Links of Significance

North Korea: the failure of ‘maximum pressure’ on Kim’s isolated regime

Because of sanctions, The Sunchon Phosphatic Fertilizer Factory is still unable to produce fertilizer properly

https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/04/27/why-the-embargo-against-cuba/

The sanction blues  New Zealand aid group to DPRK gets raided, records seized due to pressure from U.S

https://www.koreanquarterly.org/tag/nz-friendship-farm/

Challenges of Negotiating with North Korea

https://www.stimson.org/2021/biden-review-challenges-of-negotiating-with-north-korea/

The Pandemic and North Korea’s Tourism Industry: Another Shock for the Regime

https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/25/reminding-south-korea-who-is-boss-bidens-enforcers-pay-a-visit/

Timeline: North Korea’s weaponised diplomacy

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/25/timeline-north-koreas-weapons-tests-and-summitry

The US attempted to contact D.P.R. of Korea – here’s Korea’s answer

https://unitedworldint.com/17030-the-us-attempted-of-contact-d-p-r-of-korea-heres-koreas-answer/

Korean Lesson Number One for Joe Biden: ‘Maximum Pressure’ Is Over

The Case for a New Approach to North Korea

The man with a plan for Korean Peninsula peace

https://asiatimes.com/2021/02/the-man-with-a-plan-for-korean-peninsula-peace/

https://asiatimes.com/2021/02/trumps-failure-is-bidens-chance-on-north-korea/

https://asiatimes.com/2021/02/north-korea-can-change-but-wont-fall/

Entrepreneurship, Business, and Economic Reform in North Korea

The Fallacy of North Korean Collapse

https://www.38north.org/2021/02/the-fallacy-of-north-korean-collapse/

This Book Turns Everything You Thought You Knew About North Korea Upside Down

https://covertactionmagazine.com/2020/12/17/this-book-turns-everything-you-thought-you-knew-about-north-korea-upside-down/

US Wants To Expand The UNC’s Mission To Direct Crisis Management On The Korean Peninsula

http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_international/908601.html

In Name Only: The United Nations Command And U.S. Unilateralism In Korea

https://kpolicy.org/abuse-of-a-name-professor-jang-hie-lee-on-the-united-nations-command/

Why The End of the Korean War Is Bad News for the United States

How the U.S. Helped Prevent North Korea and South Korea From Reaching Real Peace in the 1950s

https://time.com/5360343/korean-war-american-history/

The prerequisite for peace and stability on Korean Peninsula

https://www.thecable.ng/the-prerequisite-for-peace-and-stability-on-korean-peninsula

Trump: I should have fired John Bolton for botching North Korea nuclear talks

https://nypost.com/2020/06/18/trump-i-should-have-fired-john-bolton-for-botching-north-korea-talks/

Kim Jong Un is still alive. What about peace with North Korea ?

https://thebulletin.org/2020/05/kim-jong-un-is-still-alive-what-about-peace-with-north-korea/#

Answers to Common Questions About North Korea

Do They or Do They Not Have COVID-19 Inside North Korea?

How Donald Trump Can Jumpstart Diplomacy with North Korea

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/korea-watch/how-donald-trump-can-jumpstart-diplomacy-north-korea-124261

Nuclear Threats Against North Korea: Consequences of the 'forgotten' war

https://apjjf.org/-Bruce-Cumings/2055/article.html

Correcting History: Five Things No One Wants to Say About Korea

https://truthout.org/articles/correcting-history-five-things-no-one-wants-to-say-about-korea/

Is another DPRK-U.S. crisis looming?

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2019-12-07/Is-another-DPRK-U-S-crisis-looming--MdNjjy7b5m/index.html

Trump claimed S. Korea was 'major abuser,' had to pay $60b to US: memoir

http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20191030000121

North Korea denounces U.N. Command in South Korea

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2019/10/23/North-Korea-denounces-UN-Command-in-South-Korea/6721571831281/?sl=1&ur3=1

Time to internationalise diplomacy with North Korea

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2019/07/17/time-to-internationalise-diplomacy-with-north-korea/

https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/07/12/how-real-is-the-trump-administrations-new-flexibility-with-north-korea/

YES, THE TRUMP-KIM DMZ MEETING WAS A BREAKTHROUGH. HERE IS WHAT SHOULD COME NEXT

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-kim-jong-un-north-korea-dmz-breakthrough-1446848?link_id=9&can_id=6aa92b31723b9f8f5792abf672217af6&source=email-sunflower-newsletter-july-2019&email_referrer=email_564142&email_subject=sunflower-newsletter-july-2019

NCCK STATEMENT ON SK-NK-US MEETING IN PANMUNJOM

https://koreapeacetreatyncck.wordpress.com/2019/07/02/ncck-statement-on-sk-nk-us-meeting-in-panmunjom/?fbclid=IwAR1Zzo2mfNvdD_k02L1XNALf4wbR8T6xn9VgxIxT

