A Nonkilling Korea: From Cold-War Confrontation to Peaceful Coexistence
Summary: Is a nonkilling Korea possible? If not, why not? If yes, why? But what is meant by a ‘nonkilling Korea?’ For present purposes let it be Korea, people and peninsula, distinguished by the following characteristics: No killing of Koreans by Koreans and no threats to kill; No killing of Koreans by foreigners – Americans, Chinese, Japanese, Russians, various UN contingents, or by any other people – and no threats to kill; No killing of foreigners by Koreans or threats to kill; No weapons for killing targeted by Koreans against each other, by foreigners against Koreans, and by Koreans against foreigners; No ideological doctrines – political, religious, military, economic, legal, customary, or academic – that provide permissions for Koreans to kill Koreans, for foreigners to kill Koreans, and for Koreans to kill foreigners; and No conditions of Korean society – political, economic, social, and cultural- or relationships between Koreans and foreigners that can only be maintained or changed by threat or use of killing force.
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