Essay On North Korea

North Korea, formally known as the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a relic of the Cold War and the world’s last remaining totalitarian Stalinist dictatorship. Arguably the most secretive state in the world, North Korea poses a unique set of challenges to the world, especially to its democratic and capitalist neighbor, South Korea, formally known as the Republic of Korea (ROK). As one of the last remnants of the Cold War era, North Korea remains an anomaly of the international system due to its unpredictable nature and disregard for international norms. With the recent bombardment of the South Korean Island of Yeongpyong and the sinking of the warship Cheonan, tensions between the two Koreas are at the lowest point since

* “Almost as soon as the Americans intervened in Korea and the Seventh Fleet entered the Taiwan Strait at the end of June 1950, the CCP’s long-standing suspicion of and hostility toward the United States turned into bellicosity” (Sheng 5).

Since the conclusion of the Chinese civil war in 1949, China and Taiwan have functioned as separate nations. There has always been the promise by Taiwan to reunify with the mainland, but no real, concerted effort has ever been made. This and the actions of the United States on behalf of Taiwan have caused China to become threatened by the situation in recent months. The Chinese government released a statement last week that will bring the situation to a head in the near future. In light of China's statement and the response of Taiwan and the U.S., we have to ask what the situation means for China/U.S. relations.

After all accusations that North Korea made against the South Korea, the U.S Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has backed South Korea’s call for North Korea “to come forward with the facts about this act of aggression and above all, stop its belligerence and threatening behaviour.” U.S President Barack Obama made a decision according to South Korea concern adopting a newly aggressive military attitude towards its neighbour; he had directed military commanders to work with South Korean troops to make sure readiness and to deter future aggression from North Korea.

The U.S. helped to divide the Korean peninsula at the end of World War II, and then waged war against North Korea in the 1950s. Although the U.S. signed a peace agreement rather than a peace treaty with North Korea after the war, its policy toward the country changed. Instead of trying to overthrow the North Korea government, the U.S. government adopted a policy of containing communism. During the 1980’s, associations between North Korea and the U.S. start to take on a new diplomatic form. North Korea’s nuclear weapons program had become a pressing international issue

North Korea’s commitments were broad and suggested that the Six-Party denuclearization agreement and the Six-Party Talks would resume. The collapse of the Leap Day Agreement now leads us to ask. what do we do now? (Revere 2) The proposal that Pyongyang set forth offers to temporarily stop nuclear testing if Washington cancels its future military drills with South Korea. Although it might not seem like a good idea to help North Korea and their economy because they might use that to further their development on nuclear weapons, if there is a slight chance to let them see that they need the United States and for them to denuclearize, we should take

relations with one of its most necessary trade partners and, potentially, a necessary ally in relations in Asia, particularly the Korean Peninsula. However, there are negative implications of President Trump’s “America First” approach to politics, as it will further weaken an already tense relationship between the United States and China in regards to issues such as North Korea, climate change, global leadership and the economy.

needed to settle the question between the two locales and make peace with North and South Korea

North Korea has drastically increased the amount of ballistic missile testing in the past six months. Even testing long-range missiles that US officials say can reach the United States mainland. Some of the new measures will sanction foreign entities doing business with North Korea, which could affect China’s investments in the North Korean government. The sanctions were also impacted by North Korea’s human rights abuses.

allies and interests, resulting in the stationing of U.S. forces in South Korea and Japan. However, it has also been the subject of a policy experiment. Both Republican and Democratic administrations have tried to engage Pyongyang in order to improve relations and end its objectionable behavior. That policy, albeit politically controversial, particularly during the Clinton administration, is probably here to stay, not just because its attraction has been compelling to a cross-section of mainstream Democrats and Republicans, but also because political trends in Northeast Asia, particularly the ongoing rapprochement between North and South Korea, only reinforce the logic of engagement. The key question for the new administration is how it should shape its diplomatic policy towards North Korea to further U.S. interests in a region possibly transitioning away from the cold war confrontation of the past five decades to some unknown status.

Beijing accused President Lee Teng-hui of abandoning the “one china” policy in 1999. The “one china” policy had governed relations between the two countries for nearly 30 years, Beijing no longer wished to negotiate until Lee Teng-hui disclaimed his statement. This all occurred when Lee Teng-hui said his relationship with china as a "special state-to-state relationship”. Lee denied abandoning the “one china” policy and never disclaimed his statement. With growing concern, America sent two aircraft battle groups over when they thought this would lead to an invasion, but Beijing threatened to destroy them. The invasion never happened, due to the exercises ending shortly after American ships arrived. The relations have been tense for decades, China calls Taiwan a renegade province, and claims that Taiwan rejects.

In the past decade, China’s foreign policy has alarmed their neighbors prompting the United States to take a proactive role in the Asia-Pacific. Nonetheless, China continues to test the waters with the United States. The 2010 Senkuku Boat Collision Incident revealed how effective Chinese economic sanctions were in compelling Japan to release the Minjinyu 5719 crew. Consequently, the Chinese Communist Party’s leadership remains confident that their economic clout will insulate China from retaliation as they continue to advance their national interest.

In April, 2012, the North Korea announced that their rocket was ready for launch. As a country have some influence over the North Korea, what was China expected to do at this point? Well, the White House Secretary Jay Carney said that the President had made the attitude of United States on North Korea’s rocket quite clear in South Korea. The President wanted countries like China, which had some influence over North Korea to do whatever it could do to dissuade North Korea from doing that or to change direction of their rocket. The US considered North Korea’s action as a “provocative” one, and also “a violation of two UN Security Council

In recent years, Asia has drawn plenty of attentions from the world, not only because of the rising great power China but also the increasingly unpredictable and unsettled North Korea. Based on the past history of German reunification in 1990 and enthusiasm for the reunification among citizens in both South Korea and North Korea, it seems to be a consensus in the world that the Korean Peninsula will eventually reunified. The remaining questions are when and how will the reunification take place. With the potential regional hegemon China continues to grow and the United States has set its pivot in Asia to restrain China’s rising, there is no doubt that the reunification will greatly change the power distribution in Asia. As the only country that has meaningful relationships with both South Korea and North Korea, China is commonly viewed as the main facilitator in the reunification. As a result, China’s attitudes and policies towards both countries are crucial to this issue. China has always been openly support the reunification of Korean Peninsula. However, on the other side, China continues to support Kim family’s authoritarian regime and prevents the regime from falling apart. Although North Korea has become increasingly outrageous by ignoring China’s advices and drags China into unnecessary international conflicts, there is no clear sign that China is going to abandon its

     At the beginning, our response to North Korea’s HEU and plutonium programs was very hostile and involved condemning them. Eventually, we took little baby steps to ease the tension. We also agreed to talk to them, but limited the things we could talk about with them. At the very time all of this chaos is happening, our relationship with the South Korea is reaching an all time low.