Sunshine policy kim dae-jung and kim jung-il
South korean presidents.
The Sunshine Policy of South Korea
Jesse Min
March 13, 2017
Submitted as coursework for PH241, Stanford University, Winter 2017
Introduction
Fig.Sunshine policy kim dae-jung and kim jung-il1: The 15th President of South Korea, Kim, Dae-jung. (Source: Wikimedia Commons) |
The Sunshine Policy is the policy of South Korea towards North Korea during Kim Dae-jung (See Fig. 1) and Rho Moo-hyun presidency.
The formal name of the policy was the "Comprehensive Engagement Policy towards North Korea" and first announced by the 15th South Korean President, Kim Dae-jung, in 1998. The term "Sunshine Policy" was originated from one of Aesop's fables, "The North Wind and the Sun," as the policy aimed for loosening containment on North Korea, embracing North Korea, and eventually making the North Korean government to denuclearize by itself.
[1] This policy was striking at the time, because many citizens and scholars had been urging for tougher and more conservative measures against the North. There was widespread antagonism a