An Overview of Inter-Korean Relations

Abstract The Korean subject cannot ignore in international affairs, and the recent changes in international politics made Korean affairs tilt an uncompromised platform for big powers again. Inter-Korean relations have zig-zag curves, which are always influenced by external factors. Initially, Korea was divided due to bloc politics, and then two separate ideologies dominated the peninsula. Later, two new nations (South Korea and North Korea) were established, and constant civil conflicts triggered the Korean War. Korean War made a temporary mark into an unerased line in the peninsula. After onwards, several changes occurred in the concept of unification between South Korea and North Korea. The Cold War end brought two nations to a new level of understanding and joined as United Nations members. The Inter-Korean summits of 2000, 2007 and 2018 were initiated to bring peace, stability, and prosperity to the peninsula and discussed issues such as Northern Limit Line( NLL), Denuclearisation and reunification and others; the summits between America and North Korea are crucial in the enhancement of Inter-Korean relations. It examines the Inter-Korean relations from the Cold War and post-Cold War period, including the nuclear problem and reunification of the Korean peninsula and their possibilities. It urges Inter-Korean relations to be the only way to raise a long-term plan of prosperity in the peninsula, and it is the first step to sketching the reunification map.N