Topic: Situation in the Korean Peninsula
Country: South Korea
Delegate Name: Victoria Sun
School: Forest Hills Central High School
Topic page: background guide and all position papers All South Korea position papers GLIMUN 2009 committees
In regards to the matter of Nuclear Proliferation in North Korea, South Korea feels as though they are in danger. Because North Korea walked out on the Six-Party Talks (talks between the United States, South Korea,North Korea, China, Russia, and Japan) earlier this year, South Korea feels disheartened and fears for the safety of their own people.
In the past, South Korea has attempted to come to peace with North Korea, using the Sunshine Policy to try to clear up tensions between the North and the South. While the Sunshine policy was going on, South Korea had no idea that North Korea was secretly testing nuclear weapons. Once found out, however, and because of North Korea’s stubbornness, this policy has slowly come to an end. North Korea has become hostile towards South Korea since the election of Lee Myung Bak, calling him a traitor and threatening to fire an atomic bomb into South Korea.
South Korea would like the UN to try and take action to stop North Korea from weapons testing before something horrible happens in the future. South Korea believes that in this way, they can not only keep their own people safe, but they can also keep the rest of the world safe from harm.
South Korea’s ultimate goal would be to see the testing of Nuclear Weapons to end in North Korea. They still hope to see the reunification of the two countries. Seoul also wishes to avoid a sudden regime change in Pyongyang that would force it to bear the economic burden of a large influx of refugees across its border.
