초록
영어
This study aims to explore the intrinsic characters of North Korea, South Korea, and Japan as a way of configuring an effective solution for establishing peace on the Korean Peninsula. This examination caused us to dwell on the feasible role and functions that Japan could play in Korea’s reunification. Many call for Japan to reform in the spirit of compensating Korea for its past misdeeds and playing a leading role in shaping favorable world views for the sake of Korea’s reunification. This study proposes four suggestions for the role Japan could assume. First, Japan would command respect from other surrounding countries. Such a stance on the part of Japan would certainly be beneficial to Korea’s reunification process. Second, Japan could establish a more effective policy for denouncing human rights violations involving North Korea. Third, Japan and South Korea should take a more united stance on the nuclear arms issue with North Korea. Fourth, Japan needs to suspend its equal footing status with South and North Korea, also known as the so-called equal-distance diplomacy.
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I. Introduction
II. Theoretical Background
III. Interactive Relations among the South Koreans, North Koreans, and Japanese
1. North Korea’s Unification Policies and Strategies
2. South Korean Views and Policies on Reunification
3. Japan’s Policies and Views on the Korean Peninsula and its Division
IV. Function on the Korean Reunification Issue
1. Japan’s Role on the Korean Peninsula
2. Alternatives to Establish Peace on the Korean Peninsula
V. Conclusion
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