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EMPIRICAL STUDY ON SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENTS’ UNDERSTANDINGS ON NORTH KOREA: COMPARING OPERATIONAL CODE BELIEFS OF KIM, ROH, LEE AND PARK (1998-2016)
journal contribution
posted on 2018-02-14, 06:43 authored by Adina AbergeleAdina Abergele, James Dongjin KimThe study is an attempt to provide an answer to the question of whether the South Korean political leaders
have a significant influence on North Korea olicy during a security challenge. Specifically, does South
Korea with a more cooperative leader more likely to response to the security challenges by a more
cooperative policy, or do structural and domestic political constraints limit their significance? To answer
the question, this thesis examine the effect of South Korea’s presidential operational code beliefs on North
Korea policy in security challenges. he study assesse every president’s operational code beliefs from Kim
Dae Jung to Park Geun hye (from 1998 to 2016), mainly focusing on the “image of the political universe”
(P 1)and “strategic preference” (I 1). Operational codes ere derived from the content analysis of public
speeches of presidents using the computer based Verbs In Context System (VICS). Operational code analysis
findings showed that all of the president’s operational codes were significantly related to the foreign policy
outcomes.