Reading chapter 14 helps to understand how North Korea was related to the U.S. The goal of the United States government was to stop nuclear development by North Korea. Like the United States, other countries such as China and Russia were not opposed to North Korea, but they didn't support the idea of nuclear ownership of North Korea. Therefore, owing nuclear power prevented North Korea from having faultless relationship with other countries. Hazel Smith points out issues in North Korea through chapter 15. For example, unlike other countries, North Korean population increase slightly because of high mortality rate. She concludes her book by stating that North Koreans are the agents of change in North Korea (Smith, 332). In other words, North