Hope for a Breakthrough in Korea

https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/04/03/irritating-facts-about-korea-that-many-in-the-west-would-rather-not-know/   1 July 2019

The Hanoi Summit: Recognising the Irony and the Lessons of Vietnam

http://www.zoominkorea.org/the-hanoi-summit-recognising-the-irony-and-the-lessons-of-vietnam/

Women marched for Korean reconciliation. Washington is in our way.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/women-marched-for-korean-reconciliation-washington-is-in-our-way/2019/02/24/6830d330-3534-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.html?utm_term=.4cc86df6b655

Trump Has a Chance for a History-Making Deal With North Korea

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/trump-has-a-chance-for-a-history-making-deal-with-north-korea/

Practicing law in Pyongyang - and adoring it

http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/Article.aspx?aid=3058497

What to expect from North Korea in 2019

https://www.patreon.com/posts/what-to-expect-24045652?utm_medium=post_notification_email&utm_source=post_link&utm_campaign=patron_engagement&fbclid=IwAR133-IWH_IzfW2KvBLPQ6KvgWfydURGa5vW5hPsCRTL9TryyvIf1TIrmCg

For North Korea, Verifying Requires Reconciling: The Lesson from A Troubled Past—Part II

It’s time to tell the truth on North Korea       https://spectator.us/come-clean-north-korea/

Facing Reality on North Korea    18 December 2018              

To North Korea, Verifying Requires Reconciling: The Lesson from A Troubled Past—Part I

https://www.38north.org/2018/12/lsigal121418/

Getting to grips with law and business in high-risk North Korea 3 Dec. 2018

Moon calls for world support for nuclear-free Korea at G-20 summit

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/search1/2603000000.html?cid=AEN20181130004100315&__s=ugvygsk5zhzduogx69xb&utm_source=drip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2018-12-03+DAILY+UPDATE

 

N. Korea demands UNC take hands off of JSA

http://english.donga.com/List/3/01/26/1558575/1

COULD HONG KONG’S ‘ONE COUNTRY, TWO SYSTEMS’ WORK FOR KOREA?

HTTPS://WWW.SCMP.COM/WEEK-ASIA/GEOPOLITICS/ARTICLE/2170456/COULD-HONG-KONGS-ONE-COUNTRY-TWO-SYSTEMS-WORK-KOREA

The Sanctions Effect in North Korea: Observations from Rason 19 October 2018

https://www.38north.org/2018/10/aabrahamian101918/

Loyal Citizens of Pyongyang in Seoul

http://www.zoominkorea.org/loyal-citizens-of-pyongyang-in-seoul/How the tentacles of the US military are strangling the planet

http://www.atimes.com/how-the-tentacles-of-the-us-military-are-strangling-the-planet/

Who controls US policy on the Korean peninsula?

To Secure Peace Between the Koreas, US Must Declare an End to the War

The North Koreans Get It: Trump's Quest For Peace Is Being Sabotaged By His Own Advisors

Moon administration seeks to end Korean War at UN General Assembly in September

The current US negotiating strategy with North Korea is doomed

https://thebulletin.org/2018/08/the-current-us-negotiating-strategy-with-north-korea-is-doomed/

Trump promised Kim Jong Un he’d sign an agreement to end the Korean War 29 Aug. 2018

“All Take, No Give” Won’t Work with North Korea

Address by President Moon Jae-in on Korea’s 73rd Liberation Day

China tells South Korean delegation that it must be allowed to partake in end-of-war declaration

http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_northkorea/858166.html

The Untold Story of Otto Warmbier, American Hostage    24 July 2018

https://www.gq.com/story/otto-warmbier-north-korea-american-hostage-true-story

North Korea Wants End to Korean War Before Talking Nuclear Weapons Surrender

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/north-korea-wants-end-korean-war-talking-nuclear-weapons-surrender-26576

Korea Compatriots Association in New Zealand

https://www.kcanz.com/

Sanctions against North Korea work against peace   19 June 2018.

http://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/columnists/talbot-and-ashford-sanctions-against-north-korea-work-against-peace

Bill Clinton says 'I regret' missed chance to 'end' North Korea missile program  8 June 2018.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/07/bill-clinton-says-regret-missed-chance-to-end-north-korea-missile-program.html

The Spies Have A Leading Role In The North Korea Summit    June 1 2018.

https://www.npr.org/2018/06/01/613324017/why-the-spies-have-a-leading-role-in-the-north-korea-summit?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

New Zealand welcomes US-North Korea talks

https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/new-zealand-welcomes-us-north-korea-talks

