This monograph is an explanation of the Lee Myung-bak government's North Korean policy in terms of its underlying historical and theoretical foundations. The theoretical assumption of the Lee Myung-bak government's North Korea policy rests on the empirical ground that the reforms and.
Introduction I
The Policy of Mutual Benefits and Common Prosperity
Consequently, North Korea has intended to regulate the pace of development between North and South. The use of the 'benefits' and 'prosperity' found in the policy name of the current government is inspired by two key words from the 1991 Basic Agreement (i.e. the Agreement on Reconciliation, Non-Aggression and Exchange and Cooperation between South and North) . Korea): “exchanges” and “cooperation”.
Tools of the Policy: “Vision 3000 thru Denuclearization and Openness”
From a political perspective, the plan supports North Korea's denuclearization and opening up, as well as achieving a per capita income of $3,000. Openness” refers to North Korea building its diplomatic relations with the United States and Japan and participating as a normal party in the international community.
Objectives of the Policy
It also prevents North Korea from joining the international community and participating as a regular participant in global society. To realize North Korea's denuclearization and opening up, external and internal environment for North Korean economic development must be built.
Policy Characteristics
The Vision 3000 through Denuclearization and Openness plan reflects the expectations of the international community towards North Korea. It suggests that North Korea's denuclearization and opening up are important goals that must be achieved if North Korea is to gain the support of the international community.
A World-Systems Theory Perspective
For Gorbachev, the essence of reform was to emerge from isolation and re-enter the capitalist world system. The path to reform and opening up of North Korea is the way for North Korea to participate in the capitalist world market, like other socialist countries.
The Dialectical Theory of History
Fortunately, the country can follow the path of other socialist countries, and North Korea is pursuing normalization, with the United States the ultimate target of the six-party negotiations. The historical dialectic of the socialist countries and the historical and dialectical development process of the Central Asian countries offer an important implication to North Korea. North Korea is facing marketization and democratization, which are moving in the historical direction that most North Korean people want.
Efforts to Enter the International Community
The history of North Korea over the past fifteen years can be called a history of rapprochement with the United States. North Korea has failed to normalize relations with the United States in recent years. North Korea is likely to take advantage of this new opportunity to get maximum reward in return for giving up its nuclear program, and opt for normalization of relations with the United States.
The North Korean Economy: An Assessment
Overall, while the trend is toward the collapse of the socialist system, a new phenomenon is emerging in North Korea. In other words, as North Korea went through economic hardship—or as they call it, the "march of hardship"—the original form of the socialist system in North Korea fell apart. Ignoring the historical trends of socialist countries will not enable North Korea to maintain its regime.
North Korean Society: Passing the Threshold
The most important change in the people's behavior is the dominance of commercial transactions. Vision 3000 must be carried out in the direction of helping the changes that are already taking place in North Korea. A policy that supports North Korea joining the international community is likely to be opposed by North Korea in the short term, but the change taking place inside the country calls for reform and opening.
Inducing North Korea’s Entry into the International Community
That is, a three-dimensional approach that simultaneously solves the North Korean nuclear problem and alleviates North Korea's overall concerns—such as removing the DPRK from the list of countries supporting terrorism, providing energy and economic support, normalizing relations between the US and the DPRK. , and conclusion of a peace treaty to end the Korean War. This is a new approach to dealing with North Korea, which we like to refer to as a "comprehensive approach."13.
The Six-Party Talks and International Cooperation
The United States is the country North Korea most expects rapprochement with. Looking at the era of the Roh Moo-hyun administration, US-DPRK relations deteriorated as US-ROK relations deteriorated. The Roh Moo-hyun administration hoped to use Chinese leverage to resolve the nuclear issue, but China could not play as important a role as thought because North Korea remains wary of China.
The Role of Korea in the Process of Solving the Nuclear Issue
In addition, the South can convince North Korea to trust the US as well as the international community. The foreign policy of the United States towards North Korea is to encourage North Korea to make a strategic decision in accordance with the principle of "action for action", which was written in the joint statement of September 19.14 The former US, what South Korea is persuading and urging North Korea to it is very similar to the US
Normalizing U.S.-DPRK Relations
North Korea is an example of a country still unable to establish relations with the United States. North Korea was blocked by the US no less than the Soviet Union. For a long time, the United States denied the inclusion of North Korea in the international community.
