[학술논문] The Korean Armistice System and the Origins of the Cheonan and Yeonpyeong Incidents
...of two incidents that took place in 2010, the sinking of the Cheonan corvette and the shelling of Yeonpyeong island. Especially, we have to pay attention to the following questions: what are the basic characteristics of the agreement; what has changed in the agreement and the system since 1953; and why have military conflicts continued to erupt under the system, which prohibits hostility on the peninsula...
[학술논문] “Strategic Cooperative Partnership” between Beijing and Seoul?A Quest in Search of Reality
...the same time, its potentially conflictual issues with China? and c) what role is China likely to play in the future of North Korea and of the Korean Peninsula?While both countries have long harbored the dual images of superiority and inferiority when eyeing on the other, this has not prevented them from improving bilateral ties in all major fields for the past 20 years. In fact, it is one of the...
[학술논문] 천안함 침몰과 연평도 포격 그리고 국제형사법원
There was an accident sinking of the Republic of Korea(ROK) Navy Ship called Cheonan(PCC-772, 1,200ton corvette) on 26 March 2010 in the territorial waters of the ROK 2.5km off the south-western coast of Baekryong Island, which resulted in the death of 46 military persons. Korea Government organized the Joint Civilian-Military Investigation Group of the ROK with the participation of international experts...
[학술논문] 천안함 이후 북중관계의 변화와 영향
...analyzed the relation between North Korea and China through China’s North Korea policy development in the perspective of continuation and change after the Cheonan sinking. As a result of the analysis, North Korea-China relation shows not only the continuation of the previous identical pattern before the Cheonan incident but also the change in the pattern. In other words, the Cheonan sinking operates...
[학술논문] North Korean Nuclear Nationalism and the Threat of Nuclear War in Korea
...reviews the status of nuclear threat in Korea and analyses the appropriate policy response to the emergence of the DPRK as a nuclear-armed state. We suggest that as of 2009, the DPRK made the ROK the main target of its nuclear strategy rather than the United States as was the case from 1991-2009. The sinking of the ROK corvette Cheonan in 2010 provides a mini-case study of the collision of ROK and...