AW+KGL+KWO

3 Documents Notes:

-Another leader, perhaps a coup by another military power for family does not seem capable -North Korea might crumble and be absorbed into South Korea -The nuclear security that North Korea possesses might come to be become a threat to the world post-kim jung il -Future leaders will try to copy what Kim Jung Il is attempting to do now -The absorption of North Korea into one unified Korea is double sided blade, it can hurt the economy or help it

The most likely would have to be nuclear security. Future rulers will try to use their secretive weapons to keep them in power and making the world fear and respect them. This is what they are doing right now. They are alarming the world with their progress in developing nuclear weapons.

UNITED NATIONS


 * 932,964 Total Soldiers
 * Republic of Korea 590,911
 * Columbia 1,068
 * United States 302,483
 * Belgium 900
 * United Kingdom 14,198
 * South Africa 826
 * Canada 6,146
 * The Netherlands 819
 * Turkey 5,453
 * Luxembourg 44
 * Australia 2,282
 * Philippines 1,496
 * New Zealand 1,385
 * Thailand 1,204
 * Ethiopia 1,271
 * Greece 1,263
 * France 1,119

KOREA:

South Korea losses Obviously one of the hardest hitters against Korea had to be the toll of people and the lack of disunity amongst both countries. The fact that other countries had come in to help with the war prolonged the fighting and may have created more deaths. Though amount of North Korean soldier casualties is not shown, it may be equal or more to South Korea's losses giving a rough estimation of a loss of 1.2 million soldiers. And this does not take into consideration that civilian casualties were even higher. So the cost of war for Korea would have to be the loss of people and their trust for the other country as their brother.
 * Killed in Action/Death: || 137,899 ||
 * Wounded in Action: || 450,742 ||
 * Missing in Action: || 24,495 ||
 * Prisoners of War (those returned from North Korea) || 8,343 ||
 * Total: || 621,479 ||

United States War cost of 20 billion dollars (USD)
 * Killed in Action/Death: || 57,356 ||
 * Wounded in Action: || 92,134 ||
 * Missing in Action: || 4,820 ||
 * Prisoners of War (those returned from North Korea) || 7,245 ||
 * Total: || 161,555 ||

The United States, being a country that was determined to stop communist spreading within East Asia, took action in South Korea on June 30, 1950. Because South Korea was battling 2 strong communist forces, America believed it was their duty to help them out. As they entered the war, it turned the tide of battles in both Koreas, which also led to the involvement of the Chinese in the Korean war. As it is shown, the United States did not suffer as many casualties compared to other countries but, they did suffer some high losses. So rather than loss, they happened to gain democratic control in Korea.

RUSSIA:

299 dead Strengthened international communist power more tension with U.S. Arms race led to the decline of economy

CHINA:

War cost of 2.5 billion dollars (USD) Proved to have a very strong military