북한 핵 사용의 공세적 법제화를 통해 본 대(對)미 접근

Abstract

This study analyzed North Korea's diplomatic behavior toward the United States through aggressive legislation using nuclear weapons from the perspective of internal balancing. It was analyzed focusing on the starting point and process of internal balancing and what political implications it has. From the perspective of balancing, it was confirmed that North Korea was completing its internal balancing through anti-nuclear to nuclear possession, offensive legislation of nuclear possession and use, and advancement of nuclear weapons technology. After declaring the economic and nuclear parallel as a state-run doctrine in 2013, North Korea enacted a self-defense nuclear state status law to formalize a legal system for nuclear tests and intercontinental ballistic missile tests.
 In addition, in 2022, the Nuclear Weapons Act was enacted to establish a legal system for the use of nuclear weapons. It was confirmed that nuclear force was completed, that is, internal balancing was strengthened and deterrence power was secured for system security.Through aggressive legislation for the possession and use of nuclear weapons, North Korea has become able to have technology that can complete both the quantity and mass of nuclear weapons. It can be seen that not only strategic nuclear weapons aimed at the U.S., but also tactical nuclear weapons capable of attacking South Korea, Japan, and Guam have been secured.
 It is predicted that North Korea's aggressive legislation of nuclear use will go beyond the paradigm of exchanging existing denuclearization and peace systems in its approach to the U.S. and present a new agenda of permanentization of nuclear possession and peace regime and disarmament. However, it was also confirmed that the use of nuclear weapons shows flexibility in negotiations by specifying the condition of “when it is judged that an attack by external forces is imminent.”