[학술논문] South Korea’s Tough Stance towards the North - Why it has to continue -
...it should take on its North Korean policy. Given more than a decade of implementing “Sunshine Policy” and subsequent North Korea’s continued wrong behaviors, Lee administration has decided to initiate the North Korean policy with principle, which emphasizes denuclearization and reform & open-door policy. Facing with Korea’s new policy, Pyongyang regime has consistently...
[학술논문] Prospects for China’s North Korea Strategy in the Post-Kim Jong-il Era and Implications for South Korea
...expected to spark considerable controversy within South Korea concerning its Chinese policy. From a progressive viewpoint, the new Chinese approach concerning the stabilization of the North Korean region, the softening of the North Korean regime, and the development of mutually beneficial relations,resembles the Sunshine Policy of South Korea in certain aspects. But from a conservative perspective, while...
[학술논문] A Comparative Study on the inter-Korean Relations and the Cross-Strait Exchanges after the 2000s
...post-ideological societies, with a far more practical and realistic attitude to their respective ‘rivals.’ Third, Domestic political conflicts that surround Cross-Strait policy in Taiwan and North-related policy in South Korea have been intensified as a result of changes in governments following elections. Fourth, while the United States remains a crucial partner of both South Korea and Taiwan...
[학술논문] Reciprocity in South Korean Security Policy Vis-à-vis North Korea and the United States
I review the principle of reciprocity in South Korean security policy with regard to North Korea and the United States and analyze how the principle fits with US security policy concerning South Korea. Diffuse reciprocity shaped Korean security policy starting with President Kim Dae-jung’s Sunshine Policy. The Lee Myung-bak government’s hard-line approach increased military tension and...
[학술논문] 대북인도지원은 북한인권법의 대안인가?
...could change its path of Military-first spirit and reduce people’s suffering. The counter legislation proposed by the Opposition party seems to try another version of failure-prone ‘Sunshine Policy 2.0’, which has proved nothing of its promises of mitigating North Korean food crisis and bring a peaceful relationship between two Koreas. This article tries to demonstrate incompetence...