남북 양자 회담과 민족의 소망

(1편, 2편을 마치며……)

지난 2009년 가을 남북 지도자 양자 회담을 촉구하는 소견문을 핵, 강대국, 그리고 우리 민족이라는 표제로 몇 차례 낸 적이 있었고 해를 마감하며 제 2편 “길을 멀어도, 꿈“이라는 제목 하에 가족들의 완강한 만류를 뒤로하고 강행했었다.

지혜가 담긴 글이 아니었기에 부끄러웠고 더 깊은 고뇌와 각고가 담기지 못한 소견이었기에 번뇌가 더하였다. 그러나 불원간 내 나이 양로원 문턱을 넘어야 할 초조한 중늙은이의 성급함으로 구차한 이해를 구한다.

혼자 미친 늙은이라는 말이 듣기 싫어서 “남북 지도자 회담 설문지”를 만들어서 4개월 동안 길바닥을 헤매었다. 응답자들은 500명을 넘어서 지금은 1,003명에 이르렀다(2010년 1월 12일 현재). 그러나 대중들이 원하였다고 단호하고 무정한 역사가 그것을 항상 챙겨서 흘러간 것은 아니었지만...................

6.25때 초등학교 1학년 어린아이였던 내가 세월이 흘러 흘러 내일 모레면 67세이다.

제 2편 ”꿈”은 나에겐 피를 말리는 어설픈 연출의 시도였지만, 행여 남북 지도자이신 두 분께 큰 결례로 “누”가 되지 않았으면 한다.

나의 주장은 간단명료하다.

첫째: 어떠한 상황에서라도 북한의 핵은 단호히 폐기 되어야 한다.

평화협정, 체재보장, 핵 폐기 후 새로운 국가 건설을 위한 국제 협력 기금 및 차관 확보의 기회, 불가침 조약 등을 완벽한 핵 폐기와 과감히 그랜드 바겐을 통해서 맞바꾸라.

지금이야말로 북한은 기나긴 고난의 행군을 접고 탈진한 인민을 추스르며 새로운 국가 건설에 임할 때이다.

민족의 다른 반쪽인 한국을 통해서 떳떳이, 그리고 솔직히 그 조건을 제시함이 남북회담의 간절한 그리고 절박한 의미이며 모든 인류의 바램인 핵 폐기라는 위대한 과업의 출발이다.

둘째: 6자 회담의 결여된 진실성 여부를 조심스럽게 고발한다.

최근 NHK가 공개한 “비록, 북일 협상……. 알려지지 않는 핵 공방 녹취록”에서(김 위원장과 고이즈미 준이치로 2002년 9월 회담) 러시아와 중국은 북한이 핵을 갖는 것에 동의 했다고 말한 것으로 보도 됐단다. 나는 일국의 수상인 고이즈미가 거짓말을 했다고 생각지는 않는다.

UN은 이에 관해 진상을 상세하고 명확하게 조사해야 할 책임과 의무가 있고, 이것이 사실이라면 지금까지의 6자 회담, 앞으로 한참 가야할 6자 회담의 역사적 의미는 무엇이란 말인가? 이 진실 없는 허망한 연극 속에 미국은 무엇을 생각하고 있을까?

셋째: 우리같이 하루 벌어서 하루를 먹고 사는 힘든 이민생활을 미국말로 "Hand to Mouth"라고 한단다. 내 이 안간힘이 망령이라고 폄하한다면 나는 왜 이 짓을 시작했을까?

이 세상의 핵을 없애 보자는 온 인류의 염원이 우리 한민족(남과 북, 북과 남)의 손으로 그 작업이 시작될 수 있지 않을까 하는 확실한 실마리를 보고 미쳤다고 나는 고백한다.

미치려면 우리 교민 모두가 미쳐보자. 우리 모두가 정상인 판정을 받을 때 우리의 꿈도, 우리의 현실의 역사가 될지 누가 알리오…………

진실, 진실, 진실 바탕 아래 남북 2자 회담

The 1492 Green Club

13-09 Saddle River Rd.

Fair Lawn, NJ 07416

백영현(Young H. Paek), 미국명: 고래고기 백

Cell: 201-925-0094 / (B) 201-794-3360 / Fax: 201-224-8232

E-mail : younglilac@yahoo.com

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남북 양자 회담과 민족의 소망

(1편, 2편을 마치며…….)

2010년 2월 3일

* 민족의 소망 남북양자회담 영어번역문

NORTH-SOUTH KOREA BILATERAL TALKS:

--The Best Option for Dismantling Nuclear Weapons on the Korean Peninsula and the World

My Small but Great Wishes

1. Be aware that while the separation of two Koreas was done by others, the animosity and hatred between the two Koreas were nation-ruining and anti-national grief caused by ourselves.

