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Overview of Historical and Contemporary Trajectories Overview of Historical and Contemporary Trajectories
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Drivers behind South Korea’s Space Development Drivers behind South Korea’s Space Development
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National Security Concerns: Self-reliance National Security Concerns: Self-reliance
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National Security Concerns: Through the Alliance National Security Concerns: Through the Alliance
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Economic Concerns: Market and Security Economic Concerns: Market and Security
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Acknowledgments Acknowledgments
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27 The Dynamics of South Korea’s Space Trajectories
Get accessSu-Mi Lee is an Associate Professor and the Chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Hawai’i at Hilo and serves as a member of the Peaceful Unification Advisory Council of the Republic of Korea.
Hanbeom Jeong is a Professor at Korea National Defense University, serves as the president of the Korean Space Association for National Defense, and is a member of the Security Space Working Committee at the Korea National Space Council.
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Published:22 February 2024
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Abstract
This chapter examines what drives South Korea’s space development. To do so, we review the thirty-year history of South Korea’s space programs, highlighting major milestones and government policies. Then, using a realist approach to analyze the drivers behind South Korea’s space development, we show how South Korea’s desire to develop space programs is attributed to its security concerns about the threats from North Korea. We uncover how distrust in the anarchical international system leads South Korea to pursue self-reliance while signing on to space cooperation with the United States to strengthen and expand the scope of its existing ROK-US security alliance. We also discuss the economic considerations behind South Korea’s space endeavor. The chapter ends with a projection of the future trajectory of South Korea’s space development.
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