Is North Korea A Monster Or Monster?

The Korean War erupted in 25th of Jun 1950 by North Korea invade illegally in the early morning, in part, as a result of arbitrary political divisions that were put in place in the aftermath of World War II. The once-united country was split into political entities, entities that then split ideologically largely due to the influence of the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. While the blame that is to be placed for the situation that we have today in Korea rests in part with the outside world, Korean leaders themselves are responsible for most of the continuing problems. Despite where blame is fairly placed, however, the US remains an active player in the Korean situation. The thesis can be presented that, in part, continued US involvement with Korea is because a monster has been created and that monster is well outside the control of other world entities. Mostly, however, our continued involvement is justified because of our involvement in World War II, the negotiations that ultimately split Korea into two entities, and the Korean War itself.

Once economically and socially dependent on one another, the South's agriculture complimenting the North's industrialization, North and South Korea today are more accurately characterized as bitter enemies. Interestingly, South Korea had been in favor of reuniting with North Korea under one government from the time of the original separation. North Korea, on the other hand, had opposed such reunification. Much of this opposition is attributable to the influence of the U.S.S.R. but it is an opposition which infiltrated the governmental structure of North Korea. The result was two diverse countries each eager to achieve control of the