North Korea

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Online Sources

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Human Rights Organizations

Amnesty, International: http://www.amnesty.org/

Global Rights: http://www.humantrafficking.org/organizations/352

Human Rights Watch: http://www.hrw.org/

International Committee of the Red Cross: https://www.icrc.org/en

International Federation of Human Rights: https://www.fidh.org/International-Federation-for-Human-Rights

Norwegian Refugee Council: http://www.nrc.no/

Refugees International: http://www.refintl.org/

UN Watch: http://www.unwatch.org/site/c.bdKKISNqEmG/b.1277549/k.D7FE/UN_Watch__Monitoring_the_UN_Promoting_Human_Rights.htm

Human Rights Foundation: http://humanrightsfoundation.org/

Protection International: http://protectioninternational.org/

Children’s Defense Fund: http://www.childrensdefense.org/

Academic Search Premiere Articles

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Corruption

1.  The Internet Center for Corruption Research : A Joint Initiative of Transparency International and the University of Passau, the Center publishes an annual ranking of countries by the extent of perceived corruption in public administration, the Corruption Perceptions Index 2010. A ranking of the world's countries from the least to the most corrupt.

2.  Global Corruption Reports: The annual corruption reports from Transparency International focus on corruption in different fields.

3.  Opacity Index 2009: A ranking countries by their opacity, i.e. "the lack of clear, accurate, formal, easily-discernible and widely accepted practices". Corruption, the legal system and enforcement, economic policies, accounting guidelines, and regulatory frameworks are all taken into account in judging opacity. This was originally a Price Waterhouse Coopers project but is now a product of the Kurtzman Group.

  1. Lankov, Andrei. "Staying Alive." Foreign Affairs 87.2 (2008): 9-16. Academic Search Premier. Web. 16 Feb. 2012. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=31029400&site=ehost-live
  2. "In A League Of Its Own." Economist 398.8734 (2011): 46. Academic Search Premier. Web. 16 Feb. 2012. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=60767131&site=ehost-live
  3. "DICTATORS TOP FIVES. (Cover Story)." New Statesman 135.4808 (2006): 33. Academic Search Premier. Web. 16 Feb. 2012. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=22195326&site=ehost-live
  4. Park, Yong-Soo. "The Political Economy Of Economic Reform In North Korea." Australian Journal Of International Affairs 63.4 (2009): 529-549. Academic Search Premier. Web. 16 Feb. 2012. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=45694706&site=ehost-live
  5. Kwon, Heonik. "North Korea's Politics Of Longing." Critical Asian Studies 42.1 (2010): 3-24. Academic Search Premier. Web. 16 Feb. 2012. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=48329420&site=ehost-live
  6. ABYZ News Links - North Korea - Links to national and local news media, including broadcast, internet, press agencies, newspapers and magazines.

10.  Austria accuses North Korean bank of spying: North Korea's only bank in Europe, the Golden Star Bank in Vienna, is being used as a base for North Korean secret services, according to a report by the Austrian authorities. Daily Telegraph, 23 July 2003.

11.  BBC, North Korea's secretive 'first family'

12.  Born in the USSR– Kim Jong-il's childhood.

13.  CHOE, SANG-HUN. "New North Korean Leader Meets South Koreans and Assumes Leadership of Party." New York Times 27 Dec. 2011: 7. Academic Search Premier. Web. 23 Jan. 2012. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=69939583&site=ehost-live

14.  CHOE, SANG-HUN. "North Korea Portrays Son as Firmly in Charge." New York Times 22 Dec. 2011: 10. Academic Search Premier. Web. 23 Jan. 2012. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=69862686&site=ehost-live

15.  Cumings, Bruce. "Feeding The North Korea Myths." Nation 265.9 (1997): 22-24. Academic Search Premier. Web. 23 Jan. 2012. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=9709190900&site=ehost-live

  1. DPRK Studies - A weblog that focuses chiefly on social, political and security issues in North Korea. Has commentary plus links to news stories, Web sites, documents and related blogs.

17.  Kathy, Chu, and TODAY USA. "North Korea's focus won't be economic reforms." USA Today n.d.: Academic Search Premier. Web. 23 Jan. 2012. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=J0E035233511911&site=ehost-live

18.  Kim Jong Il: Brief HistoryPDF(893KB)– Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang DPR Korea (1998)

19.  Kim Jong-il collected news and commentary at The New York Times

20.  Kirk, Donald. "North Korea succession: Kim Jong-il's oldest son reveals ruling family fissure." Christian Science Monitor 12 Oct. 2010: N.PAG. Academic Search Premier. Web. 23 Jan. 2012. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=54374844&site=ehost-live

21.  Kirk, Donald. "North Korea's Kim Jong-un not really in control, says brother." Christian Science Monitor 17 Jan. 2012: N.PAG. Academic Search Premier. Web. 23 Jan. 2012. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=70352789&site=ehost-live

  1. Korean News - News stories from the official news agency of North Korea, the Korean Central News Agency. Includes archive of stories since December 1996. In English and Korean.

