Korean Reunification

Paper Summary:

The paper relates that the Korean War or Conflict is considered nowadays as the longest war fought in modern history. The paper explains that this event in history got its "title" because, from the 1950s up to the present times, Korea has been divided into North and South Korea and the war never officially ended because no truce was ever signed. In considering the possible or probable reunification of Korea, the paper looks at what occurred during the German reunification. The paper predicts that the burden on the economy would be massive and several social conflicts would arise as a result.

From the Paper:

"Eventually there was still no firm reunification agreement considering there were still several issues that hamper the peace and reunification process. "The two leaders did not come to any agreement on two other major issues: the presence of nearly 40,000 U.S. troops in South Korea and North Korea's long-range and nuclear missile programs. (CNN News, 2000)" Despite all the hypes and contacts between the two Koreas and its leaders, the issues remained unresolved and the plan is still a long way off."

Sample of Sources Used:

• CNN News. Korean Leaders Conclude Summit after Signing Historic Agreement.15 June 2000. 06 August 2006. <http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ASIANOW/east/06/14/korea.summit.04/index.html
• CNN News. Praise and Guarded Hope for Koreas from Around the World. 16 June 2000. 06 August 2006. <http://archives.cnn.com/2000/ASIANOW/east/06/15/korea.summit.reax/index.html>.
• Cumings, Bruce. "Korean War." Microsoft Encarta Reference Library. Microsoft Corporation, 2006.
• Ohmy News International (ONI). "From Reagan to Clinton: U.S. Policy on NK." Dateline North Korea. 23 August 2005. 06 August 2006. <http://english.ohmynews.com/ArticleView/article_view.asp?menu=A11100&no=244482&rel_no=1&back_url>.
• Vaknin, Sam. The Cost of Unification - German Lessons for Korea. March 2005. 06 August 2006. <http://samvak.tripod.com/pp167.html>.

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