북한 정권의 도로교통안전 관점 변화 연구, 1945~2017

Abstract

This study aims to look into changes in the road traffic safety perception of the North Korean regime from 1945 to 2017 and provide policy implications for road traffic safety education in preparing reunification of two Koreas. In the Kim Il-sung era, the North Korean regime's perception on road traffic safety was focused on 'vehicle safety' to increase transportation capacity in completing a national development project, while its perception in the Kim Jong-il era gradually expanded from the ‘vehicle-centered’ safety to ‘person-centered’ safety. In the Kim Jong-eun era, its perception expanded further to include drivers and pedestrians. In particular and the North Korean regime began to emphasize the legal and institutional dimensions of safety as well as its moral dimension. The safety on the road becomes an important issue in North Korea and the North Korean regime is investing much resources to develop for systematic road traffic safety education using various means.