The United States and North Korea by Kristie Fleming https://padlet.com/joeandkristiefleming/m8arebbkp2ke a collection of research en-us 2019-05-10 21:31:31 UTC 2023-11-16 22:09:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://imgglb.padletcdn.com/v13/image?t=g_auto&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpadlet.net%2Ficons%2Fpng%2F1f914.png What's the Big Deal with Nuclear Weapons and North Korea joeandkristiefleming https://padlet.com/joeandkristiefleming/m8arebbkp2ke/wish/359042416 North Korea is a marginal player when it comes to contributing to the international community because of its physical size, small population and lack of economic development. The nuclear weapons program is North Korea's only claim to importance in the world. 
Modern nuclear fuel reprocessing allows North Korea to maximize it's arsenal by number of weapons and potency of those weapons.
It is dangerous for North Korea to possess these weapons because the nation is rouge and potentially unpredictable.
Motivation for the nuclear weapons program was caused by the United States constant threat of using the devices during the Korean war. 
North Korea is potentially dangerous because of it's geopolitical position between China and Russia, with ROK to the south and Japan to the east, North Korea has the potential to influence those major superpowers.

]]> 2019-05-10 21:36:52 UTC https://padlet.com/joeandkristiefleming/m8arebbkp2ke/wish/359042416 Why South Korea is Better Off Without It's Communist Counterpart joeandkristiefleming https://padlet.com/joeandkristiefleming/m8arebbkp2ke/wish/359048341 -South Korea is ranked 1st in World Powers.
-South Korea has a per capita GDP of $28,000 ranking 48th in the world.
-North Korea has a per capita GDP of $1,800 ranking in at only 193rd in the world.
-2 million people have died of starvation in North Korea.
-North Korean residents are forced to join the military in exchange for necessities.

]]> 2019-05-10 22:35:43 UTC https://padlet.com/joeandkristiefleming/m8arebbkp2ke/wish/359048341 The Reason for the Great Divide and Delayed Unity joeandkristiefleming https://padlet.com/joeandkristiefleming/m8arebbkp2ke/wish/359051637  Post-WWII geopolitics was the reason for the division of Korea.
Basically the Soviet set-up shop in North Korea and introduced them to communism. The United States set-up shop in SOuth Korea and introduced a democratic society.
The reunification of North and South Korea would not work because the two are in fact very different countries. The economy of South Korea would most likely collapse trying to fix the economy of North Korea. South Korean politics would dominate the new government because their politicians are more affluent and numerous. The willingness to inflict suffering on their citizens that North Korea displays would clash with the ideology of South Korean politics.

]]> 2019-05-10 23:19:15 UTC https://padlet.com/joeandkristiefleming/m8arebbkp2ke/wish/359051637 Korean War June 1950 joeandkristiefleming https://padlet.com/joeandkristiefleming/m8arebbkp2ke/wish/359055281 The first major violent confrontation of the Cold War occured when North Korea invaded South Korea. America immediately announced their intentions to defend South Korea and entered Korea via Japan and stopped North Korean forces from advancement. America's intervention was part of a United Nations operation. January of 1951 battle lines stopped at the 38th parallel which is where the division remains today. In 1953 negotiations were made for a cease fire.
As a result of the was the North Korean military was left decimated by America and UN allies. The Chinese were the only one's who stopped America from unifying Korea under anti-communist rule. South Korea was more prosperous and considered an economic miracle of Asia as a result of the war.

]]> 2019-05-11 00:06:33 UTC https://padlet.com/joeandkristiefleming/m8arebbkp2ke/wish/359055281 Factors that Make North Korea a Matter of Foreign Policy joeandkristiefleming https://padlet.com/joeandkristiefleming/m8arebbkp2ke/wish/359058077 -Relations between the United States and North Korea have been negative since the country's division at the end of WWII.
-It's physical location in east Asia makes the nation close to the ear of major superpowers.
-North Korea's unique form of government
-America's difficulty influencing the nation's regime.
-North Korea's possession of nuclear weapons.

]]> 2019-05-11 00:30:56 UTC https://padlet.com/joeandkristiefleming/m8arebbkp2ke/wish/359058077 The 2010 Korean Conflict joeandkristiefleming https://padlet.com/joeandkristiefleming/m8arebbkp2ke/wish/359059373 Immediately after North Korea announced that it acquired the technology necessary to engage in large scale nuclear fuel reprocessing, they invaded South Korea, following a South Korean artillery exercise. North Korea claimed that South Korea's was firing over sea which they claimed as their own. The United States moved the U.S.S. George Washington into position on the Korean Coast to deter any further attacks.

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