Topic > Reflection on diplomacy - 1191

Let's take the case of South Korea (ROK) and North Korea (DPRK) as an example. These two countries can be a good example to demonstrate why the absence of interaction leads to incomplete diplomacy, although both countries hold the official speech. Two nations located on the same peninsula use almost the same language. The differences of two languages ​​considered as differences between the standard language and the dialect. Everyone in every nation, even the smallest children, can recognize what the opposite country has told them. If the DPRK talked about aggressive content in its broadcasts, the ROK people might interpret it as a threat to them. On the other hand, the people of the DPRK consider this very declaration to be a means of strengthening their country's position in international society. In this case there was an official comment, and the citizens of the two countries understand the meaning of the speech, even if they accept the same comment differently. Therefore they have already satisfied some factors of diplomacy; However, we cannot define this situation as diplomacy because the DPRK made a unilateral statement, ignoring the position of