Home  Contemporary Issues The Roh Moo-hyun Government and the North Korean Dilemma
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The Roh Moo-hyun Government and the North Korean Dilemma |
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In this presentation, Moon Chung-in, then chairman of the Presidential Committee on Northeast Asian Cooperation Initiative, outlined the serious constraints imposed by an array of North Korean issues on the robust implementation of the Peace and Prosperity Policy that governs the Roh Moo-hyun administration's relations with North Korea. Apart from the prolongation of the nuclear problem, he noted, many other factors also serve as constraints including the stalled inter-Korean talks and the increasing outside pressures on North Korea to address international concerns about its human rights conditions. The presenter stressed the enormously complex challenge posed by North Korea, especially in view of the narrowed scope of policy choices currently available to the ROK government. He also explored the impact of inter-Korean relations on the ROK-U.S. alliance.
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