민족통일의 눈 독도를 통한 남북교류에 대한 연구

Abstract

South and North Korea are one nation who have lived together for more than 5,000 years, sharing history as well as social and cultural commonalities before the division of two Koreas. A long 78 years have passed since the end of the feudal dynasty era and the process of modernization, with the division of the country triggered by the invasion of neighboring Japan. Since then, as 70 long years have passed since the tragic fratricidal war called the Korean War and the armistice, multi-layered different cultures are accumulating between North and South Korea in various fields. These phenomenons of increasing multi-faceted and multi-layered differences between North and South Korean residents could act as a major obstacle to the integration of North and South Korean residents when the era of unified Korea comes in the future. It is a time when various efforts are needed to go beyond territorial integration and overcome the division of the mind caused by social and cultural heterogeneity. However, despite the heterogeneous political, economic, and cultural systems for over 70 years since liberation, division, and armistice, there is one direction that both North and South Korea still agree on: “Dokdo is our land.” We hope that Dokdo can become the eye and stepping stone of national unification. On this study, we will analyze North Korea's perspective on Dokdo through various North Korean publications and suggest a way for Dokdo to become a stepping stone for joint research between South and North Korea, resolution of differences, and national unification.