I Introduction II The Lee Myung-bak Government’s North Korea Policy 1. The Policy of Mutual Benefits and Common Prosperity 2. Tools of the Policy: “Vision 3000 thru Denuclearization and Openness” 3. Objectives of the Policy 4. Policy Characteristics III Theoretical and Historical Background of Vision 3000 1. A World-Systems Theory Perspective 2. The Dialectical Theory of History IV North Korea’s Survival Strategy 1. Efforts to Enter the International Community 2. The North Korean Economy: An Assessment 3. North Korean Society: Passing the Threshold V Possible Solutions to the North Korean Nuclear Issue 1. Inducing North Korea’s Entry into the International Community 2. The Six-Party Talks and International Cooperation 3. The Role of Korea in the Process of Solving the Nuclear Issue VI Opening North Korea: Incorporation into the International System 1. Normalizing U.S.-DPRK Relations 2. Entering the International Community as a Normal Member 3. The Role of South Korea VII Realization of 3,000 Dollar Per Capita GNP 1. Parallelism 2. Building an International Environment 3. Implementation of the Five Development Package Programs VIII Entry into International Financial Institutions 1. International Financial Institutions 2. North Korea’s Efforts to Join International Financial Institutions 3. Conditions for North Korean Entry 4. The Role of the South Korean Government IX Building an Inter-Korean Economic Commonwealth 1. Inducing Normalization of Inter-Korean Relations 2. Plans for the Realization of an Inter-Korean Economic Commonwealth