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Kim’s missiles become a threat

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un’s strategic policy has been driven by fear and bargaining.

brahmdeep alune

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un’s strategic policy has been driven by fear and bargaining. North Korea, which had agreed to the Treaty to Stop the Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in the nineties, withdrew from the treaty only a decade and a half later. Kim Jong links weapons manufacturing to national security self-reliance, but his intentions have been apprehensive.

Cruise missiles move towards their targets at low altitude and slow speed. These missiles can make multiple turns while moving towards the target and can attack from anywhere by changing direction. North Korea’s national and foreign policy has been as unpredictable and uncomfortable as these missiles for many decades. That is why the whole world remains apprehensive of this country. These days, North Korea is again expressing its aggressive intentions by conducting missile tests one after the other. One of the main reasons for this is also the devious role of China. It has cleverly used North Korea to threaten its adversaries in the Asia Pacific region.

After years of relentless testing of North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missiles, China has kept it unaffected by UN economic sanctions and shielded from potential US military attacks. There have been many cases of smuggling of destructive weapons on North Korea, and this network extends from Syria to Myanmar. Now organizations like the Taliban are also looking for an opportunity to acquire nuclear weapons and missiles. Therefore, to save the world from terrorism and unrest, controlling North Korea has started to be considered very important.

North Korea’s relentless aggression in the Korean peninsula and a relatively calm South Korea’s test of a submarine-launched ballistic missile in response to it have increased the risk of nuclear war. One of the reasons for this is that global powers are facing each other on the Korean Peninsula, and American capitalism is confronted by the communist aggression of China and Russia. The superpowers have been face to face with Korea since the Second World War. When North Korea’s communist government invaded South Korea in 1950, the United Nations Army was commanded by an American General MacArthur to protect it. But even then a decisive solution to that war could not be achieved because there was a possibility of China coming with North Korea and even today the situation remains the same.

South Korea has had deep economic and strategic ties with the US for nearly seven decades after this incident, and the US is adopting a very aggressive policy towards North Korea. At the same time, Russia and China are promoting their global interests by consolidating communist power in North Korea. Therefore, for a peaceful settlement of the problem of this peninsula, capitalism and communism have to be friendly. But it doesn’t seem likely anywhere.

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un’s strategic policy has been driven by fear and bargaining. North Korea, which had agreed to the Treaty to Stop the Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in the nineties, withdrew from the treaty only a decade and a half later. Kim Jong links weapons manufacturing to national security self-reliance, but his intentions have been apprehensive. The problem is also that despite all the global sanctions, North Korea has not been controlled. In November 2017, Pyongyang tried to defame the world by testing an intercontinental ballistic missile. In response, the United Nations Security Council imposed strict sanctions on North Korea’s supply of petroleum products. These restrictions specifically include petroleum products. North Korea uses most of its petroleum to fuel its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

The geographical possibilities of smuggling in the Korean peninsula by sea are favorable for North Korea. It is bordered by the Yellow Sea to the west, the East China Sea to the south and the Sea of ​​Japan to the east. North Korea is said to be building artificial islands in the Yellow Sea that it will use for military plans. The illegal arms trade by North Korea has become a major challenge for the world. If this is not strictly stopped, then the time is not far when terrorists will also have a stockpile of cruise missiles. At present, its economy is run by sea smuggling with the help of China and Russia. China and Russia maintain trade relations with North Korea despite UN economic sanctions. These communist countries provide North Korea with everyday necessities to challenge the US, as well as provide it with the money, resources and technology to make nuclear fuel and weapons.

South Korea has had a defense treaty with the US since 1953, and thousands of American soldiers and warships are always stationed there. On the other hand, China and North Korea have defense treaties of mutual aid and cooperation since 1961. The US and China are both tough rivals of each other. South Korea is a strategically suitable base for the US to keep an eye on China. At the same time, China also needs North Korea to maintain its dominance in the sea along with threatening America and Japan.

In the year 2018, there were hopes of peace in the region. At that time, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had reached South Korea to meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in. It was the first time since the Korean War in 1953 that a North Korean leader had set foot on South Korean soil. On this occasion, North Korea and South Korea signed a joint declaration and agreed on the common objective of making the entire Korean peninsula free from nuclear weapons. However, it was North Korea’s attempt to improve the country’s economy by easing economic sanctions.

It has been seen that North Korea is an expert player in making and breaking peace agreements as needed. In May this year, US President Joe Biden said he was ready to meet North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un, but the two should discuss North Korea’s nuclear program. However, he also said that convincing North Korea to give up its nuclear program would be a difficult task. Clearly, Biden knows that North Korea is a participant in China’s coercive and aggressive global policies. Before Biden, former US President Donald Trump had met with Kim Jong-un three times, which did not yield any result.

Strategic relations between the US and South Korea are very deep, South Korea is also a major buyer of American weapons. While the economy and strategic potential of North Korea are occupied by China. North Korea uses a quarter of its GDP to increase military power. North Korea is a major arms market for Russia and China. Fears of war have been fueled by an aggressive response from South Korea to North Korea’s destructive weapons test on the Korean peninsula, deepening a new security crisis in the Asia-Pacific region. However, both the countries have now agreed to extend the hot line connectivity. But North Korea’s rapid missile tests are presenting a challenge to world peace.

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