• The Korean Publising Journal, Monthly
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• s.233
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• pp.20-21
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• 1998

북한 바로알기운동에서 비롯된 '통일'에 대한 관심은 남북한 관계를 다룬 자료집에서 통일운동사, 통일정책, 통합과정을 다룬 연구 결과로 속속 출간해 나왔다. 통일연구는 둘이 하나됨으로써 함계 커지는 길을 모색하는 방향으로 이뤄져야 할 것이다.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.51 no.6
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• pp.873-892
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• 2016

2015 was the seventieth year from the liberation and the division of Korean peninsular. Although the research on the unification has been performed in various interdisciplinary fields since the liberation of Korea, the geographic research on the unification based on the space stays in a minority. It is time to wrap up the literatures and discourses centered on geography for preparing the unification and taking a view of Korean territory of future unification. The starting point is to define the concept of the geography for unification and give careful consideration to the geographic research trends related to the unification that has been achieved since the liberation of Korea. The geography for unification should be understood in the concept of time and space. First of all, the geography for unification can be composed of the stages such as the research for unification, the research for unification impact, the research for united Korea, and the geopolitics of East Asia under the concept of time. It also can be divided into the regions such as Korea, North Korea, borderlands between North Korea-China and North Korea-Russia including South and North Korea, and North East Asia and Pan Pacific Ocean. The geographic research on the unification embracing the concept of time and space can be defined as the geography for unification. The purpose of this study is to elicit the concept and the research field of the geography for unification in the perspective of discourse, investigate the research trends by geographic themes, and suggest the agendas of the geography for future unification.

• Korean Journal of Culture and Social Issue
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.259-284
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• 2021

The present study was conducted to develop and validate a psychological scale that measures individuals' attitude toward unification of Korea (ATU-K). Building on major theoretical perspectives on the structure of attitude and the attitude-behavior link, we specified two sub-components each representing the cognitive and the affective dimension of people's attitude toward unification. In a survey that involved a stratified sample of Korean adults (N = 1,500), we found strong evidence showing the construct validity of the ATU-K scale. We also found evidence for the convergent and discriminant validity of the scale. In a second survey involving another stratified sample of 1,500 Korean adults, we found the utility of the ATU-K scale in predicting people's intention to engage in unification-oriented behaviors (personal/collective). We also found that the ATU-K scale fares better in predicting the intention vis-a-vis the other measures of unification-related beliefs reported in previous research. We discuss implications of our findings and directions for future research.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.25-37
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• 2022

The purpose of this study is to comprehensively check trends in policies, discourses, educational directions and contents, and social issues by deriving the subjective characteristics of peace education and unification education based on big data analysis. The results of this study are as follows. First, 'peace', 'unification', 'education', 'research', 'student', 'school', 'teacher', 'target', and 'Korean Peninsula' were commonly important keywords in peace education and unification education. Second, the top topic of peace education was 'peace education and civic education', and the top topic of unification education was ' sympathy and participation in unification education'. Third, topics that show an upward trend by regime in peace education were 'World Peace and Human Rights' and 'Object and Direction of Peace Education', and 'Subject of Unification Education' as topics that showed an upward trend by regime in unification education. Fourth, in peace education, the centrality of 'peace', 'education', 'student', 'school', and 'peace education' was high, and in unification education, 'unification', 'education', 'unification', 'school', and 'teacher' were high. Based on these results, it was intended to expand the horizon of understanding peace education and unification education, and to provide meaningful implications for establishing policies and conducting follow-up studies.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.16 no.9
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• pp.22-39
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• 2016

How to obtain the financial resources has not been sufficiently addressed, although the unification of Korea incurs enormous cost. This study explains what tax payers of Korea think with regard to the unification tax which is a contradictory issue as a financial resource. The authors analyzed demographic factors, an initial attitude to unification and tax system, and the degree of knowledge as independent variables affecting the intention to pay the unification tax. Furthermore, through the prospect theory, the authors found out how the attitudes of tax payers change by providing them with different messages according to whether they support or oppose the unification tax. The results showed that a group who are male, a group who are old, and a group with high income tend to support the unification and the unification tax more than others. And the results presents that a group who has more interests in both the unification and the unification tax and a group who has more knowledge about the unification and the tax system have more willingness to pay the unification tax than others. In addition, with regard to the persuasive effect of distinct message types, a message which conceals the cost of attitude change was demonstrated to be more effective than a message which emphasizes the benefit.

• KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.127-144
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• 1995

통일기금의 목적은 현재의 소비를 줄이고 총저축(정부저축+민간저축)을 증가시키는 것이다. 그럼으로써 현재의 부(富)를 통일(統一)이 되는 시점으로 이전(移轉)시키고자 하는 것이다. 과연 이 목적은 달성될 수 있는가? 본 연구는 이에 대한 이론적인 분석을 시도하고 있다. 국채(國債)를 발행하여 조세의 부과시점(賦課時點)을 달리하더라도 경제주체의 소비수준은 변화하지 않는다는 주장이 있다(대등정리(對等定理), Ricardian Equivalence Theorem). 통일기금(統一基金)을 조성하는 것도 국채발행(國債發行)과 비교하여 부(富)의 이전방향(移轉方向)이 다를 뿐 징세시점(徵稅時點)의 변화라는 점은 동일하다. 따라서 대등정리에 의하면 통일기금의 목적은 달성될 수 없다. 조성된 통일기금만큼 민간 저축이 감소하기 때문이다. 그러나 통일기금에는 국채(國債)와 구별되는 두가지 본질적인 특징이 있다. 통일시점과 통일비용이 모두 불확실하다는 점이다. 이 두가지 불확실성은 미래의 가처분소득을 불확실하게 한다. 이와 같이 미래소득이 불확실할 때에는 대등정리가 성립하지 않는다는 것이 종래의 연구결과였다. 그러나 본고(本稿)는 2기(期) 중첩세대모형(重疊世代模型)(Overlapping Generations Model)을 이용하여 이 두가지 불확실성에도 불구하고 여전히 대등정리(對等定理)가 성립함을 보이고 있다. 즉 통일기금은 민간저축을 감소시키므로 총저축을 변화시키지 못한다.