2. Indeed before it’s too late (before the start of US-North Korea talks), we must restore our national identity through the resumption of North-South or South-North bipartite talks and haul on the six-party talks.

3. North Korean leader Kim Jong-il should first propose North-South bilateral talks with sincerity that is our national wish. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak should agree and respond to the bilateral talks and resolve the issues of both national reconciliation and North Korean nuclear weapons programs at the same time in the Korean territory without an intervention from external powers.

At this critical time provided by heaven, the two leaders should fully realize the historical responsibility of showing that the Korean people has pursued only peace with vibrant action for the past five thousand years of history.

Truth and Fake of the Six-Party Talks

We heard from North Korean top negotiator that North Korea would never go back to the six-party talks. Some people could claim that the series of bustling itineraries of six-party talks for a long time only provided North Korea with enough time to develop nuclear weapons. Now we come to agree to the pessimistic view that the next step North Korea would take is the abandonment of the six-party talks since it already achieved its goals. Did we just waste the flight cost of US top negotiator Christopher Hill who traveled so frequently for the success of the six-party talks while North Korea only pretended to sleep with its enemies?

Bilateral Talks the Only Way Out

We have seen for the last several years that the big ship of “six-party talks” cannot cruise well under six captains. I believe the most effective way of steering the big ship to the destination is the bilateral talks between the two Koreas. The superpowers participating in the six-party talks should do their best to assist the bilateral talks through patience, tolerance, various sanctions and coercion. The bilateral talks is the best option.

The Janus-faced Nuclear Dismantlement Issue and Loss and Gain Calculation

Let’s daydream several ways of dismantling North Korean nuclear programs.

First, we can think about the scorched-earth policy, that is, destroying everything in North Korea in a flash of a lightning strike, to get rid of the nuclear weapons. But this option would never be approved by any one Korean out of 70 million Koreans because of the unimaginable human casualties and other damages resulting in the total destruction of the Korean peninsula.

Second, an ultra-peaceful measure that no one ever imagined before is that North Korea without hesitation accepts an immediate abandonment of its nuclear program and takes a step toward it at a reasonable condition…A daydream!

Third, there are two realistic limitations on the current highly intensive arm-twisting UN sanctions in resolving North Korean nuclear issues. (Two track approaches are most confusing fake.)

(1) If we continue to tighten 25-million North Korean citizens who are already in a situation of death from hunger through endless economic sanctions, the aggravated starvation will expedite the death of North Koreans in the order of children, old and weak people, women, and poor ordinary citizens. So if we intend to kill the top 100 people in the North Korean Labor Party through death from hunger, how long will it take? This is really a futile approach. Where can we find the “human rights spirit” that has been repeated by many self-eminent people with an air of superiority?

(2) After years of strenuous efforts, China set up its own historical perspective of Northeast Asia through “North-East China History Correction Project”. Their historical view will be judged by historians of next generations. Out of many stories in the “North-East China History Correction Project,” we noticed that it absorbed the history of Koguryu, the largest kingdom in the 5000 years of Korean history, into that of China. So China’s intention is to help North Korea as its ethnic minority who is direct descendants of the Koguryu kingdom. The current US scheme to influence and put pressure on North Korea to dismantle nuclear programs through China is only a futile dream…Chinese silent support for North Korea will continue at the level of not creating a massive death from starvation until the US gets exhausted.

Three Interlocking North Korean Nuclear Issues that Can Not be Separated

(1) A complete disablement of North Korean nuclear weapons program and denuclearization; (2) an absolute abandonment proclamation of nuclear weapons programs by Iran, Syria, Venezuela, etc. that are in a preparatory stage of nuclear development; (3) even though taking a long time around 10 to 20 years, a complete nuclear weapons dismantlement ROAD MAP by the current nuclear weapons States.

If we try to tackle the three huge issues one by one in a separate way, we have no choice but to return to the original point with no solution. Therefore, we should look for an approach through North-South Korea bilateral talks and dream about the day when human beings are permanently free from nuclear disaster. That is, a sincere ROAD MAP for the third issue will provide us with the most natural and undeniable validity to resolve the first and second issues. The tuning of North-South Korea bilateral talks is a key to solution for a complete conditional North Korean nuclear weapons abandonment. Let’s acknowledge that this honest order of the move to dismantle North Korean nuclear weapons may not be just a dream but a reality.

Other Suggestions

North Korea has been getting a variety of sanctions from the international society. Looking into the basket of various sanctions, we found that North Korea deserved to get many of them as a matter of course, but there is a view that some sanctions are rather too excessive. North Korea has been impoverished year by year for a variety of reasons and now the country is in a state of devastation. Some say a general principle that North Korea chose the way by itself and got caught in its own trap. Others show more a sympathy on the situation. I do not want to be caught in the discussion to sort out which is right or wrong. I wish to start from the real situation of North Korea where women and children and the weak and ordinary people died from hunger every day.

