WAR CLOUDS LOOMING OVER NORTH AND SOUTH KOREAS

North Korea, thru persistant verbal threats of launching nuclear attacks against US and neighbouring country and traditional rival South Korea is indeed inviting its own disaster. On the strength of nuclear capability, North Korea proceeds on the lines of taking on any country, if possible all the countries across the world, by possessing a nuclear deterrent has lost the farsightedness to see for itself that it is living in fool’s paradise.

True, it has been on ‘a proxy-war’ against its neighbour and brother country South Korea since 1953, while King-IL-Sung was in power. That enmity even after almost six decades is still persistent which is comparable to the enemity between Israel and Palestine, both perennial enemies. The reason behind the rivalry between Israel and Palestine has solid reasons where as between South Korea and North Korea there is actually no reason and if at all there exists any reasons it is North Korea’s envy over the fast developing and prospering South Korea while the former is still a poor country where millions are still living under pitiable conditions. Poverty and unemployment are literally stalking that country.

At last after achieving nuclear capability it should have moved along the lines of concentrating more on its development by earmarking a sizeable income on infrastructure development, poverty eradication, massive investments on industry, education, health institutions and creating employment opportunities. On the other hand, the hermit country which even in the first half of 21^st century prefers to be a hermit nation in investing  more and more on its army maintaining a huge nuclear arsenal including nuclear deterrents. Harping on launching attacks against South Korea on flimsy grounds 24X7, has become its pastime, not only occasional skirmishes on the bordering areas by resorting to of provocate the rival country which has devoted more time in its development by establishing friendly relations with various countries most importantly United States with which it continues to maintain deep and warm relationship since decades, invite all nations to massively invest in several areas, like industry, business and other such salient areas. Similarly making massive investments across foreign countries, South Korea has earned the goodwill and friendship with all of them.

While the hermit country still remains the hermit country except its friendship with one or two countries like Pakistan and China, which is otherwise still living in the medieval times. If Pakistan had not provided it with the wherewithal of developing nuclear capacity, thanks to the then Prime Minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto – which is a public secret now – (the details of which is mentioned in Shyam Bhattia’s book on Benazir – ‘Good bye Shehzadi’) N.Korea could not have achieved its aim of developing nuclear capability.

On the strength of possessing such a deadly weapons intimidating other nations with launching a nuclear war frequently would boomerang on North Korea itself in the long run if not in the short run.

Now that angered over the US – South Korea military exercises, North Korea is once again getting ready for launching a war against not only South Korea but also United States and its repeated threats have invited the wrath of US this time and as a response to its warships have moved to the South China sea. In the meantime, South Korea too is gearing up for a reprisal on a war footing. Reading between the lines it is not surprising that if one suspecting that it is North Korea’s existential threat and paranoia which are driving it to launch war-threats against US and South Korea. These repeated threats could land itself in disaster if US is about to launch a pre-emptive strike on North Korea. In such a situation it is none but North Korea itself to blame. A small nation like North Korea is not at all in a position to take on US single-handedly and if it mulls on these lines it is nothing but suicidal.

Of late, it is reported that North Korea has declared its decision to re-open its nuclear-development by plutonium - based nuclear weapon at Yangbion which was closed in 2007.

Anyhow by its own undoing it has invited the anxious attention of the entire world.