Korea - USA
Donald Trump became the first sitting American President to have stepped into North Korea.
Nuclear negotiations had broken down after the Hanoi summit between Mr. Trump and Mr. Kim in February failed to produce any result
North Korea is a nuclear power that boasts long-range ballistic missiles with the U.S. in their range. The North has also stationed thousands of pieces of ready-to-fire artillery along the DMZ that could target Seoul, the South Korean capital with a population of 10 million that lies roughly 50 km from the border. U.S. troops deployed in East Asia could also be targeted.
A deal is possible if the North’s security concerns are addressed and sanctions are removed.
Challenges ahead:
Nuclear negotiations had broken down after the Hanoi summit between Mr. Trump and Mr. Kim in February failed to produce any result
North Korea is a nuclear power that boasts long-range ballistic missiles with the U.S. in their range. The North has also stationed thousands of pieces of ready-to-fire artillery along the DMZ that could target Seoul, the South Korean capital with a population of 10 million that lies roughly 50 km from the border. U.S. troops deployed in East Asia could also be targeted.
A deal is possible if the North’s security concerns are addressed and sanctions are removed.
Challenges ahead:
- One is the historic mistrust between the two nations. North Korea, especially, believes that they were betrayed by the U.S. several times beginning the Korean war.
- In the 1990s, North Korea and the U.S. (Clinton administration) had signed the ‘Agreed Framework’ to freeze the North’s nuclear activities. But Pyongyang pulled out of it when the George W. Bush administration turned hostile towards it.
- US's behaviour with Iran and Libya
