North Korea
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea, aka North Korea, is a land of controversies and confrontations. It has often been universally criticized for its 'dodgy' nuclear policies and its even 'dodgier' governance. The articles presented below throw some more light on it.
- North Korean Envoy Set to Visit U.S. to Discuss New Nuclear Agreement
A top North Korean diplomat will visit the U.S. in the wake of the announcement that the U.S. has agreed to provide food aid to North Korea in exchange for nuclear inspections.
- North Korea Facts
It is widely known that North Korea is probably one of the most closed countries in the world. Learning new North Korea facts can be quite a task because there is very little known about the country.
- North Korea Scraps Military Safeguard Pact with South Korea
North Korea has scrapped an agreement with South Korea known as the Military Safeguard Pact, as tensions rise between the two neighbors...
- The Clash of the Koreans: Naval Skirmish in the Yellow Sea
Local news agency, Yonhap reported yesterday of a naval clash between the North and South Korea in the waters of the Yellow Sea. While firing was done from both sides, no casualties were reported.
- Playing the Waiting Game: How Kim Jong Il Beats the U.S.
Aside from his million soldiers and nuclear bombs, Kim Jong Il has one other card up his sleeve -- and it is one that is more powerful than his military: time
- The Nuclear Issue in North Korea
A crisis has been set off by disclosure that the Dramatic Peoples' Republic of North Korea (DPRK) is engaged in building "a nuclear deterrent force" to meet the threats from U.S. The U.S. has argued that such a program was in complete violation of the 1994 Agreed Framework, a bilateral understanding with the U.S.
