Towards an Ethics of Sangsaeng(living together)

A 21st-century Korean reunification has to be achieved by overcoming the division between the North and South. Regarding the term, reunification, a basic question needs to be raised: what conflicting forces are mainly responsible for the division of Korea? Without the consent of the Korean people, powerful governments divided one Korea into North Korea and South Korea. The division is not an accidental happening. In this study , in order to examine the division of a Korean peninsula, I first analyze the historical background of Korea division and then I examine politics of reunification in the South Korea. In doing so, I suggest a new motif of sangsaeng(living together) in order to achieve reunification, which is valid as a framework for a critical analysis of the principal elements of one community . Sangsaeng paradigm guides us to build a new community in which people are able to live together in inclusiveness, harmony and reconciliation.