23.  North Korea and the Growing Culture of Corruption: http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htlead/articles/20061108.aspx.

  1. North Korean News.Net - Current news and weather from a variety of external news sources, plus links, world news and world market data.

25.  Powell, Bill. "The Son Also Rises." Time 179.1 (2012): 28. Academic Search Premier. Web. 23 Jan. 2012. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=70096666&site=ehost-live

26.  SHI, YONGMING. "Pyongyang's Path To Prosperity." Beijing Review 54.24 (2011): 14-15. Academic Search Premier. Web. 23 Jan. 2012. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=61281106&site=ehost-live

27.  Snyder, Scott. "Kim Jong-Il's Successor Dilemmas." Washington Quarterly 33.1 (2010): 35-46. Academic Search Premier. Web. 23 Jan. 2012. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=45694726&site=ehost-live

28.  The many family secrets of Kim Jong Il

29.  The Monitor's Editorial, Board. "Will 'supreme leader' Kim Jong-un take a shot on North Korea's future?." Christian Science Monitor 29 Dec. 2011: N.PAG. Academic Search Premier. Web. 23 Jan. 2012. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=69989942&site=ehost-live

  1. The People's Korea - News stories from a North Korean perspective. Includes a searchable archive of stories since July 1997 and topically organized stories on major subjects. In English, Japanese and Korean.
  2. Washington Post - Full Coverage: North Korea - News, analysis and commentary along with graphics and special reports.

Prison Camps

  1. "North Korean prison camps challenge world's conscience." USA Today n.d.: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=J0E249101533814&site=ehost-live
  2. Marquand, Robert. "UN inquiry hears harrowing reports on N. Korean prison camps." Christian Science Monitor 19 Jan. 2014: N.PAG. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=93990164&site=ehost-live
  3. CHOE, SANG-HUN. "North Korean Defectors Tell U.N. Panel of Prison Camp Abuses." New York Times 21 Aug. 2013: A8. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=89808666&site=ehost-live
  4. Park, Robert. "The Forgotten Genocide." World Affairs 176.2 (2013): 64-71. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=88951412&site=ehost-live
  5. RAMSTAD, EVAN, and Min Sun Lee. "Defectors Cast New Light on Korean Camps." Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition 31 May 2012: A14. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=76243659&site=ehost-live
  6. GLADSTONE, RICK. "North Korea Acts to Stop U. N. Resolution on Rights." New York Times 18 Nov. 2014: A8. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=99468347&site=ehost-live

Famine

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1.  Noland, Marcus (2004). "Famine and Reform in North Korea". Asian Economic Papers 3 (2): 1–40. doi:10.1162/1535351044193411?journalCode=asep.

2.  "North Korea: A terrible truth". The Economist. 17 April 1997. http://www.economist.com/node/147613. Retrieved 2011-09-24.

3.  Staff (January 2013) Quantity Reporting - Food Aid to North Korea World Food Program, Retrieved 2 February 2013

4.  Noland, Marcus, Sherman Robinson and Tao Wang, Famine in North Korea: Causes and Cures, Institute for International Economics.

5.  Spoorenberg, Thomas; Schwekendiek, Daniel. "Demographic Changes in North Korea: 1993–2008", Population and Development Review, 38(1), pp. 133-158.

6.  United Nations Development Program, Millennium Development Goals and the DPRK, retrieved 21 October 21, 2011, http://www.undp.org/dprk/mdgs.shtml

7.  Woo-Cumings, Meredith (2002) The political ecology of famine: the North Korean catastrophe and its lessons. Online at: http://personal.lse.ac.uk/SIDEL/images/WooFamine.pdf

8.  UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs, “United Nations Consolidated UN Inter-Agency Appeal for Flood-Related Emergency Humanitarian Assistance to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPKR) 1 July 1996-31 March 1997” April 1996, reproduced on http://www.reliefweb.int/ocha_ol/pub/appeals/96appeals/dprk/prk_atxl.html#top

9.  UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs, "Status of Public Health-Democratic People's Republic of Korea, April 1997" retrieved at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr.preview.mmwrhtml.00048030.htm#top

10.  International FIDES Service no. 4144, “Hell on Earth: The Church Must Wipe the Tears,” April 23, 1999, http://www.fides.org/english/1999/e19990423.html.