Chronology of U.S.-North Korean Nuclear and Missile Diplomacy

https://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/dprkchron

The U.S. and Japan Close the Door on North Korean Diplomacy

International Peace Conference in South Korea   Ann Wright. 5 Feb 2018

Korean Peninsula problem needs peaceful resolution  30th Jan 2018

https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/01/22/its-time-to-call-economic-sanctions-what-they-are-war-crimes/

Korean Peninsula problem needs peaceful resolution

https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/korean-peninsula-problem-needs-peaceful-resolution

The Social and Economic Achievements of North Korea

The DPRK Confronts Barbaric Actions by UN Security Council

https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-social-and-economic-achievements-of-north-korea/5594234?utm_campaign=magnet&utm_source=article_page&utm_medium=related

U.S. Humiliates South Korea, Threatens North Korea

Diplomacy Yes, but Pentagon Quietly Prepares for War on the Korean Peninsula  16 January 2018

https://sputniknews.com/military/201801151060775606-pentagon-prepares-for-dprk-war/

U.S. meets Korean War allies, wants more pressure on NKorea        16 January 2018

http://www.columbian.com/news/2018/jan/16/u-s-allies-from-korean-war-meet-on-north-korean-nuke-threat/

Hands off North Korea     15 January 2017

https://www.thespec.com/opinion-story/8073595-hands-off-north-korea/

THE VANCOUVER MEETING ON NORTH KOREA: WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT?     15 January 2017

https://www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/1204656/the-vancouver-meeting-on-north-korea-what-should-we-expect/

How Canada Can Lead North Korean Peace Talks at Vancouver Summit

North Korea and the Dangers of Nuclear War: Towards the Implementation of a Peace Project

https://www.globalresearch.ca/what-you-need-to-know-about-north-korea-and-the-dangers-of-nuclear-war/5615328

Nine Reasons Why Kim Jong Un’s South Korea Initiative is More Than Just a Tactic

The UN Security Council’s Brutal Sanctions Regime against North Korea: Hands Off North Korea

https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-un-security-councils-brutal-sanctions-against-north-korea-hands-off-north-korea/5625154

Less than one aircraft carrier? The cost of North Korea’s nukes

PREPARING FOR 2018: THE UN SENDING STATES AGENDA TO DEAL WITH NORTH KOREA

http://www.sldinfo.com/preparing-for-2018-the-un-sending-states-agenda-to-deal-with-north-korea/

N. Korea's per capita income slightly up in 2016

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/search1/2603000000.html?cid=AEN20171215003000320&__s=ugvygsk5zhzduogx69xb

North Korea: The Costs of War, Calculated  John Feffer, December 2017

http://fpif.org/north-korea-costs-war-calculated/

40 maps that explain North Korea

Madeleine Albright: How to Protect the World From North Korea

How the U.S. and China Differ on North Korea

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/11/us-china-north-korea/546746/?__s=ugvygsk5zhzduogx69xb

US-DPRK: How the US “Observed” the 1994 “Agreed Framework”

https://www.globalresearch.ca/us-dprk-how-the-us-observed-the-1994-agreed-framework/5619927

North Korea Is a Bad Actor—but That Doesn't Make It a State Sponsor of Terrorism

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-skeptics/north-korea-bad-actor-doesnt-make-it-state-sponsor-terrorism-23324?page=2

China's North Korea Debate: Redrawing the Red Line

Between Sanctions, Drought and Tensions: How Bad is North Korea’s Food Situation?

North Korea Has Never Attacked the US, but the US Has Killed an Estimated 4-10 Million Koreans

How Trump Should Talk to North Korea

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/opinion/trump-north-korea-talk.html?__s=ugvygsk5zhzduogx69xb

https://www.counterpunch.org/2017/10/31/americas-open-door-policy-may-have-led-us-to-the-brink-of-nuclear-annihilation/#_edn33

How to Start a Nuclear War Without even Trying   31 October 2017

Photo-Report: The North Korea Neither Trump nor Western Media Wants the World to See  19 October 2017

Punishing a Nation: How the Trump Administration is waging a merciless economic war on North Korea  October 4th 2017

http://www.zoominkorea.org/punishing-a-nation-how-the-trump-administration-is-waging-a-merciless-economic-war-on-north-korea

Engaging North Korea Successfully on Human Rights  28 September 2017

Let’s Put to Rest These Myths about U.S.-North Korea Relations

Inside the world's most secretive country

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41438084?__s=ugvygsk5zhzduogx69xb

Nine charts which tell you all you need to know about North Korea  26th September 2017.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41228181

Jimmy Carter takes on Trump: ‘Keep the peace . . . tell the truth’  13 Sept. 2017.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2017/09/12/jimmy-carter-takes-president-trump-keep-peace-tell-truth/Ml6PnED8I7IF792wK6DEKL/story.html

UN Security Council Resolution 2375 on North Korea: Preparation for War?

