This work will serve as a Lockwood Analytical Method for Prediction (LAMP) analysis of the question of nuclear proliferation in the Korean Peninsula. As an emerging nuclear power North Korea may significantly change the manner in which the political world interacts with it, though you would think that it would not be likely to alter the manner in which individual North and South Koreans live their lives. Though this is clearly a simplistic and westernized view, as the understanding of the strength of a nation is intrinsic we, especially as American's live in a state of almost constant denial of the manner in which the nation has developed "security," perceptually or otherwise. This is including a relatively low level of knowledge among common folk about the nature of armament. The context of North Korea especially is significantly different than this, as individuals have such information and in fact a strong sense of nationalism, born out of Confucism and rough political and social periods under colonial rule, by Japan and perceptually by the US and allied forces during the Korean war, the goal of developing armaments and specifically sophisticated nuclear weapons is a persistent aspect of the national culture. (Park, 2002, pp. 12-14)
             The most central historical condition was the colonial experience under Japanese imperial power for thirty-six years (1910-1945). This period was preceded by centuries of Korean dynastic rule, the last of which, the Yi Dynasty, was helpless in defending national sovereignty against a militarily superior Japan. The period of Japanese rule left a profound impact on essentially every sphere of Korean life. The colonial period was one of political oppression, economic exploitation, social dislocation, demographic disintegration, and most of all, national humiliation. ...the emergence of Kim Il Sung's charismatic leadership would not have been possible without the account of his role in the ...