October
2006 | Background Note on North Korea, U.S. Department of State.
Includes facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations of North Korea. |
15 September
2006 | International Religious Freedom Report for Iran, U.S. Department of State.
This report provides detailed information with respect to matters involving religious freedom in North Korea. The International Religious Freedom report is submitted to Congress annually by the U.S. Department of State. |
9 August
2006 | North Korea: Consular Information Sheet, U.S. Department of State
North Korea is a highly militaristic Communist state located on the Korean Peninsula between northeast China and the Republic of Korea (South Korea). The DPRK is one of the world’s most isolated countries and has endured the almost total collapse of its once industrialized economy over the past fifteen years. |
| 6 July 2006 | North Korean Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States, Congressional Research Service
This report updates recent information concerning, specifically, North Korea's long-range ballistic missile program. On July 4-5, 2006, North Korea test-launched seven ballistic missiles, including a new Taepo Dong 2 that failed soon after launch. |
| 25 May 2006 | North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Program, Congressional Research Service
The main objective of the Bush Administration
is to secure the dismantling of North Korea’s plutonium and uranium-based nuclear programs. |
| 5 April 2006 | Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2005/2006 - East Asia and Pacific, U.S. Department of State. The main objective of the Bush Administration is to secure the dismantling of North Korea's plutonium and uranium-based nuclear programs. |
| 22 March 2006 | North Korean Counterfeiting of U.S. Currency, Congressional Research Service
The U.S. has accused North Korea of counterfeiting Federal Reserve notes. This is one of the illicit activities by North Korea apparently done to generate foreign exchange that is used to purchase imports or finance government activities abroad. |
| 8 March 2006 | Report on Human Rights Practices for North Korea., U.S. Department of State.
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are submitted annually by the U.S. Department of State to the U.S. Congress. They cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. |
| March 2006 | Kim Jong Il and North Korea: The Leader and the System , U.S. Department of State.
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are submitted annually by the U.S. Department of State to the U.S. Congress. They cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. |
| 11 February 2006 | U.S. Assistance to North Korea, Congressional Research Service
Since 1995 the United States has provides statistical details of U.S. aid to North Korea, including $100,000 pledged in April 2004 to help the survivors of a massive train explosion in the northwestern town of Ryongchon |
February
2006 | Country Analysis Brief: North Korea, U.S. Energy Information Administration.
North Korea's economy, which remains under tight state control (collectivized agriculture and state-owned companies account for about 90 percent of all economic activity) grew by 2.2 percent in 2004, according to estimates by South Korea's central bank. |
| 20 July 2006 | Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill updates the Senate on North Korea
"My prepared remarks today will focus on the strong and unanimous response of the United Nations Security Council to North Korea's missile launches and to the North's ongoing nuclear weapons programs, U.S. enforcement action against North Korea's illicit activities, and what we are doing to ease the plight of North Koreans." |
| 16 July 2006 | U.N. Resolution on North Korea Result of Multilateral Effort
Rice noted that the resolution was the first on North Korea that the United Nations has issued since 1993. "This is a very strong resolution. It is binding on member-states. And it says to the North Koreans: you're isolated, come back to the Six-Party Talks". Rice praised China's affirmative vote on the measure, saying the government of President Hu Jintao has shown "responsibility." |
| 4 July 2006 | White House Statement on the North Korean Missle Launches
The United States strongly condemns these missile launches and North Korea's unwillingness to heed calls for restraint from the international community. We are consulting with international partners on next steps. This provocative act violates a standing moratorium on missile tests to which the North had previously committed. |
| 19 June 2006 | U.S. Says North Korean Missile Test Would Violate Moratorium
The Bush administration said that North Korea’s testing of a long-range ballistic missile would be a “provocative act,” and urged Pyongyang to continue its moratorium on the testing it had agreed to in 1999 and reaffirmed in 2002. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told reporters that a resumption of the missile testing would be regarded as “an abrogation of obligations”. |
| 19 June 2006 | U.S. Says North Korean Missile Test Would Violate Moratorium
The Bush administration said that North Korea’s testing of a long-range ballistic missile would be a “provocative act,” and urged Pyongyang to continue its moratorium on the testing it had agreed to in 1999 and reaffirmed in 2002. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told reporters that a resumption of the missile testing would be regarded as “an abrogation of obligations”. |
| 27 April 2006 | U.S. Envoy Calls for More Radio News Broadcasts into North Korea
Increasing radio broadcasting about world events and supporting Korean defector groups are key ways to empower the North Korea people says Jay Lefkowitz, U.S. special envoy for human rights in North Korea. |
| 5 January 2006 | Rice Calls on North Korea To End Its Self-Imposed Isolation
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on North Korea to end its self-imposed isolation, saying the U.S. is prepared to engage the county "in a major way" if the Pyongyang regime abandons its nuclear weapons program. |
| 5 January 2006 | Rice Calls on North Korea To End Its Self-Imposed Isolation
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on North Korea to end its self-imposed isolation, saying the U.S. is prepared to engage the county "in a major way" if the Pyongyang regime abandons its nuclear weapons program. |
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