http://www.dprkstudies.org A focus on North Korean studies. Fri, 09 May 2008 01:04:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en North Korea has turned over thousands of pages of documentation for its plutonium-based nuclear program: North Korea handed over more than 18,000 pages of nuclear weapons documents to a U.S. diplomat visiting Pyongyang on Thursday that will help verify its plutonium holdings, senior U.S. officials said. [...] "We will see if these ... http://www.dprkstudies.org/2008/05/08/north-korea-provides-documents-its-not-enough/ A few times I have come across the assertion that the 1994 Agreed Framework did not prohibit North Korea's uranium enrichment program, and that document did not even include the word “uranium,” as an argument for why the U.S. was responsible for the disintegration of the Agreed Framework. However, ... http://www.dprkstudies.org/2008/05/04/for-the-record-the-1994-agreed-framework-prohibited-north-koreas-uranium-enrichment-program/ Via the Times: "The exhibition features 400 hand-painted posters dating from the peak of the Dear Leader Kim Sung Il's power in the 1950s to the present regime led by his son, Kim Jong Il." The article has only one image, but has several interesting propaganda quotes. http://www.dprkstudies.org/2008/05/04/north-korean-propaganda-art-on-display-in-london/ KQCD-TV: North Dakota Korean War Vet Laid To Rest Dong-a Ilbo: Nuclear Warheads Likely to Be Left Out of N. Korea’s Report AP: US State Department official to visit North Korea for nuclear talks AP: SK to give financial assistance to victims of abduction by NK for first time Asia Times: North Korea ... http://www.dprkstudies.org/2008/05/04/north-korea-in-the-news-229/ Rather than belligerent insults using archaic English following the Bush administration's presentation of rather convincing evidence that North Korea was proliferating nuclear technology to Syria, North Korea is offering something to "complement" the declaration of nuclear programs called for in the 13 February 2007 deal: North Korea has tentatively agreed ... http://www.dprkstudies.org/2008/05/01/north-korea-offers-yongbyon-records-back-to-1990/ Better late than never: The Unification Ministry has adjusted the content of unification education for both adults and students with President Lee Myung-bak’s North Korea policy, emphasizing the importance of national security and North Korea’s human rights issues. Some left-leaning lecturers, who have been slammed for propagating distorted views on North ... http://www.dprkstudies.org/2008/04/29/south-korea-ejects-leftist-propaganda-from-education-system/ Young Korean Herrenvolk engaging in their version of Agoge, at least according to the New York Times. The two Korean schools mentioned in the article are similar to Exeter or Andover in the United States in someways (they are private academies that serve children of affluent parents). But my guess is ... http://www.dprkstudies.org/2008/04/27/young-korean-herrenvolk-engaging-in-agoge/ During a meeting in P’yŏngyang on 04 October 2002, North Korean Deputy Foreign Minster Kang Seok-Ju admitted to U.S. Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly that North Korea had a uranium enrichment program. That was the public beginning of the end of the 1994 Agreed Framework. Now the U.S. Intelligence ... http://www.dprkstudies.org/2008/04/26/north-korea-syria-should-be-oct-2002-deja-vu-but-isnt/ North Korea claims that on 25 April 1932 the Korean People’s Army (KPA, 조선인민군/ Chosŏn inmin'gun) was formed. However, the more likely accurate date is 08 February 1948. It is celebrated as “Military Foundation Day” in Kimland. http://www.dprkstudies.org/2008/04/26/76th-anniversary-of-the-kpa/ A joint statement (DOC) was issued at the conclusion of the fourth round of Six-Party Talks in September, 2005 that “reaffirmed that the goal of the Six-Party Talks is the verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in a peaceful manner.” It was hailed, by most, as a great breakthrough in ... http://www.dprkstudies.org/2008/04/24/north-korea-syria-banco-delta-asia-deja-vu/