To a certain extent, the cold war has not really ended in the Korean Peninsula •Ever since the 1950s after the armistice agreement in 1953 towards the end of the Korean War, the 38 Parallel (or DMZ) has divided the Peninsula into two parts, namely, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Republic of Korea (ROK); the Peninsula is one of the most fortified and militarized areas in the world