The Relationship Between the Chinese State and North Korea

The United States has been experiencing high levels of contention in all aspects with North Korea since the 19th century. However, since then those relations have not subsided. Recently many felt North Korea’s test missiles and nukes have threatened the peace and safety of the community. As told so by the South Korean foreign ministry. This is one reason why Americans should care about the relations between the U.S and North Korea because, if North Korea is able to make their country powerful through the sourcing of manual labor, this is a prime example of the outcomes attainable if the United States and North Korea worked in unison with each other. Ultimately the Koreans and the United States will both be able to create a successful and powerful

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

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 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.

“The only course for the Chinese people is to remain determined to go on fighting side by side with the Korean people… However many years U.S. imperialism wants to fight, we are ready to fight right up to the moment of complete victory for the Chinese and Korean people,” Mao Zedong said on February 7, 1953. Before 1950, China had very little to do with North Korea. North Korea 's Communist government was set up by its leader Kim Il Sung, with the help of the Soviet Union, since he was Stalin’s pupil. The Chinese were disinterested in the Korean conflict at first, but their attitude changed to concern. It changed when the Communist leadership in Beijing started to believe that the result of the war might directly affect China. However, Stalin only wanted China to intervene in the Korean War to put the global balance of power in their favor. Not only did Chinese intervention help the regime survive, but it showed that North Korea was a puppet of the Soviet Union.

The economical system of North Korea is known as a strict command economy. This means that the government is in full control of the market. They determine what goods should be produced, how many goods should be produced, and the price of the products. After the Korean War, North Korea focused heavily on industrial development. This gave them a boost in metal manufacturing. In the modern day, North Korea now focuses on improving their military through heavy government spending. This spending along with other economic setbacks, such as international debt, have North Korea’s economy on a stable decline with short periods of improvement, according to Investopedia. It should also be noted that North Korea is very private when it comes to its economical records since they haven’t released any reliable data on the state of their economy. The statements previously made in this paragraph can’t fully be trusted due to the lack of dependable sources. (www.investopedia.com)

Since 1953, North Korea has been a spectacle in the world news that continuously reminds other nations of its presence. Upon further investigation, one would surmise that North Korea’s totalitarian government, focus on military, and appalling economic situation are a result of their push for a successful culture of their own. Throughout history, various other nations have influenced and controlled North Korea, in reaction to this, the small country masquerades as world power that it really is not.

Unconditional aid to the North increased economic cooperation between both Koreas. With Kaesong Industrial Complex built north of the DMZ the South Koreans were allowed to hire over 50,000 North Korean workers. North Korea’s important economic and political partner China, it helped North Korea establishes a stronger economy. With this economic partnership in place North Koreans still faced severe food shortages and grinding poverty. The people of North Korea were still getting their basic freedoms taken by the government even in a growing economy because the regimes number one priority is power. After many years the regime finally came to realize that having markets helps the country’s economic

The North Korea’s exit from the NPT means that they are able to build nuclear arms without international restrictions which pose a potential threat. Since then, the United States have poured its effort in improving bilateral relationships but still North Korea is unresponsive in discussing in the Six-Party talks. Economic sanctions were executed which isolated North Korea from international parties, but the results were not significant. This

The possibility of a nuclear war is higher now than any time since the fall of the Soviet Union, with a rogue state with an unpredictable leader controlling a nuclear and conventional arsenal that can devastate huge cities like Seoul, Tokyo, or even Los Angeles. Despite this threat from North Korea, the UN Security Council has been unable to do anything about it except sanctions which have been shown to not affect the nuclear ambitions of Kim Jong-Un. While the United States and its allies in the Security Council such as Britain and France are willing to impose very harsh measures to prevent North Korea from becoming a nuclear state; China, which is North Korea’s largest trade partner, has placed other interests ahead of NATO’s. China does

The relationship between the US and North Korea has been fraught with tension for many years. This paper explores the history of the relationship while discussing possible causes for the tension.

During the Cold war, in the 1950’s, Korea was dealing with political conflicts and tensions along the 38th parallel border. Although Korea became independent, the Soviet Union took control of North Korea while the United States took control of South Korea; dividing the country into two halves. The Korean war began after North Korea invaded South Korea by crossing the 38th parallel. As Stueck states, “...The North Korean attack was not seen as a decisive act in an ongoing civil war but as a dangerous move that threatened world peace and stability” (Stueck 82). The leaders Kim II-Sung, of North Korea, and President Syngman Rhee, of South Korea, were eager to attack each other. The leaders wanted to gain unification through the war. North Korea's

North Korea is a rogue state. A nation whose actions and behavior could set off a deadly regional conflict. A conflict which could involve the use of nuclear warheads, cause massive loss of life. Since the end of the Korean War tensions have run high between North Korea and the surrounding countries. The biggest cause for concern for the U.S. and South Korea is North Korea’s continual test of nuclear weapons paired with its aggressive behavior towards its regional neighbors. North Korea’s irrational behavior could result in full blown conventional war in the region. This is why it is of the up most importance that the United States work with its regional partners to stabilize the Korean Peninsula by stopping North Korea’s proliferation and testing of nuclear weapons. The current policies have proven ineffective and it is time something different is done before it is too late. The best way to denuclearize North Korea is by guaranteeing their external security; the U.S. gradually lifts economic sanctions, and enter into a regional security agreement with North Korea.

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

China is North Korea’s most important allied nation. Not only because the both countries are based on communism, but also China supported North Korea financially, and militarily.