https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/29/world/asia/north-korea-trump-nuclear.html
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un told South Korean president that he would stop the nuclear testing program if the US signed a treaty and agreed to finally end the Korean war. Many analysts warn that these promises of denuclearization could be unfounded, and that Kim Jong-us has said similar things in the past and not followed through. However, in the wake of mounting tensions in the Korean peninsula, even seeing lip service paid to reconciliation comes as a welcome change.
I am cautiously hopeful about these developments, though, because the south korean president seems to think that this could be the beginning of the end of this more than 60 year conflict.
This situation began in the 1950s with the beginning of the Korean War. As a result of the US's newly minted containment policy, the nation jumped in when the communist forces began to infiltrate the Korean peninsula. The war ended not in a peace treaty, but in a stalemate, and the war is still not technically over; maybe, until now.
It's hard to believe that conflicts like this have been going on since the 1950's. It's also weird that the Korean War hasn't officially ended its just fizzled.
ReplyDeleteSadly, this wouldn't be the first time Kim hasn't stuck to his word if he fails to do as he says; it is shocking, however, how forward Kim has been about meeting other world leaders after decades of North Korean isolationism.
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