weaken it? Might South Korea attempt to develop a more independent foreign policy? This paper considers these questions against the background of major tensions during the Moon Jae-in-Donald Trump era over trade, defense cost-sharing, North Korean denuclearization, the...
[학술논문] Outcomes of ROK's Misperceptions of Chōsen-seki Zainichi Koreans: How Its Legal Framework Should Be Amended
...controlled as the ROK nationals. Their rights of return, supposed to be guaranteed to everyone, had been severely violated by ROK until the Moon, Jae-in administration was established. Relatively more relaxed policy on the Chōsen-sekis' entry to ROK than Moon's predecessors' ones would seem to be favorable, however, it does not contribute to enhancing the level of their human rights since...