DMZ내 UN평화대학 설립방안에 대한 연구

Abstract

In the world, there are only two divided countries which are located in the Korean Peninsula. The two Koreas are still in sharp conflict having been divided by the DMZ. Although South Korea has been making various efforts to promote exchanges and cooperation between the two Koreas recently, more efforts are expected to be needed to completely resolve the conflict. The government has made a lot of efforts from past to resolve this special situation on the Korean Peninsula. In particular, the Park Geun-hye government insist on ‘DMZ World Peace Park' as a main policy requesting support of the international community such as UN headquarters and US Congress. However, despite the active efforts, the policy could not be realized because of North Korea's noncooperation. The current government is trying to cooperate in various ways to improve inter-Korean relations, under the condition of North Korea's denuclearization. In this atmosphere, we propose the establishment of the 'DMZ UN Peace University' in terms of building a permanent peace building on the Korean Peninsula. If the university is established and students from all over the world are trained as experts for world peace here, it will be transformed into a symbol of world peace from the site of conflict.