In 1953 an armistice was signed by the USA and its allies and the communist north along with China and a border was defined at the 38th parallel. This is known as the DMZ or demilitarized zone that is monitored by UN observers. On both sides, troops are amassed with the US having 28000 soldiers on the border. There is a lone bridge that joins the two Koreas and after I visited it, a thought crossed my mind that it is a bridge too far and in reality divides the two nations who have the same religion and are from the same racial stock.
Who is responsible? It's not an easy answer as the lines of division are so deep that the North, if threatened, can resort to a nuclear attack as well.The South leadership is to be faulted for dancing to the American tunes and allowing an escalation of tension by letting the US army install the THAAD missile system.
The USA is selective in choosing enemies and if they are big and strong then compromise and others? just bulldoze. If you don't have the means to defend yourself then you go to to the world of Hades like Saddam and Gaddafi. So there is a legitimate reason for the North led by Kim Jong-Un to have weapons for retaliation. My word ! if he didn't have a deterrent he would be giving company to Saddam and Gaddafi in Hades.
The future? It's a long and tough road and the key is with the US. I wonder they are planning a strike against the North and in the bargain, Korean Peninsula will be wiped out. That doesn't matter for the US president who in a private conversation is reported to have said; if there is a war it's THEY who will die and not the US. Strange logic.
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