A Basic Study on the Establishment of a New Perspective on the United States for Unification Education: Focusing on the U.S. policy on the Korean Peninsula

Abstract

This paper is a basic study to establish a new perspective on the United States. I studied the implications of the U.S. policy on the Korean Peninsula for unification education. Of course, the United States will not oppose unification if a unified Korea in the future becomes a pro-American country under the influence of the United States. However, at present, we can see that the United States has no will to pay attention to peace and reunification on the Korean Peninsula as it is preoccupied with containing the rising China. The Korea’s national interests and the U.S. national interests are sure to be completely different. So it’s time for us to think deeply on whether we should unconditionally comply with the U.S. demands and pressures. Therefore, I argue that the contents of our subjective efforts must be included in the unification education policy. I do not think we should unconditionally follow the States’ strategy that pursue its national interests because we have comparatively little power or because the United States is an ally. If we do so, inter-Korean reconciliation would be getting difficult, and unification inevitably be far away. This is one that the new unification education policy includes. In other words, we should dissolve the inter-Korean relations and create a peaceful atmosphere on the Korean Peninsula. Based on this, we are obliged to create a peace community here. These contents must be included in unification education. However, in order to reduce unnecessary controversy, the new perspective on America in the unification education should be based on facts, not ideological biases.