Unification and Police

 

1. Unification and security issues

 

 

 

1) Significance of the unification issue

 

① Unification is an essential task that must be achieved for national prosperity and world peace

 

②. Unification is possible only when the international environment, changes in North Korea, and South Korea's development become a trinity. ③. There is a need for increased attention following the historic inter-Korean summit on June 13, 2000.

 

 

2) Security issues during the unification process

 

(1) Overview

 

① The unification process is expected to be chaotic between regions, generations, and ideologies.

 

②. The police must contribute to unification by actively overcoming security problems expected during and after unification.

 

(2) Conflict in North Korean society

 

① Even after unification, North Korea's regime maintenance forces are expected to be confrontational due to their obsession with the North Korean system.

 

②. It is expected that victims of persecution and stigmatization within the North Korean regime will explode their suppressed emotions and cause retaliatory terrorism.

 

③. Unrest is expected due to anxiety among North Korean residents due to unemployment and a sense of damage caused by economic imbalance between North and South Korea.

 

④. There will also be a backlash against the loss of vested rights by North Korea's ruling elite.

 

⑤ North Korean residents who are accustomed to collectivism will experience cultural shock by experiencing individualism, and hostility toward South Korean residents is expected.

 

⑥ Materialism, mammonism, etc. will spread rapidly, and depravity and corruption will become rampant.

 

(3) Conflict in South Korean society

 

① Confrontation between conservative and progressive groups is expected in the policy-making process regarding the scale of investment and support for North Korea.

 

②. A new conflict between the capital class and the labor class is expected in the payment of unification costs and distribution of benefits resulting from unification.

 

③. Ideological conflicts may flare up anew with amnesty for political prisoners.

 

④. Conflicts are expected over the control of North Korean refugees and freedom of movement of residence for North Korean residents.

 

⑤ A backlash from the South Korean working class is expected due to the mass migration of North Korean residents to the south, and a backlash from North Korean residents against South Koreans’ sense of superiority.

 

⑥ With the emergence of a new rich and poor class, class conflict due to a sense of deprivation is expected.

 

⑦ Intergenerational conflict is expected as a result of unification

 

⑧ The possibility of cultural conflict between North and South Korean residents is high.

 

⑨ Public security conditions will become more complex due to harmony between private and public interests or decentralization.

 

(4) Measures

 

① Efforts by coordinating administration to prevent conflict must take precedence.

 

②. For criminal acts, preparations must be made to enable rapid and strong use of physical force.

 

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2. Preparation for unification

 

 

 

1) Basic direction

 

① It is necessary to prepare a strong police force to deter and resolve the chaos during and after the unification process.

 

②. Police forces must be prepared to maintain order and enforce the law.

 

③. The security policy during the unification period focused on national integration. In particular, social service functions for North Korean residents must be strengthened.

 

2) Policy proposal

 

① In terms of function, it is necessary to maintain connectivity between information and security functions, and the role of special suppression units is important as mass civil complaints and unrest will occur frequently.

 

②. In the process of unification, the entire region of North and South Korea must be made into a national police force, and the Border Guard Police Agency, Highway Patrol, Security Police, and Coast Guard should be strengthened. In particular, international criminal intelligence activities will become essential.

 

③. In order to integrate the police organizations of North and South Korea, an integrated public security management office was temporarily established in North Korea and education was strengthened to standardize the police forces of North and South Korea.

 

④. We must develop an advanced police system and seek security measures in preparation for unification.

Security issues during the unification process:

 

Social conflict between North and South Korea: those maintaining the regime, victims of persecution, economic imbalance, falling power class, individualism shock, materialism, dissolution of collectivism

South Korean social conflict: burden of unification costs, class conflict, ideological conflict, refugee control, regional conflict, generational conflict, cultural conflict, security issues

Preparing for unification:

 

A strong police force: maintaining order, enforcing the law, and integrating policies.

Strengthening capabilities: intelligence security, counter-insurgency units, national police, international crime intelligence, integrated police training.

Systems Development: Policing at an International Level, Preparing for Future Security

 

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Key Questions

 

Q: Why is unification important? A: Complex factors such as national prosperity, achieving world peace, and changes in the international environment.

 

Q: What are the security issues of greatest concern during the unification process? A: Internal conflict in North Korea, internal conflict in South Korea, increase in crime, etc.

 

Q: What role should the police play in preparations for unification? A: Securing stability through maintaining order, law enforcement, and integration of public security

 

Q: What are the factors behind the South Korean working class’ opposition to unification? A: Competition for jobs due to North Koreans moving south, South Koreans’ sense of superiority, etc.

 

Q: What are the most important security measures after unification? A: Comprehensive response, including prior coordination, rapid hard-line response, and development of an advanced police system.

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Key Problems

 

1. What is the most serious social conflict that may arise after unification?

 

a) Cultural conflict between North and South Korea b) Political ideology conflict

c) Economic imbalance conflict d) Intergenerational conflict

 

Answer: c) Economic imbalance conflict (Explanation: The wealth gap between North and South Korea due to differences in economic development levels is likely to be a major cause of social instability. this high)

 

 

2. What role is the police's special suppression unit expected to play in the unification process?

 

a) Border security b) Response to terrorism

c) Suppression of large-scale protests d) Information collection

 

Answer: c) Suppression of large-scale protests (Explanation: During the unification process, protests due to dissatisfaction and anxiety are likely to occur frequently, so the role of special suppression units is important. (frayed)

 

 

3. How do you think the South Korean police organization should change after unification?

 

a) Maintain the current system b) Integrate North Korean police personnel

c) Create an independent special unit d) Strengthen international security cooperation

 

Answer: b) Integrate North Korean police personnel (Explanation: Integration of North and South Korean police forces after unification is an essential task and is organized through education and training culture and capabilities must be integrated)