Let’s look at the recent history of the Korean peninsula for a moment. Since the late 19th century, the world Powers that tried to occupy the Korean peninsula caught in a bloody rivalry and finally in 1910 Korea was completely colonized by Japan that was the most shameful catastrophe in the 5,000 years of Korean history. We had just a moment of deep enthusiasm after liberation from Japan at the end of World War Two, but Korea was divided by external Powers regardless of its intention.

My message is that 70 million Korean people must recognize the historical reality that “big-boned” superpowers starring in Korean soap opera of ordeals since late 19th century are still occupying the big portions of six-party-talks table. I’m very concerned that we will be remaining in the sad history of the past, if the voice of world Powers controlling the course of six-party talks becomes louder.

I just want without meaning anything else that the six-party-talks nations need to pay more attention to the recent history of Korea. If North Korea agrees to a conditional dismantlement of its nuclear arsenal, what they desperately need is to reconstruct and reorganize the country plunged in the worst destitution.

One of my friends asked me, “How big is the significance of the total nuclear dismantlement by not only North Korea but also other nations in a preparatory stage including their future share and the current nuclear States?” I answered, “I would respond money-wise since we all like money. It would be around 7 trillion dollars in a modest and reserved way,” The current nuclear weapons are said to be able to turn the earth into ashes seven times, then when it comes to the value of 6 billion people, the real estates, and a variety of personal things altogether, the “7 trillion dollars” seems to be too small and I must be a small-minded person.

Now, back to our main discussion, I’d like to conclude my views on the issue. I very much wish that the six-party-talks powers who contributed to the sufferings of the Korean peninsula since the late 19th century would accept my opinion as a common sense based upon the historical background of Korea. My proposal is that the North Korean nuclear disarmament should be dealt by monetary assistance programs mixed with loans for reconstructing the country in a total destitution, not by a bargaining compensation in return for scrapping nuclear programs. At this point, we should be encouraged by the successful implementation of the other two interlocking nuclear issues?an absolute nuclear dismantlement proclamation by nations in a preparatory stage of nuclear development AND a complete nuclear weapons abandonment ROAD MAP by the current nuclear weapons States.

1) Monetary assistance and loans will be shared by 5 nations excluding North Korea.

2) South Korea as a North-South bilateral talks partner with the same blood should be able to fulfill the largest share of the assistance program.

3) The proposed figures came from a very unprofessional individual like me, so they can be revised.

4) The following fund will be installed over the 10 years and 20% of the fund should be repaid after 10 year deferment.

South Korea: $15 billion US dollars ($1.5 billion per year)--Natural

USA: $10 billion US dollars ($1 billion per year)?Cheap compared to the expenses of the US warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan

Japan: $12.5 billion US dollars ($1.25 billion per year)

Russia: $5 billion US dollars ($500 million per year)?Thanks.

China: $7 billion US dollars ($700 million per year)?the reason for being less share compared to its economic capability is due to its contribution to North Korea so far

Note: We should deduct $500 million dollars secretly paid by Mr. Kim Dae Jung from the total share of Korea--$15 billion dollars. (Calculation must be precise, so the Korean share is $14.5 billion dollars)

Humble Suggestions for the President of USA

While I welcome whole-heartedly the direct talks and active exchange programs between the US and North Korea in almost all areas, I absolutely oppose the bargaining talks with incentives in return for dismantling the North Korean nuclear weapons program. The cheap deal with North Korean nuclear weapons will disgrace the US image, as it reflects a notion that the US hands out oil and flour to a begging tin can printed with nuclear weapons. Can it be all? Such cheap bargaining practice will prompt the naughty countries to develop more low-quality nuclear weapons and thousands of them will be rolling around FOR SALE in this world.

How can you deal with all these nuclear weapons on sale? I made up my mind after watching you signed a nuclear disarmament agreement with Russia. Your historical initiative encouraged me to offer my proposal! Please pray for the North-South Korea bilateral talks. I very much wish that you could lift the economic and diplomatic sanctions against North Korea even for a period of up to 3 months and give your full support for the North-South Korea direct talks.

Humble Suggestions for the President of South Korea

Dear Honorable Mr. President,

Now the only thing left to you is to embrace everything. Some people may ask me to go the mental hospital. If I do not have a deep trust in you, I must go to the mental hospital.

I strongly believe that when the time comes, you could offer yourself without any personal motives as a sacrifice on the altar of Korean nation!! Abraham did not ask his servants when he decided to offer his own beloved son who is more precious than himself. Acceptance of the bilateral talks of North and South Korea must be a solitary decision. The sum of our small minds is our hope and pray for your courage.

With a deep bow to Seoul from a humble man living far away in the U.S.

Young Paek

The 1492 Green Club

13-09 Saddle River Road

Fair Lawn, NJ 07410

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