If I were the American President, I would certainly not handle North Korea the same way President Trump is handling them. I would not use crude words, insults, counter-productive rhetoric, and bullying. I would not undermine the attempts of my secretary of state to pursue diplomatic solutions. I would never give up hope for peaceful negotiations.
I do agree with trying to build ...
2 Answers
The Korean War has much to do with today’s conflict between the United States and North Korea and between North Korea and South Korea. Several reasons exist for this. The main reason being that the US backed South Korea during the Korean War and they helped South Korea to rebuild after the war. As a result, the South Korean economy is ranked 4th in Asia and 11th in the ...
2 Answers
It is possible North Korea and South Korea could someday be unified. It seems hard to believe they have been two separate nations for only about 60 years. Before the separation, they were one nation for thousands of years. They shared a heritage, language, culture, economy, and so on.
Since 1972, the two countries have met several times to discuss reunification but have obviously not ...
2 Answers
China has dealt with North Korea but some people believe China should be doing more, and I agree. Here are just several examples of what China has done so far. China has voted in favor of United Nations (UN) Security Council resolutions to impose economic sanctions on North Korea. However, they did not want to be prevented from selling oil to China.
China has also ordered its state ...
2 Answers
A 2017 survey conducted by Seoul National University’s Institute for Peace and Unification Studies revealed 53.8 percent of South Koreans believe the Korean Peninsula should be reunited. Is that the same thing as wanting to reunite? Perhaps, but many people in South Korea are worried that if the North Korean regime were to fall, it would place a huge burden on the South Korean people ...
2 Answers
What course a military conflict might take in the Korean peninsula most likely depends on if Kim Jong Un decides to be the first to use military action. If Kim takes first action, the United States President Trump has promised that North Korea, “… will be met with fire and fury like the world have never seen.”
Actually to be more accurate Trump said that in regard ...
2 Answers
With a couple of small exceptions Donald Trump has not really changed US policy on North Korea. He did sign an executive order to sanction companies that finance trade with North Korea. He also directed Nikki Haley to talk with the United Nations Security Council to impose new and stricter sanctions on North Korea.
He has also put pressure on other countries to restrict their ...
2 Answers
China has put pressure on North Korea. Here are just three examples of what China has done so far. China has voted in favor of United Nations (UN) Security Council resolutions to impose economic sanctions on North Korea. However, they did not want to be prevented from selling oil to China. China has also ordered its state run banks to prevent North Korean businesses and people from opening ...
2 Answers
No, Russia is not more than a silent observer on North Korea. In fact they have been fairly vocal when criticized by the United States for not doing enough to support the United Nations resolutions against Kim Jung Un’s regime. Some observers think Putin sees helping North Korea as a matter of principle since Putin is unhappy with the sanctions placed on Russia over the ...
2 Answers
This is a difficult question to answer because it depends on which North Korean issue you are asking about. If you are asking about the nuclear weapons issue, the United Nations (UN) Security Council recently voted 15 to 0 in favor of resolutions supporting sanctions suggested by the United States and other countries such as Japan. However, the UN also recently expressed concerns that ...
2 Answers