{"id":35916,"date":"2018-11-01T12:16:44","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T06:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=35916"},"modified":"2018-11-01T12:16:44","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T06:46:44","slug":"u-s-prods-india-on-pyongyang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/u-s-prods-india-on-pyongyang\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. prods India on Pyongyang:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-national\/us-prods-india-on-pyongyang\/article19393181.ece\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S. prods India on Pyongyang<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Context:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India is facing increased pressure to reduce North Korea\u2019s diplomatic presence in the country as Pyongyang flexes its military muscles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Introduction:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During talks with Indian officials last week, a U.S. State Department delegation took up the presence of a large number of North Korean diplomats in India, and urged New Delhi to \u201cshrink\u201d North Korea\u2019s diplomatic footprint in South Asia<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India has criticized recent North Korean missile launches and nuclear tests. However, bilateral political and diplomatic ties, though minimal, have remained on track<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India\u2019s relationship with North Korea is a remnant of its non-aligned past. But in recent years, India has highlighted the proliferation problem from North Korea<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Modi\u2019s visit:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India and the U.S. have held talks on the North Korean actions most recently during Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s visit to Washington last month when both sides \u201ccondemned\u201d Pyongyang\u2019s actions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both sides also indicated that they would work together to counter the DPRK\u2019s weapons of mass destruction programmes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Background:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India has maintained ties with North Korea since the birth of the nation following the Korean War in the 1950s, and North Korea had been an active member of the Non-Alignment movement during the Cold War.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, bilateral ties cooled in the 1990s when Pakistan extended support to the country\u2019s nuclear programme.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ties between Pakistan and North Korea were significant in the past, but it was no longer on the same platform.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Key points:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The recent reports from Sri Lanka and Pakistan have indicated that North Korea has exploited export rules to earn much-needed foreign remittances.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another issue is the North Korean ability to attack political or diplomatic opponents across the world<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The US wanted India to help to look for North Korean activity in the Indian subcontinent.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Responding to UN resolutions, the Indian government banned all trade (except food and medicines) with North Korea.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India is the third largest trading partner for North Korea.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the G20 Summit in Hamburg which took under the shadow of Pyongyang\u2019s ICBM test of July 4, 18 out of 20 countries issued strong statements condemning the test.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. prods India on Pyongyang: Context: India is facing increased pressure to reduce North Korea\u2019s diplomatic presence in the country as Pyongyang flexes its military muscles. 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