scholarly journals The officer in the Air Force of North Korea before the Korean War and the political union system

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 52-93
Author(s):  
김선호
Keyword(s):  
Air Force ◽  
North Korea ◽  
Korean War ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Union ◽  
The Korean War

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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