For more than fifty years the Korean peninsula has been divided by political differences and a double-belt of military defenses situated along the 38th parallel. Though the people of South Korea have continued to benefit from trade and industry the North remains isolationist with poverty being the norm amongst its repressed citizens. Though actual military action has been limited since 1953 the relationship between these two nations, and their respective Cold War era allies, has always remained tense with political flare-ups and saber-rattling occurring from time to time. Now, tensions between...