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
Reports of people ‘starving’ as N Korea struggles to feed itself
People in isolated nation reel from impact of sanctions, COVID-19 border closure and extreme weather.
Kawan Koreas
https://www.kawankorea.com/rubrik/news
S. Korea, US need to suspend their joint military drills, former unification ministers say
South Korea Isn’t a Junior Partner for America
https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/05/17/south-korea-united-states-china-moon-jae-in-biden/
Here's What It Costs to Keep US Troops in Japan and South Korea
Why Not Leave Korea Altogether?
World police: Washington seeks to imprison foreign businesspeople for violating illegal US sanctions
https://thegrayzone.com/2021/04/27/us-extradite-foreign-businesspeople-sanctions-saab-wanzhou/
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
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
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?
South Korea is a model for combatting COVID-19, it should now take the lead in diplomacy with North Korea
How the Coronavirus Shows North Korea Doesn’t Matter That Much to America
How Donald Trump Can Jumpstart Diplomacy with North Korea
Nuclear Threats Against North Korea: Consequences of the 'forgotten' war
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
Time to internationalise diplomacy with North Korea
https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2019/07/17/time-to-internationalise-diplomacy-with-north-korea/
YES, THE TRUMP-KIM DMZ MEETING WAS A BREAKTHROUGH. HERE IS WHAT SHOULD COME NEXT
NCCK STATEMENT ON SK-NK-US MEETING IN PANMUNJOM
Hope for a Breakthrough in Korea
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.
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
For North Korea, Verifying Requires Reconciling: The Lesson from A Troubled Past—Part II
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
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?
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
Korea Compatriots Association in New Zealand
Sanctions against North Korea work against peace 19 June 2018.
Bill Clinton says 'I regret' missed chance to 'end' North Korea missile program 8 June 2018.
The Spies Have A Leading Role In The North Korea Summit June 1 2018.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
North Korea: The Costs of War, Calculated John Feffer, December 2017
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
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
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
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
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.
UN Security Council Resolution 2375 on North Korea: Preparation for War?
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)
How crazy is North Korea? Not very !
The Pentagon has prepared a plan for a possible pre-emptive strike against the DPRK. August 10 2017.
The North Korea Travel Ban Will Do More Harm Than Good 2 August 2017
Urgent Warning: Time to Hit the Reset Button on U.S.-Korean Policy
Given the specter of nuclear war, the rational policy is one of de-escalation. July 29 2017
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
The Haircut (2017) - A North Korean Adventure
The Need for a New U.S. Foreign Policy Toward North Korea 13 June 2017
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
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?
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
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
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
Merrill Newman. North Korea’s Accidental Tourist 16 Dec 2013
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.
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
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
David Guttenfelder North Korea Images http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/inside-north-korea-2011/2011/12/19/gIQAwoHh3O_gallery.html#photo=1
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
‘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
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
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
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
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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
Teaching English in North Korea: http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20081007000032
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 Beal: http://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
USA Bombings of other countries
https://williamblum.org/chapters/rogue-state/united-states-bombings-of-other-countries