Yulgok Sensei's Warning in the Age of Nuclear Crisis

 Yulgok Sensei's Warning in the Age of Nuclear Crisis

Although a person in history about 400 years ago, Yulgok was the one who faced the same existential concerns as we live in an era of nuclear crisis. Yulgok Lee was an intellectual who had looked ahead to the upheaval of the coming nation, and continued to provide a way to save his life beyond the factional partisanship that had no focus on fighting for power even in the face of the nation's rebellion.

 

Establishing a

“nuclear security national conference” in which conservatives and advances are all involved Hurry up,

if the same turmoil persists now

, our position in Northeast Asia is not.

As North Korea emerged as a real nuclear power, fundamentally shaking the order of security in East Asia, politicians and experts are pouring out various measures. However, most of these measures are either locked in the grammar of professionalism or blocked by factional logic. Even some are idle. Looking back at the warning of Yulgok, who was struggling to preserve the country and to take measures to comfort the people “at the risk of death,” let's look for clues to break the inertial thinking of the nuclear crisis era.

 

First, Yulgok emphasized, “It is uppermost to take care of the pre-crisis and preserve it before there is a prejudice.”下智)” (1st Book of Yulgok 7). Despite accumulating six nuclear tests and developing intercontinental ballistic missiles, North Korea has already emerged as a real nuclear country that could threaten the United States, but is still in the middle of what is called the Red Line. The claim that North Korea still hasn't crossed the Red Line, which has already been retreated and repaired several dozen times, is like confessing that there is no courage to face the'risk of the country'. Even in the midst of the fear of nuclear realization, the Red Line is only a sound of the lower limb of the lower limb to ordinary citizens who are struggling to keep their daily rhythm.

 

Second, Yulgok emphasizes that if he hasn't been able to control the uprising in advance (if he has failed to stop North Korea's persistent nuclear development), he will reflect on himself and humbly look back at the wrongdoing in the midst of the upheaval. “Even if I was a genius, I look back on myself and reflect on myself and look for anything wrong with politics… You must never forgive yourself 

 

In other words, Yulgok has been rebuking the government's policy toward North Korea alternately for the past two decades, and political parties are now humbly looking back at the failure to stop the North Korean nuclear program. In addition to taking power, the Democratic Party should also look back and reflect on the background and process of the North's failure to stop the North Korean nuclear program, with a 20-year history before accusing the conservatives of advancing North Korea's nuclear weapons between'lost nine years'.

 

Specifically, it is becoming clear that the Kim Jong-il-Kim Jong-un regime's motivation to develop nuclear weapons was not a defensive strategy to ensure safety from the United States. It is becoming clear that the goal of the Kim Jong-un regime's nuclear strategy is to go beyond just signing a peace agreement with the United States and as a nuclear power that can pose a fatal threat to related countries. This paradigm shift is urging a fundamental reflection on North Korea's reconciliation policy. Likewise, the conservative government's policy toward North Korea, which believed it could lead to North Korea's nuclear abandonment, should be acknowledged as a failure.

 

Third, Yulgok emphasizes that the concrete way to overcome the confusion is to collect a wide range of opinions. “Make sure to broaden your knowledge and opinions by asking for the opinions of many people, and fill in the deficiencies by employing wise people… We must do our best.” (1st Yulgok Vol. 5) Acknowledging that both the North Korean sanctions policy and the North Korean reconciliation policy have failed, the President and the National Assembly urgently organized a “nuclear security national conference” in which conservative and progressive forces participated. Should be. Existing and incumbent policy makers and experts with diverse positions, transcending ideologies, sects, and generations, must gather together to closely analyze and organize their failures and refine strategies and tactics to survive the North Korean nuclear age to obtain citizens' consent. If the current turmoil of sanctions, nuclear armament, nuclear umbrella theory, and dialogue continues, our position in international politics in East Asia in the era of nuclear power is not.

 

Yulgok, who saw the fact that the factional fight was the worst threat, said, “If you get into the habit and feel comfortable, it will decline... "It must be said that "As a measure that embraces gusset, I accept various splendors and wash the old customs with the courage to walk across the Yellow River." But can the political parties of the ruling party, who face the nuclear threat and still be at odds with the outcome of the vote by the National Assembly's personnel hearing, be able to shake off the terrifying enemy of ease? Can they courage beyond the dichotomy of sanctions and reconciliation?