통일 이미지 인식변화 및 통일교육의 패러다임 전환 필요성

Abstract

According to a comparative analysis of the recent unification consciousness survey conducted by four unification-related organizations, including the Seoul National University Institute for Unification and Peace, the majority of the people prefer inter-Korean unification, the second phase of the national community unification plan, rather than the rigid unification goal of one country and one system. According to the survey, many people expect and are concerned about excessive unification costs, confusion from social and cultural differences, and conflicts from political and economic system differences in order to reach a unified state, the ultimate goal of the “National Community Unification Plan.” In the rapidly changing era of global diversification, I don't think there's a need to stick to the image of a unified state as a single state system. Many people prefer the image of inter-Korean union-style unification, which meets nationalist demands, pacifist demands, and pragmatic needs but does not have to worry about differences in unification costs, cultural differences, politics, and ideology. Therefore, it is important to present the easiest and most feasible image of unification and to reach social consensus. To this end, unification education must also change its paradigm. Existing unification education has developed a negative perception of unification by calculating its advantages and disadvantages on the premise of a single state, that is, an ultimate unified state, and reinforcing its image. Now, it is suggested that the goal of unification education should be to compare the issue of unification costs, socio-economic, cultural, and institutional differences between the two Koreas, and actively promote and educate the benefits of unification on the premise of the image of unification in the inter-Korean union method of peace and coexistence.