[학술논문] The Roh Tae-woo Administration’s Nordpolitik and Its Diplomatic Intervention in North Korea-Japan Relations

This article examines the role of the South Korean government in the diplomatic normalization process between North Korea and Japan during the early 1990s, with a particular focus on the Roh Tae-woo administration’s Nordpolitik. While initially supportive of cross-recognition and improved North Korea– Japan ties as part of Nordpolitik, South Korea gradually shifted to a more cautious and...

[학술논문] Dilemma of Roh Tae-woo’s Nordpolitik and Its Implications for ROK Northern Diplomacy

...shifted the strategic environment of inter-Korean interactions in Seoul’s favour. Capitalizing on these changes, the Roh Tae Woo government charted a dramatic turn in South Korea’s diplomacy that came to be called Nordpolitik (Northern Diplomacy), a South Korean version of Willy Brandt’s Ostpolitik. The Roh government sought diplomatic rapprochement with communist bloc countries, attempted...