Entering the International Community as a Normal Member
In the February 13 action plan, the United States promised North Korea normalization of relations if the country gave up its nuclear weapons programs. The United States has already responded to North Korea's nuclear inoperability and removed North Korea from its list of terrorist-sponsoring states. Until North Korea normalizes, it cannot establish relations with the United States even if it wants to.
The Role of South Korea
Second, there is the improvement in the internal and external environment that North Korea's denuclearization and opening up would bring to the country's economic development. North Korea would gain the trust of the international community by denuclearizing and creating, through reform and opening-up, an internal environment and conditions for improved productivity. North Korea's per capita GDP of $3,000 would be the final outcome of this three-pronged approach.
Parallelism
In the Vision 3000 plan, the realization of the income of 3,000 dollars per month is promoted. per capita by a three-track approach. If there is an amelioration of the nuclear crisis, inter-Korean economic cooperation will further expand; if denuclearization proceeds to phase three, it is highly likely that the second phase expansion of the GIC and some of the projects adopted in the October 4 summit declaration will be advanced. There is a need to promote the expansion of inter-Korean economic cooperation from the point of view of profitability and separate from the nuclear issue.
Building an International Environment
If so, North Korea will be able to normalize its relations with the United States and Japan, according to the February 13 agreement on the action plan. If North Korea succeeds in normalizing its relations with the US and Japan, it will be an epoch-making turning point in drawing financial assistance from IFIs and attracting foreign investment. The best and most effective method of increasing North Korea's productivity would be to open up.
Implementation of the Five Development Package Programs
Signing investment contracts with various international firms from Japan, the United States, Europe, etc. and thus globalizing its economy is the way to increase North Korea's productivity. North Korea's cooperation cannot be the passive receipt of South Korean aid; rather, it must demonstrate the will and policy for economic growth. So if North Korea denuclearizes in a short period of time and promotes enough reform and opening, it will be easy to achieve the income of 3,000 dollars per capita within 10 years.
VIII
International Financial Institutions
27_ International financial institutions that can offer aid to North Korea include the IMF, World Bank and Asian Development Bank. North Korea can also attract a large number of private investors by increasing its foreign credit rating by joining international financial institutions. The financial aid that North Korea will receive by joining international financial institutions will be determined by several variables.
North Korea’s Efforts to Join
If the amount that North Korea can receive is so much, the question is why should North Korea join this.
International Financial Institutions
- Conditions for North Korean Entry
- The Role of the South Korean Government
- Inducing Normalization of Inter-Korean Relations
- Plans for the Realization of an
It is difficult for North Korea to join international financial institutions without the support of the South Korean government. North-South Korean relations will progress with the progress in the internationalization of North Korea. 38_ Hyeongsu Jang, "North Korea and International Financial Institutions: Issues and Responses" (in Korean), Sueun Bukhan Kyeong jae (Spring 2008), p.
Inter-Korean Economic Commonwealth
North Korea’s Slandering of the Vision 3000 Plan
Moreover, North Korea appears to be making several new attempts to promote cooperation with the international community. Korea will try to create an image of openness by creating visible events between North Korea and the United States. North Korea may try to expand its exchange with the international community in a completely different way than in the past 10 years.
Reasons Why North Korea Cannot Drive Inter-Korean Relations into Collapse
It is highly possible that the North Korean economic crisis will be exacerbated if North Korea keeps inter-Korean relations confrontational. It is a mystery how North Korea will build a strong and prosperous nation in just four years. Without South Korean capital investment, it would be extremely difficult for North Korea to win the trust of the international community.
South Korean Measures
This approach will make North Korea a normal state in the international community, which will also lead to a normal development of inter-Korean relations. It is necessary for South Korea to use a policy of leading, not being led by North Korea. North Korea's entry into the capitalist world economy is a goal that North Korea hopes and must achieve.
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