program. North Korea has been in the news a lot lately for their nuclear missile programs. The country has been testing nuclear missiles since 2006 violating many international laws and threatening national security. As a result, North Korea should be banned from their nuclear missile program due to their continued aggression toward the west that can potentially…
On August 15th, 1945 Japan surrendered from World War II after the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, respectively. Since World War II, Japan has enacted a law, which prevents the use of offensive military capabilities. However, over the past few decades in Asia, there have been many conflicts between states, which one cannot ignore. On May 3rd 2017, Japan's Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe announced that he desires to change the substance of Japan's…
possibility of North Korea obtaining more advanced nuclear weapons while also becoming more vocal about their desire to use them in influencing global politics, we ask ourselves, “Why nuclear? Why a sudden surge of activity in North Korea?”. To understand this sudden assertion by North Korea, it is important to consider the historical context of this conflict while also gaining an understanding of the current political regime. By analyzing the system of governance in North Korea in its…
the first military action of the Cold War. The war was initiated when Kim Il-sung commenced a surprise attack on South Korea. The reason for the attack was because Kim assumed the South would willingly undergo his dictatorship. Approximately 75,000 North Korean People's Army (NKPA) soldiers attacked South Korea dawn of June 25, 1950. In as little as three days, the communist forces captured the South Korean capital and occupied most of the country. This invasion may have been a shocker to the…
the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics--USSR for short--during the second half of the 20th century.” After the second World War both the United States and the USSR viewed this as a moment of weakness on a global scale. On one hand, we see the USSR is wanting to expand their communist ideology on other nations, while the United States wanting to protect the world from this rising force. A prime example of this notion can be the conflict over Korea, that both the United…
that North Korea was successfully completed their fifth higher level nuclear test has struck concerns in South Korea and the United States. To make matters worse on August 22, 2016 the U.S. was able to confirm that North Korea has the ability to launch Nukes at U.S. Additionally, during the annual military joint drill between South Korea and U.S. North Korea threatened to “Turn the stronghold of provocation into a heap of ashes through Korean-style preemptive strike if the US and south Korea…
abilities and needs. Soon after World War II ended on April 25, 1945, at the the Elbe River, the U.S. soon found themselves in political tensions with the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union and the United States had major differences. The Soviet Union, under Stalin's regime, advocated communism while the United States favored capitalism. This political difference lead to the Cold War, which was an iron curtain between the Soviet-controlled countries in Eastern Europe and the Western democracies. How…
important was the fight over Korea. With much of the Western world terrified of communism, many swore to do anything to stop its advance. This was the main priority for the United States after the end of World War II and the US and USSR quickly turned against each other now that they had no common enemy. The Korean War was an international conflict fought through the guise of a civil war between the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea by the United States and the…
threat the United States could present. Kim delivered his very blazon and heated speech very scathingly in front of the people of North Korea and many news media outlets. Kim in his speech stated that his powerful military force would be ready to fight against the American scourge. He also said North Korea is an immovable force able to extricate itself from any threat the United States issues. The very elaborate and showy parade is one of the biggest that has been put on in North Korea since the…
against the United States we need to understand exactly why North Korea dislikes the United States so much. On June 25th, 1950 a war began on the 38th parallel. The war broke out when North Korean troops began a carefully coordinated attack on South Korea. When this occurred president Harry S. Truman quickly got U.S. troops involved in the situation. In fear of another country being lost to communism the United States committed a war crime which is one of plenty of reasons that makes North…