Mehdi Hasan's "Why Do North Korean's Hate Us? One Reason - They Remember the Korean War"

Mehdi Hasan is a British columnist who often writes about East-West political relations. In an article for The Intercept, Hasan posits that North Korea hates the United States for a good reason. At first, he discusses the average American's ignorance of Korean War history compared to more famous conflicts (Vietnam, WWII). He cites the No Gun Ri and Bodo League massacres, in which U.S. military officers and airmen "supervised the butchery" of "tens of thousands of suspected communists" and civilians. Hasan argues that, due to the lack of technology and societal advancement, this is very recent history for North Koreans. Citing Korean War scholar Kathryn Weathersby he says, "it is still the 1950s... and the conflict with South Korea and the United States is still going on. People in North Korea feel back into a corner and threatened.

Hasan's claim, that North Korea's primary conflict with the U.S. is due to our brutality in the war, is supported by historical evidence and commentary on modern life in the DPRK. However, Hasan still contends that North Korean should not be absolved of it's crimes against humanity, nor does he expect "Donald Trump to offer a formal apology to Pyongyang... for the United States' war crimes."
The column is informative, and it is written for an audience that isn't familiar with the history of America's conflict with the DPRK. My only critique of the article is Hasan the term "Korea" to mean both Kim Jong Un and the North Korean government and to refer to the North Korean people. A distinction between the two is important and would make the article easier understand.