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Governmental Reorganization of North Korean Defectors’ Resettlement Support System

  • The Journal of Northeast Asia Research
  • Abbr : NEA
  • 2013, 28(1), pp.63-90
  • DOI : 10.18013/jnar.2013.28.1.003
  • Publisher : The Institute for Northeast Asia Research
  • Research Area : Social Science > Political Science > International Politics > International Relations / Cooperation

장현 1

1호남대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this research is to seek for an efficient reorganization of government’s resettlement support system for the North Korean defectors residing in South Korea and overseas. The current support system revealed its deficiencies within Korea as well as in foreign soils: domestically, the number of North Korean defectors exceeded 20,000 and issues of North Korean defectors’ re-entrance to North Korea and continuous spy incidents remain unsolved; internationally, 50,000 North Korean defectors’ safety in China as well as problems of illegal refugee applications by North Korean defectors in third countries are on the rise. To resolve both domestic and international matters regarding North Korean defectors, the current support system requires a reorganization in its structure. In this research, I argue for a bicameral system for managing North Korean defector matters: The Ministry of Security and Public Administration (MOSPA) to take charge of domestic matters and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) to take charge of international matters. Domestically, the Ministry of Unification (MOU) is to transfer its North Korean resettlement support duty to MOSPA, whereas MOFA is to take charge of international matters regarding the defectors according to its competency. Theoretically and practically, this logic well supports the governmental reorganization plan.

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