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Current Issues In North Korea

North Korea and the United States: North Korea and the United State's first had tense relations during the Korean War. The United States sided with South Korea during the Korean War causing North Korea to naturally be against the United States. Although, today the United State's has put more focus on North Korea because of the ongoing nuclear programs in North Korea and North Korea's idea to normalize relations with the United States due to a threat of the United States planning an attack on North Korea. In 2009, North Korea actually threat the United States to war. Even in 1968, North Korea continued to gain the United State's mistrust when capturing a U.S. naval ship entitled Pueblo. And also in 2009, former president Bill Clinton traveled to North Korea on a mission to receive two American hostages from North Korea they also send fart in bottles to them .

Clinton Arriving in North Korea.

North Korea and China: North Korea and China have been known to have a great relationship with one another, until a few days ago. On May 28th, 2010, 3 Chinese smugglering suspects were killed by border guards in North Korea and the fourth was wounded. The smugglers were apparently smuggling copper wire out of a North Korean city called Sinuiju. They were on a boat when the guards shot the Chinese men. China made a public protest against North Korea more than likely because China refused to take North Korea's side when they were alledgedly accused of sinking a South Korean naval ship. China/North Korea Border

Current Issues in South Korea: South Korea had a major economic boom with a rapid industrilization brought into the country. With factories producing many chemicals, it caused lots of pollution. South Korea did not take any interest in the enviornment until around the 1980's, but it was already too late to fix all of the damage the enviornment had already faced. The industrialization brought acid rain to South Korea and factory smoke as well as automobile exhaust contributed to this acid rain. South Korea is one of the biggest producers of SO2. To this day, South Korea still has enviornmental problems due to the rapid growth of industrialization and lack the expertise in order to make desulferizers at their plants.

South Korea and North Korea: South Korea and North Korea will always be two countries that will never get along, and the main reason is the division of the entire country of Korea during the Korean War in 1950. The war actually began on June 25th, 1950. This war was caused by the victorious allies from the Pacific War agreeing on dividing up the country. The country was ruled by Japan until the end of the war in 1945. American administrators divided the country up after the surrender of the Japanese, calling the border line the 38th parallel, and the U.S. controlled the Southern part and the Soviet Unions the North. Now, North and South Korea hate each other due to the differences among people as North Korea is a huge communist, independent country and South Korea is a republic.

What causes conflict? Conflict is in the most simple form, caused by disputes/disagreements amongst people. Every person wants to believe he/she is the right one in a conversation, but if one person does not agree with another, this can stir anger and defensive emotions that are natural.

Are independence and dependence inseperable? Independence and dependence can come together in one way or another. Just because someone/something is independent does not mean that person or country, etc never depends on anyone else. For example, North Korea is a very independent country who closes off the country from the rest of the world. But, North Korea must make some exceptions and allow some foreign trade with countries they trust in order to stay intact. So, North Korea is still depending every now and then.