• Korean Journal of Communication Studies
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.43-68
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• 2012

Reunification is one of the most important values that the South Korea should pursue, and Korean broadcasting takes duties as a social communicator to practice the reunification ideology. In the context of multi-channel, multi platform broadcasting system, reunification should be emphasized as fundamental broadcasting principles. This study attempts to analyze the regular programs which cover North Korea and reunification in KBS and MBC from 2001 to 2010 in order to show the practices of the reunification ideology in Korean broadcasting. The results of this study show that theses programs should make efforts to find new material and develop a new program formats. In addition, there should be various genres of reunification programs in order to deliver reunification issues in more interesting ways. TV programs regarding reunification need to be designated as mandatory programs. Based on these results, this study discusses practical suggestions and policy considerations for the practice of reunification ideology in Korean Broadcasting.

• KDI북한경제리뷰
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• v.21 no.10
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• pp.3-28
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• 2019

사회적기업, 협동조합, 소셜벤처 등 사회적경제의 부상으로 이들이 전체 경제에서 차지하는 비중이 커지고 있어 북한, 통일 관련 연구에서도 접목이 필요하다. 사회적경제는 북한·통일 문제와 어떤 연관이 있는지에 대해 통일정책과 통일 역량 강화의 측면에서 나누어 고찰했다. 전자에 포괄되는 주제로는 통일국가의 미래상, 북한경제의 유사성 및 변화가 있다. 후자와 관련되는 주제로는 남북교류협력, 북한이탈주민정책, 통일교육에 대한 함의를 다뤘다. 통일국가의 미래상과 관련하여 사회적경제는 통일경제의 부작용에 대한 완충기제로 작동할 수 있을 것으로 예상된다. 사회적경제는 자본주의의 발전에 따라 제기되는 사회적 문제를 해결하고자 하는 보완적 성격의 경제활동으로 이해된다. 따라서 향후 자유시장경제 방식의 통일이 진행되는 경우, 남한 자본주의의 문제점이 전 한반도로 확산되는 부작용에 대한 대안적 해결방안으로 작동할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다. 사회적경제가 북한경제, 나아가 사회주의 경제와 유사성이 있는지에 대해서는 논란이 있다. 향후 이에 대한 연구 성과에 따라 북한경제의 변화를 추동하는 동력으로서 사회적경제의 영향력을 가늠할 수 있을 것이다. 남북교류협력과 관련해서는 우선, 교류협력이 재개되는 경우 사회적경제기업의 참여를 어떻게 추동하고 지원할 것인지에 대한 대안을 내놓을 필요가 있다. 일반 기업 또한 사회적경제 관점을 활용해 북한 진출에 나설 수 있을 것으로 예상할 수 있고, 이 때 중요한 사회적경제의 키워드는 BOP 시장이다. 사회적경제는 북한이탈주민을 취약계층으로 자리매김하고 있는데, 향후에는 적극적으로 사회적경제의 창업의 주체로 육성할 필요성이 있다는 점도 제기하였다. 통일교육과 관련해서는 대상, 주체, 내용과 관련한 시론적 차원의 접근을 정리하였다. 사회적경제의 부상이 북한학 연구에 미치는 영향에 대해서는 더 많은 새로운 상상력의 발휘가 요구된다.

• Korean Journal of Culture and Social Issue
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.91-114
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• 2007

This study was performed to decide how to do research and resolve on mental health problems of the people after reunification, which is recognized as ultimately important issue. At first we analyzed the case of Germany. To do so, we reviewed the existing research, which included various issues such as reunification for the Germans, chronological research flow analysis, the issues of mental health, research methods for mental health problems, therapy for mental health problems and so on. And then we sought the ways to connect research for the North Korean defectors and unification era, and suggested the several research orientation and methods for mental health study of the unification period.

• Korean Journal of Child Education & Care
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.129-144
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• 2019

Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyze research trend of unification education for young children based on changes of kindergarten curriculum. Methods: For this purpose, 33 master's and doctoral theses and 53 academic articles were divided into 4 sections based on changes of kindergarten curriculum and analyzed in terms of educational periods, methods, and themes. Results: First, research of unification education for young children initiated when the $5^{th}$ kindergarten curriculum was activated. The number of research repeated increasing and decreasing according to changes of kindergarten curriculum. Second, literature review and qualitative research were most frequently carried out. Third, research themes had been diverse based on changes of kindergarten curriculum. Conclusion/Implications: Discussions and implications were included to enhance future research of unification education for young children and kindergarten curriculum.