Preview

north korea

Good Essays
Open Document
Open Document
801 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
north korea
The question we are trying to answer and compensate for is what would South Korea do if attacked by North Korea either with nuclear power or ground troops and etc. While political and military analysts sound pretty confident that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's threats are just bluster, you can't get around the fact that the region encompassing the Korean peninsula is one of the most heavily militarized places on Earth, home to three of the world's six-largest militaries. America doesn’t have as much insight as we should with regards to the inner workings of what happens in North Korea; However, based on declassified U.S. and U.N. assessments and independent analyses by military scholars, we can make some educated guesses. South Korea and North Korea have always had high tensions ranging from there first encounter the Korean war in June 25 ,1950. North Korea has been pushing the envelope for the last 50 years. In the past 50 years North Korea has engaged in controversial actions numerous times costing South korea millions of dollars and even small amounts of troops. Although South Korea has yet to retaliate if they were to the South Korean military would love to let loose on the North Korean Military. On January 1, 2013 Kim Jong-un delivered a New Year's Day message on KCTV calling for better relations with South Korea. North Korea announced its intentions on January 24, 2013 to target the United States in its missile and nuclear programs. The statement called the United States the "sworn enemy of the Korean people". In February, North Korea conducted an underground nuclear weapons test and confirmed with China, its only supporter in the region, that it would conduct others within the year. During the training exercises Key Resolve/Foal Eagle 2013 conducted between South Korea and the United States, North Korea threatened to abandon the Korean Armistice Agreement, arguing the exercises threatened North Korea with nuclear weapons and that the U.S. was unwilling

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Good Essays

    We look at , “… despite tensions between Pyongyang and Beijing, their ally China will probably protect them from harsher UN Security Council sanctions even if they conduct another provocation ” (Everard). What John is trying to say is that, even if Pyongyang is having tension with Beijing if something were to happen to them, China will step in and protect them. The writer uses appeal to authority to China, showing how it is still in higher power even if they are involved in their own issues, but are still able to step in a help their small provinces. Then he continues his opEd with ,“ By the time the new president is inaugurated, North Korea may feel strong enough to demand that he or she sign a peace treaty with it (technically the Korean War never ended) and agree to halt the annual US-South Korean military exercises -- that is, that the United States caves in to North Korean demands” (Everard). In this quote, it clearly states the North Korean government wants to sign a peace treaty thus they might stop their experiments with nuclear programs. This seen as a cause and effect because the start of the situation was US trying to…

    • 796 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Battle Of Osan Essay

    • 2393 Words
    • 10 Pages

    North Korea discussed the prospect of war with both China and the Soviet Union whom supported the initiative. On June 25th, 1950 the NKPA invaded South Korea with an estimated force of 90,000 soldiers. The President of the United States, Harry S. Truman did not want to get involved as he believed that a war with the Soviet Union would lead to World War III. However, President Truman decided to get involved since the Soviet Union had stated that they were not going to interfere militarily in the conflict. Seven days after the invasion of South Korea by the NKPA, US soldiers from 1st Battalion, 21st Regiment, of the 24th Infantry Division had landed in Korea from Japan to fend off the NKPA for as long as they could until reinforcements could…

    • 2393 Words
    • 10 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    They have done 6th nuclear tests since 2006 but most of them have not worked or haven't got the results they want. North Korea has been using propaganda and many things to show the people bombing the white house or other us buildings. The country is said to have 13-21 missiles and 4 warheads for weapons right now. These weapons are believed to have half the power ours had when we bombed japan during ww2. The missiles they have are only believed to hit Alaska and Hawaii. Hawaii has now made a plan to protect from another ww2 attack on Pearl Harbor with these threats from North Korea. Also this nuclear problem has been on the rise since president trump took office, and how a strike force took place near the Korean peninsula. Un now wants the us to pull out of the Korean Peninsula and abandon our…

    • 663 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    With North Korea’s constant nuclear testing, the U.S. needs to be concerned. North Korea claims to have conducted their largest nuclear test ever, causing an explosion that triggered an artificial magnitude 5 earthquake, and the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that the weapon could be “mounted on strategic ballistic rockets”, allowing Kim Jong-un’s military to target enemies around the world, also they have launched a series of ballistic missiles with growing ranges that it said were intended to carry nuclear warheads, though doubts persisted that the country had mastered the technology needed to produce a nuclear warhead small and sturdy enough to travel a long distance through Earth’s atmosphere.…

    • 444 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    That is 82 direct violations of treaties signed by the leader in charge of the regime, 105 if you count the failed attempts. The most recent missile test from North Korea came in August of 2017, when the regime launched a missile over Japan soaring 1,700 miles in nine minutes and straight into the ocean. This launch was a direct bi-product of North Korea’s early stages of nuclear weapons. With the United States President Donald Trump became the first sitting US President to make a comment stating that the United States will bring “fire and fury on North Korea if it endangered the United States” (Sang-Hun & Sanger, 2017). Interestingly, where is the action that follows the threat given by President Trump? After endangering the people of Japan is it not seen as a real threat that North Korea is planning to reach the US with nuclear weapons. The actions taken by North Korea need to have…

    • 473 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    In the “US airpower in Korea” article,The US military presence in South Korea stops North Korean nuclear ambitions. If North Korea develops nuclear weapon, it would be a serious threat to the security and peace of every nations in Asia even the US. US forces in Japan, Guam, Alaska, and other locations can serve as a deterrent to North Korea’s nuclear ambitions.…

