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Ads by Google      Encyclopedia4U - History of North Korea - Encyclopedia Article Bush says that he labeled North Korea a part of the so-called 'Axis of Evil' due to its arm sales to countries, such as Iraq, which he alleged was known to fund and train terrorists. In late 2002, North Korean officials expelled United Nations weapons inspectors and admitted running a clandestine nuclear energy program in violation of international agreements, which they charged had already been rendered void by the United States' failure to live up to either of its key requirements. North Korea was formed on September 9, 1948 amidst complex politics that followed the defeat of Japan in World War II (Japan ruled the Korean peninsula from 1910-1945). http://www.encyclopedia4u.com/h/history-of-north-korea.html   (653 words)      Encyclopedia: History of North Korea Accordingly, in February 1946, the leading Korean exile Communist, Kim Il-sung, was named as head of the North Korean Provisional People's Committee, which was superseded in 1948 by the DPRK. History of North Korea: Following World War II, Korea, which had been a colonial possession of Japan since 1910, was occupied by the Soviet Union (in the north) and the United States (in the south). Korea (한국/韓國/Hanguk, used by South / ì¡°ì&, used by North) is a formerly unified country, situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia, bordering on China to the northwest and Russia to the north. http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/History-of-North-Korea   (4827 words)      History of North Korea On September 9, 1948, the North established the Democratic People's Republic of Korea headed by then-Premier Kim Il Sung, who had been fostered and supported by the U.S.S.R. North Korean forces invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950. In North Korea, the Korean alphabet (hangul) is used exclusively. As the 1990s progressed, concern over the North's nuclear program became a major issue in North-South relations and between North Korea and the U.S. The lack of progress on implementation of the Joint Declaration's provision for an inter-Korean nuclear inspection regime led to reinstatement of the U.S.-South Korea Team Spirit military exercise for 1993. http://www.historyofnations.net/asia/northkorea.html   (1576 words)      Guardian Unlimited Special reports N Korea threatens US with first strike North Korea is entitled to launch a pre-emptive strike against the US rather than wait until the American military have finished with Iraq, the North's foreign ministry told the Guardian yesterday. The crisis erupted in October when a US envoy to Pyongyang confronted the regime with suspicions that North Korea was engaged in a uranium enrichment programme, in violation of the 1994 agreement which ended the last crisis. North Korean officials fear the extra forces are the start of the build-up for a full-scale confrontation - a dangerous assumption that could push the peninsula over the edge. http://www.guardian.co.uk/korea/article/0,2763,889679,00.html   (791 words)      CNN.com - N. Korea paper: 'Burning hatred' for U.S. - Dec. 14, 2002 North Korea is closer to having nuclear weapons than either of its "axis of evil" companions, Iran and Iraq, ElBaradei said, but stressed that he could not address the intent of any of the three countries. Korea paper: 'Burning hatred' for U.S. The Yongbyon nuclear facility in North Korea. White House spokesman Fleischer, however, said the administration was less concerned with North Korea than Iraq "because the situation in Iraq involves somebody who has used force in the past to attack and invade his neighbors." http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/east/12/14/korea.nukes/index.html   (1165 words)      Guardian Unlimited Special reports Revealed: the gas chamber horror of North Korea's gulag Over the past year harrowing first-hand testimonies from North Korean defectors have detailed execution and torture, and now chilling evidence has emerged that the walls of Camp 22 hide an even more evil secret: gas chambers where horrific chemical experiments are conducted on human beings. The number of prisoners held in the North Korean gulag is not known: one estimate is 200,000, held in 12 or more centres. Hidden away in the mountains, this remote town is home to Camp 22 - North Korea's largest concentration camp, where thousands of men, women and children accused of political crimes are held. http://www.guardian.co.uk/korea/article/0,2763,1136483,00.html   (947 words)      North Korea: history In 1990, North Korea submitted a proposal for denuclearization to the International Agency for Atomic Energy, subject to guarantees from the US that it would not use the 1,000 nuclear bombs it has in South Korea against them. In June 1999, tensions