Unlike under authoritarian rule in South Korea, the autonomy of political actors has increased vastly over the years since democratization in 1987. Moreover, diversified participants of policy‐making beyond political entities, including the media, interest groups, and civil society, have become an important variable to the policy‐making process. From the beginning of his candidacy, President Roh Moo‐hyun called for changes to the policy towards the United States, and his continuous efforts to persuade diverse actors brought about controversies throughout his term. Policies that deviated from past administrations triggered criticisms from his political opposition, while policies similar to the past administrations prompted disapproval from his supporters. This study attempts to explain how the political actors during the Roh administration framed certain issues to gain the upper hand in foreign policy. I have selected issues that drew great social attention and controversies (such as troop dispatch to Iraq and wartime operational control transition) and conducted vector autoregression analysis to empirically analyze the reciprocal relationship among the president, the National Assembly, and the media. As a result, this study was able to highlight their reciprocal relationship depending on the foreign‐policy goals – national interest or national prestige – on the nature of policy prosecution, either passive or proactive, and on the urgency of policy enforcement.

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外交政策框架大赛：谁在韩国影响谁？

与韩国的专制统治不同，自1987年民主化以来，政治行为者的自主权在过去几年中已大大提高。此外，政治决策者（包括媒体，利益集团和公民社会）以外的多元化决策参与者已成为一种决策过程的重要变量。卢武yun总统自竞选之初就呼吁改变对美国的政策，在他整个任期内，他不断努力说服各种行为者引起了争议。背离前任政府的政策引发了他的政治反对派的批评，而与前任政府相似的政策却引起了他支持者的反对。这项研究试图解释在卢武administration政府时期政治人物如何构架某些问题以在外交政策中占上风。我选择了引起社会广泛关注和争议的问题（例如向伊拉克派遣部队和战时作战控制过渡），并进行了向量自回归分析，以实证分析总统，国民议会和媒体之间的对等关系。结果，这项研究能够根据外交政策目标（国家利益或国家声望），政策起诉的性质（被动或主动）以及政策执行的紧迫性，强调它们的相互关系。我选择了引起社会广泛关注和争议的问题（例如向伊拉克派遣部队和战时作战控制过渡），并进行了向量自回归分析，以实证分析总统，国民议会和媒体之间的对等关系。结果，这项研究能够根据外交政策目标（国家利益或国家声望），政策起诉的性质（被动或主动）以及政策执行的紧迫性，强调它们的相互关系。我选择了引起社会广泛关注和争议的问题（例如向伊拉克派遣部队和战时作战控制过渡），并进行了向量自回归分析，以实证分析总统，国民议会和媒体之间的对等关系。结果，这项研究能够根据外交政策目标（国家利益或国家声望），政策起诉的性质（被动或主动）以及政策执行的紧迫性，强调它们的相互关系。