War Between North and South Korea

Since the Korean War ended with an armistice in 1953, there have been multiple disputes between North and South Korea. North Korea’s extensive missile and nuclear weapons programs along with their further nuclear ambitions block a peaceful unification of these two countries. North Korea often threatens to attack South Korea at the slightest provocation. The ongoing conflict between these two nations has escalated in recent decades. Even though North Korea has threatened war several times, this self-proclaimed defensive country explains their decision to develop nuclear weapons by claiming they need to defend themselves. North Korea does not only pose problems to their neighbors, they are a world-wide threat. Even though this third-world country contains much poverty, their overly aggressive actions over the past few decades have caused them to appear on the radars of worldwide powers since they are a threat to international peace. North Korea’s aggressively provocative actions are noticeably precipitating a nuclear World War Three.

Japan annexed Korea in 1910 when it enforced a brutal regime over the peninsula. Following World War Two, the Soviet Union and United States agreed to divide Korea along the 38th parallel of latitude. The United States and Soviet takeover of Korea liberated it from thirty-five hard years of Japanese rule. The north was occupied by the Soviets while the United States held the south. In 1948, Kim Il Sung became the leader of North Korea and a communist ally of the Soviet Union. When the Korean War began in 1950, North Korean forces invaded the south in an effort to unify the country. The United States created an international force to help defend South Korea and the fighting continued until...

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...lear weapons on South Korea. (Hosenball, 2010) If this occurred, the United States would have no choice but to attack North Korea by following its policy of deterrence. This would involve China and Russia along with several other allies of North Korea thus causing a nuclear war.

North Korea's development and testing of nuclear weapons along with its threats of war on South Korea is triggering a Third World War. North Korea’s expanding nuclear program is becoming a direct threat to nations around the world. The growing turbulence from the North’s nuclear weapons testing causes unease between many nations. With the smallest provocation, the North would not hesitate to attack and destroy South Korea, prompting a nuclear war. However, there is still time for action to be taken by the United Nations to bring peace to North Korea and relinquish their nuclear programs.