North Korea has remained a thorn in the side of the United States ever since its creation in the aftermath of the Korean conflict of 1950-1953.
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Crafting a foreign policy that effectively deals with North Korea, while still ensuring stability and security on the Korean Peninsula--and in Northeast Asia as a whole--has proved very challenging for successive American administrations.
North Korea has remained a thorn in the side of the United States ever since its creation in the aftermath of the Korean conflict of 1950-1953