11.  United Nations Development Program and Agricultural Recovery and Environmental Protection. “Report of the Second Thematic Round Table Conference for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea”. Found in Annex K: Labor Force and Employment. Geneva: UNDP, June 2000

12.  ”Winter Set to Be Cruel in North Korea,” ABC World Today, November 23, 2001, on http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/s424241.htm. Statistics for 1993 from UNICEF, Situation of Children and Women, (1991).

13.  Brooke, James (11 December 2003) As Donations Fall, U.N. Plans to Reduce North Korea's Food Aid The New York Times, Retrieved 31 January 2013

14.  Václav Havel; Kjell Magne Bondevik, Elie Wiesel (October 30, 2006). Failure to Protect - A Call for the UN Security Council to Act in North Korea (Report). DLA Piper and U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea. p. 17-21. http://www.dlapiper.com/files/upload/North%20Korea%20Report.pdf.

15.  "North Korea 'loses 3 million to famine'". BBC News. February 17, 1999. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/281132.stm. Retrieved 2010-01-05

16.  Solomon, Jay (2005-05-20). "US Has Put Food Aid for North Korea on Hold". Wall Street Journal. http://www.globalpolicy.org/socecon/hunger/relief/2005/0520nkorea.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-01.[dead link]

17.  "Report on U.S. Humanitarian assistance to North Koreans" (PDF). United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs. 2006-04-15. http://internationalrelations.house.gov/archives/109/4-06usaid.pdf. Retrieved 2007-08-01.

18.  "North Korea: Ending Food Aid Would Deepen Hunger". Human Rights Watch. 2006-10-11. http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/10/10/nkorea14381.htm. Retrieved 2007-08-02.

19.  Faiola, Anthony (2006-07-14). "S. Korea Suspends Food Aid to North". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/13/AR2006071300751.html. Retrieved 2007-08-02.

20.  Brooke, James (1 June 2005) North Korea, Facing Food Shortages, Mobilizes Millions From the Cities to Help Rice Farmers The New York Times, Retrieved 30 January 2013

21.  Buckley, Sarah (September 23, 2005). "North Korea's problem with food". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4072280.stm

22.  Branigan, Tania (April 17, 2008). "UN fears tragedy over North Korean food shortage". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/17/korea.food

23.  "BBC News— Tales of starvation and death in North Korea". BBC. 2010. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11244825. Retrieved 30 January 2013.

24.  "The unpalatable appetites of Kim Jong-il". October 8, 2011. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/8809102/The-unpalatable-appetites-of-Kim-Jong-il.html. Retrieved October 8, 2011.

25.  Williams, Robb (28 January 2013) North Korean cannibalism fears amid claims starving people forced to desperate measures The Independent, Retrieved 30 January 201

  1. Fahy, Sandra. "'Like Two Pieces Of The Sky': Seeing North Korea Through Accounts Of The Famine (Respond To This Article At )." Anthropology Today 27.5 (2011): 18-21. Academic Search Premier. Web. 14 Feb. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=66182504&site=ehost-live
  2. Lankov, Andrei. "Staying Alive." Foreign Affairs 87.2 (2008): 9-16. Academic Search Premier. Web. 14 Feb. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=31029400&site=ehost-live
  3. McCurry, Justin. "Aid Workers Warn Of North Korea's Forgotten Health Crisis." Lancet 365.9476 (2005): 1997-1998. Academic Search Premier. Web. 14 Feb. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=17273742&site=ehost-live
  4. Thao Anh, Tran. "Rescuing Refugees: An Interview With Mike Kim." Asian American Policy Review 22.(2011): 71-77. Academic Search Premier. Web. 14 Feb. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=69635449&site=ehost-live.

