North Korea and its leadership's enmity for the U.S. dates back decades to decisions made in the aftermath of the world's deadliest conflict and controversial, conflicting narratives over a war fueled by outside forces occupying the Korean Peninsula.
Kim Jong Un, the most recent and youngest member of his family to inherit absolute power in North Korea, has overseen a historic year for his reclusive, communist state. Despite facing increased pressure from President Donald Trump and international sanctions, Kim has significantly enhanced the country's nuclear stockpile and placed the entire U.S. within range of his intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). As Pyongyang's foreign ministry condemned Trump's debut "America First" national security policy on Friday, North Korea's statement singed with hatred for the country it accused of trying "to achieve hegemony over the world" and especially the Korean Peninsula, which the U.S. helped divide along the now-infamous 38th parallel in 1945.
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