https://www.globalresearch.ca/un-security-council-resolution-2375-on-north-korea-preparation-for-war/5609257

You are being lied to about North Korea—there is a diplomatic solution!  Sept. 8th 2017

Statement by H.E. Ri Yong Ho, Minister of Foreign Affairs – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK – North Korea) at 24th ASEAN Regional Forum (Manila, Philippines, 7 August 2017)

North and South Korea Want a Peace Treaty: The US Must Join Them

http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/41349-north-and-south-korea-want-a-peace-treaty-the-us-must-join-them

Pyongyang’s Construction Boom: Is North Korea Beating Sanctions?  July 18 2017

http://www.38north.org/2017/07/hferon071817/

North Korea’s Fast Track Missile Development: How Far It’s Come and Why it Has the U.S. on Edge

Less than one aircraft carrier? The cost of North Korea’s nukes

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/20/less-than-one-aircraft-carrier-the-cost-of-north-koreas-nukes.html

The Real Reason Washington Is Worried About North Korea’s ICBM Test. An Effective Self-Defense?  July 5 2017

The truth about North Korea: it’s booming 5th July 2017

Engage over North Korea, don't dismiss.  Gerald McGhie 23 June 2017

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/comment/93953832/gerald-mcghie-engage-over-north-korea-dont-dismiss

The Haircut (2017) - A North Korean Adventure

The Need for a New U.S. Foreign Policy Toward North Korea  13 June 2017

http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-need-for-a-new-u-s-foreign-policy-toward-north-korea/5594512?utm_campaign=magnet&utm_source=article_page&utm_medium=rel

New Zealand Government funding used in North Korea until 2016

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11874349

Trump’s Handling of North Korea Is Going to Lead Us Straight Into Nuclear Disaster  6 June 2017

https://www.thenation.com/article/trumps-handling-north-korea-going-lead-us-straight-nuclear-disaster/

Comprehensive peace regime   5 June 2017

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/opinion/2017/06/197_230413.html

Root causes of North Korean nuclear issue must be addressed  4 June 2017

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1049910.shtml   

Make cash not War

The Long, Dirty History of U.S. Warmongering against North Korea  Christine Hong

http://progressive.org/dispatches/the-long-dirty-history-of-u-s-warmongering-against-north-kor/

The Korean Nuclear Issue: Past, Present, and Future A Chinese Perspective

https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/north-korean-nuclear-issue-fu-ying.pdf

Can South Korea's Moon make 'sunshine' again with defiant North?

http://in.reuters.com/article/southkorea-election-moon-foreignpolicy-idINKBN1810P2?__s=%5Bsubscriber.token%5D&__s=ugvygsk5zhzduogx69xb

The High Costs of US Warmongering Against North Korea

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/40367-the-high-costs-of-us-warmongering-against-north-korea

Giving peace a chance in Korea: Interview with Christine Ahn

https://www.newcoldwar.org/giving-peace-chance-korea-interview-christine-ahn/

Letter dated 7 April 2017 from the Permanent Representative of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General 

http://www.securitycouncilreport.org/atf/cf/%7B65BFCF9B-6D27-4E9C-8CD3-CF6E4FF96FF9%7D/s_2017_303.pdf

Getting North Korea Wrong      Bruce Cumings

https://ytali.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/QUI.pdf

In South Korea, War Hysteria Is Seen as an American Problem  April 17 2017

https://www.thenation.com/article/in-south-korea-war-hysteria-is-seen-as-an-american-problem/

War Is Not An Option for Korea

Attacking North Korea now would undermine the very reason U.S. troops have been stationed on the peninsula for seven decades: to protect the South Korean people.

http://fpif.org/war-is-not-an-option-for-korea

This Is What’s Really Behind North Korea’s Nuclear Provocations April 10th 2017

It’s easy to dismiss Kim Jong-un as a madman. But there’s a long history of US aggression against the North, which we forget at our peril.

https://www.thenation.com/article/this-is-whats-really-behind-north-koreas-nuclear-provocations/

South Korea cruise missile test a 'success,' report says

Interview: U.S. should not insist on preconditions for talks with DPRK: expert

China Sounds the Alarm: Trump Prepares for War against Korea

Brian Becker

http://www.globalresearch.ca/china-sounds-the-alarm-trump-prepares-for-war-against-korea/5584808

'Pushing Australia into War with China  12th April 2017

John Pilger

Can candlelight energy spark new era of inter-Korean relations ?

http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_northkorea/790231.html

Falling Short: Financial Sanctions and Sino-North Korean Border Trade

http://sinonk.com/2017/04/06/falling-short-financial-sanctions-and-sino-north-korean-border-trade/?__s=%5Bsubscriber.token%5D&__s=ugvygsk5zhzduogx69xb

