2. Sequence Of Presentation:
Aim Of Presentation
Introduction To The Topic
Historical Background
Current Events And Their Analysis
Recommendations
Conclusion
3. Aim Of Presentation
Aim of this Presentation is to study the changing security
dimensions between North Korea and South Korea
towards each and towards the world specially with US.
4. Introduction To The Topic
• In 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea .
• Korean War (1950 to 1953)
• Ongoing conflict based on the division of Korea between
North Korea and South Korea.
5. Historical Background
During the Cold War
North Korea was backed by the Soviet Union, China, and its
communist allies
South Korea was backed by the United States and its Western
allies.
North and South Korea continued a military standoff, with
periodic clashes.
The U.S. maintains a military presence in the South to assist
South Korea.
6. Historical Background
On 1 October 1953, the United States and South Korea signed a
defense treaty.
In 1958, the United States stationed nuclear weapons in South
Korea.
Tensions between North and South escalated in the late 1960s
with a series of low-level armed clashes known as the Korean
DMZ Conflict.
7. Historical Background
In 1968, North Korean commandos launched the Blue House
Raid.
In response to the Blue House Raid, the South Korean
government set up a special unit
In 1969, North Korea shot down a US EC-121 spy plane over the
Sea of Japan.
Doctrine of self-reliance.
8. Historical Background
In 1977, US President Jimmy Carter proposed the withdrawal of
troops from South Korea.
The bombing of South Korean Air Flight 858 in 1987 By North
Korea.
As the Cold War ended, North Korea lost the support of the
Soviet Union.
In response to its increased isolation, North Korea redoubled its
efforts to develop nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic
missiles.
9. Historical Background
In 1998, South Korean President Kim Dae-jung initiated the
Sunshine Policy
In 2006, North Korea announced it had successfully conducted
its first nuclear test.
On 23 November 2010 North Korea fired artillery at South
Korea's.
In 2014 US President Barack Obama ordered the intensification
of cyber and electronic warfare to disrupt North Korea's missile
testing.
10. Historical Background
• In 2016, in the face of protests, South Korea decided to deploy the
US THAAD anti-missile system.
• North Korea successfully conducted its first test of an
intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), named Hwasong-14.
• On 5 August 2017, the UN imposed further sanctions On North
Korea on testing Nuclear Missiles.
• North Korea conducted their sixth nuclear test on 3 September
• On 28 November, North Korea launched another missile, which,
according to analysts, would be capable of reaching anywhere in the
United States
13. Recommendations
1. US should give some relief to North Korea by lifting some
economic sanctions and should try to solve the issue
diplomatically.
2. A US-North Korea confrontation would provoke a crisis in
Washington’s relations with Beijing.
3. The U.S. should get China to step up and pay directly for the
denuclearization of North Korea.
4. North Korea should observe the Human Rights violation in
its state to build positive image in the World.
14. Recommendations
5) Trade should be increased between South Korea and North
Korea to remove tensions.
6) All the three states North Korea, South Korea and US should
participate in Olympic Games to foster good relations.
15. Conclusion
North Korea has made the capability to to strike targets far from
the Korean Peninsula.
America is now not as much strong as it was after the
disintegration of USSR as now there are many major powers to
challenge her. North Korea is one of the challenge for US.
China is the state who can challenge US at global level and
history shows that North Korea has support of china.