It has been more than fifty years since Korea was divided into South and North after the end of the Pacific War in August 1945. This year marked the fifty-year anniversary of the armistice of the Korean War that was signed on July 27, 1953. The war, in spite of great sacrifices the Korean people paid in lives and property, hardened the bitter feelings of the people on both sides of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) against each other, thus preventing them from establishing meaningful dialogues for national unification for many decades. Despite the fact that the cold war came to an end in many areas of ideological conflict around the world, the Korean peninsula remains still today under the influence of the cold war.
1. Introduction 2. Political Socialization. 3. Political Socialization, Social Reproduction and Juche Ideology in North Korea 4. Political Socialization, Anti-Communist Education, and Unification Education in South Korea. 5. Political Socialization for National Reconciliation, Peace, and Nation-Building. 6. Conclusion.Discussion (Dong-Kyu Kim) Discussion on “An Educational Proposal for Political Socialization of South and North Korean Youth after Unification” (Young-Pyo Choi)
