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This PPT is focused on the conflict that arose when North Korea had tested Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. You will also get to know some history of North Korea
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- 1. North Korea
- 3. Table of content About Timeline Threats Why these threats? Impact on Asian Region Impact on World peace Dealing with Crisis Conclusion
- 4. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea Capital: Pyongyang Population : 24.5 million (UN, 2012) Major language : Korean Major religions : Mainly atheist or non-religious, Currency : North Korean Won Economy : closed Political Ideology : Juche ideology(Self-reliance) Songun (“military-first” policy)
- 6. 1945 - Japan's colonial rule over Korea ends with its World War II surrender 1948 - Korea is divided between the Soviet-backed North and the US-backed South 1950-1953 - Korean War 1985 - North Korea joins the international Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty 1998 - North Korea fires its first long- range missile 1994 - Pyongyang commits to freezing its nuclear programme in return for heavy fuel oil and nuclear reactors. 2003 - North Korea withdraws from Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Six Party Talks 2006 - North Korea conducts first underground nuclear test 2009 - suspension of six party talks Aftermath 1. In final stage preparation of ICBM 2.Voilation of UN sanctions 3.Repititive testing of no of missiles 4. Conducted 5 nuclear tests
- 8. Threats 30 ballistic missile tests(approx): a sense of mounting danger in the region. Pre-emption policy : which is a very dangerous word in a military context. If Kim Jong-un believes others will strike, he may feel he has nothing to lose and strike first. Heavily armed locations. Testing of Taepodong-2, : (ICBM) with a range of 15,000 km. aggressive rogue state should not be given access to nuclear weapons. lead to nuclear proliferation by other countries Endless war provocations Terrifying technological leap to a hydrogen bomb
- 11. Why These threats Survival Method keeping more powerful enemies at bay. By keeping the peninsula on the edge of conflict, Pyongyang put the onus on South Korea and the United States to pull things back. “Madman theory”
- 14. Impact Economic •Markets •Slow down •Trade Diplomatic •Diplomatic tensions Other •Sponsor terrorism •Flow of refugees •Nuclear war
- 15. • Investors losing confidence in Asian markets • investors pulling out stocks and bondsMarkets • Restricted coal and iron ore exports to china • Trade sanctions to limit tradeTrade Slow down in growth
- 17. • Willingness to sell weapon technology to rogue nations OR terrorist Orgs. • Use of N-K as Proxy state against india Sponsoring terrorism • Increased flow of refugees across chinese border • Increase in defectors Flow of refugees Nuclear war
- 20. Threat of nuclear Attack Potential for increased WMD Export Growing Strains on US nuclear umbrella provided to its allies Increased risk of war by miscalculation Aggravation of Fault lines Breakdown of international Regime Possibility of inclusion of more countries into the conflict Diversion of securtiy resources from Middle East to Korean Peninsula
- 22. Dealing with the Crisis rest blishingof Sunshine Policy Sanctions by UN International Condemnation Negotiations Pressurizing the allies Deployment of advanced technology .
- 24. Conclusion