North Korean War Research Paper

Korean War is one of the well-known proxy wars in the period of Cold War. After World War II had been ended, Korean Peninsula was divided in half along the thirty-eighth parallel. That is North Korea and South Korea. North Korea, led by Kim Il Sung, was backed by the Soviet Union, the leader-state of the communist world while South Korea, led by Syunman Rhee, was supported by the United States, the leader-state of liberal democracy world. The war began after North Korea invaded South Korea, and had the tendency to seize all of South Korea. Due to the Unite States’ fear of communist, it cannot let North Korea get into South Korea by doing nothing. As a result, the Korean War had begun in 1950, and finally ended by the Korean Armistice Agreement

According to being a close alliance to the Soviet Union, therefore, leaning on the help from the Soviet Union is the best way to guarantee its security. The Soviet Union had transferred nuclear research, knowledge, technology, as well as some hardware to North Korea so that it can develop nuclear energy. Supported by the Soviet Union, North Korea had established The Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center and small light water reactor. North Korea claimed that this is the nuclear energy for peaceful uses, not the military purposes. Around two decades, North Korea had continuously built and developed the nuclear plants and nuclear reactors. The tendency of successful nuclear reactor had been more increasing year by year. Finally, the United States cannot ignore about this nuclear succeed of North Korea. To confirm North Korea’s sincerity, the United States ask North Korea to sign in the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to insist on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. In exchange, the United States, the Soviet Union, and its ally offered supporting financial and energy to help sustain North Korea economy and