U.S., Japan, China, Russia, Koreas play parts in unification
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The United States: A superpower in the world financially and militarily, the United States maintains a force of
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countries back to the TMD U.S. proposition.
Japan:
acknowledged
culture.
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Japanese
North
not
many
refused
Korea rests on clearing up the details about these abducted Japanese and also any discussion about its nuclear
weapons will be linked to the fate of its Japanese citizens living in the North.
China: China is fast becoming the leading economic as well as military power in Northeast Asia. It most likely does
not want to see North Korea collapse. China shares a large border with North Korea. It maintains that it supports a
nuclear-free peninsula, possibly because it does not want to see an arms race in that part of the world that would
require it to spend more money on its military as well. China is the remaining partner to North Korea that supplies
oil
Korean
member,
toward normalization between the United States and North Korea.
Russia: Although its ties with North Korea have lessened after the breakup of the Soviet Union, it still wants to be
involved
Russia
buildup in the region.
South Korea, or the Republic of Korea: a real change in the country's policy toward the North occurred when
former President Kim Dae Jung announced the implementation of the Sunshine Policy that culminated with his visit
to North Korea in 2000. This won him the Nobel Peace Prize. For the first time, North Koreans were allowed to be
seen as people and not "the enemy." South Korea supports a non-nuclear Korean peninsula. It has many years of
experience
United States and the South Korean people. Above all it seems that South Korea wants to become a major
economic force in the area. They have suffered setbacks with the 1996-1997 Asia collapse but are still trying to
move forward with economic and political reforms.
North Korea: The country has been isolated by the international community for some time. It opened up a little in
1996
regime would collapse after the death of Kim Il-sung, but this did not happen, and his son, Kim Jong-Il, has
formalized his power within the regime. North Korea is dedicated to the ideals of the Juche philosophy, its national
sovereignty and the survival of the regime. It has pursued these ideals with dogged determination. It wants
bilateral talks with the United States and a non-aggression pact. It has started to take tentative steps toward
opening up its economy to market reforms. However, nothing moves quickly within the DPRK.
