The Relationship with the USA (North Korea)

The relationship between the U.S and North Korea started within the Korean War which was fought in the 1950s. However the relationship between the two countries was not positive; considering the U.S supported the United Nations forces in the south of Korea. The war stopped on the 27th July 1953 with a ceasefire agreement; the peninsula is divided by a demilitarised zone dividing the north and south of Korea ( the Republic of Korea). Although an agreement has been made between the two sides, a formal peace agreement ending the war has not yet been signed. Throughout the late 20th century friction between the U.S and North Korea was potently clear. In 1968 the DPRK( Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) capture an American intelligence ship gathering information, although, the crew was released, North Korea still hold captive the ship (USS Pueblo). A year later an American reconnaissance plane was shot down by North Korea, resulting in thirty-one Americans being killed. In 2002 president of the United States, George Bush labelled North Korea as an 'Axis of Evil'. Within the same year the United States also stopped oil shipments to North Korea because of a dispute over North Korea’s secret nuclear weapons program. After the U.S stopped oil shipments to North Korea they removed international nuclear inspectors. The next year North Korea then went on to withdrawing the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. In 2005 Condoleezza Rice labeled North Korea as an " Outposts of Tyranny" North korea is one of the few countries listed under this title. In 2006 North Korea tested missiles and then later moved on to testing an explosive nuclear device. Furthermore in 2007 North Korea shut down their nuclear weapons program. Moreover, within the same year speculations had been made that the U.S had removed North Korea from their list of state sponsors of terrorism and, discussions occurred to also end the Korean War. President Bush also tried a personal attempted towards North Korea by writing a letter to them. In 2008 president Bush formally removes North Korea from their terror watch list.