South Korea’s 70-Year Endeavor for Foreign Policy, National Defense, and Unification

Sung-Wook Nam is Professor at the Department of Unification and Diplomacy, Korea University, South Korea. Sang-Woo Rhee was Professor of Political Science at Sogang University, South Korea, and served as President of Hallym University, South Korea.Myongsob Kim is Professor at the Department of Political Science and Diplomacy, Yonsei University, South Korea.Young-Ho Kim is Professor at the Department of Political Science and Foreign Affairs, Sungshin Women’s University, South Korea.Yong-Sub Han is Professor at the Graduate School of Security at the Korea National Defense University, South Korea.Young-Soon Chung is Professor at the Graduate School of Korean Studies, Academy of Korean Studies, South Korea.Sung-Ok Yoo was a member of South Korean National Security Council andserved as President of the Institute for National Security Strategy in South Korea.

• 1. Introduction: South Korea’s 70-Year Endeavor in the Areas of Foreign Policy, National Defense, and National Unification—Retrospect and Vision for the Future.- 2. Two Koreas in International History.- 3. Diplomatic Achievement of the Republic of Korea andChallenges in the Twenty-First Century.- 4. Seventy Years of Independence and Inter-KoreanRelations.- 5. ROK’s Unification Policy to Overcome National Division.- 6. Robust Defense Policy of ROK. 7. Challenges and Vision for Advanced and Unified Korea.