The United States and North Korean Relation: Special reference to United States Policies on the North Korean nuclear program

Abstract

The North Korean nuclear issue is the most complicated factor in North East Asia. Furthermore, North Korea has expanded its nuclear and military capacity to threaten regional and global stability and has directly challenged the global non-proliferation regime and US leadership. In this study, it emphasized what are the US administration policies towards North Korea and how it affects the future of both countries. The study is based on secondary data gathered through books, websites, research articles, online magazines and journal articles. Qualitative data analysis has been used for the purpose of data analysis. The US as the superpower has restraining with North Korea from developing nuclear weapons further. In addition, the US putting the strict economic sanctions to isolate North Korea from the global community. North Korea has shown itself willing to undergo tough sanctions to conserve its nuclear and missile assets. Moreover, US policies towards North Korea emphasize how they are going to be a threat to the peace stability in the world.. Although the range of nuclear weapons is not only enough to reach up to the US and they can cause a significant damage and cast a dark shadow over the security of South Korea and Japan. The former president Barak Obama stated that "not fall into the same pattern with North Korea". It can be identified that any country which has been counteracting to the US, it is relatively they had considered their warning and black shadow. The US policy should present North Korea with a stiff choice between nuclear weapons and economic survival. Past three US administrations were not successful in their attempts to maintain peace on the Korean peninsula. After 2017, the President trump needs to entail calibrated negotiations with North Korea. As the result of this objective, US President Donald Trump met with North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un on June 12 2018, in Singapore, in the first summit meeting between the leaders of the US and North Korea. Even if this problem is likely ended, most of the scholars stated that some facts of that joint statement can clashes again in near the future. Nevertheless, both the US and North Korea will accession to end the deterrence nuclear war