Read The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History Online
Authors: Don Oberdorfer,Robert Carlin
Rice’s instruction to Assistant Secretary Hill to keep away from the Philharmonic’s press conference is noted in Glenn Kessler’s article in the
Washington Post
, May 26, 2008, “Mid-level Official Steered U.S. Shift on North Korea.”
Signs of Succession
:
For an account of Japanese consternation at discovering they had detained Kim Jong Nam, see Funabashi,
The Peninsula Question
, 61–63.
On Kim Jong Il’s stroke, see
www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/19/kim-jong-il-stroke_n_1157688.html
.
Diplomatic Downturn
:
On Washington’s decision to lift trade sanctions, see
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91934883
.
Ambassador Hill’s testimony can be found on
http://foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/HillTestimony080206a.pdf
.
For the verification issue, see
www.armscontrol.org/act/2008_09/NKnuclear
.
A useful timeline of IAEA activity in North Korea is on
www.iaea.org/newscenter/focus/iaeadprk/fact_sheet_may2003.shtml
.
A Terrible Start
:
The North’s warning on its next steps after the Security Council action is in “UNSC Urged to Retract Anti-DPRK Steps,” KCNA, in English, April 29, 2009.
A careful study of the North’s third test appears in Siegfried Hecker and Frank Pabian in
www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/features/contemplating-third-nuclear-test-north-korea
.
On strategic patience, see
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/26/AR2010052605047.html
. See also
www.donaldgross.net/2010/12/strategic-patience-has-become-strategic-passivity/
.
The PRC proviso in the UN Security Council resolution can be found on
www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2009/sc9679.doc.htm
.
Turning to the South
:
For the official ROK press line on what happened in President Lee’s meeting with the North Korean visitors, see
Dong-A Ilbo
, August 24, 2009, in English.
Secret Talks, Public Clashes
:
The story of the flood is covered in several items carried by the Yonhap news agency. See, for instance,
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2009/09/07/0200000000AEN20090907006600315.HTML
.
The official ROK findings on the
Cheonan
’s sinking can be found on
www.securitycouncilreport.org/atf/cf/%7B65BFCF9B-6D27–4E9C-8CD3-CF6E4FF96FF9%7D/DPRK%20S%202010%20281%20SKorea%20Letter%20and%20Cheonan%20Report.pdf
.
The Rise of Chinese Influence
:
For the North Korean television coverage of Wen’s arrival, see
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpj4iGY8nQE
.
A Rare Backlash
:
For an initial account of the currency revaluation, see Evan Ram- stad’s report in the
Wall Street Journal
,
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125975276400572645.html
.
One example of foreign interest in the North’s magnesite deposits is found on
www.nkeconwatch.com/nk-uploads/quintermina3.pdf
.
Kim Jong Il’s Death and Beyond
:
The announcement by a spokesman for the Korean Committee for Space Technology of the plans for a space launch was carried by the official North Korean news agency, “DPRK to Launch Application Satellite,” KCNA, March 16, 2012.
A
FTERWORD
The observations about an apparent easing of the alert situation in the North are found on
www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?cataId=nk01500&num=10452
.
For an analysis of the commercial satellite photographs showing progress on construction of the LWR at Yongbyon, see
http://38north.org/2013/05/yongbyon050113/
.
Aaron, David,
103
Acheson, Dean,
7
Ackerman, Gary,
21–22
Afghanistan, Soviet incursion into,
159
Agnew, Spiro,
72
Agreed Framework,
279
,
338
,
345
,
347
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384–385
DPRK obligations under,
286
,
304
,
383
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385
,
413
DPRK concern about,
353
end of,
321
,
372–374
,
375
,
377
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380
fall out from,
280–281
Japan’s obligations under,
320
negotiations for,
274–280
,
282
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294
,
328
,
351
problems implementing,
284–288
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301
,
304
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367
US obligations under,
284
,
307
,
379
,
412
US opposition to,
348
,
354
,
363–364
,
383
Akwanpachon
,
164
Albright, Madeleine,
259
,
327
,
328
,
330
diplomacy with DPRK,
341
,
342–343
meeting with Kim Jong Il,
343–345
,
347
,
421
,
437
Allen, Richard,
106–107
Amano, Yukio,
456
Amity and Commerce, Treaty of,
3
Anderson, Terry,
104
Andropov, Yuri,
121
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty,
351
Arbatov, Georgi,
161
Arkin, William,
200
Armacost, Michael,
74
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency,
199
Armstrong, John,
80–81
Asian Development Bank,
103
,
340
Asian Regional Forum,
340
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), meeting of,
362
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368
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373
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375
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379
Asia-Pacific Peace Committee,
335
Banco Delta Asia (BDA),
408–411
,
417
Barrett, Mark,
60
Bazhanova, Natalia,
149
Beech, Keyes,
21
Begleiter, Ralph,
260
Belgium,
340
Bessmertnykh, Alexander,
166
Blitzer, Wolf,
260
Blix, Hans,
208–211
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214–217
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227
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230
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243
Bolton, John,
349
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354
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362
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374
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382
on North Korea’s uranium program,
363
,
367
,
368
,
369
Bonesteel, Charles,
5
Bonifas, Arthur,
60
Borodavkin, Aleksei,
454
Brewster, Bob,
99
Britain, historical influence on Korea,
4
Brown, David E.,
269
Brown, George,
72
Brzezinski, Zbigniew,
68
,
70–74
,
83–85
,
102
Buddhist sharing movement,
312
Burma,
110–111
Bush, George W.,
346
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347
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349
,
350
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375
,
403
administration’s opposition to Clinton’s Korea policy,
348
,
351
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398
Kim Dae Jung and,
350
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351–352
,
358
,
359
North Korea policy of,
349
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417
,
403–411
,
413–416
Cairo Declaration,
4
Carlin, Robert,
226
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276–277
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399
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416
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,
205
,
252
Carriere, Fred,
376
Carter, Ashton,
327
Chun Doo Hwan and,
97
,
105
,
106–107
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108
Kim Dae Jung rescue,
105–106
,
108
relations with China under,
186
relations with DPRK under,
75–76
,
79
,
113
visit to Pyongyang,
249
,
253–254
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256–265
,
287
withdrawal policy of,
67–75
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80–86
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106
,
349
Castro, Fidel,
142
Cattle diplomacy,
325
Cha, Victor,
418
Chang Chun Ha,
34
Chang Song Taek,
376
Ch’emyon
,
217
Cheonan sinking,
444–446
,
451
,
452
Chernenko, Konstantin,
121–122
,
124–125
,
198
Chernyayev, Anatoly,
125
,
161
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166
China
economic engagement with DPRK,
355–366
,
435
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446–449
four-party talks,
83
,
114
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300–302
historical influence on Korea,
3–4
,
8–9
,
179
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190
relations with DPRK,
178–179
,
203–204
,
448–449
relations with ROK,
146–148
,
161–165
,
186–193
relations with United States,
10–11
,
83
sanctions against DPRK,
251–252
,
415
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435
six-party talks,
383
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395–398
,
404
,
409
Chinoy, Mike,
259
Cho Chongryon,
316
Cho Soon,
30
Choe Kwang,
294
Choi Eun Hee,
273