with the South increased and confrontations over maritime frontiers led to the sinking of a North Korean ship, and the arrest by the North of a South Korean tourist accused of spying. According to North Korea, any possibility of reunification was to be preceded by a formal peace treaty with the US and removal of their troops from Korean soil. http://gbgm-umc.org/country_profiles/country_history.cfm?Id=110   (1252 words)      Wikinfo North Korea North Korea's government is dominated by the communist Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), to which all government officials belong. This led in 1948 to the establishment of separate governments in the north and south, each claiming to be the legitimate government over all of Korea. Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, was the center of Christian activity before the Korean War. http://www.wikinfo.org/wiki.php?title=North_Korea   (1252 words)      2000 Report to Congress on the Military Situation on the Korean Peninsula The 1999 inspection of the suspected nuclear underground facility at Kumchang-ni substantiated North Korea’s claim that they are not operating a nuclear weapons facility at that location and that the Agreed Framework was not abrogated. North Korea’s trade with, and aid from, China and Russia have fallen drastically since 1990 and are undergoing a fundamental transformation from barter to hard currency, making it difficult for the North to secure badly needed resources such as food, oil, coking coal, and timber. North Korea's fundamental war-fighting strategy mandates achievement of surprise, prosecution of a short and violent war, prevention of major United States reinforcement of the peninsula, and negation of the Republic of Korea's mobilization. http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Sep2000/korea09122000.html   (8880 words)      History of North Korea Accordingly, in February 1946, the leading Korean exile Communist, Kim Il-sung, was named as head of the North Korean Provisional People's Committee, which was superseded in 1948 by the DPRK. Speak Out About Human Rights In North Korea (a commentary from Human Rights Watch, published in The Asian Wall Street Journal, April 16, 2004) Following World War II, Korea, which had been a colonial possession of Japan since 1910, was occupied by the Soviet Union (in the north) and the United States (in the south). http://www.sciencedaily.com/encyclopedia/history_of_north_korea   (2660 words)      "Rolling Blunder" by Fred Kaplan On Oct. 4, 2002, officials from the U.S. State Department flew to Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, and confronted Kim Jong-il's foreign ministry with evidence that Kim had acquired centrifuges for processing highly enriched uranium, which could be used for building nuclear weapons. Robert Einhorn, who was Clinton's chief North Korea negotiator (and is now an analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a conservative think tank in Washington), took part in the 12 hours of talks with Kim. KDJ, as some Korea-watchers called him, was a new kind of South Korean leader, a democratic activist who had spent years in prison for his political beliefs and had run for president promising a "sunshine policy" of opening up relations with the North. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2004/0405.kaplan.html   (5266 words)      BBC NEWS Asia-Pacific North Korea's 'creative' history However, the North Korea claimed it was simply defending itself against an offensive launched by the South. "Korea is one, the Korean nation is homogenous, and Korea belongs to the Korean people," wrote North Korean leader Kim Il-sung. Up to 1.5 million North Korean and Chinese troops are believed to have died. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3096265.stm   (560 words)      USATODAY.com - No progress in North Korea, Japan abductee talks BEIJING (AP) — Japanese and North Korean envoys began a new round of talks Saturday on a dispute over Japanese nationals abducted by the North decades ago, and a Japanese diplomat reportedly expressed "serious concern" over a possible planned North Korean missile test. But Tokyo still wants information on those who are said to have died, as well as on two more people that it suspects North Korea kidnapped. The meeting came amid anxiety in Japan after the government said Thursday that North Korea might be preparing to test a short-range missile — a possible violation of a 2002 moratorium. http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2004-09-25-nkorea-japan_x.htm   (560 words)      Nuclear Weapons Program - North Korea Initially North Korea denied this, but later confirmed the veracity of the US claim. In October 2002, North Korean officials acknowledged the existence of a clandestine program to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons that