El individuo en el cambio: la transformación de las relaciones bilaterales entre la República de Corea y la República Popular Democrática de Corea, bajo la figura del presidente surcoreano Kim Dae-Jung

Abstract

This article wants to explain the process by which the social and political principles and ideas of South Korea’s former president Kim Dae-Jung, which enabled a significant transformation of the bilateral relations between South and North Korea, during his presidential term between the years of 1998 and 2003. Initially the relations between these States were led by an unstopping military tension, as a result of the Korean War. Amidst this scenario, the figure of Kim Dae-Jung emerged, and by executing ideas and principles forged by his own individual experiences, he developed the “Sunshine Policy” project, with the intention of redirecting the bilateral relations towards a scenario of cooperation, reciprocity and mutual understanding.