During October 2-4, 2007, the 2nd Inter-Korean Summit was held in Pyongyang, receiving
the world’s utmost attention. The Sejong Institute has since, held the 17th Sejong
National Strategy Forum on October 17, 2007, discussing ‘The Resolution to the North
Korean Nuclear Issue and the Peace Regime in the Korean Peninsula’ in preparation to
the discussions of peace regime construction soon to take a more active position. This
volume contains supplemented essays presented at the Forum, composed of three sections
and ten chapters. The first section attempts to draw lessons of international non-
proliferation by examining cases of countries applicable to North Korea, such as the
Soviet Union, Libya, South Africa, and India. Belarus, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan, as well
as the aforementioned countries except India, are cases of successful denuclearization.
Meanwhile, the non-proliferation attempts of India, Pakistan, and North Korea have not
been successful. The India-U.S. Nuclear Energy Cooperation in particular, which has
recently been signed, is a meaningful exception to the international non-proliferation
organization that darkens the future of the non-proliferation regime. The second part
deals with the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. It introduces the strategies
and challenges for the denuclearization of North Korea, the inspection and verification
strategy as one of the core requirements to denuclearization, and the countermeasure
using a focused pressure on North Korea based on cooperative methods that decrease
threat. Lastly, the third section discusses the active construction of a peace regime
after nuclear issues are resolved. It also mentions issues of the Korea-U.S. alliance
and the U.N. military headquarters that may develop with the progress of the peace
regime in the Korean Peninsula. The plan of building a peace regime has received much
domestic and international interest after the inter-Korean Summit at the 2nd Summit
talks discussed holding the quadrilateral summit talks to put an end to the Korean War.
However, as the history of discussions portrays, building a peace regime in the Korean
Peninsula will not be achieved in a short period of time. Also, this peace regime is not
only an issue for North and South Korea but is also an issue that directly relates to
the dissolution of the Northeast Asian Cold War; so therefore it is a plan that asks for
an international cooperation. For these reasons, the construction of a peace regime in
the Korean peninsula is an important issue that will determine the future of the Korean
people, which needs the cooperation and support of domestic and international government
parties, both conservative and progressive.
No : 2007-05
Publishing Company : The Sejong Institute
Date of Publication : 2008.2.29.
Number Of Pages : 439 Page
Price : 25,000 Won