An Analysis of USA and North Korea Relations from 1945 till Date
- May 25, 2020
- Posted by: RSIS
- Categories: History, IJRISS, International Relations
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume IV, Issue V, May 2020 | ISSN 2454–6186
An Analysis of USA and North Korea Relations from 1945 till Date
Ediagbonya Michael (PhD)1, Buhari, L.O. (PhD)2, Aluko Yemi Ebenezer3
1,2Lecturer, Ekiti State University, Department of History and International Studies, Faculty of Arts, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
3Postgraduate Student, Ekiti State University, Department of History and International Studies, Faculty of Arts, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria
Abstract: – The paper examines the USA and North Korea Relations from 1945 till date. It discusses the Korean peninsula under the control of Japan and China. It analyzes San Francisco Treaty and USA intervention. The relationship between USA and North Korea in the 20th and 21st Centuries came to focus. The study relied on primary sources like oral interview and secondary sources such as books, newspapers, journal articles, speeches, theses, dissertations. It was found that her geographical position placed her in a precarious situation hence Japan, China and Russia exploited before USA intervention. It was also found that the involvement of USA in Korean civil war against North Korea strained the relationship between the two countries. It was found that over 3 millions North Koreans died in that war because of USA involvement. Again, the dismissal of General Douglas by Harry Truman, who was planning to use nuclear weapons on North Korea came to focus. In conclusion, the constant test of rockets by North Korea in Korean peninsula and USA imposition of sanctions on her, demanding full denuclearization before the lifting of sanctions strained the relationship between the two countries.
Key Words: USA, Korea, Summit, Nuclear Weapons, Denuclearization.
I. INTRODUCTION
No country is an Island unto itself. Nation needs other nations for exchange of ideas, for the promotion of trade and for diplomatic purposes (Ediagbonya, 2015). S.E. Orobator sees international relationship as constituting the sum total of the relationship between two or more sovereign nations at both governmental levels (Orobator, 2002: 109-110).
Again the promotion of national interest is very important in relations between countries of the world. National interest is the compass, the operational guide which state consider in their interaction with one another for much expected gains. This played out very well in the North Korea and US relations during the period under focus.
The North Korea and USA relations started after the Second World War in 1945. By the terms of the San Francisco Treaty, Japan recognized the independence of Korea and renounced all claims to Formosa and the Pescadores to South Sakhalin and the Kuriles and to the former mandated Islands in the pacific. American control for the time being of the Ryukyu and Bonin Islands was accepted.
