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South and North Korean Sport Viewed through the Life History of Female North Korean Defector Sportswoman

탈북 여성 스포츠인의 생애사를 통해 본 남북한 스포츠

  • 최영금 (단국대학교 체육교육학과)
  • Received : 2021.07.21
  • Accepted : 2021.08.01
  • Published : 2021.08.31

Abstract

The study looked at a cross section of inter-Korean sports through the lives of female north korean defector. The researcher was a north korean national team player in the early and mid-1990s and defected to the north and played for the national team in South Korea. After her retirement, she became a coach, but felt limited and left the sports world. After analyzing the informant's interviews, the prevailing idea was that she was always politically used, and there was a regret that he was spotlighted as a defector rather than an athletic skill. And she was not in a position to choose between South Korea and North Korea. It was also shown that inter-Korean sports exchanges could not be developed unless economic conditions were supported. As a stranger, the research participants felt alienated and adapted to South Korea. Her life is an example of experiencing inter-Korean sports at the same time, and it is believed that she can have personal, specific, and concrete characteristics while showing universality in the upcoming era of unification.

이 연구는 탈북 여성 스포츠인의 생애를 통해 남북한 스포츠의 단면을 살펴보았다. 연구참여자는 1990년대 초중반 북한의 스포츠 대표팀 선수였고 탈북해서 남한에서 같은 종목의 국가 대표팀에서 활동했다. 은퇴 후 지도자 생활을 하다가 했으나 한계를 느끼고 스포츠계를 떠나게 되었다. 연구참여자의 인터뷰를 분석한 결과, 늘 정치적으로 이용당했다는 생각이 지배적이었으며, 운동 기술보다 탈북 자체로 조명을 받은 것에 대한 아쉬움이 있었다. 그리고 남한과 북한 중 어떤 체제도 선택하지 않는 입장이었다. 또한 남북 스포츠 교류는 경제적인 여건이 뒷받침되지 않는 한 발전될 수 없다는 것을 알 수 있었다. 연구참여자는 이방인으로서 소외감을 느끼며 남한에 적응했다. 스포츠인으로 최선을 다했으나 정치적 이슈와 여성이라는 이유로 스포츠 경력을 이어가지 못했다. 그녀의 생애는 남북 스포츠를 동시에 경험한 사례로 개인적, 특수성, 구체성을 가지면서도 동시에 다가올 통일 시대에 보편성을 보여줄 수 있는 것으로 판단된다. 이 미시적 연구는 남북 스포츠 교류에 현실적인 제안을 할 수 있을 것으로 본다.

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Acknowledgement

이 논문은 2018년도 정부(교육과학기술부)의 재원으로 한국연구재단의 지원을 받아 수행된 연구임(No. 2018S1A5B5A07073319)

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