DMZ 일원의 보훈가치와 협력 거버넌스의 구축

Abstract

There are four characteristic conditions that co-exist in the DMZ located in the Korean Peninsula. First, it is the largest heavily armed zone in the world. Second, it is an ecological and environmental repository. Third, the entire DMZ area is an area with various in-depth liberal contents. Fourth, the DMZ has a symbolic placeness with peace among demilitarized zones in the world. The DMZ has its significance as an international heritage. The number of countries that directly participated in battles during the Korean War was almost 16 countries, and the number of death due to the war was 141,030 soldiers and policemen in the Korean Army and 37,902 soldiers in the UN forces. It would be difficult to count the total number of casualties by considering those listed as missing, injured, and civilian victims. The Korean War has a nature of the most heated international war during the Cold War. In this regard, the DMZ is an important heritage in the world history of the Cold War. The DMZ·border area has a polycentricity. The key performers regarding the DMZ·border area consist of domestic, south and north, and international levels and it is divided into the government area and the private area. The key performers can also be classified into experts and activists according to the action type, and these performers are omnipresent based on the issues or values of environment and ecology(eco), memorials, and peace possessed by the DMZ border area. The establishment of the ‘DMZ network’ is required in order to promote various values entangled in the DMZ border area and an orderly cooperation of the performers. For such purpose, the principle of democracy, sustainability, and reality on the premise of multi-centricity and cooperation should be observed. The ‘DMZ network’ plans as a cooperative governance are as follow. The first plan is to establish a quadripartite governance. This governance system is organized by the representatives of the central government, regional local governments, basic local government, and non-governmental organizations as an independent key performer. This plan has an advantage that it faithfully applies the principle of democracy because the range of participation by people is wide. However, there are redundancy issues between regional and basic local governments. The second plan is to establish a tripartite governance. This is a governance between the central government, regional local governments, basic local governments, and non-government organizations. In other word, each regional local government becomes the center, forms a consultative group with affiliated basic local governments and participates as a performer. Meanwhile, the government should prepare a system for changing the viewpoint on the border area and the institutional guarantee for the development of governance. That is, it is necessary to enact the ‘Framework Act for the Installation and Cultivation of Peace Zone’ as (tentative) and relevant ordinances for regulating the Civilian Control Line and the border area in addition to ‘Protection of Military Bases and Installations Act’ and ‘Special Act on Support for Border Area.’ It is also needed to institutionalize the values of environment and ecology (eco), memorials, and peace possessed by this area through such acts and ordinances.