Korean Missile Launching: Other Countries Reactions: An Annotated Bibliography

Wednesday, January 6, 2016, North Korea made an announcement that their hydrogen bomb testing was successful, resulting in “raised cries of indignation from the international community”. In the past the U.N had implemented sanctions against North Korea for continuing their development in nuclear weapons in 2006, 2009, 2013. Yet despite this, on Monday March 14, 2016, DPRK Today reported that a fifth test would be run and a new test involving ballistic missiles would also be included. Mr. Jongun had explained that the reason his country is now involving ballistic missiles is “. . . [so that] the warheads [are able] to survive heat and turbulence

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

One of the significant events were at Yeonpyeong in 1999 and 2002. There were two battles that were fought between South Korea and North Korea. Tens of people died and injured from the battle. Those were little combats compared to Korean War, but these battles were telling that two Korea were still in war. In East Asia peninsula, North Korea and South Korea were confronting due to North Korea’s intimidation on bombing. North Korea’s Kim Jong Un said that the modern war is artillery war. The tension among both Korea and United States was really intense in that it is almost the moment of rising of the war. North Korea is threatening America on nuclear bombing in that United Nation is strongly corresponds on their actions. Actually, both sides are almost got ready on the war and it seems to occur. Kim Jong Un was looking for the place to bomb. There were also threats that occurred recently due to nucleic bombing. North Korea is keep doing the nuclear test by firing a rocket to the space as satellite. This is nominal satellite in which they are actually doing a nuclear test. By using nuclear power, North Korea wants to get the initiative from South Korea and attract China to be their

Secondly all communications between North and South will be cut off, and the South Korean ships and airliners be banned from passing through North Korean territorial waters and airspace. According to Yonhap news official said in a statement “This is a deliberate provocation aimed to spark off another military conflict in the West Sea of Korea and thus push to a war phase the present north-south relations”.

Since the 1950’s North Korea has posed as dangerous threat to The United States and its allies. With North Korea development of Nuclear arms and its consistent hostile rhetoric and actions towards the United States. With the North Korea’s development of a long range ICBM, more now than ever the United States has been put into a position where its and many of its

In the article “Should the United take more aggressive action to prevent North Korea from building a nuclear arsenal?”, it explains how the power of possessing lethal weapons can affect international affairs, and this is a concern that U.S. wants to prevent a war. The article describes how this became an issue after the Korean War; U.S. tried to prevent communism to spread, so in order to do it, the Peninsula of Korea was divided in the 38th parallel, making North Korea communism and South Korea democrat supported by the U.S. Furthermore, the article argued about the nuclear arsenal that North Korea possess since the early 2000’s and U.S. tried to stop them to develop such weapon. In order to make them stop, U.S. and many other countries tries

For one, North Korea first must miniaturize it. They have not done this. Second, the missile would have to fly and be dependable. When the North Korean’s launched the latest missile, and this is true for many others, they did so at an angle and depth to ensure that it would land in the water before it hit Japan. If they had been more confident in their own missiles, they would have launched closer to the surface, and at an angle that would allowed it to travel a distance of over 310 miles. Since it traveled 310 miles with the high-arc, it is probable that the latest test could have flown closer to the 700-800 miles that has been estimated.

Since its origin in 1948, North Korea has been isolated and heavily armed, with hostile relations with South Korea and Western countries. It has developed a capability to produce short- and medium-range missiles, chemical weapons, and possibly biological and nuclear weapons. In December 2002, Pyongyang lifted the freeze on its plutonium-based nuclear weapons program and expelled IAEA inspectors who had been monitoring the freeze under the Agreed Framework of October 1994. As the Bush administration was arguing its case at the United Nations for disarming Iraq, the world has been hit with alarming news of a more menacing threat: North Korea has an advanced nuclear weapons program that, U.S. officials believe, has already produced one or

“On the Brink” by Evan Osnos is an article about one of the most serious problem in the world which is nuclear weapon of North Korea. According to this article, the world is facing the risk of a nuclear war. Both leaders of North Korea and America do not want to resign the other and they push the conflict to the highest level. In my opinion, verbal battles between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump will make this situation worse than ever before and a war is the last thing we need.

Over the past couple of years, North Korea's government has been recognized to make very irrational decisions at times. North Korea has recently launched missiles near countries, have been caught hacking technology of other countries, and even found killing their own government and military officials. All of these events were fueled by the dictator of the country Kim-jong UN. Kim comes from a long dynasty of dictators of North Korea who has been shown to be very hostile to other countries and even their own to get there way. Currently, many people think of North Korea’s government as a ticking time bomb just seconds away from exploding over any situations. The most frightening possibility is that North Korea could release weapons of mass destruction

The mass production of lethal weapons, missiles, and nuclear weapons have become standard in the North Korean society. Jonathan D. Pollack said, “Kim Jong-un has tied the fate of the North Korean system to the possession of the world’s most lethal weapons.”Kim Jong-un wants has implemented nuclear weapons and long-range missiles in the North Korean culture to achieve absolute power over the nation. The development of intercontinental missiles places North Korea on par among the world’s major nuclear powers. “..he has justified highly skewed internal priorities to his belief in a deeply malign external environment, but he has taken these priorities much farther than his father or grandfather” Pollack said.

North Korea appears to have ambitious plans for developing new long-range missiles and has begun deploying new cruise missiles, short-range tactical missiles, and unarmed aerial vehicles (UAVs)” (McGrath). According to McGrath, North Korea has been developing several long-range missiles that could destroy United States bases in the Pacific. The developing missiles could potentially be capable of a range of 7,000 to 9,500 kilometers and hold a 500 to 700 ton warhead. Recent, evidence suggests that North Korea is developing multi-stage missiles which can travel much longer distances than a single-stage missile. In addition to multi-stage missiles, North Korea has been testing out solid-fueled systems. Lastly, North Korea has the ambition to modernize their tactical and cruise

The North Korean government continues to financially fund the research and testing of nuclear and ballistic missiles. Little information is known about the North Korean nuclear program and has been made available to foreign nations due to the secrecy and isolation of international affairs. The threat of a nuclear strike from North Korea has become an increasingly serious matter for many nations including the U.S. and its Asian allies, Japan and South Korea. Currently, there are only nine nations known by intelligent analysis that possesses the resources to manufacture nuclear weapons which do include the U.S. However, North Korea is the only nation in the 21st century to conduct a nuclear missile test that has been reported by North Korean

According to the article “North Korea submarine fires ballistic missile” published by BBC, North Korea has recently launched a missile, which didn’t raise our suspicion entirely, however in the end, North Korea was the one who had gained suspicion about the United States of America, and South Korea. The KN-11, being the type of missile that was shot, was launched from a submarine into the Sea of Japan. The missile traveled approximately 300 miles or 500 kilometers. Additionally, the location was reported back by the Japan PM as an air defence Identification zone. Consequently, the Japan PM, called it “A reckless act.” However, instead of investigating if this missile was an attack or a test, the U.S troops and south Korean troops went to basic protocol. The drill

Moreover, DPRK’s foreign policy since the 1970s focused on forceful unification of Korean Peninsula and spreading communist revolution in the South. It has to be remembered that an official doctrine till the end of the 1970s ideologically and practically postulated communization of the south on the basis of military intervention . Since that time North Korea placed its spies in the East Asia and started sheltering revolutionists and terrorists from all over the world, among others nine members of radical left-wing group called the Japanese Fraction of the Red Army who skyjacked a Japanese airplane to Pyongyang in March 1970 . Furthermore, North Korea has been for many years developing its nuclear program and numerously threatening to use it what obviously attracts attention of the whole world .