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South Korea Faces Nuclear Dilemma

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The nuclear stand-off between the South East Asian countries of South Korea and North Korea has reached epic proportions with South Korea now seriously mulling the thought of re-starting its nuclear weapons program. This controversial consideration is due to the fact that North Korea shows no sign of reducing its nuclear weapons program.

South Korea had long go abandoned its nuclear weapons proliferation program and had instead chosen The United States Of America as its ally in case of any future conflicts with the dictatorial regime of North Korea. But, lately South Korea as well as the rest of the world has been witnessing an increase in North Korea’s testing of nuclear weapons like missiles, etc. This is in spite of the many sanctions that the international world organizations, like The United Nations, have imposed on it ever since it stubbornly stuck to its nuclear program

In light of the recent developments that have happened across the border, South Korea is starting to feel pressure mount on it to restart its abandoned nuclear weapons program. It feels this may be the only way to make a strong enough statement to the leaders across the border. Political analysts have been speculating as to how South Korea will manage to procure the enormous funds that will be required to actively pursue a strong nuclear program. Many sources have confirmed that Seoul will not be able to raise this amount domestically and it will not be able to convince the international community about this matter either.

Without the permission of the International community, South Korea cannot hope to go forward with this plan. As, by doing so will land it in the same category as its neighbor at the North. Today North Korea remains as alienated as it was decades ago, with most of the global countries shunning it in favour of its southern neighbor.

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The Untold Miseries Of Iraqis

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It is indeed a testing time for the people in Iraq who run for their lives without food, water and sleep, day in and day out for more than 48 hours. Rubayda, a small town in the Northern Iraq witnessed dozens of women with small children sitting around a police station. They were in a discussion with a group of men as of how to cross the mountain range. Many escaped from their native towns in Iraq and many are still in the process. A group of Iraqis accompanied by women and small children were found crossing the Hamrin mountain range.

Khalaf Hussein Karam, an ex-soldier describes his trembling journey between the front lines of the Iraqi army and ISIS brigades. He was conveyed to many other people in the town. During the last stage, the group missed the company of each other and on their way back home, they were brutally shot by the ISIS troops. The remaining survivors without any choice were led to the government-held area. After five days of an exhausting tiresome journey in the cold, they were taken to the Iraqi security forces. As per official reports, more than 20,000 people crossed the mountain ranges in the earlier months to save their lives.

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Captain Dhiaa Abdullah Mohammad, the chief commander of mountain unit police, describes the terrifying journey of people on a daily basis. The brutal rule of ISIS, hunger and hardships make them flee in large numbers. The shortage of food, water, electricity and fuel were described by Wijdan Taha Hussein, a survivor. She literally proclaimed that people were dying due to chronic scarcity of food and other essential resources. Such situations have made clusters of families to flee in spite of the freezing night journey across the Hamrin mountains. The life of Iraqis is thus filled with enough and more pain under the clutches of ISIS.

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