    • 535 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Imagine if the United States was divided into two separate countries, a communist nation and a democratic nation. Pretend you lived in the communist nation. There you would have no freedoms and rights. Your economy is also declining. You want to reunite with the democratic nation, but they don’t want you back. Your country has a bad reputation for nuclear weapons, violence, and discrimination against people who don’t believe in communism. This is what North and South Korea are going through right now. The North wants to reunite with the South because they are in an economic hole. Because of North Korea’s historic ties to China and South Korea’s ties to the United States, this very local conflict between two small nations has potential global…

    • 1303 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    North and South Korea has been at war and it caused fear in America because if North Korea won then America was afraid that the rest of Asia would join communism. So America joined the war against North Korea and while aiding South Korea, China had decided to join North Korea in the war as well since they are allied with North Korea. The war was one of the most deadliest wars in American history. The war was very dangerous with the elements there for America because they were not use to the temperatures there. The war for Korea has begun and will not go well for both sides in the war.…

    • 548 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Korean War Timeline

    • 483 Words
    • 2 Pages

    North Korea get permission from Russia to invade South Korea. North Korea continues to invade until the capital city, Seoul. North Korea doesn’t have strong army…

    • 483 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    After researching the crises in North Korea, I was stuck with a very difficult question.…

    • 938 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    Afterwards, president Lee Mango-Bak of South Korea decided to cut all trades with North Korea to hurt them economically. North Korea have also attempted to bomb some of Korea’s island, kidnap south Korean officials, and droning South Korea. Currently, North Korea has a 900,000 strong army with terrifying chemical arsenals. Information regarding North Korea is rarely transparent and outsiders are unsure whether Korea is planning to attack South Korea. However, since there is no peace treaty between North and South Korea, thus the tension between the two countries can easily escalate into a war.…

    • 1260 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Better Essays

    The occupation of the Soviets influenced the North Korean government to turn into a communist government. In addition, the assistance of Chinese troops during the war and their presence in the country until 1958 gave China some degree of influence in North Korea. In 1961, North Korea concluded formal mutual security treaties with the Soviet Union and China, which have not been formally ended. In the 1950s, after the Soviets had pulled out, the newly created communist dictatorship of North Korea invaded the southern half trying to turn it communist as well. The Unites States saw this as a threat to world democracy and assisted South Korea, starting this seemingly eternal war. North Korea's nuclear research program started with Soviet help in the 1960s, on condition that it joined the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). In the past years North Korea has threatened to launch nuclear weapons to neighboring countries such as Japan and South Korea. Recent tests indicate that the regime’s nuclear capabilities are improving, and they may be only a few years away from developing a weapon that can hit the continental U.S. Such an aspiration is not that far-fetched, given the regime’s recent statement and propaganda that advertises this goal with images of their nukes hitting Capitol Hill. With the amount of…

    • 1206 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    North Korea has had five successful nuclear bomb tests. What is unsure of these tests is the nature of the bomb. An atom bomb uses nuclear fission. This splits atoms of radioactive elements and releases energy. On the other hand, hydrogen bombs use nuclear fusion and fuse together hydrogen atoms. This releases much more energy, thus making a stronger bomb. North Korea is also working on an I.C.B.M. which stands for Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile. This will allow North Korea to reach the U.S. with a nuclear warhead or a missile. The five tests that Supreme leader Kim Jong Un has conducted created earthquakes of magnitudes ranging from 4.3 to…

    • 110 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    made a drastic transition in it’s position viewing the world. It went from being an ally to the US in World War II against Japan, Italy, and Germany to being a huge concern, if not the main one, to the United States after acknowledgement of the U.S.S.R.’s nuclear weapons. China had also become a concern for the U.S. seeing that it had influenced communism on the majority of Asia. The possibility of it spreading to Japan once again sparking another war was growing which is why the U.S. made the quick decision to harbor a unit in South Korea considering its size and proximity distant from Japan to be used almost as an observation location. The fear of the U.S. was going from simply that, fear, to much more, reality. The Soviet Union began supplying and supporting the armies and people of both, China as well as North Korea. It was almost as if it was strengthening their forces. The current president of the U.S. at the time, Harry Truman, began to show his concern fearing for the future generations to come. It was a fear for the United States and the communism that seemed to be spreading rapidly and almost attempting to be contagious towards other countries. China seemed to be extending out to the U.S.S.R. as well as North Korea where the Soviet Union was spreading communism as well. Although the Security Council of the U.N. chose to allow the forceful use of military assistance in South Korea in…

    • 1211 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    North Korea Research Paper

    • 1039 Words
    • 5 Pages

    North Korea is a country that is ruled by a dictator and has a communist government. A communist government rules all the land and gives the same amount of money and supplies to all the people in the country. “Daily Necessities were obtained from the Public Distribution System (PDS)” (95,Hassig). The PDS shut down in 1995 because foreign aid was cut off expect for Pyongyang, the capital city. In rural areas, a lot of the children were born as “no-count” meaning that when they were born they weren’t counted as part of the existing society and didn’t have supplies given to them. North Korea was once a unified country with South Korea until September 9, 1948 when it became a separate country. From 1910 to 1945 Japan had ruled all of Korea. “After World War II from 1939 to 1945 Russia controlled what is right now North Korea, and the United States controlled southern Korea. Three years after the war North and South Korea became independent countries.” (6, Haberle) The existing Cold War, the war between Russia and the United States, helped start the Korean War on June 25, 1950 when North Korea attacked South Korea. At the time Japan had control of all of Korea, then the U.S. had South Korea and Russia had the North. This war went on for three years and afterwards, the Demilitarized Zone better known as the DMZ separated South and North Korea. North and South Korea became independent countries with very few allies.…

    • 1039 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays