북한ㆍ인도ㆍ파키스탄의 핵무장 정책 동인을 통해 본 북한의 핵보유국 지위 가능성

The possibility of North Korea as statue of a nuclear state through North Korea, India and Pakistani nuclear weapon policy motives

By focusing on Democratic People’s Republic of Korea(DPRK) nuclear program which is reached to the completion, and its similarity to India and Pakistan’s, this study examines changes of nuclear policy in two countries(India Pakistan), relationship between USA and those countries and an agent for decision makings. By comparing DPRK with India and Pakistan, this study aims to verify if DPRK would be considered as a nuclear nation from the United States. Under Kim Jong un regime, DPRK has been trying to be accepted as a nuclear nation accelerating and institutionalizing its nuclear capability. However, by observing its behavior, it would not be easy for DPRK to gain a position of nuclear nation. A strategic value for world strategy for U.S is an essential prerequisite of getting a position of nuclear nation looking at the instances of India and Pakistan. However DPRK presumes that the main aim and purpose of its nuclear armament is a deterrent threat from U.S. But for U.S, DPRK does not fulfilling a requirements for getting a position of nuclear nations, and It would also cause a ‘Nuclear Domino effect’ in Northeast Asia which is a zone with instability. Therefore by looking at the case of DPRK comparing cases of India and Pakistan, the chance for DPRK to gain a position of nuclear weapons state status from the United States is considered to be quite low.