The Politics of Bones: The Political Motives behind the Repatriation of Remains of Chinese Soldiers Killed in the Korean War

2021 ◽  
pp. 000-000
Author(s):  
Sungmin Cho ◽  
Jennie Jin
Keyword(s):  
Korean War ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Korean War

Epilogue

2020 ◽  
pp. 279-294
Author(s):  
Francine R. Frankel
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Korean War ◽  
Strategic Partnership ◽  
The Political ◽  
Nuclear Bomb ◽  
Rapid Economic Growth ◽  
Military Modernization ◽  
The Korean War ◽  
The Creation

Strategic realignments in Asia after the 1962 India-China war are still playing out. China’s attempt to bottle up India in the subcontinent resulted in an “all-weather” China-Pakistan friendship, including transfer of blueprints for a nuclear bomb. The 1973 India-Pakistan war and the creation of Bangladesh changed the political map of the subcontinent. China’s rapid economic growth and military modernization now challenges US primacy in Asia, its long-sought goal since the Korean War. An Indian-US strategic partnership remains under discussion.

National Security and the Choice of International Humanitarian Aid: Denmark and the Korean War, 1950–1953

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristine Midtgaard
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
National Security ◽  
Korean War ◽  
Humanitarian Aid ◽  
Hospital Staff ◽  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Korean War ◽  
Danish Hospital

Denmark was among five countries contributing humanitarian assistance to United Nations (UN) forces during the Korean War. In August 1950, Denmark offered to place at the disposal of the UN a fully equipped hospital ship. The decision reflected the Danish government's reluctance to send combat troops to Korea but its desire to take part in other ways. This article analyzes the political, organizational, and practical aspects of Danish policy, showing how Denmark's engagement in Korea was civilian rather than military in its orientation. The assistance was organized by the Danish Red Cross, and the staff was mainly civilian. In addition to treating wounded UN soldiers, the civilian Danish hospital staff treated civilian Korean patients. Denmark balanced its aversion to sending military forces with its desire to ensure goodwill in Washington.

Icebreaking Cooperation: Resuming the Repatriation of U.S. Servicemen’s Remains from North Korea, 1985–1990

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-274
Author(s):  
Liu Zhaokun
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
North Korea ◽  
Korean War ◽  
The United States ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
The Political ◽  
The North ◽  
The Korean War ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Unrelenting animosity continues to define the relationship between the United States and North Korea, but in the mid-1980s, P’yŏngyang began to seek non-confrontational measures to fulfill one of its major diplomatic objectives—opening a channel of direct negotiation with Washington. The bodies of U.S. soldiers who had perished or gone missing in North Korea in 1950 during the Korean War became bargaining chips for the North Koreans. This article analyzes the political stakes of these remains for the two countries. It traces the meetings between Congressman Gillespie V. Montgomery and North Korean officials in 1989 and 1990, which led to the first return of U.S. soldiers’ remains since October 1954. North Korea’s insistence on delivering the remains to Montgomery, rather than the Korean War Military Armistice Commission, was an attempt to force the United States to acknowledge its legitimacy. Unable to abandon the bodies, U.S. officials offered limited concessions, while endeavoring to maintain the status quo in Korea. The 1990 remains repatriation revealed the possibility of cooperation between the two countries.

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