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| | Politics of North Korea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | North Korea's current constitution (its fifth) was written in September 1998, replacing the one previously adopted in 1972. | | | The government of North Korea often punishes the family of a "criminal" along with the alleged perpetrator. | | | Kim Il-sung ruled North Korea from 1948 until his death in July 1994. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics_of_North_Korea
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| | North Korea - Amnesty International |
| | In October, the US President signed into law the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004, which provided humanitarian assistance and for North Koreans to be granted asylum in the USA. | | | Hundreds of North Koreans tried to enter foreign diplomatic missions and foreign-run schools in Beijing. | | | More than 100 were in diplomatic missions, waiting for permission to leave China. |
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http://web.amnesty.org/report2005/prk-summary-eng
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| | North Korea News |
| | Fifteen to 20 North Korean defectors are said to have requested political asylum in the United States. | | | WHILE some politicians opted for the West Coast of the USA for their Lenten contemplation, a chosen few headed for the salubrious climes of Baguio to join President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in retreat at the... | | | The National Assembly yesterday completed its two-day long confirmation hearing on Prime Minister-designate Han Myeong-sook, and will vote on her appointment at the plenary session on April 19 at 2:00 p.m.. |
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http://www.topix.net/world/north-korea
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| | CNN.com - World regrets North Korea's quitting nuke talks - Feb 10, 2005 |
| | The United States has opposed North Korea's demands that it hold one-to-one nuclear talks, saying a multilateral diplomatic approach is required. | | | Since 2003, the United States, the two Koreas, China, Japan and Russia have held three rounds of talks aimed at persuading the North to abandon its nuclear weapons development in return for economic and diplomatic rewards. | | | This year's address raised hopes for a positive response from North Korea. |
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/02/10/nkorea.talks
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| | North Korea zone |
| | The reason for these hopes was a Joint Venture Law passed by the North Korean parliament in September of that year. | | | "I believe that those subscribing to this list should know that we who live in Korea are being prevented by a government order from viewing North Korea Zone http://nkzone.typepad.com/nkzone/ a blogzone reporting on NK and run by Rebecca Mackinnon at Harvard, Martyn Williams in Tokyo and Dr Lankov from Australian National University. | | | The law was an obvious attempt to woo foreign investors. |
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http://nkzone.typepad.com/nkzone
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| | Climbing Mount Myohyang |
| | We met our two guides and were ushered into a tour van belonging to the Korea International Travel Company. | | | Vidaehan Suryongnim, the Great Leader, Kim Il Sung died of a heart attack at his mansion in the Myohyang range on the early hours of 8 July 1994. | | | In practical terms, though, this meant we’d have to hurry back down if we wanted to avoid being stuck in darkness. |
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http://www.simonbone.com/myohyang.html
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| | North Korea - Atlapedia Online |
| | In retaliation the South Korean government imposed economic sanctions on North Korea. | | | In May 1990 Kim was re-elected President of the Supreme People's Assembly while his son, Kim Jong Il was elected first vice-chairman of a new National Defense Commission. | | | On July 27, 1953 a ceasefire was signed which brought an end to the war, following which the communist Korean Worker's Party (KWP) embarked on an economic reconstruction program and the consolidation of its political position. |
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http://www.atlapedia.com/online/countries/korea_n.htm
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| | BBC NEWS World Asia-Pacific Country profiles Country profile: North Korea |
| | Kim Jong-il was born in Siberia in 1941 during his father's period of exile in the former Soviet Union. | | | Pyongyang has accused successive South Korean governments of being US "puppets", but South Korean President Kim Dae-jung's visit in 2000 signalled a thaw in relations. | | | Kim Il-sung's son, Kim Jong-il, is now head of state, but the post of president has been assigned "eternally" to his late father. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1131421.stm
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| | NTI: Country Overviews: North Korea: Profile |
| | This announcement followed Pyongyang's January 2003 declaration that the country was withdrawing from the NPT. | | | The sudden announcement raised doubts about the Statement of Principles, but the Six-Parties have agreed to meet again, probably in November 2005. | | | This material is produced independently for NTI by the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of and has not been independently verified by NTI or its directors, officers, employees, agents. |
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http://www.nti.org/e_research/profiles/NK
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| | CNS - North Korea Special Collection |
| | This strategy is unlikely to resolve the crisis, and it also risks alienating U.S. allies and marginalizing Washington in the region. | | | The statement was the first official comment by the DPRK about the upcoming trilateral meetings between the United States, North Korea and China that are scheduled to be held in Beijing the week of April 20th. |
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http://cns.miis.edu/research/korea
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| | USS Clueless - North Korea |
| | We could, for instance, probably bring the government there down in a year by imposition of a naval blockade. | | | Korea was liberated at the end of World War II because of the defeat of Japan, and shortly thereafter was partitioned as part of Cold War politics, leading to the war there and the current partition. | | | North Korea said Monday that the United States was blocking food aid to the North and using it as leverage in the dispute over the North's nuclear facilities. |
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http://denbeste.nu/cd_log_entries/2002/12/NorthKorea.shtml
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| | North Korea - Choson |
| | KIM Chong-il has ruled North Korea since his father and the country's founder, president KIM Il-song, died in 1994. | | | Information about North Korea, the Great Leader Kim Il Sung and ruling Dear Leader Kim Jong Il. | | | Following World War II, Korea was split with the northern half coming under Communist domination and the southern portion becoming Western oriented. |
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http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/korea_north.htm
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| | CBC News Indepth: North Korea |
