Divided Nations and Transitional Justice:
What Germany, Japan and South Korea can Teach the World
Kim Dae Jung, former President of South Korea
Richard von Weizsäcker, former President of Germany
◇ISBN-13: 978-1594519017
◇ISBN-10: 1594519013
Divided Nations and Transitional Justice is a collection of significant writings contributed
by the late president Kim Dae-jung of the Republic of Korea and former president
Richard von Weizsaecker of Germany. This book presents insightful views, lifetime career experiences,
and expertise of the two prominent leaders in the critical fields of unification, peace, and justice and reconciliation.
It centers on the cases of Korea, Germany and Japan, and considers how these countries have moved to
address and come to terms with their wartime past.
This book moves to deliver messages of hope and vision on how to further the values of peace,
reconciliation and cooperation in the twenty-first century.
Acknowledgement
Chapter 1: Han Sang-Jin
Divided Nation, Unification and Transitional Justice
Why do we need a Communicative Approach?
Chapter 2: Claus Offe
Three Objectives of Transitional Justice today
Part One: Two Presidents on Peace and Unification of Divided Nations
Chapter 3: Kim Dae-jung
Ardent Dream of Divided Countries: Germany and Korea
Chapter 4: Kim Dae-jung
Willy Brandt’s Ostpolitik and the Sunshine Policy: What Can the Koreas Learn?
Chapter 5: R. von Weizsäcker
Reflections on the End of the War that Divided Germany
Chapter 6: Kim Dae-jung
Power of Dialogue for Peace
Chapter 7: R. von Weizsäcker
Beyond Divided Nations: Reflection on Oskpolik and Sunshine Police
Chapter 8: Kim Dae-jung
Four Conditions of Global Peace and the Korean Peninsula
Chapter 9: Kim Dae-jung
Reflection on Reconciliation Approaches in South Korea
Chapter 10: Kim Dae-jung
The Historical Summit Meeting 2000: A Dawn of Hope is Breaking
Chapter 11: Kim Dae-jung
Toward Peace on the Korean Peninsula
Chapter 12: Han Sang-Jin
German Unification and Korean Dream
Six Days with Kim Dae-jung in Berlin
Part Two: Two Presidents on Transitional Justice and Reconciliation
Chapter 13: R. von Weizsäcker
Germany and Japan 50 years after the End of their Imperial Ambitions
Chapter 14: R. von Weizsäcker
Germany, Europe, and Japan at the beginning of the 21st Century:
Lessons, Chances, and Challenges
Chapter 15: R. von Weizsäcker
Memory of War and Reconciliation in Europe
Interview with Asahi Shimbun
Chapter 16: Kim Dae-jung
Toward a New Relation with Japan: Future Possibilities
Chapter 17: Kim Dae-jung and Obuchi Keizo
Resolving to Build a New Partnership
Joint Declaration on a New ROK-Japan Partnership for the 21st Century
Chapter 18: Kim Dae-jung
The Joint Resolution: Ten Years Later
Part Three: Can Japan Learn from Germany?
Towards a Trustful Japan with Global Leadership
Chapter 19: Martin Salm
How to Remember the Nazi Crimes? : The German Compensation of Enforced Laborer
Chapter 20: Yuji Ishida
Overcoming the Past? The Postwar Japan and Germany
Chapter 21: Ito Narihiko
Japan’s Pathways to Imperial Power
Chapter 22: Gavan McComack
Japan’s Unresolved Colonial Past and North Korea Problem
Chapter 23: Han Sang-Jin
Can Japan Overcome the Ghost of the Past?
A Communicative Approach
Part Four: The Younger Generation Takes its Stand
Chapter 24: Kim Jongdae
Global Standard of Human Rights and “Comfort Women”
Chapter 25: Chu Tsz Kwan
A Chinese Perspective: No More Excuses for Japan
Chapter 26: Yvonne Chee Huisan
A South-East Asian perspective: Why is a Genuine Apology so Important?
Chapter 27: Park Sae-Seul
Why do Filipinos remember the past in their own way?
Chapter 28: Lee Soo-Yun
The History Textbook controversy and its Solution
Chapter 29: Lim Yei-Won
Japan’s Dogeza and an Apology Consensus
Chapter 30: Lee Yae-Rim
Trial of Failures: a Deeper look into the Tokyo Trials
Chapter 31: Lee Shan-Hoo
Germany is still a Model for Japan to Follow
Chapter 32: Shin Hyun-Seung
Transitional Justice on the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
Chapter 33: Kim Keon-Woong
Reconciliation Triangle
Conclusion
Chapter 34: Han Sang-Jin
Reflexive Modernization and the Future of East Asia
About the Author and the Contributors
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