COMPARISON OF THE SOUTH’S CONFEDERATION PROPOSAL WITH THE NORTH’S “LOW STAGE FEDERATION” PROPOSAL - FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

After the June 15 South-North Joint Declaration was adopted in 2000, the unification formula has become an official agenda between the two sides, and also a subject for negotiation. Though the ‘Low Stage Federation’ Proposal and our Confederation Proposal have some parts in common, they are much different in many respects from the international legal perspective. However, there is no doubt that Article 2 of the North and South Declaration will become a step to accelerate unification negotiations. Probably one of the most important tasks we face for cooperative relations between South and North Korea is to fully comprehend the common and differing points of each proposal, and then make every effort to discover the contact point between the two.