Identical letters dated 6 March 2017 from the Permanent Representative of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council 

https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/862462/files/A_71_843-EN.pdf

DPR Korea Needs and Priorities 2017     (UNDP)

http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/DPRK%20Needs%20and%20Priorities%202017.pdf

China Warns U.S. & North Korea Are Set for "Head-On" Collision Amid Rising Tensions & Provocations

https://www.democracynow.org/2017/3/13/china_warns_us_north_korea_are

North Korea: The Grand Deception Revealed

DPRK Diplomatic Relations

http://www.ncnk.org/resources/publications/NCNK_Issue_Brief_DPRK_Diplomatic_Relations.pdf

A Path Forward on North Korea

It’s Time to Drop Preconditions and Re-Open Talks with North Korea

http://fpif.org/time-drop-preconditions-re-open-talks-north-korea/     21 oct. 2016

Let the Peace Games Begin  22 August 2016

Stop Counterproductive Western Whining about North Korea  August 18 2016

http://www.cato.org/blog/stop-counterproductive-western-whining-about-north-korea

Text of Written Agreements between the ROK and the DPRK

http://www.zoominkorea.org/historical-text/

Why North Korea is a safe haven for birds    20 June 2016

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-36533469

The Korean Peninsula Conflict: A Way Out  30th May 2016

New sanctions impose further restrictions on North Korea

http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/new-sanctions-impose-further-56062/

Women’s Walk for Peace in Korea Continues

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1605/S00016/womens-walk-for-peace-in-korea-continues.htm

Biggest-ever S. Korea-U.S. military drills draw to close amid high tension   30 April 2016

http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2016/04/29/33/0301000000AEN20160429004100315F.html

North Korea's 10 Messages For The West  24/4/16

Looking In The Right Direction: Establishing A Framework For Analysing The Situation On The Korean Peninsula (And Much More Besides)            Tim Beal

North Korea Time line 1945 - 2016

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-pacific-15278612

North Korea and Rocket Science

The Perils of Strategic Patience with North Korea 

In defense of north Korea     February 9, 2016

http://iacenter.org/korea/nkorea021316/

Explanation of North Korea's Nuclear position.                 

To End North Korea’s Nuclear Program, End the Korean War

Korean War Timeline:                        http://legaciesofthekoreanwar.org/timeline/

Bill Richardson: 5 Steps for Engaging With North Korea

http://www.richardsondiplomacy.org/news/bill-richardson-5-steps-for-engaging-with-north-korea/

Choson Exchange

http://www.chosonexchange.org/our-blog/2015/6/30/choson-exchange-annual-report-2014

http://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/3467342/banking-and-capital-markets-emerging-markets/geoffrey-see-is-training-north-koreans-to-become-entrepreneurs.html#.VZWfDlWqqkq

Opinion: Continuing the Centennial Work of Women and Citizen Diplomacy in Korea               April 2015

http://www.ipsnews.net/2015/04/opinion-continuing-the-centennial-work-of-women-and-citizen-diplomacy-in-korea/

Dangerous, isolated and primed for war? North Korean cliches debunked.      April 2015

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/27/north-korea-cliches-debunked-hazel-smith                 

‘The Korean War’

excerpt from book by Bruce Cumings

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/22/books/excerpt-the-korean-war.html

Are U.S. troops in South Korea still necessary?

http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/1/are-u-s-troops-insouthkoreastillnecessary.html

Korean-Americans yearn for family in N.Korea after 60 years apart

http://in.mobile.reuters.com/article/idINKBN0MH0FF20150321?irpc=932

Korean-Americans take out ad calling on Obama to make peace with North Korea

http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_northkorea/682415.html

Gashes in the Body Politic

The Semiotics of Face Slashing in South Korea  March 11 2015

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/03/11/the-semiotics-of-face-slashing-in-south-korea/

Proposal for UN Korean Armistice Peace Settlement Conference

http://www.nonkilling.org/node/606

Confrontation at the United Nations: North Korea Challenges Obama’s “Hostile Policy” Against the DPRK

By Ronda Hauben

Global Research, February 28, 2015

http://www.globalresearch.ca/confrontation-at-the-united-nations-north-korea-challenges-obamas-hostile-policy-against-the-dprk/5434037

A North Korean Trio’s Quick Spurt down South    

Alexander VORONTSOV    19/11/14

The US and its allies have added systematic attacks on North Korea’s human-rights record to their traditional arsenal of tactics for exerting pressure on that country.

http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2014/11/19/north-korean-trio-quick-spurt-down-south.html

Doom and Gloom or Economic Boom? The Myth of the “North Korean Economic Collapse

http://japanfocus.org/-Henri-Feron/4113

North Korea and the United States: Will the Real Aggressor Please Stand Down?  April 2014

