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Reform strategy can be categorized into two general types based on the scope and pace of change. The first one, Change and Fix Strategy, involves an urgency to immediately and aggressively implement changes, making adjustments along the way as necessary. This strategy may either bring about the desired outcome or end up in the wrong direction. The other strategy, Set and Change Strategy, involves the crafting of a perfect reform plan that is implemented through a roadmap for almost perfect preparation. While this strategy can be very prudent and tends to minimize errors, it runs the risk of being discontinued during implementation stage.
Even though South Korean military has initiated several reform tries to fix the In this article, to reveal the socio-political conditions under which South Korea’s engagement policy (the, so-called, Sunshine Policy) emerged in 1998, we will critically review the historical context of South Korea’s security practice from 1945 to 1998. In so doing, we can possibly address the question of under what internal and external circumstances Seoul has changed its security stance towards Pyongyang from a stiff realist into a reconciliatory posture since the late 1980s. This article will analytically divide the period from 1945 to 1998 into two eras in chronological order. The first period (section) is the era of the Cold War and dictatorial authoritarianism from the mid-1940s to the late 1980s, while the second period (section) is the era of the post-Cold War and democratisation, from the late 1980s to the late 1990s.