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For the past three years since the beginning of the Kim Daejung administration, remarkable performances in inter-Korean relations have been achieved. In addition, the South-North Korean Summit in June of 2000 has accelerated this increasing trend in inter-Korean relations. Nevertheless, whether or not there has been a basic change in Pyongyang’s strategy toward the South has not been made clear. North Korea’s will for peace remains as just rhetoric and has not been verified. Furthermore, North Korea’s foreign policy is showing an even higher level of flexibility, elements of psychological war, camouflage tactics, and even unified front tactics in their strategy toward the South. At present, South Korea is facing a critical period of time in inter-Korean relations. South Korean people have mixed perceptions and views on the North Korea policy . hope and uncertainty, optimism and pessimism together. At this critical moment in terms of national security, South Korean people should not be lured by the symbolic changes in inter-Korean relations into a sense of complacency.
For the past three years since the beginning of the Kim Daejung administration, remarkable performances in inter-Korean relations have been achieved. In addition, the South-North Korean Summit in June of 2000 has accelerated this increasing trend in inter-Korean relations. Nevertheless, whether or not there has been a basic change in Pyongyang’s strategy toward the South has not been made clear. North Korea’s will for peace remains as just rhetoric and has not been verified. Furthermore, North Korea’s foreign policy is showing an even higher level of flexibility, elements of psychological war, camouflage tactics, and even unified front tactics in their strategy toward the South. At present, South Korea is facing a critical period of time in inter-Korean relations. South Korean people have mixed perceptions and views on the North Korea policy . hope and uncertainty, optimism and pessimism together. At this critical moment in terms of national security, South Korean people should not be lured by the symbolic changes in inter-Korean relations into a sense of complacency.
