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development by undertaking action on their own is also analyzed. The<br />

analysis is based both on the Commissions’ work and on assessments<br />

of the work.<br />

1.2 Theoretical Framework<br />

In order to analyze the empirical materials, three theoretical<br />

frameworks are applied. Firstly, the terms of the Norwegian peace<br />

researcher Johan Galtung (1996) “negative peace” and “positive peace”<br />

are referred to. Galtung’s definitions are: “Peace is the absence/reduction<br />

of violence of all kinds” versus “Peace is nonviolent and creative<br />

conflict transformation.” He also refers to negative peace “as absence of<br />

direct violence” and to positive peace “as the presence of symbiosis<br />

and equity in human relations” and “absence of structural and cultural<br />

violence.” Structural violence refers, above all, to exploitation, which<br />

means that the topdogs get much more out of the interaction in the<br />

structure than the underdogs. Cultural violence refers to such aspects<br />

of culture as religion and ideology, language and art, and empirical<br />

and formal science that can be used to justify or legitimize direct<br />

violence such as killings.<br />

In Galtung’s view, “positive peace is the best protection against<br />

violence” and “peace of any kind breeds peace of any kind.” In contrast,<br />

“violence of any kind breeds violence of any kind.” Positive peace is<br />

also referred to as a “... cooperative system beyond ‘passive peaceful<br />

coexistence’, one that can bring forth positively synergistic fruits of the<br />

harmony.” Galtung has two peace concepts: “Peace = direct (positive)<br />

peace + structural peace + cultural peace” is the static one. The more<br />

dynamic one is “Peace is what we have when creative conflict trans-<br />

4 Peace-keeping in the Korean Peninsula

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