한반도 평화체제 구상 = Building a Peace Regime on the Korean peninsula -Beyond the Armistice

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

There are five tasks remaining for the two Koreas in order to dismantle the Cold War structure and builda peace regime on the Korean peninsula: ① to establish a political and economic community through strengthening inter-Korean exchange and cooperation, ② to release and suspend mutual hostilities and to reduce military tension between North and South Koreas through arms control and disarmament ③ to transform the armistice agreement into a peace treaty between the two Koreas; ④ to realize the cross recognition of both Korean by the four big powers surrounding the peninsula ⑤ th stop the Korean affairs from getting globalized through North Korea`s abandonment of the WMD development. Until today, no progress has been made in the peace process on the peninsula. In order to make a breakthrough in the process of dismantling the Cold War structure and establishing a peace regime on the peninsula, the problems of North Korea`s WMD development including nuclear weapons program as well as the military tension must be solved above all. Based on these matters, the progress in the fields of exchange and cooperation between North and South Koreas could be made, and the political normalization of the North Korean government with the U.S. and Japan could follow. However, the solution to these five problems depends upon the will of the political leadership in Pyongyang. In this sense, a clue to these tasks would be found, when the communist political leadership in Pyongyang is replaced with a leadership with reasonable thinking and a pragmatic attitude in the decision-making process. And the North Korean society will be democratized. Since 2008 after the start of f the Lee Myungbak administration, the 「Denuclearization/opening door-/3000 Policy」toward the North has been carried out. However, the Policy failed to get any concession from the North regarding its nuclear program or to open up and reform the country it has even deteriorated the inter-Korean relationship. Against the backdrop of the fact that the Korean affairs are characterized as inter-Korean as well as international and that North Korea`s nuclear program is complicated and multi-faceted, it may be desired to distinguish the two concepts of denuclearization and opening door policy and to handle the issues separately, on the two track, by sharing the role between South Korea and the international community: the South Korean government will concentrate on opening the North to democratize through all means, including exchanges and cooperation, while the international community will concentrate on dealing with the denuclearization process at 6 party talks. It is desirable for the South Korean government to resume dialogues, exchanges and cooperation with North in economic and social fields, on the assumption that the North will apologize for having sunk the Chunan-warship and for having shelled Younpyung-Islandand promise not to repeat such military provocations toward the South in the future.