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/14813-north-korea-and-the-united-states-will-the-real-aggressor-please-stand-down

Seeing is believing–an exclusive look inside North Korea’s cities

http://cities-today.com/2014/03/seeing-believing-exclusive-look-inside-north-koreas-cities/

Breathless in North Korea

For 60 years, Koreans on both sides of the DMZ have awaited a peace treaty. Instead they've gotten an arms race and political repression.

http://fpif.org/breathless-north-korea/      April 2014

http://38north.org/2014/02/jdelury021714/

North Korea to benefit from Lincoln Expertise  March 2014

http://www.lincoln.ac.nz/News--Events/News/Current/North-Korea-to-benefit-from-Lincoln-expertise/

UN Report on North Korea could be about the United States or South Korea

http://gowans.wordpress.com/2014/02/18/un-report-on-north-korea-could-be-about-the-united-states-or-south-korea/

Time to End the Cold War  

http://timshorrock.com/?p=1915

The Role of the UN in the Unending Korean War. “United Nations Command” As Camouflage

http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-role-of-the-un-in-the-unending-korean-war-united-nations-command-as-camouflage/5350876?print=1

Merrill Newman.   North Korea’s Accidental Tourist  16 Dec 2013

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/katharine-h-s-moon-reflects-on-the-implications-of-the-american-veteran-merrill-newman-s-month-long-detention-in-north-korea

MEMORY OF FORGOTTEN WAR    Dec.2013

http://www.mufilms.org/films/memory-of-forgotten-war/#.UqAAZdIW2Sp

LIST OF FILMS (by region code & year released) 

The Demonisation of North Korea.   Bronwen Dalton, Markus Bell and   Kyungja Jung.   Nov. 2013

Drop in prison population.  North Korea's Hidden Gulag: Interpreting reports of Changes in Prison Camps.  David Hawk  August 2013

http://www.hrnk.org/publications/hrnk-publications.php

Brian Becker speaks on North Korea at the Foreign Correspondents Club in Tokyo   Normalize relations and end U.S. threats now! 

20th Sept.2013

Sanctions no solution to DPRK issue: Australian expert.   19th September 2013

How Human Rights in North Korea are Gradually Improving.  Andrei Lankov. September 12th 2013.

http://www.nknews.org/2013/09/how-human-rights-in-north-korea-are-gradually-improving/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nknewsorg+%28nknews.org+%27Daily+Update%27%29

The Struggle for a Korean Peace Treaty   Dispatch From Seoul August 30th 2013

http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/08/30/dispatch-from-seoul/

A Necessary Step Toward Normalization    -   The Struggle for a Korean Peace Treaty    19th August 2013

GREGORY ELICH

http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/08/19/the-struggle-for-a-korean-peace-treaty/

Marking the Armistice: Dispatch from South Korea  August 9th 2013

http://www.kpolicy.org/documents/interviews-opeds/130809timshorrockmarkingthearmistice.html

Is it Time to Defy Washington's Logic on North Korea?    23 August 2013

After 60 Years of Suffering, Time to Replace  Korean Armistice with Peace Treaty.  27th July 2013

Christine Ahn

How US Policy is Driving North Korea's Nuclear Aspirations   The Consequences of Gun-at-the-Head Diplomacy  23 May 2013           http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/05/23/the-consequences-of-gun-at-the-head-diplomacy/

DPRK proposes peace treaty with South Korea   29th May 2013

The Consequences of Gun at the Head Diplomacy   May 2013

http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/05/23/the-consequences-of-gun-at-the-head-diplomacy/

U.S. Versus North Korea: The Hunger Games   May 2103     Christine Hong

Need to Work for Peace on the Korean Peninsula.          Marty Hart-Landsberg | May 2, 2013

What if we're wrong about North Korea?   Australian Professor Stewart Lone argues   'The most repressed society on Earth'?        No way, says Aussie who taught in Pyongyang    "I saw young people secure, contented and proud"

North Korea - Human Beings Live There Too                 http://www.lianainfilms.com/2013/04/north-korea-human-beings-live-there-too/

North Korean Threats: a reminder the Cold War isn’t over    http://www.theinternational.org/articles/404-north-korean-threats-a-reminder-the-cold

Does Obama Want More War?    North Korea’s Justifiable Anger               http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/04/10/north-koreas-justifiable-anger/

What North Koreans Think               https://sites.google.com/site/nzdprksociety/visits-to-pyongyang/what-north-koreans-think

Our Policy Toward North Korea is not Working  -  Mike Chinoy

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mike-chinoy-our-policy-toward-north-korea-isnt-working/2013/03/29/8fcb48da-97e7-11e2-814b-063623d80a60_story.html

