북한의 국가 발전 목표와 대일정책 -김정일,김정은 시대를 중심으로 = North Korea`s National Development Goals and Policy toward Japan -Focusing on the Kim Jong-un and Kim Jong Il Eras

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

North Korea``s national development goal is to become a Kangsong Taeguk (strong and prosperous nation) which is composed of ideological strength, military might and economic power. During the Kim Jong-il era, North Korea declared that the ideological and military components have alreadybeen achieved, and vowed to focus on economic construction as the immediate task. The Kim Jong-un regime has also stressed the imperative of enhancing economic power. For the sake of stability and strength of the regime, there is a need for great economic power. North Korea’s internal capital has been depleted by the long economic crisis. Therefore, external capital is urgent in order to achieve economic development. North Korea has been trying to acquire large-scale external funds through the normalization of diplomatic relations with Japan. The Kim Jong Il regime held a North Korea-Japan summit meeting in September 2002 and the Kim Jong-un regime tried to normalize relations with Japan through the ``5.28 agreement`` in 2014. However, these attempts ended in failure by the abduction issue. It is evident that the attempts made by North Korea in order to normalize diplomatic relations with Japan were in a close relationship with the nation’s development goal.