Nuclear Program

  1. Asia Source Special Reports: North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program - Collected commentary and news plus biographies, country profiles, related special reports and links.
  2. BBC News Country Profile: North Korea - Overview with key facts, figures and dates. Includes The Secret State which explains the background of nuclear tensions, the divided peninsula and life inside North Korea.
  3. Carter Center: North Korea - Information about the Center's work in mediating conflict and helping with relief and development work. Includes op-ed columns by Jimmy Carter.
  4. Center for Defense Information: Fact Sheet: North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program - Survey on the known history of North Korea's weapons program and its production potential.
  5. Council on Foreign Relations: Meeting the North Korean Nuclear Challenge - Press release for the May 19, 2003 meeting and press conference of the CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force on Korea links to their full report.
  6. Federation of American Scientists: North Korea Special Weapons - A comprehensive guide to North Korean special weapons, including nuclear weapons, missiles and related facilities.
  7. GlobalSecurity.org: Korea Crisis - Provides information on the history of the conflict and on the military forces on both sides. Includes links for news and related resources.
  8. Guardian Unlimited Special Report: North and South Korea - Ongoing news, analysis, and commentary includes timeline, interactives, weblog, audio and video. Extensive links.
  9. KEDO:Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization - Official information and the text of agreements related to the implementation of the Agreed Framework between the USA and DPRK that includes the construction of two proliferation-resistant light-water reactors in the DPRK.
  10. National Security Archive: North Korea and Nuclear Weapons: The Declassified U.S. Record - A selection of both declassified and publicly released intelligence assessments, policy statements and reports on the North Korean nuclear program.
  11. PBS Frontline: Kim's Nuclear Gamble - Online program video with background material examines the highly unstable U.S.-North Korea relationship and how it has brought the world to the brink of a nuclear showdown. Broadcast April, 2003.
  12. PBS Online NewsHour: North Korea: Nuclear Standoff - News story archives along with a map, historical overview, and information about their nuclear program, the DMZ, US relations and North Korea's leaders.
  13. UN News Centre: Democratic People's Republic of Korea - Provides news, press releases and key documents.
  14. World Press Review: North Korea Nuclear Weapons - Views from 16 sources in Pyongyang, Seoul, Tokyo, Madrid, London, Chennai, Islamabad, Beijing, Toronto, Tehran, Brisbane, and Melbourne.
  15. Habib, Benjamin. "North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Programme And The Maintenance Of The Songun System." Pacific Review 24.1 (2011): 43-64. Academic Search Premier. Web. 21 Feb. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=59272422&site=ehost-live
  16. Hecker, Siegfried S., and Robert Carlin. "North Korea In 2011: Countdown To Kim Il-Sung’S Centenary." Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists 68.1 (2012): 50-60. Academic Search Premier. Web. 21 Feb. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=70224484&site=ehost-live
  17. Kang, Jungmin. "Redirecting North Korea's Nuclear Workers." Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists 65.1 (2009): 48-55. Academic Search Premier. Web. 21 Feb. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=35819558&site=ehost-live
  18. Hecker, Siegfried S. "Denuclearizing North Korea." Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists 64.2 (2008): 44-62. Academic Search Premier. Web. 21 Feb. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=32591360&site=ehost-live
  19. Lieggi, Stephanie, Robert Shaw, and Masako Toki. "Taking Control: Stopping North Korean WMD-Related Procurement." Bulletin Of The Atomic Scientists 66.5 (2010): 21-34. Academic Search Premier. Web. 21 Feb. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=62030507&site=ehost-live
  20. Davis, Carmel. "An Introduction To Nuclear Strategy And Small Nuclear Powers: Using North Korea As A Case." Defence Studies 9.1 (2009): 93-117. Academic Search Premier. Web. 21 Feb. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=37194979&site=ehost-live
  21. Cha, Victor D. "What Do They Really Want?: Obama's North Korea Conundrum." Washington Quarterly 32.4 (2009): 119-138. Academic Search Premier. Web. 21 Feb. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=44302831&site=ehost-live
  22. Carpenter, Ted Galen. "Plan B For Dealing With North Korea." Policy 26.2 (2010): 14-18. Academic Search Premier. Web. 21 Feb. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=52104575&site=ehost-live
  23. Delury, John. "North Korea: 20 Years Of Solitude." World Policy Journal 25.4 (2008): 75-82. Academic Search Premier. Web. 21 Feb. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=36067652&site=ehost-live
  24. Hymans, Jacques E. C. "Assessing North Korean Nuclear Intentions And Capacities: A New Approach." Journal Of East Asian Studies 8.2 (2008): 259-292. Academic Search Premier. Web. 21 Feb. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=32712844&site=ehost-live
  25. Bosco, Joseph A. "China's Is Protecting North Korea's Nukes." U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 137.12 (2011): 10. Academic Search Premier. Web. 21 Feb. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=69814189&site=ehost-live
  26. Schulte, Gregory L. "Stopping Proliferation Before It Starts." Foreign Affairs 89.4 (2010): 85-95. Academic Search Premier. Web. 21 Feb. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=51485460&site=ehost-live
  27. Fulghum, David A., Bradley Perrett, and Douglas Barrie. "Testing, Testing." Aviation Week & Space Technology 170.22 (2009): 22-24. Academic Search Premier. Web. 21 Feb. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=42531366&site=ehost-live
  28. ASADA, MASAHIKO. "A Solution In Sanctions." Harvard International Review 32.4 (2011): 18-21. Academic Search Premier. Web. 21 Feb. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=58498607&site=ehost-live
  29. Pollack, Jonathan D. "Kim Jong-Il's Clenched Fist." Washington Quarterly 32.4 (2009): 153-173. Academic Search Premier. Web. 21 Feb. 2013. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=44302829&site=ehost-live

Unification and Conflict with Japan