남북·북미 정상회담 전후 한반도 정세 연구

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

North Korea has not stopped conducting nuclear and missile tests since Kim Jong Un took power. Strong U.S.-led sanctions against North Korea followed, and South Korea also faced North Korea's nuclear development by deploying additional THAAD. However, the mood has changed since 2018. In his New Year's address, North Korean leader Kim expressed his intention to build peace and participate in the Olympics, while the two Koreas exchanged envoys. The summit between the two Koreas and the U.S.-North Korea summit will be held soon. What's more surprising is that North Korea has not demanded a halt to the U.S.-South Korea military exercises, and that there will be no more nuclear tests. After the U.S.-North Korea summit, President Donald Trump announced the suspension of U.S.-South Korea military training. Since then, the two Koreas have been seeking to implement the Panmunjom declaration through high-level and general-level talks, while coordinating their opinions on denuclearization at the U.S.-North Korea summit. During the meeting between the U.S. and North Korea, China hopes to intervene in the Korean Peninsula through summit talks with North Korea three times. Japan has been somewhat estranged from the Korean Peninsula due to its pro-U.S. With the role of all the other four powers, including Russia, the two Koreas are seeking to resolve the issue through summit talks and negotiations.