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My topic is North Korea and South Korea's relationship. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14679315

FIVE SOUTH KOREANS CHARGED WITH SPYING FOR NORTH KOREA

Five South Korean men have been charged with spying for North Korea. They have supposedly been passing military and political information to North Korea over the past 20 years. The five men passed on satellite images of major military installations, field manuals of US forces in South Korea, and information on politicians from the ruling party and the opposition. Mr. Kim, one of the traitors, had set up an anti-national organization. Another of the men had met Kim Il Sung in 1993. Two other men supposedly reported from Seoul and Incheon. Another one of the men was a former parliamentary aide. All five of them broke South Korea’s national security law by engaging in espionage and communicating with North Korea, the enemy. The two countries were involved in several skirmishes since the end of the Korean War. The most recent ones were on March 26, 2010 when North Korea sunk a South Korean naval vessel and on November 23, 2010 when North Korea fired artillery at South Korea’s Yeonpyeong island and South Korea returned fire.

What I would do to prevent any more fights in the future and especially another war is have the government officials from both countries meet together and discuss what to do. I would have them sign a treaty that makes them not allowed to let their army or anyone from their country do violent acts to their enemy country or any citizen of their enemy country. That includes spying. If one of the countries does do something, the other country will fire back. The skirmish could last for a long time and grow more serious until it turns into a war. As long as one country doesn’t do anything to the other, the other country won’t have to fire back. North Korea and South Korea will still hate each other, but they won’t be fighting.