Counterpoint

Wayne Brittenden, Chris laidlaw, Christine Hong (University of California) and Avram Agov (Harvard Korean Institute)  on the North Korean situation. Radio national NZ Sunday morning Counterpoint programme  21st April 2013

download from:

http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/sunday/20130421

Swiss say no takers yet on offer to defuse Koreas   April 10th 2013

http://www.times-standard.com/nationandworldnews/ci_22995204/swiss-say-no-takers-yet-offer-defuse-koreas

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/04/10/north_korea_switzerland_offers_to_negotiate_in_latest_round_of_korean_peninsula.html

‘US does not want a war - they want regime change in North Korea’  11th April 2013

http://www.answercoalition.org/national/news/brian-becker-on-north-korea-rt.html

How Obama is Creating a Crisis on the Korean Peninsula                        What’s Annoying the North Koreans?

by GREGORY ELICH  April 9th 2013

http://www.counterpunch.org/2013/04/09/whats-annoying-the-north-koreans/

Does North Korea Need Nuclear Weapons?

http://www.globalresearch.ca/does-north-korea-need-nuclear-weapons/5323227

Final Report of the National Nutrition Survey 2012

http://reliefweb.int/report/democratic-peoples-republic-korea/final-report-national-nutrition-survey-2012

North Korea and the United States: Will the Real Aggressor Please Stand Down?

http://www.globalresearch.ca/north-korea-and-the-united-states-will-the-real-aggressor-please-stand-down/5325164

The Korean War: The “Unknown War”. The Coverup of US War Crimes

http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-korean-war-the-unknown-war-the-coverup-of-us-war-crimes/23742

An American NGO in North Korea

ttp://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/12/an-american-ngo-in-north-korea/266269/

Jeju

http://www.veteransforpeace.org/pressroom/news/2012/04/27/us-and-south-korea-assault-an-idyllic-island--not-for-the-first-time

Mountain Diplomacy in North Korea

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-r-eperjesi/mountain-hiking-in-north-korea_b_2255530.html

http://www.nknews.org/2013/02/north-koreas-mountain-man-goes-hiking-in-the-axis-of-evil/

http://m.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10907212

DPRK  2008 Census:   http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sources/census/2010_PHC/North_Korea/Final%20national%20census%20report.pdf

The United Nations in DPRK:    http://kp.one.un.org/

UNITED NATIONS OVERVIEW OF NEEDS AND ASSISTANCE IN DPRK 2012

http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/OFD%202012%20(final%20version)%20-%2029%20May%202012.pdf

A ROADMAP TO PEACE IN KOREA.     Twelve Steps That Can Change the World Moving from Reaction to Relationship   By  Eric Sirotkin https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ubuntuworks.com%2Fubuntuworks%2FKOREA_HOME_files%2FDPRKSIROTKINPAPER.pdf 

Present policy is producing no results.     Ted Galen Carpenter

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2012-05/28/content_15398494.htm

North Korea's 100th – Celebrations Gone Awry.   Gavan McCormack

http://japanfocus.org/-Gavan-McCormack/3748?utm_source=May+7%2C+2012&utm_campaign=China%27s+Connectivity+Revolution&utm_medium=email

Failed Rocket launch

http://tvnz.co.nz/search/ta_ent_search_tv_skin.xhtml?q=tim+beal&sort=date%3AD%3AS%3Ad1

Developing the DPRK Through Agriculture

http://38north.org/2012/02/rireson020812/

North Korea’s new textbook won’t criticize America

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2011/12/120_101782.html

Korea at the crossroads: Peace or confrontation?   by Dorothy Ogle    

http://www.dailycamera.com/guestopinion/ci_19609427

FAO/WFP Crop and Food security Assessment Mission to the DPRK.  25 November 2011

http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/al968e/al968e00.htm

Swedish- Korean Friendship Association:    http://svenskkoreanska.se/dw/doku.php?id=sk:english

Australia-DPRK   Friendship and Cultural Society                http://web.me.com/australiadprk/Site/Welcome.html

NZ ROK Friendship Society              http://nzrok.weebly.com/index.html

National Committee on North Korea  (USA)                 http://www.ncnk.org/resources/links/all-links-1/atct_topic_view?b_start:int=20&-C=

Multilateral Solutions for Korea.  Julie M Huner. Chicago-Kent College of Law

http://www.kentlaw.edu/perritt/courses/seminar/julie-huner-Korea.htm

War, Propaganda and the Media       http://www.globalissues.org/article/157/war-propaganda-and-the-media

Roger Shepherd

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/2011/11/177_99792.html

Hike Korea - Discovering Korean Identity through Mountain Culture

#508 Samdo Building, 12-1 Yeoido-dong

Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul

150-869

Republic of Korea

Honorary Ambassador of Travel to Korea

한국관광공사 명예홍보대사

Tel:+82 (0)10 29667612

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NZ: +64 (0)27 8401969

A Return Trip to North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Complex.    Siegfried S. Hecker.   Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University.    November 20, 2010:               

http://iis-db.stanford.edu/pubs/23035/Yongbyonreport.pdf

FAO/WFP CROP AND FOOD SECURITY ASSESSMENT MISSION TO THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA

16 November 2010:   http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/al968e/al968e00.htm

What the Russian Investigation of the Cheonan sinking found

http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_northkorea/432232.html

A North Korean Statement on the Cheonan:  http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2010/201011/news02/20101102-10ee.html

North Korea: Why Engagement Now?  Geopolitics drove the U.S.-China détente. It could do the same between Washington and Pyongyang.                       

