The arms control in the Korean Peninsula appeared the most important agenda according to the inter-Korean relations. The discussion about it has continued over the past few decades, but now it is too late to deal with it as agenda can be executed. In ...
The arms control in the Korean Peninsula appeared the most important agenda according to the inter-Korean relations. The discussion about it has continued over the past few decades, but now it is too late to deal with it as agenda can be executed. In particular, the Bush administration in U.S.A. emphasized the traditional arms control in the Korean Peninsula with the nucleus and missile of North Korea as one of three subjects that solved the North Korean problem. Accordingly, the arms control problems in the Korean Peninsula is more noticed in these days. After the South-North summit talks(Jun., 2000), feasibility of the South-North arms control began to develop largely. But regardless of meeting between the authorities including the South-North Cabinet-level talks, and several agreements including the Kyouneyisun railroad, they do not still reach the agreement about the establishment of confidence at all. On the other hand, it means that there is possibility a little that the agreement of digressive establishment of confidence will be succeeded in the absence of general agreement with the South-North arms control. Also, in status of the Bush administration in U.S.A. proposed the comprehensive approach related to the arms control in the Korean Peninsula, the arms control problems of the traditional war potential and the mass murder weapons like the nucleus and missiles, etc. will be in the spotlight as a hot issue between the South-North Korea.
It proposed the necessity that it predicted the possibility of arms control between the South-North Korea in a practical way beforehand. Accordingly, this study is to investigate the plan for our coping and practice about the arms control in the Korean Peninsula hereafter. This study is to examine it by dividing into four streams largely.
First, it diagnosed the situation of thrusting the arms control in the Korean Peninsula according to the progress of inter-Korean relations and the change of circumstances in the Korean Peninsula. Second, it compared and analyzed the situation, assertion, and policy basis of the South-North Korea about the arms control in the Korean Peninsula. Third, it analyzed the necessity of verification with the arms control in the South-North Korea and a case of verification with the important international arms control, and groped for the approach strategy of verification with the arms control in the South-North Korea. Lastly, it was to investigate a plan for the arms control in the Korean Peninsula that will be realistic and feasible. As a result, this researcher could get the conclusion that it was difficult for us to realize the arms control in the South-North Korea early, but this researcher could arrange the direction of long-term drive as follows.
First, it was to establish or restore the negotiation route between the South-North Korea about the military problems, and maintain it. Second, it should weigh on the larger policy than the rudimentary military contact centered on the management of establishing the confidence, and spare long-term period further. Lastly, it should arrange our requirements clearly related to the arms control in the South-North Korea, and propose them obviously, persistently, and consistently. Also, the most preferential and eternal goal that will be essentially maintained related to that in a practical way is "removing the capacity of surprise attack by the North Korea" and "crisis prevention and management countermeasure for the stable control of the partition of the Korean Peninsula".
Finally, the arms control in the South-North Korea should be promoted as a mean within large frame of our policy on North Korea. And the priority should be established, and it was valid to promote it in connection with the change of general inter-Korean relations. It came to the conclusion that it should be promoted in complementary way by the step and superposition rather than exclusive isolation about the all the problems.