Two Germanys united - Why not Two Koreas?
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KOREA KIM JUNG NO JUNG MEANS WAR IN HINDI
Korea Kim War No!
A Tale of Two Koreas
o On the divided Korean Peninsula since 1948
there have existed two Koreas, North and South
Korea. [NOKO and SOUKO or DP-RoK & RoK.]
o Both were recognized as sovereign states by
the UN in 1991, and ‘most’ countries of the
world have normal relations with both Korean
states.
o US and NOKO have verbal boxing matches.
NOKO spends greatly on modernizing arms and
‘w m d’ while keeping its people under strict
control. U S sanctions and pressure have sought a negotiating response from NOKO. But in vain.
Abnormal relations for more than six decades
After the Second World War, on August 15, 1945, Korea was liberated after 35 years of Japanese occupation.
But it was soon occupied by U S and Soviet forces, who took control of the southern and northern parts of the peninsula, respectively.
The Republic of Korea (ROK)—or South Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) were established in 1948.
Abnormal relations for more than six decades
The occupation forces left the Peninsula in 1949, making Koreans independent but divided into two ideologically contrasting systems.
As the China, became communist in 1946, the event gave a great boost to North Korea.
North Korean leader Kim Il-sung started a Korean War to solve the problem of division by military means. The U.S. intervened in the civil war between the two Koreas. Eventually, two nations got recognition as belonging to two systems_ DP-RoK & RoK or NOKO & SOUKO.
NOKO: “I ain’t done that!!”
On March 26, 2010, the South Korean warship Cheonan, carrying 104 officers and crew onboard, sank in the waters between Baengnyeong Island and Daecheong Island in the Yellow Sea, when an unidentified explosion hit the rear of the ship, causing 46 deaths. The U.S. and South Korea immediately accused North Korea of attacking the warship with a submarine torpedo. This undoubtedly increased tension.
Happenings-2014-16
In 2014, after the U.S. and South Korea started the “Key
Resolve” joint military exercises on February 24, North
Korea repeatedly launched various types of missiles.
On May 20, 2015, North Korea issued a statement,
claiming that it has achieved a miniaturized and
diversified “nuclear strike capability.”
The situation further escalated in 2016. North Korea
conducted its fourth nuclear test on January 6.
NOKO is now NU-NOKO-2017
To understand the Korean nuclear issue, one needs to trace back to the settlement of the Korean War—a war which in a legal sense has not yet ended.
In his State of the Union address in January 2002, the U.S. president Bush listed North Korea, along with Iran and Iraq, as one of the three states forming the “axis of evil.” On January 10, 2003, North Korea announced its formal withdrawal from the NPT.
Nuke Korea, R U Secure?
As of March 2017, North Korea had conducted five nuclear tests. The first occurred following the suspension of Six-Party Talks in 2006 due to the BDA issue and U.S. sanctions.
The other four tests all occurred after 2009.
The South Korean government would consider the introduction of the missile defense system known as Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD).
o U.S. and South Korean troops are expected to
kick off the annual Ulchi -Freedom Guardian
military exercises on Aug. 21.
o North Korea sees these exercises and larger ones
held every spring as a rehearsal for invasion.
o Getting Washington to halt them has long been
one of Pyongyang's demands.
o Tensions have risen since North Korea tested two
intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) in July 2017.
o North Korea has yet to back away from its biggest threat:
o A plan to lob missiles toward U.S. military bases on the
island of Guam that Pyongyang says should be ready for
leader Kim Jong Un to review anytime now.
o Will the tough-talking Trump feel compelled to take matters
into his own hands?
o Aug. 15 is the anniversary of the end of World War II in 1945 and
the Korean Peninsula's liberation from Japanese colonial rule.
o North Korea launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile,
for example, on July 4 — Independence Day in the United
States.
SOUKO warns US: Strike not NOKO now
SEOUL, 14, Aug. South Korea — Alarmed by President Trump’s recent threats to NOKO, President Moon Jae-in of SOUKO issued a rebuke to the U S on Tuesday, warning that any unilateral military action against the North over its nuclear weapons program would be intolerable.
“No one should be allowed to decide on a military action on the Korean Peninsula without SOUKOan agreement,” Mr. Moon said in a nationally televised speech.
Bring NOKO to negotiation
In his speech on Tuesday [14 Aug], President Moon repeated his argument that sanctions and pressure alone would not deter North Korea from its nuclear pursuits, but he said war should not be an option. “The purpose of strong sanctions and pressure against North Korea is to bring it to the negotiating table, not to raise military tensions,” he said.
NORTH KOREAN MISSLE OVER JAPAN
AUG-30- 2017 North Korea fired a missile that flew
over Japan and landed in waters off the northern
region of Hokkaido early on Tuesday, South Korean
and Japanese officials said, marking a sharp
escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula.
The test, which experts said appeared to have been
an intermediate-range Hwasong 12 missile, came as
U.S. and South Korean forces conduct annual military
drills on the peninsula, against which North Korea
strenuously objects.
Would they face "fire and fury" ? Is there a role for China? Or will Kim Jong-Un face assassination?
