At the end of WWII\, the U.S. found itself responsible for the southern half of the Korean peninsula while Russia wa s responsible for the northern half. There has not been real peace on the peninsula since. Although South Korea flourished under our protection with one of the 14 largest economies in the world and an effective representat ive government\, North Korea became a third-world country ruled by a bruta l family dictatorship dependent on Communist \;support.
\nAs Nor th Korea has worked to develop nuclear weapon capability it has become a f ocal point of U.S. foreign policy for the current President and his three predecessors\, one of whom referred to it as part of "an axis of evil". Wh at is the status of our relations with North Korea today? What is the like ly direction of our future relations with them? \;Gary Midkiff explore s the current state of affairs and our potential paths with both North and South Korea. \;
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