There are dangers to starting this war with North Korea and reasons the United States has not started war. One large concern that would be brought up is what would happen to Seoul if war started. Japan is also under threat of attack as well. The Korea Asia-Pacific Peace Committee, which handles the North’s external ties and propaganda, gave the statement, “The four islands of the archipelago should be sunken into the sea by the nuclear bomb of Juche. Japan is no longer needed to exist near us (Kim and Takenake).” Juche is the North’s ruling ideology preached by Kim Il Sung, grandfather of current leader Kim Jong Un (Kim and Takenake). Because of recent events, Japanese Defense Minster Itsunori Onodera is quoted as saying, “[the] threat posed