| | Kim Il Sung ruled the country from 1948 until his death in 1994, when the country entered a three-year mourning period for the "Great Leader." | | | That prompted the United Nations to authorize a "police action" led by the United States in an attempt to repel the North Koreans. | | | His son, Kim Jong Il, officially succeeded him in 1997, although he had been the de facto leader of the Workers Party of Korea since his father's death. |
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/northkorea
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| | North Korea WWW Virtual Library |
| | North Korea - Library of Congress Country Study | | | North Korea Special Weapons Guide (Federation of American Scientists, USA) | | | DPRK - NORTH KOREA (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand) |
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http://www.duke.edu/~myhan/s-nk.html
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| | CIA - The World Factbook -- Korea, North |
| | foreign-owned: 84 (British Virgin Islands 1, Denmark 1, Germany 1, Greece 1, India 1, Italy 1, South Korea 1, Lebanon 14, Lithuania 1, Marshall Islands 2, Pakistan 3, Romania 16, Russia 2, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1, Syria 21, Turkey 4, Ukraine 1, UAE 7, US 4, Yemen 1) | | | KIM's son, the current ruler KIM Jong Il, was officially designated as his father's successor in 1980, assuming a growing political and managerial role until the elder KIM's death in 1994. | | | This page was last updated on 29 March, 2006 |
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http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/kn.html
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| | Korea, North |
| | Refusing to bow to North Korea's demands, the United States informed the nation's diplomats that it would not begin to negotiate until North Korea first dismantled its nuclear program. | | | In the 17th century, Korea became a vassal state of China and was cut off from outside contact until the Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895. | | | Tension with South Korea eased dramatically in June 2000, when South Korea's president, Kim Dae Jung, met with North Korea's President Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang. |
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http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107686.html
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| | North Korea |
| | White has been the traditional colour of the Korean nation and figures in the flag of North Korea as a symbol of purity, strength and dignity. | | | Also shown in this picture is a vertical hoisting of the flag of the Korean Workers' Party, which, it is worth noting, is not the only political party in People's Korea - also sitting in the Supreme People's Assembly in Pyongyang are the Chondoist Chongu Party and the Korean Social Democratic Party. | | | From the constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea: |
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http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/kp.html
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| | Koryo Tours |
| | Andy Kershaw BBC Radio 3, on his 4th visit to North Korea with Koryo for his music tour, November 2003. | | | The itinerary will continue to reveal the catalogue of revolutionary exhibits and 'miraculous feats' of their leaders but it also allows a great deal of contact with the Korean people. | | | North Korea accepts under 2,000 western tourists a year.... |
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http://www.koryogroup.com
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| | FRONTLINE/WORLD . North Korea - Suspicious Minds . Index Page PBS |
| | Reports on North Korea are also issued as part of The New York Times Asia Pacific coverage. | | | Learn more about the nuclear threat North Korea poses, the country's military history, the famine that has ravaged its citizens, and the ongoing efforts at reunification of North and South. | | | FRONTLINE/World visits North Korea, which is among the most closed societies on the globe. |
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http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/northkorea
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| | North Korea |
| | This is me wearing my Chollima t-shirt to a North Korean restaurant in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. | | | He says that he and his family are the only North Koreans in town, now that the embassy has closed. | | | by Pico Iyer, collects his observations on travelling to the lonely outposts of the world, such as North Korea, Bhutan, Iceland,... |
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http://www.stat.ualberta.ca/people/schmu/nk.html
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| | washingtonpost.com: North Korea |
| | A description of the history, government, politics and economy of North Korea. | | | Star Rises for Daughter of South Korea: As Opposition Leader, Park Finds Pluses, Minuses in Father's Legacy | | | Signs Stir Concern North Korea Might Test Nuclear Bomb: Diplomat in Asia to Confer With Officials |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/asia/eastasia/northkorea
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| | North Korea |
| | The book was released on October 31, 2000 at a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. | | | The press release for the policy brief can be found here. | | | September 2005 -- ISIS Issue Brief: The North Korean Plutonium Stock Mid-2005, September 7, 2005. |
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http://www.isis-online.org/publications/dprk
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| | North Korea |
| | General secretaries of the Central Committee of the Workers' (Communist) Party of Korea (CND) | | | Party abbreviation: CND = Chõson Nodongdang (Workers Party of Korea, authoritarian, communist -only legal party) | | | Chairman of the Provisional People's Committee for North Korea |
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http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Korea_North.htm
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| | North Korea : Weather Underground |
| | Find the Weather for any City, State or ZIP Code, or Airport Code or Country | | | North Korea — (Click on a column heading to sort this information) |
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http://www.wunderground.com/global/KR.html
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| | North Korea Travel Information Lonely Planet Destination Guide |
| | North Korea has some exquisite national parks, and the country is almost completely unexploited by commercial tourism. | | | From the ultra-clean showcase capital, from which old people and pregnant women are excluded, to Paekdusan, where they're still rewriting history, there's weirdness galore. | | | Mount Myohyang and the pristine surrounding area of hills, mountain trails and waterfalls (completely untouched by mass tourism) make for a charming... |
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http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/asia/north-korea
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| | north korea map of news at freenorthkorea.net |
| | Map Of KoreaKorea NewsKorea HotelKorea TravelKorea BusinessTeaching English In KoreaNorth Korea NewsHistory Of North KoreaFlag Of North KoreaKoreaKorea HotelNorth Korea |
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http://www.freenorthkorea.net
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