1956년 헝가리 사태에 대한 남한의 인식과 대응

Abstract

South Korea, at the forefront of the Cold War, wanted to directly intervene in the anti-Soviet uprising that began in Hungary in October 1956 even though it was geographically remote. e South Korean government and the newspapers wanted to expand the ‘anti-communist free-world’, starting with the anti-Soviet uprising in Hungary. So the South Korean government actively sought to raise funds for the Hungarian people and to support Hungary’s stance. Furthermore, the Hungarian situation had a direct impact on the Korean peninsula. the South Korean government and newspapers wanted the people of North Korea also to rise in revolt. Interestingly, they searched for the reason why North Korean compatriots could rise from the ethnicity of the Korean people who had struggled during the Japanese colonial period. On November 4, 1956, the Soviet invasion of Hungary brought about the crisis of war in the Korean peninsula. While the free world was stymied by the Soviet invasion, there was a fear that North Korea might resume the Korean War. is crisis triggered o the attempt by the ruling party in South Korea to enact ‘a law on the provision of state protection’ for social control. On the other hand, the opposition party appropriated the same Hungarian situation as a demonstration of people’s resistance against dictatorship and anti-democratization and lack of freedom. e 1956 Hungarian revolution can be seen as a dynamic demonstration of the process of cross-exchange between the Cold War, post-colonialism and division in Korea.