DIPLOMACY

Diplomacy

Diplomacy

Introduction

North Korea - United States relations developed mainly during the Korean War, but in recent years have largely defined by the suspicions of the United States on the nuclear programs of North Korea and North Korea's desire to normalize relations with the U.S., said hardened perception of an imminent U.S. attack.

Sweden acts as the protective power of U.S. interests in North Korea for consular affairs, such as North Korea and the United States has no formal diplomatic relations.

Relations during the U.S. occupation South Korea, 1945-1948

The United Nations divided Korea after World War II along the 38th parallel, with the intention as a temporary measure. However, the breakdown in relations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union prevented a reunification. During the U.S. occupationSouth Korea, relations between the U.S. and North Korea were conducted through the Soviet military government in the north. Because the presentation of North Korea to the Soviet pressures, and because of the massive opposition to U.S. occupation indulgent mortal enemy of Japan, North Korea in this period denounced the United States and began to form a negative opinion of U.S. However, several American ministers and missionaries became active in this period, reminding Koreans before they were displaced by the communist regime that the American people would be very helpful to the cause of Korean independence.

Relations between the formation of the DPRK to the Korean War, 1948-1950

On September 9, 1948, Kim Il-sung said the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, which soon received the diplomatic recognition of the Soviet Union, but not the United States. U.S. does not apply, and has never been extended diplomatic recognition of the DPRK. After 1948, the withdrawal of most U.S. troops from the peninsula in fact intensified anti-American rhetoric Kim Il Sung, it is often claimed that the U.S. was a successor imperialist Japan, a view that still holds today. In December 1950, the U.S. initiated economic sanctions against the DPRK under the Trading with the Enemy, which lasted until 2008.

Flashback: U.S. occupation North Korea, October-December 1950

North Korea had its closest encounter with the United States during the U.S. occupation and the UN to North Korea within two months after the Inchon landing. With the help of the Army of the Republic of Korea, the United States Army under the command of General Douglas MacArthur, moved to establish a civil administration for North Korea following the alleged destruction of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. MacArthur planned to find general North Korea, especially Kim Il-Sung, and treated as war criminals.

Six-Party Talks

In early 2003, the multilateral talks have been proposed to be held among the six most relevant parties aimed at reaching a solution through diplomatic means. North Korea initially opposed such a process, arguing that the nuclear dispute is purely a bilateral matter between them and the United States. However, under pressure from its neighbors and with the active participation of China, North Korea agreed to three-way preliminary talks with China and the United States in Beijing in April ...