Abstract
There are few issues more politically charged and more hotly debated than the issue of the reunification of the two Koreas. During the last decade in both the ROK and the West, two polar perspectives have dominated the discourse. On one side of the debate, “liberal” circles, led by prominent figures such as former South Korean President Kim Dae Jung and the current President Roh Moo Hyun, argue that the key to a peaceful Korean reunification is by promoting South-North Korea bilateral cooperation and exchange at all levels of the two societies. Their rationale is that as the two countries reap the benefits of economic, cultural, and social collaborations over time, these factors will build the desire and the foundation for more ambitious forms of political cooperation, ultimately leading to a stage of mutual development where reunification can occur—a negotiated merger of equals.1
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Kim, A. (2004). The Challenges of Peacefully Reunifying the Korean Peninsula. In: Kim, S.S. (eds) Inter-Korean Relations: Problems and Prospects. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403980434_11
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