Abstract

The North Korean nuclear issue may be one of the toughest challenges facing the world. It is obvious that it is a dangerous issue. However, the threat of a confrontation in the peninsula is serious and deteriorating, making the issue evenmore comp licated. The author argues that the current North Korean nuclear issue is the p roduct of social and political constructions, and an understanding of the conflicts repeatedly occurring during the p rocess of resolution of the issue requires a reconsideration of the security situation in the Korean peninsula. The author suggests introducing a social/ cultural perspective into the p rocess of resolving the issue and giving full consideration to the close ties between security and identity.

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