The “National Community Unification Formula" refers to the South Korean government’s official unification plan put forth by then-President Kim Young-sam on August 15, 1994. The plan is best known for its three-stage formula: 1) reconciliation and cooperation, 2) confederation, and 3) unification.
* In inter-Korean relations, the human rights issue is becoming a political conflict beyond human rights ⓒ iStock Il Young Jeong Research Professor_Institute of Social Sciences_Sogang University When dealing with North Korean human rights issues, we often see the usual dynamic between conservatives and liberals inverted. Conservatives become not-so-friendly fighters for human rights, while progressives quietly turn a blind eye. How did this come to pass? #Episode 1 There was a North Korean defector I met who called himself a "revolutionary." He said that after witnessing the transformation in Eastern Europe, he began to feel a sense of resistance towards the North Korean regime. Ultimately, his thoughts and actions caused him problems and he ended up fleeing the North. After settling down in Korean society, he faces a confusing situation. South Korean progressives, who he expected to be sympathetic to his story, turned a blind eye to him while conservatives sh
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