통일 한국에 대비한 지방자치법제의 과제

Abstract

Unification is a future that will surely come someday. In a situation where no one knows what the subject and form of unification will be, discussions on the state form, government organization, and administrative system will proceed first. Therefore, it is essential to study in advance how to set up the state form, government organization, and administrative system in preparation for a unified Korea. The state form, government organization and administrative system cannot be reformed while ignoring the balanced national development and local autonomy system. After unification, young North Koreans will also try to move to Seoul and other places to find jobs, just as we currently move to Seoul and other metropolitan areas in search of jobs. Therefore, it is necessary to consider in detail how to reorganize the state form and administrative system after unification from the perspective of balanced national development and local autonomy. After reunification, the administrative systems of the two Koreas must be reorganized to achieve balanced regional development and local autonomy. In other words, it should be reformed into a system that can reduce the development gap between the two Koreas and increase the balanced development of each region and local autonomy. The answer is the form of a federal state to make each region a well-off country by distributing authority evenly to each region. In the federal state of Korea, the administrative system should be reorganized into a federal-province-regional office-local government. It will be important to ensure that their authorities and responsibilities are aligned through a clear distribution of powers between the federal government, provinces, regional offices, and local governments, and that the administration can be operated organically between each level and at each location.