United States Involvement in North and South Korea Relationship
Background United States has been engaged in Korean affairs for more than half of the twentieth century . It is shown by The U.S.-ROK Mutual Defense Treaty signed in October 1953, two months after the end of the Korean War. The treaty has guaranteed South Korea’s national security and it counts as one of the most important America’s alliances. For United States, this is not only to deter North Korean attack on South Korea but it also United States’s effort to spread their hegemonic power in Asia by providing a continental base for U.S forces to face China and Russia and also to provide a front-line defense for Japan (Kongdan Oh, 2008). The alliance of United States and ROK was also considered very important because South Korea has strategic value in the eye of United States. South Korea is the only state that gained independence following World War II which successfully achieved both free market and global democracy. There is also geopolitical significance of the Korean Peninsula ...