Analyze The Relationship Between The Us And South Korea

Ever since the end of World War II, the United States has played a key role in the management of Korean affairs. With the defeat of Japan in 1945, the United States terminated Japan’s 35 years of colonial rule over Korea and, together with the Soviet Union, divided the Korean Peninsula along the 38th Parallel, occupying South Korea and North Korea, respectively. During the Korea War (1950-53), the United States actively led the United Nations-mandated efforts to rescue South Korea after North Korea launched a civil war. After the armistice agreement in 1953, the United States promptly embraced South Korea as one of its client states in the Asia-Pacific region, concluded a mutual defense treaty and continued to play a vital role in guaranteeing

The United States pursued military containment, diplomatic isolation, and economic sanctions toward North Korea from 1945. Although there were some conflicts between the United States and South Korea, two countries have maintained the alliance relationship to against the Communist countries in Northeast Asia: the Soviet Union, China, and North Korea. Whenever North Korea’s provocation against South Korea happened, the United States warned North Korea. The nuclear umbrella of the United States was a basic deterrent force against North Korea in conjunction with the mutual defense treaty and annual joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises. In addition, both the Unites States and South Korea were the strongest supporters of the seven United Nations (UN) Security Council Resolutions, in response to the North Korea’s nuclear tests and the long-range missile launches from 2006 to

Foreign Policy has affected the security environment of the Korean Peninsula. This is because U.S. Foreign Policy has a considerable impact on the South Korea’s unification and North Korea policy. The change of the relationship between the U.S-South Korea is the basic step to examine the U.S. policy toward South Korea. )

To do this, I will look around some indicators: the mutual agreements, joint military exercises, the number of United States Forces Korea, summits, presidential visits, sanctions on North Korea, and domestic politics of the two countries. If the new Trump government modifies previous foreign policy for any reason, intended or unintended, it will have an effect on South Korea politically as well as economically. Therefore, I will check the possibility of some anticipated U.S. Foreign Policy scenarios.

To find and analyze the indicators, I will utilize the various government documents, academic articles, and the books about the modern history of U.S.-South Korea relations and the role of U.S. Foreign Policy. The Trump’s comments during his 2016 campaign and the background of new high level officers can be the good sources to predict the change of U.S. Foreign Policy. The announcements of the relevant countries and the talks between Trump and leaders of other countries are also a reliable barometer to