창작과 비평

The Quarterly Changbi 204, Summer 2024

Abstract

The conversation among Moon Jangnyeol, Lee Seung Hwan, and Jung Wooksik on the topic “Inter-Korean Relationship in Crisis: In Search of Sustainable Peace” examines the current state and causes of the inter-Korean relationship, which collapsed to the extent that the word “bankruptcy” is no exaggeration, and they discuss ways to improve it. Although already pointed out numerous times, the current regime’s imprudent foreign policies and anachronistic position, pushing through the reinforcement of the division system, are even more deplorable, the more we consider it. The participants’ opinions, which raise the serious possibility of war on the Korean peninsula, and their multi-angled evaluation of the latest North Korean declaration of its change of direction in inter-Korean relationships are particularly noteworthy. Through this conversation, presenting possible realistic measures, even in the current situation, in which we cannot expect any change in the current regime’s policies, we can shake off our sense of helplessness, which is particularly keen in thinking about the inter-Korean relationship.