The Korean Odyssey

   * It is impossible to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula without dialogue between parties. @iStock Il Young Jeong Research Professor_Institute of Social Sciences_Sogang University So far, efforts to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula over the past 30 years have failed. However, denuclearization is a necessary prerequisite to peace on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia at large. In the previous installments of this series, I have discussed the reasons why denuclearization efforts are trapped in a vicious cycle and argued that South Korean nuclear armament would not bring peace to the peninsula. This final essay in my “Korean Peninsula Denuclearization Series” will seek potential paths for denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. Naturally, I cannot cover all possible measures to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula within the span of a short column. Instead, I will put forth three key ideas drawn from the lessons learned over the past 30 years of denuclearization efforts...