South Korea In the United Nations: Global Governance, Inter-Korean Relations and Peace Building

298 Pages·2017·2.831 MB·English

by  Gabriel Jonsson

South Korea
in the
United Nations
Global Governance, Inter-Korean Relations
and Peace Building
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South Korea
in the
United Nations
Global Governance, Inter-Korean Relations
and Peace Building
Gabriel Jonsson
Stockholm University, Sweden
World Scientific
NEW JERSEY • LONDON • SINGAPORE • BEIJING • SHANGHAI • HONG KONG • TAIPEI • CHENNAI • TOKYO
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Jonsson, Gabriel, 1962– author.
Title: South Korea in the United Nations : global governance, inter-Korean relations,
and peace building / by Gabriel Jonsson (Stockholm University, Sweden).
Description: New Jersey : World Scientific, 2016. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016039025 | ISBN 9781786341907 (hc : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: United Nations--Korea (South) | United Nations--Membership. |
Peace-building--Korea (South) | Korean reunification question (1945– ) |
Korea (South)--Foreign relations. | Korea (South)--Foreign relations--Korea (North) |
Korea (North)--Foreign relations--Korea (South)
Classification: LCC JZ4997.5.K7 J66 2016 | DDC 341.23/5195--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016039025
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About the Author
Gabriel Jonsson is a Lecturer in Korean Studies at Stockholm University,
Department of Oriental Languages, where he received his PhD in
Korean Studies in 1996. He also has a BA in East Asian Studies with a
major in Korean Language from Stockholm University in 1987. His
research focuses on inter-Korean relations and South Korean politics.
He published Peace-keeping in the Korean Peninsula: The Role of
Commissions (Seoul: Korea Institute for National Unification, 2009)
and Towards Korean Reconciliation: Socio-Cultural Exchanges and
Cooperation (Hampshire: Ashgate Publishing Ltd., 2006). His latest
book is Consolidation of Democracy in South Korea? (Stockholm:
Stockholms University, 2014). He is a regular visitor to South Korea.
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‘No Man is an Island’
No man is an island entire of itself;
every man is a piece of the continent,
a part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less,
as well as if a promontory were,
as well as any manner of thy friends
or of thine own were.
Any man’s death diminishes me,
because I am involved in mankind;
and therefore never send to know
for whom the bell tolls;
it tolls for thee.
John Donne, 1624
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Acknowledgments
Firstly, I wish to extend my gratitude to those who have been kind
enough to offer their assistance during the preparation of this book.
This stimulating project would never have reached completion with-
out two research visits to South Korea in 2014 and 2015–2016. I
therefore would like to acknowledge Åke Wibergs stiftelse [founda-
tion] for providing research grants.
In South Korea, I wish to thank the President of the Korea
Institute for National Unification, Dr. Jinwook Choi, PhD, for allow-
ing me to study at the institute. As a guest researcher, I benefited
greatly from my affiliation with the institute in terms of collation of
relevant material. Counsellor Mattias Chu at the Swedish Embassy in
Seoul was helpful in arranging visits to the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs that were very useful. In addition, I wish to express my grati-
tude to anonymous readers of the manuscript. I also wish to thank
my wife, Lee Hee-Sook, and my daughter, Rebecka Ye-mi, for their
extraordinary patience toward me during the preparation of this
book. Roberto Menkes has my thanks for his assistance concerning
technical matters related to the project. Thank you one and all.
Gabriel Jonsson
Stockholm, September 29, 2016
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