is in violation of the Agreed Framework and other agreements. North Korea maintains uranium mines with an estimated four million tons of exploitable high-quality uranium ore. Information on the state and quality of their mines is lacking, but it is estimated that the ore contains approximately 0.8% extractable uranium. http://fas.org/nuke/guide/dprk/nuke   (2849 words)      The Observer International North Korea and the US 'on a slide towards conflict' The stand-off between the two nations first flared in October when US officials said North Korea had admitted having a secret nuclear programme in violation of a 1994 agreement. Meanwhile, North Korea accused Japan yesterday of plotting a pre-emptive strike following recent calls from Tokyo to beef up the country's defence capabilities against the Communist nation. Strong, who has just returned from a private mission for Annan in North Korea and is due to report to UN officials in New York tomorrow, said he felt both North Korea and America seemed to think they had time on their side but were both on a slide towards war. http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,930570,00.html   (551 words)      North Korea - definition of North Korea in Encyclopedia North Korea's government is dominated by the communist Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), to which all government officials belong. This led in 1948 to the establishment of separate governments in the north and south, each claiming to be the legitimate government over all of Korea. Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, was the center of Christian activity before the Korean War. http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/North_Korea   (551 words)      North Korea zone North Korea is reported to be in contact with the World Trade Organization to obtain observer status. Nicholas Kristof's July 27 column in the New York Times begins with what seems to be an acknowledgement that his ideological opposites are right to make an issue of human rights in North Korea, but then misstates facts to marginalize the growing movement to publicize and end those atrocities as a conservative Christian crusade. Land reform was promulgated in the name of nascent North Korean authorities, but Kim Il-sung simply signed the documents that had been prepared for him by Russian officers. http://www.nkzone.org   (551 words)      ipedia.com: History of North Korea Article Accordingly, in February 1946, the leading Korean exile Communist, Kim Il-sung, was named as head of the North Korean Provisional People's Committee, which was superseded in 1948 by the DPRK. Speak Out About Human Rights In North Korea (a commentary from Human Rights Watch, published in The Asian Wall Street Journal, April 16, 2004) Following World War II, Korea, which had been a colonial possession of Japan since 1910, was occupied by the Soviet Union (in the north) and the United States (in the south). http://www.ipedia.com/history_of_north_korea.html   (2657 words)      The Roach Report - North Korea - Its History and Its Future After the collapse of the Soviet world North Korea alone has continued on the rigid communist way, in spite of its economic consequences leading the state beyond ruin to famine. North Korea, despite a shattered economy and a populace suffering from widespread hunger, has outlived repeated forecasts of its imminent demise. North Korea is one of the last redoubts of "unreformed" Marxism-Leninism in the world. http://www.largeprintreviews.com/n_korea.html   (1252 words)      South Korea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Political, social and economic instability of South Korea in the past has driven many South Koreans to emigrate to foreign countries, particularly the United States and Canada. Korean cultural development is generally divided into periods coinciding with political development: the Three Kingdoms period ( 57 B.C. A.D.), the Unified Silla dynasty ( 668 - 935), the Koryo dynasty ( 918 - 1392), the Joseon dynasty ( 1392 - 1910), and the modern period (1910]]-present). Joseph Stalin forced thousands of ethnic Koreans residing in or near Vladivostok and Khabarovsk to relocate to the Central Asian part of the U.S.S.R., fearing Korean collaboration with the Japanese, while the majority of the Korean population in Japan was brought/kidnapped there as forced labor during the colonial period. