1. The Korean peninsula has been the arena for competition between continental power and marine power because of its geographie peculiarity. Especially, during the second world war, the Allied Nations at a meeting decided to put the Korean peninsula u...
1. The Korean peninsula has been the arena for competition between continental power and marine power because of its geographie peculiarity. Especially, during the second world war, the Allied Nations at a meeting decided to put the Korean peninsula under international trusteeship " …in due course…". With the independence, the Korean peninsula was seperated by the U>S and Soviet forces on the basis of the 38℃ parallel for the military purpose of the acceptance of the surrender of the Japanese. Subsequently, military administration by the two nations was put into operation, though different from each other in their manners.
2. The Moscow Conference and U.S.S.R Joint Commission were held in turn for the discussion of the unification of the Korean peninsula. But they all failed since both the nations sought after their own interests. They tried to continue the discussion with the fact that they recognized the impossibility of the work. And they continued the work as a political show to get international recognition of their policy to divide and rule.
3. It seems that we, the Korean people were also responsible for the failure of the discussion during the military administration period. Our stronger esprit de corps before the basic disagreement between the two nations could have enlivened some inedpendent actions and helped to sustain the circumstances in which we can expect better conditions for the unification.
It is doubtful whether neighboring superpowers really want the establishment of a unified nation. We should bear in mind that these countries are descended from those which trampled on our ancestors and be prepared for the future in terms of genuine national interests building up our strengh for a mighty in dependent and reunified Korea.