EAI · SBS Co-production Special Documentary Series 2 Parts: South Korea and the United States - Part 2

SBS Special Production Documentary Series 2 Parts



<<South Korea and the United States>>

__________________________________________________________________

                    

Reduction of approximately 12,000 US Forces in Korea.

The US Forces in Korea, which have been the central axis of the ROK-US alliance for the past 50 years, are undergoing rapid changes.

In terms of troop numbers alone, about one-third will be leaving Korea...

Is the transformation of the US Forces in Korea a sign of cracks in the alliance, or a prelude to a new security framework?

How will the US's global strategy of Global Posture Realignment (GPR) change the security realities on the Korean Peninsula?

And can South Korea achieve self-defense after half a century...



South Korea and the United States declare a new alliance for the 21st century.

Amidst the escalating North Korean nuclear issue, the preemptive strike rhetoric of some hardliners in the US, and the competition among Northeast Asian powers surrounding the Korean Peninsula, what position will the ROK-US alliance occupy?

In the SBS Special Production Documentary Series 2 Parts, <<South Korea and the United States>>, we explore what the United States represents to South Korea in the context of changing global dynamics, and what direction the ROK-US alliance will take in the future.



Part 2: <ROK-US Alliance under the Bush Administration's Second Term>



Is North Korea's regime merely a target to be eliminated for President Bush?

North Korea's Kim Jong-il regime, which has pursued nuclear development for regime survival,

and the hardliners in the US who are prepared to launch preemptive strikes – are these not red flags of crisis on the Korean Peninsula?

Furthermore, in this situation, anti-American sentiment and the mood for inter-Korean reconciliation demand a new framework for relations with the United States, which designates North Korea as an enemy.

How will the ROK-US alliance resolve the complex security realities on the Korean Peninsula?

And Japan, which dreams of superpower ambitions through the US-Japan alliance. What is the hidden aspect of the ROK-US alliance when viewed through Japan?

Officials from the US Bush administration, including Deputy Secretary of Defense [name], senior South Korean government officials, and representatives from think tanks in Washington, Seoul, and Tokyo, representing both progressive and conservative viewpoints, such as former Ambassador [name] and former Under Secretary of State [name].

In Part 2, <ROK-US Alliance under the Bush Administration's Second Term>, we directly interview about 30 experts to draw a blueprint for the progressive future of the ROK-US alliance.