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea   (1252 words)      Open Directory - Regional: Asia: North Korea: Society and Culture CNN Factsheet - One of the World's Most Secretive Nations - North Korea is one of the world's most authoritarian and secretive nations, with an economy in dire straits after decades of mismanagement. Asia Times - Cracks in North Korean 'Stalinism' - Documents how the major peculiarities of Stalinism are slowly disappearing from North Korea, and how the "Hermit Kingdom" is not as hermetic as the government would like. North Korean Studies - Articles and links to Web sites about contemporary North Korean society and politics, relations with Russia and Australia, and Soviet Koreans. http://dmoz.org/Regional/Asia/North_Korea/Society_and_Culture   (1252 words)      Korea Culture of North Korea Since the establishment of the North Korean regime to preserve its version of Korean culture, inc... Flag of North Korea The yin yang symbol, which is a symbol used in Korean culture. Korea Energy Development Organization The Korea Energy Development Organization, or KEDO, is a consortium of the United... http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/topics/korea.html   (1252 words)      NORTH KOREAN STUDIES - СЕВЕРОКОРЕЙСКИЕ ИССЛЕДОВАНИЯ This site is maintained for the purpose of free publication and dissemination of analytical materials on North Korea (DPRK), its relations with Russia and Australia, research on history and historiography, and the problems of Soviet Koreans. http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/champion/65   (79 words)      JustOneMinute: North Korea - Losing The Culture War? Now tapes of South Korean soap operas are so popular that state television in Pyongyang, North Korea's capital, is campaigning against South Korean hairstyles, clothing and slang, visitors and defectors have said. North Korea's claim to legitimacy is based on its ability to deliver the worker's paradise now. First up, North Korea...which is begining to have a problem keeping its wretchedly poor citizens sheltered from the outside world...especially South Korean soap operas, (being recorded on Chinese cast-off cam-corders, (since they now use digial recorde... http://justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2005/03/north_korea_los.html   (79 words)      North Korea : Country Studies - Federal Research Division, Library of Congress Geopolitical Changes: New World Order and North Korean Security http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/kptoc.html   (79 words)      Korea WebWeekly 08/13 North Korea announces rare amnesty amid pressure over human rights (Yahoo) -- The country's parliament issued a decree to grant "a great amnesty" to mark the 60th anniversaries of the establishment of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea and the liberation of Korea from 45 years of Japanese colonial rule. 08/12 North Korea's Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy (OhmyNews) -- At the first stage of the fourth-round talks, the North argued that it should be guaranteed the right for a peaceful nuclear program as a sovereign state. This movie from North Korea is about a North Korean spy ring's exploits in South Korea during the Korean War. http://www.kimsoft.com/korea.htm   (79 words)      North Korea [Definition] North Korea's government is dominated by the communist In common speech in the Western World, a Communist state is a state governed by a single political party which declares its allegiance to the principles of Marxism-Leninism. However, it should be noted that North Korea is widely held to be a totalitarian The concept of Totalitarianism is a typology or ideal-type used by some political scientists to encapsulate the characteristics of a number of twentieth century regimes that mobilized entire populations in support of the state or an ideology. North Korea is accused of employing concentration camps and severely restricting most freedoms such as freedom of speech. http://www.wikimirror.com/North_Korea   (79 words)      CBC News Indepth: North Korea That prompted the United Nations to authorize a "police action" led by the United States in an attempt to repel the North Koreans. North Korean forces drove the South Korean and allied troops south in the early stages of the war, but the allies fought back, pushing the North Koreans toward the border with China. In October 2002, North Korea revealed that has an active nuclear program, in violation of a 1994 "agreed framework" with the U.S. According to the agreement, the U.S. would provide North Korea with two nuclear power plants. http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/northkorea   (587 words)      Articles - Politics of North Korea North Korea is widely considered a communist country in the Western world, but the government has formally replaced references to Marxism in its constitution with the locally developed concept of Juche, or self-reliance. In theory, North Korea's judiciary is accountable to the SPA and the president. Under Songun politics, the North Korean government's term for its political system, the National Defense Commission is the highest organ of the state. http://www.free-biz.org/articles/Politics_of_North_Korea   (587 words)

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