By John Feffer

Questions about the Cheonan Sinking  - What's available in English:http://peacephilosophy.blogspot.com/2010/05/very-little-has-reported-in-english-on.html

Shock wave and bubble: the untruth about the Cheonan.   by Hilary Keenan 

http://21stcenturysocialism.com/article/shock_wave_and_bubble_the_untruth_about_the_cheonan_02006.html

Father of the North Korean Atomic Bomb:      http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/LF24Ad03.html

WHY AMERICA NEEDS WAR.   by Jacques R. Pauwels  http://archive.indymedia.be/news/2003/04/60213.html

The National Campaign to End the Korean War is the collaboration of several leading Korean-American, veterans, and human rights organizations working to promote a U.S.-Korea policy that will bring about a lasting peace on the Korean peninsula.  http://www.endthekoreanwar.org/index.php

Statement on DPRK’s nuclear position :  http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jFz88m89jsN8rR0rltw_yxh7W1Mw

Bill Clinton Shows that Diplomacy Works. Joseph Cirincione.http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/08/05/cirincione.korea.clinton/index.html

Obama's Empire. An Unprecedented Network of Military Bases That is Still Expanding. Catherine Lutz.

North Korea: “Sanity” at the Brink.  Michael Parenti.  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article22879.htm

North Korea And The Vanishing American Empire. Mike Whitney. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13923.htm 

Why Threats and Sanctions Will Only Backfire   -  Dealing With North Korea. Conn  Hallinan.  http://www.counterpunch.org/hallinan06292009.html

Sending another “Jimmy Carter” to N. Korea.   Selig. S. Harrison.   http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_opinion/361475.html

Carter Says U.S. Can Get North Korea to Give Up Its Nuclear Weapons: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/01/26/carter-says-north-korea-nuclear-weapons/

Understanding North Korea by John Gowans.   http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=3818

Information on travel to the DPRK  - Koryo Tours:  http://www.koryogroup.com/

Moving From a North Korean Nuclear Problem to the Problem of North Korea.  By Chaesung Chun:  http://www.nautilus.org/fora/security/09047Chun.pdf

Solving the Korean Stalemate, One Step at a Time. Jimmy Carter. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/11/opinion/11carter.html

Authoritative map of North Korea on Google Earth plus comprehensive DPRK references and data:    http://www.nkeconwatch.com/north-korea-uncovered-google-earth/

A RELUCTANT FRIEND: NEW ZEALAND’S RELATIONSHIP WITH NORTH KOREA 1973-1989

https://www.nzasia.org.nz/uploads/1/3/2/1/132180707/jas_june2012_bellamy.pdf

Winning, not Playing the Nuclear Game with North Korea. By Peter Hayes and Scott Bruce:  http://www.nautilus.org/fora/security/09044HayesBruce.html

Why Punishing North Korea Won’t Work . . . and What Will   by Leon V. Sigal:   http://japanfocus.org/-Leon_V_-Sigal/3163

A Long-term Strategy for North Korea. By George Bulychev. http://www.japanfocus.org/-Georgy-Bulychev/2030

 Up to date articles related to DPRK and current developments from around the world compiled by  Tim Beal: http://www.timbeal.net.nz/geopolitics/

The Pyongyang Report.  Periodic in-depth analysis of current events: by Tim Bealhttp://www.timbeal.net.nz/geopolitics/pyr_index.html

Republic of Korea and Inter-Korean Issues: http://www.timbeal.net.nz/geopolitics/NK_SK.htm

USA and DPRK Relations: http://www.timbeal.net.nz/geopolitics/NK_US_11.htm

Korea International War Crimes Tribunal              http://www.iacenter.org/Koreafiles/ktc-contents.htm

Korea, Like Vietnam:   A War Originated and Maintained by Deceit       http://www.iacenter.org/Koreafiles/ktc-wilson.htm

A South Korean Perespective on a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone

http://nautilus.org/napsnet/napsnet-special-reports/nuclear-weapons-free-zone-in-northeast-asia-a-south-korean-perspective-2/

USA Bombings of other countries

https://williamblum.org/chapters/rogue-state/united-states-bombings-of-other-countries