Contents

Preface Let Us Broaden the Horizon of the Peace Movement

- Park Sun-song (Executive Director, PSPD Center for Peace and Disarmament)

Part I Northeast Asia and the Korean Peninsula 2005

1. The State and Future of the Six-Party Talks on North Korean Nuclear Issue

- Park Kun-young (Professor, International Relations, Catholic University of Korea)

2. The Strategic Flexibility of the US Forces in Republic of Korea and Peace in the Korean Peninsula

- Park Jung-eun (Coordinator, PSPD Center for Peace and Disarmament)

3. The Declaration to Perform a “Balancer Role in Northeast Asia”: What to make of it?

- PSPD Center for Peace and Disarmament

4. Inter-Korean Relations and Recommendations for Its Progress

- PAIK Haksoon (Director, Inter-Korean Relations Studies Program, The Sejong Institute)

5. The Amendment of Japan’s Peace Constitution and Peace in Northeast Asia

- Lee Kyeong-ju (Professor of Law, Inha University)

Part II Defence Reform and Democratisation of Security

1. A Civil Society Evaluation of the Defence Reform 2020

- Lee Tae-ho (Policy Director, PSPD)

2. Dangers in Threat-Interpretation: the “North Korean threat” and the “threat emanating from neighbouring nations”

- Lee Tae-ho (Policy Director, PSPD)

3. PSPD Recommendation for National Defence Reform

- PSPD Center for Peace and Disarmament

4. Democratic Reform of the Security Sector-Civil Society Relations

- Francis Daehoon Lee (Co-General Secretary, PSPD)

Part III Peace and Justice: A New Paradigm

1. The Iraq War and the Deployment of Korean Troops and the Korean Civil Society Movement

- Policy making committee, People's Coalition for Action Against Troop Deployment in Iraq

2. A Reasoned Approach to Human Rights Concerns in North Korea and Recommendations for Effective Improvement

- Park Jung-eun (Coordinator, PSPD Center for Peace and Disarmament)

3. Proposed Agenda and Points for Northeast Asian Consultation on GPPAC

- PSPD Center for Peace and Disarmament

Appendix

Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC) Northeast Asia Regional Action Agenda (Summary)