Web Directory

» CRS Issue Brief: North Korea: Policy Determinants, Alternative Outcomes, U.S. Policy Approaches
   1993 Congressional Research Service report analyzes North Korea's geopolitical situation and possible U.S. foreign policy alternatives.
   http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/crs/93-612f.htm

» Foreign Policy: Think Again: The Korea Crisis
   The authors of this article argue that North Korea is "not crazy, near collapse or about to start a war," but is nonetheless dangerous and needs to be better understood. From the May-June 2003 issue of Foreign Policy magazine.
   http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=19

» Japan: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Japan-North Korea Relations
   News, documents and press conference transcripts about relations between the two countries.
   http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/asia-paci/n_korea/index.html

» Korean Unification Studies
   A weblog for discussion and debate on issues relating to Korean unification.
   http://koreanunification.net/

» Ministry of Unification
   This South Korean government ministry deals with issues of reconciliation and cooperation with North Korea. Includes news summaries, documents, and background information. In English and Korean.
   http://www.unikorea.go.kr/en/

» North Korea-Japan Relations: The Normalization Talks and the Compensation/Reparations Issue
   June 2001 report reviews the progress of talks between the two countries to establish official relations and analyzes the major issues. Prepared by the U.S. Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service.
   http://www.fcnl.org/pdfs/01june13_nkjapan.pdf

» North Korea: Chronology of Provocations, 1950-2003
   Chronology describing provocative acts committed by North Korea. Report prepared by the U.S. Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service.
   http://www.fcnl.org/pdfs/NKprovocations.pdf

» North Korea: Economic Sanctions
   January 2003 report describes and gives the background of U.S. economic sanctions imposed on North Korea. Prepared by the U.S. Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service.
   http://www.fcnl.org/pdfs/NKsanctions.pdf

» North-South Korean Relations: A Chronology of Events in 2000 and 2001
   Chronology of major developments following the inter-Korean summit meeting in June 2000. Report prepared by the U.S. Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service.
   http://www.fcnl.org/pdfs/02jan9_nkchrono.pdf