THE ANALYSIS OF KOREAN SOCIAL AND POLITICAL TEXTS ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN KOREAN PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC AND REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Abstract

In 1945, Korea was divided into two states: The Korean People’s Democratic Republic and the Republic of Korea, which subsequently entered into a war for possession of the Korean Peninsula, which lasted from 1950 to 1953 and ended with a peace agreement. Since that time, the two countries have maintained rather tense, hostile relations, which were aggravated by North Korean missile tests and periodic provocations from both North and South Korea. However, despite this, several attempts were made to reach a truce, and, starting in 2018, the so-called “thaw” began in relations between the two countries. All the events taking place in the relations between the DPRK and the Republic of Korea are widely covered in local news. In addition, it publishes statements by various organizations and political figures regarding a particular problem that has arisen in the international relations of these two countries. The author of the paper analyses Korean social and political texts from the point of view of their relationships on Korean Peninsula.