North Korea and their Social Skills

[Rafael Bernardes Garcia]

The country of North Korea has opened up for conversations with the United States. A proposal was made by North Korea to stop nuclear tests if the US would remove their troops from South Korea. The proposal was rejected by the United States, as they remain open for conversations with North Korea. The North Korean Deputy Ambassador informed that NK is ready to explain their intentions behind the proposal to the US, and suggested that many possibilities would emerge upon the practice of it.

The North Korean government has demonstrated over the years to be a very umbrageous government. In 2013, the UN condemned the North Korean human rights record, and they responded by launching another nuclear test, the last one as of today. The way the country has developped relationships with other countries does not give the US the confidence needed to accept the proposal made by NK. Their social skills (government diplomacy) are definitely not their strengths, and threats have been made several times over the years. I don't know how this scenario could change for them, as most of the countries today do not turst the North Korean government and their intentions. It could be that being open to polite conversationa with Big Sam will allow them to come out of hiding and make friends outside their cave. Hopefully we will remain smart and cautious as we proceed with these conversations. The last thing we want is to become allies of the hater of the world and become hated by our fellows. 

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/north-korea-offers-direct-talks...

[Amanda Pelaez]

Rafa this is a rather interesting article that you posted! Attached the article talks about nuclear testing that is being done in North Korea. Here  "Pyongyang made the offer to suspend nuclear tests if the United States temporarily scrapped joint military exercises in South Korea." Unfortunately the U.S is refusing to remove the troops and kinda saw this as a "threat". Im not to sure why there are troops in North Korea, but nuclear testing is something that cannot be played around with. 

This decision and activity that is going on oversees affects my life drastically. It is brings fear to the future about the safety in our country. It is really worth having troops in Korea? Or is it safe for the US to keep troops their. That question Im not to sure about. But my with says that "even though their will be rumors of war, and war we shall not fear." I know that my faith does give me the confidence that I may not know the future but I can trust the one that holds it for me.