During the tenure of former US President Donald Trump, the US had started talks with North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un, but it was inconclusive. Even today, there is no chance that the US will be able to stop Kim from carrying out more missile tests. North Korea has again sent a message to the world in January this year by conducting one missile test after another that it will continue its campaign to increase its military strength.
This move of North Korea has especially stunned America and the United Nations is also worried. Surprisingly, North Korea has done these tests at a time when there are reports of its economy collapsing and starvation conditions due to the Corona epidemic. However, it is being claimed that North Korea’s dictatorial ruler Kim Jong Un has conducted these missile tests only to control public discontent within the country, so that the public’s attention can be diverted from the main economic issues.
North Korea’s nuclear and missile program poses a serious threat to regional peace. This has led to an arms race in the Asian region. This threat is also serious because the large population of most Asian countries is already facing a crisis like poverty. But it is seen that instead of reducing the arms race, Asian countries are considering their security in increasing it.
By the way, a big reason behind this is that it also gives strength to the global arms business. North Korea has intensified its missile and nuclear program in the last few years. This is directly affecting countries like South Korea and Japan, which have an old dispute with North Korea. Japan and South Korea have also been involved in an arms race due to the North Korean weapons program, which naturally benefits the US arms industry.
North Korea has made great strides in its missile program. It has developed advanced Hwasong class missiles. The range of Hwasong-12 is forty five hundred kilometers, while the range of Hwasong-14 is ten thousand and four hundred kilometers. The firepower of Hwasong-15 is thirteen thousand kilometers. Today American cities are the target of North Korean missiles. That is why the US administration has been trying to put pressure on North Korea in every way to stop the nuclear and missile program, it is not yielding anything. On the other hand, China is completely with North Korea and is helping in every way in its missile development program.
During the tenure of former US President Donald Trump, America started talks with North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un. But it remained fruitless. Even today, there is no chance that the US will be able to stop Kim from carrying out more missile tests. However, at that time, Kim Jong had indicated to reduce the arms race during the talks. But in reality, so far nothing has been seen that seems that North Korea will stop the development of nuclear weapons and missiles, rather it is increasing this work more rapidly. Kim Jong Un displayed submarine ballistic missiles at a military parade last year.
The situation in North Korea is very bad right now. Due to Corona, North Korea took steps like strict restrictions and captives in the country. Due to this the food crisis deepened there. Today millions of people have become victims of starvation. Kim Jong Un himself has also acknowledged this. Despite this, North Korea is conducting missile tests, accelerating its nuclear program, so its direct aim is to make the country such a big military power that can meet American challenges. That is why despite being a poor country, Kim Jong Un is spending huge money on modernization and weapons of the army. There are eleven lakh soldiers in North Korea’s army and one lakh ten thousand in the air force. While its economically developed neighbor South Korea has four and a half lakh soldiers in the army and sixty five thousand in the air force.
However, one of the main reasons for the tension in the Korean Peninsula for decades is the natural resources of the region. Global powers have been fighting over these resources. In the twentieth century, Korea was also divided on the lines of India and Pakistan by Western powers to run Asian geopolitics on their own. Because of this diplomacy of division of global powers, the Korean countries are against each other.
Soviet Russia and the United States divided Korea into North and South Korea after Japan’s defeat in World War II. Since then, these countries have engaged in an arms race. While North Korea intensified its nuclear program and missile program, South Korea became dependent on the US for weapons and missile defense systems.
In fact, since the nineteenth century, Korea had become a victim of war over resources between global powers. Korea has plenty of iron and coal. That’s why both Japan and China have their eyes on the resources here. Japan tried to remove Korea from the influence of China. Japan tried to remove Korea from the influence of China by giving it modern technology in the mining sector. But the result was that China and Japan came face to face with each other over the possession of Korean resources. Even in the twentieth century, Japan has been showing its power to capture the resources of the region. But he was defeated in the Second World War.
Until now, it was believed that after Joe Biden became president, there would be possibilities of talks with North Korea. Some efforts have started in this direction, but so far America has not been able to coordinate with Kim Jong Un. It has also been said that North Korea’s tests are more to put pressure on America. But no one will deny the fact that China also has its own interests behind endowing North Korea with missile power. Along with China, North Korea has also become a big headache for America in the Asia-Pacific region.
The big challenge before North Korea is to get the country out of the current crisis. South Korea’s economy is worth 1.64 trillion dollars, while North Korea’s economy is 40 billion dollars. Even in the pandemic, South Korea kept its economy afloat and increased exports. South Korea also overtook the economies of Russia and Brazil during the pandemic. On the other hand, due to the complete ban, starvation spread in North Korea. It is clear from this that North Korea is getting caught in a new crisis. But weapons manufacturing and testing are his priority. In such a situation, the big crisis is that if this country continues on this path, then one day the entire region may have to bear the brunt of its policies.
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