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This R&D provides resources on U.S.-North Korean relations.  The United States has never had warm relations with North Korea, as the two nations waged war between 1950-1953.  Since the 1990s, the United States has worried about the North’s drive for a nuclear weapon.  These fears have grown due to recent rocket launches that indicate the North’s desire to create a ballistic missile that one day may put areas of the U.S. West Coast in danger.  The U.S. still has thousands of troops in South Korea and some policymakers want to increase sanctions in an effort to get North Korea to abandon its nuclear program.  However, others point out that it is China, not the U.S., that holds the trump card regarding the North’s behavior.