treaty to prohibit the further production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other explosive devices.
ⅱ. The United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, seeks to provide new rules for the protection of military personnel and, particularly, civilians from injury or attack by means of fragments that cannot readily be detected in the human body by X-rays, landmines
Various ways to handle NK nuclear weapons
1. Diplomatic efforts
Supporting 6-party talks
Ineffectiveness:
-NK’s violation of UN resolution
-Missile testing & underground nucleartest
3. Multinational approach
involving and consulting
with 6 party talks countries
working on a "very clear
resolution condemning
NorthKorea's actions”
Forceful response form
China and R
due to high oil prices and domestic pressure
Existence of longstanding American Nuclear threats against NorthKorea
→ It self direct violation of international non-proliferation regime
(B) Failure to pay attention to conciliatory NorthKorean gestures
(C) Insistence upon Cold War perception – dualistic and militaristic
(ex) hawk engagement VS nuclear brinkmanship
Role as a bottle cap
Restrain factor of Japan’s nuclear armament
Nuclear umbrella & positive security assurance
- Same position related to the regional security issue
Role as a stimulus
- Active participation in the war on terror after 9/11
Demand for amendment to the article 9 (Armitage Report, 2000)
->> Raises a question about the bottle cap role
->> Lead to an arms races
2-3. Rapidly Growing Logistics Market
South Korea boasts an excellent location in Northeast Asia and a superior logistics infrastructure which is linked to various major cities in the region. South Korea's world-class manufacturing companies including Samsung Electronics, Hyundai-Kia Motors, LG Electronics, LG Display, Hynix Semiconductors, Hyundai Heavy Industries, POSCO, and Hyundai MOBIS pro