North Korea fired what it said was a rocket carrying a
communications satellite into orbit over Japan in 2009.
The United States, Japan and South Korea considered that
launch to have been a ballistic missile test. Japan's Chief
Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the latest North
Korean missile fell into the sea 1,180 km (735 miles) east of
the Cape of Erimo on Hokkaido The Japanese military did not
attempt to shoot down the missile, which passed over Japanese
territory around 6:07 a.m. local time (2107 GMT).
North Korea again asked the U.N. Security
Council to meet to discuss the ongoing joint
U.S.-South Korean military drills, according to a
letter released on Monday by the North Korean
mission to the United Nations.
The Aug. 25 letter to the Security Council and
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres from North
Korean U.N. Ambassador Ja Song Nam
described
the military exercises as a "grave threat" to the
Korean peninsula and international peace and
security.
"It is the fair and square self-defensive right of the DPRK
to cope with reckless, aggressive war manoeuvres and
the U.S. would be wholly responsible for any catastrophic
consequences to be entailed from the result," Ja wrote,
using the initials of North Korea's official name, the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Similar previous requests have gone unanswered by the
15-member Security Council.
The 15-member U.N. Security Council unanimously
imposed new sanctions on North Korea in response to
the two July long-range missile launches.
"It is the fair and square self-defensive right of
the DPRK to cope with reckless, aggressive war
manoeuvres and the U.S. would be wholly
responsible for any catastrophic consequences
to be entailed from the result,"
Ja wrote, using the initials of North Korea's
official name, the Democratic People's Republic
of Korea.
Unpredictable as the situation is, some
potential flashpoints to watch for:
U.S. and SOUKO troops are expected to kick
off the annual Ulchi- Freedom Guardian military exercises on Aug. 21.
NOKO sees these exercises and larger ones held every spring as a rehearsal for invasion.
Getting U S to halt them is a Pyongyang's key demand, and it regularly stirs the pot around the time they're held.
A bullish NOKO has warned the US it will be unable to avoid its "greatest disaster" if the secretive country is provoked.
North Korea announced the "perfect success" of a hydrogen bomb test. Earlier on Sunday, top diplomats from the US and South Korea discussed their joint response to the hydrogen bomb threat.
It comes as Theresa May urged world leaders to condemn Pyongyang as she hit out at the latest nuclear development.
"North Korea is a rogue nation which has
become a great threat and embarrassment
to China, which is trying to help but with
little success.
"South Korea is finding, as I have told them,
that their talk of appeasement with North
Korea will not work, they only understand
one thing!“ _ Donald Trump
Meanwhile, Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said:
"There’s no question that this is another provocation. It’s
reckless, what they’re doing.
"They seem to be moving closer to a hydrogen bomb
which, if fitted to a successful missile, would
unquestionably present a new order of threat."
The Foreign Secretary insisted “peaceful, diplomatic
means” are the best and “we think the sanctions route
still holds potential”.[What was done to Libya, Iran
& Iraq??]
Bharath reacts to NOKO –DHUM!
New Delhi: India today said it "deplored" the latest nuclear test conducted by North Korea that has rung alarm bells across the world.
A statement from the foreign ministry said India remains concerned about the proliferation of nuclear and missile technologies which has "adversely impacted" her national security.
Bharath reacts to NOKO –DHUM!
"It is a matter of deep concern that DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) has once again acted in violation of its international commitments which goes against the objective of the de- nuclearization of the Korean peninsula, which has been endorsed by DPRK itself,"
the External Affairs Ministry said in a statement.
North Korea announced this morning that it has tested
a hydrogen bomb with "unprecedentedly big power"
that can be loaded onto an intercontinental ballistic
missile.
The test, conducted today, came as Prime Minister
Narendra Modi departed for China to attend a summit
of BRICS -a grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, China,
South Africa. China, seen as a key ally of North Korea,
has condemned the test, saying the nation has "ignored
the international community's widespread opposition".
President Trump has repeatedly spoken of adopting military measures to shut down North Korea's nuclear and missile programs. North Korea justifies its weapons program citing a threat of US invasion.
Within hours of the test today, President Trump said "appeasement with North Korea" will not work. "North Korea has conducted a major Nuclear Test,"
President Trump said, "Their words and actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous to the United States."
It is the Korean people that have the most to lose by the
continued division of Korea, while the neighboring
countries and the U.S. are benefiting from a divided
Korea and are not unhappy with the situation. Tension
on the Korean Peninsula is even beneficial to some
neighbors. The US military presence in South Korea and
massive import of modern weapons are viewed by North
Korea as a threat its regime and South Korea also
regards very existence of North Korea as a threat to its
security and pay high price for the alliance with the US.
The division not only risks the stability and peace on the
Korean Peninsula but also the future of its people. The
unification strategies of both Koreas are contradictory and
serve to cement the status quo. North Korea still hopes to
unify the country by a socialist revolution in the South and
South Korea hopes that collapse of the North Korean
regime is coming and unification by absorption can be
achieved, if China strictly apply the UN sanctions against
North Korea. Without changing their thinking and strategy,
it is impossible to find a lasting peace mechanism to
replace the truce agreement. A new standpoint is needed.