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Economy

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Human Rights

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• "Life Inside North Korea" Hearing before the Committee On Foreign Relations United States Senate One Hundred Eighth Congress First Session, Thursday, June 5, 2003Mr. Andrew S. Natsios, Administrator, US Agency for International Development; Ms. Hae Nam Ji, North Korean Escapee; Kongdan Oh Hassig, Institute for Defense Analyses; Ms. Debra Liang-Fenton, U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea; Dr. Steve Linton, Eugene Bell Foundation; Dr. Marcus Nolan, Institute for International Economics. http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/hrg030605p.html

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Illegal Activities

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• "End North Korea's Drug Trade," by Ah-Young Kim (Pacific Forum), CSIS Pacific Forum, PacNet Newsletter, #26 June 16, 2003. "A strong statement from all the assembled ministers (North Korea's foreign minister has chosen not to attend) condemning North Korea's drug trafficking and calling for concerted action to halt the flow of illegal drugs will send an clear signal to North Korea that the international community will not tolerate bad behavior. The world has too long turned a blind eye to North Korea's illegal activities. It is time North Korea ended its addiction to the illegal drug trade." http://www.csis.org/pacfor/pac0326.htm



• "North Korea faces 11-nation campaign to stop arms smuggling," speech given by Amb. Maurice F. Strong, Special Advisor to the AFP, 6/17/03. "A group of 11 nations has endorsed a US-Australian plan to crack down on North Korea's illicit trade in nuclear material and narcotics, Australian officials said. Diplomats meeting in Madrid last week endorsed the initiative under which ships suspected of being involved in the illegal trade will be stopped and aircraft forced down. "North Korea must understand that it does have to cease these activities and abandon altogether its nuclear programs," Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer warned. The so-called "Madrid initiative", endorsed by Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and Spain as well as Australia and the United States, will be discussed further when their representatives meet again next month at a location yet to be decided. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20030617/wl_asia_afp/australia_nkorea_030617051856,



• "Preempting North Korean Threat in the Sea," by Michael A. Levi, Brookings and Michael E. O'Hanlon, Brookings, Yale Global Online, June 20, 2003. "Still, since technological limitations imply that the proliferation security initiative will not substitute for a solution to either crisis, we need not be in a rush to implement these understandings. Instead, we should also focus on the utility of the dialogue involved in crafting any new Security Council initiative, even if it ultimately does not pass. The Proliferation Security Initiative's greatest value may be in forcing the world to carefully confront what dangerous weapons it is willing to live with - and what it is not." http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=1899,

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Korean War

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• BBC News: The Korean War (1950-53)



• Text Of The Korean War Armistice Agreement, July 27, 1953, Text

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Politics

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Security

• DPRK Briefing Book
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  The completed DPRK Briefing Book will cover approximately two-dozen "Policy Areas," each containing issue briefs, critical analyses from diverse perspectives, and key reference materials. Today [6/27/03], we launch the first four: Nuclear Weapons, Monitoring and Verification, US Policy, and Negotiating Style. We will post additional Policy Areas over the coming months on a regular basis and notify you as they are completed.

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• "North Korea Raises Stakes On Nuclear Arms," "We are not trying to possess a nuclear deterrent in order to blackmail others but we are trying to reduce conventional weapons and divert our human and monetary resources to economic development and improve the living standards of the people." http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2003/200306/news06/10.htm#7



• "North Korea: Washington Seeks Interdiction of North Korean Weapons," Global Newswire, 6/10/03. Will not make any formal announcement of the new interdiction policy. http://www.nti.org/d_newswire/issues/newswires/2003_6_10.html#3



• " North Korea: Thinking the Unthinkable," AEI Conference, 6/5/03. Speakers included Nicholas Eberstadt, Selig Harrison, David Kay, and Paul Leventhal Summary, Speaker biographies, Information and presentations



• "N. Korea's Nuclear Ambitions Are Urgent Issue, Powell Says," WP6/19/03, A23. Powell says at ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) meeting in Cambodia that "no issue is of greater urgency” than North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons. Powell also met briefly with NK delegate Ho Jong and reiterated the US's desire for multilateral talks. http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2003/21689.htm



• "N Korea Threatens 'Limitless' Retaliation," FT6/18/03, p6. North Korea warns against US "blockade" of its economy and warned it would target Japan if war broke out. http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2003/200306/news06/18.htm#8

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U.N.

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U.S. Policy

• "US Policy Toward North Korea" US State Dept Website of documents and statements, [Ed. essential for the researcher]: http://usinfo.state.gov/regional/ea/easec/nkoreapg

• 2003



• "N Korea Renews Threats as Neighbors Meet in US," FT7/2/03, p6. TCOG meeting in DC between US Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly, South Korea's Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Soo-hyuck, and Director General of MOFA's Asia Bureau Mitoji Yabunaka on 7/1. China's Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with US officials on 7/1 to discuss North Korea. Pyongyang responded to talks by saying to expect "merciless retaliatory measures" if the US attempts to strangle North Korea's economy. http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2003/200307/news07/02.htm#8



• "North Korea at the Crossroads: Prospects for a Comprehensive Settlement," speech given by Amb. Maurice F. Strong, Special Advisor to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Undersecretary-General of the United Nations, and Personal Envoy of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Korean Peninsula to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace June 17. He advocates an immediate comprehensive settlement with the US sitting down with North Korea to establish an interim agreement guaranteeing the DPRK's security. http://www.ceip.org/china, http://www.ceip.org/files/pdf/Carnegie-NorthKorea-Strong-Speech.pdf



• "Weldon Details Plan to Resolve North Korean Crisis," speech given by Amb. Maurice F. Strong, Special Advisor to the , 6/30/03. "U.S. Representative Curt Weldon (R-Pa.) said today the United States should provide North Korea with a nonaggression treaty in exchange for Pyongyang's nuclear disarmament." HP, http://www.nti.org/d_newswire/issues/newswires/2003_6_30.html#5



• "Results of Trip to North Korea," Congressional Record page, H4968-H4971, June 4, 2003. (House) submitted by Rep. Curt Weldon R "The thing I wanted to mention to our colleagues, Mr. Speaker, is after meeting with the leadership, after meeting with the foreign minister, the speaker of their parliament called the Supreme People's Assembly and the vice foreign minister, I came away convinced that we in fact can find a way to get the North Koreans to give up their nuclear capability." http://nautilus.org/pub/ftp/napsnet/special_reports/WeldonNKreport.txt



• "Joint Statement of the Trilateral Coordination and Oversight Group (Honolulu)", 6/12/03 http://usembassy.state.gov/seoul/wwwh41as.html



• "Armitage Calls for Multilateral Pressure on North Korea, Remarks at June 9 press roundtable in Tokyo", US State Dept, 6/9/03. http://lists.state.gov/SCRIPTS/WA-USIAINFO.EXE?A2=ind0306b&L=WF-EASIA&P=R1104

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