한일기본조약의 의의와 한계 : 한일관계 50년의 성찰

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to elucidate the Significance and Limitation of the Treaty on Basic Relations between the Republic of Korea and Japan. I agree with the dominant opinion that the origin of the history conflict between Korea and Japan results from not being properly dealt with in the process of normalization talks. but I also accept the assertion that there were conflicts of national interests at large between two countries during the talks, and Korean government had tried to do the best possible. In the process of normalization talks, the logic of historical settlement had become overwhelmed by the security logic associated with the Cold War and the economic logic. To verify these arguments, in Chapter 2, I analysed background of the treaty, campaigns against the conclusion of treaty, key issues of the talks and the position of related countries. In Chapter 3, based on an analysis of structural weaknesses of the Treaty, negative and positive assessment of the Treaty, I tried to examine some evaluation and interpretation of the Treaty. Finally, In Chapter 4, This paper provided an overview of the revision of the Korea-Japan treaty of Basic Relations and reviewed the significance and limitation of the Treaty at the crossroads.