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TABLE OF CONTENTS
NORTH KOREA ON OUR MINDS AND IN OUR CLASSROOMS......... 2
KEYNOTE: PROFESSOR CLARK SORENSON ............................................... 2
INFORMATION SHEET:........................................................................... 3
MAPS OF NORTH KOREA ....................................................................... 4
TIMELINE ............................................................................................ 7
NORTH KOREA-U.S. RELATIONS/SECURITY ISSUES ................... 11
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INFORMATION SHEET ...........................................................................11

RESOURCES ...................................................................................... 12
LESSON PLANS & ACTIVITIES ............................................................... 14
A DIVIDED PENINSULA AT A GLANCE ......................................... 17
INFORMATION SHEET ..........................................................................17
RESOURCES ...................................................................................... 18
LESSON PLANS & ACTIVITIES.............................................................. 19
Recommended Resources
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NORTH KOREA SOCIETY & CULTURE TODAY ............................. 21

INFORMATION SHEET ......................................................................... 21
RESOURCES ...................................................................................... 22
LESSON PLANS & ACTIVITIES.............................................................. 24
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NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC AND HUMANITARIAN ISSUES .......... 26

INFORMATION SHEET ......................................................................... 26
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INTEGRATING STEM TOPICS INTO YOUR TEACHING..42
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"NORTH KOREA ON OUR MINDS AND IN OUR CLASSROOMS
KEYNOTE: PROFESSOR CLARK SORENSON
Although North Korea does not often make front-page newsunless there is a missile launch or
underground nuclear testlife goes on for its 23 million citizens. What social, economic, and
political changes are happening in this East Asian country today? This evening Professor Clark
Sorensen, Chair of the UWs Korea Studies Program will guide us through recent social
changes and economics... Together we will ponder who will succeed the ailing "Dear Leader"
Kim Jong-Il and some of the other issues facing Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK)
today.
Professor Sorensen holds a PhD in Anthropology from University of Washington. He has taught
in the University of Washingtons Korea Studies Program since 1989. He speaks Korean,
Chinese, Japanese, and German and has taught numerous East Asia and Anthropology classes
at UW. These include: Comparative Family and Kinship; Social Change in East Asia since 1945;
History of Korea; and Cultural Interactions in an Independent World. This quarter he is teaching
SISEA 585, a graduate-level research seminar on Modern Korea.
Professor Sorensons areas of interest include: Modern Korean society; social change in modern
East Asia; and national identity formation. Among his publications are Over the Mountains are
Mountains, ethnography of a Korean village, published by the University of Washington Press
and numerous journal articles on contemporary Korean culture, which address the evolution of
filial piety among other issues.
More background information on Professor Sorenson can be found on his University of
Washingtons webpage: http://faculty.washington.edu/sangok
Special thanks to our co-sponsor the East Asia Resource Center (EARC) http://jsis.washington.edu/earc/
The East Asia Resource Center (EARC) provides a wide range of outreach programming and services to K-12
educators nationwide. The EARC helps educators expand and update their knowledge of China, Japan, and
Korea; recommends effective resources and strategies for teaching about East Asia; and develops quality
curriculum materials. EARC offerings for K-12 educators include one-day workshops, 30-hour seminars,
summer institutes, study tours to Asia, a resource collection, EARC volumes of curriculum materials, and a
quarterly newsletter. EARC programming strives to bring the expertise of UW faculty and K-12 master
teachers in Asian studies to its audiences of educators across the Northwest. EARC activities are supported by
grants from the Freeman Foundation, the US Department of Education, and other foundations.
INFORMATION SHEET:
NORTH KOREA AT A GLANCE
An independent kingdom for much of its long history, Korea was occupied by Japan beginning
in 1905 following the Russo-Japanese War. Five years later, Japan formally annexed the entire
peninsula. Following World War II, Korea was split with the northern half coming under Sovietsponsored Communist control. After failing in the Korean War (1950-53) to conquer the U.S.backed Republic of Korea (ROK) in the southern portion by force, North Korea (DPRK), under
its founder President Kim il Sung, adopted a policy of ostensible diplomatic and economic "selfreliance" as a check against outside influence.
The DPRK demonized the U.S. as the ultimate threat to its social system through state-funded
propaganda, and molded political, economic, and military policies around the core ideological
objective of eventual unification of Korea under Pyongyang's control. 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.
After decades of economic mismanagement and resource misallocation, the DPRK since the
mid-1990s has relied heavily on international aid to feed its population. North Korea's history of
regional military provocations, proliferation of military-related items, long-range missile
development, WMD programs including nuclear weapons test in 2006 and 2009, and massive
conventional armed forces are of major concern to the international community.
Excerpted from CIA World Factbook:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/kn.html
COUNTRY PROFILES
BBC NEWS COUNTRY PROFILE NORTH KOREA
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1131421.stm
A brief overview of North Korea, its economy, people, and government.
NORTH KOREAS OFFICIAL WEB SITE
http://www.korea-dpr.com/
The official website of North Korea. This site is in English and helps to promote North Korean
interest to foreigners.
CIA COUNTRY PROFILE NORTH KOREA
The CIA official data on North Korea.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE BACKGROUND NOTES: NORTH KOREA
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2792.htm
These notes include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions,
economy, and foreign relations.
World Affairs Council Teacher Resource Packet North Korea

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MAPS OF NORTH KOREA
http://www.mapcruzin.com/free-maps-korea/korea_north_admin_2005.jpg
Area: 1122,762 sq. km. (47,918 sq. mi.), about the size of Mississippi.
Cities: Capital--Pyongyang. Other cities--Hamhung, Chongjin, Wonsan, Nampo, and Kaesong.
Terrain: About 80% of land area is moderately high mountains separated by deep, narrow valleys and
small, cultivated plains. The remainder is lowland plains covering small, scattered areas.
Climate: Long, cold, dry winters; short, hot, humid, summers.
From U.S. Department of State Background Notes: North Korea http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2792.htm

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http://english.freemap.jp/blankmap_dl.php?area=asia_e&country=korea&file_name=2.gif

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BLANK MAP OF KOREA
http://english.freemap.jp/blankmap_dl.php?area=asia_e&country=korea&file_name=2.gif

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TIMELINE
BBC NORTH KOREA
A Chronology of Key Events
1945 - After World War II, Japanese occupation of Korea ends with Soviet troops occupying the
north, and US troops the south.
1946 - North Korea's Communist Party (Korean Workers' Party - KWP) inaugurated. Sovietbacked leadership installed, including Red Army-trained Kim Il-sung.
1948 - Democratic People's Republic of Korea proclaimed. Soviet troops withdraw.
1950 - South declares independence, sparking North Korean invasion.
1953 - Armistice ends Korean War, which has cost two million lives.
1960s - Heavy industrial growth.
1968 - US intelligence-gathering vessel seized by North Korean gunboats.
1969 - US reconnaissance plane shot down.
1972 - After secret North-South talks, both sides seek to develop dialogue aimed at unification.
1980 - Kim Il-Sung's son, Kim Jong-Il, moves up party and political ladder.
1991 - North and South Korea join the United Nations.
1992 - North Korea agrees to allow inspections by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),
but over next two years refuses access to sites of suspected nuclear weapons production.
1994 - Death of Kim Il-sung. Kim Jong-Il succeeds him as leader, but doesn't take presidential
title. North Korea agrees to freeze nuclear programme in return for $5bn worth of free fuel and
two nuclear reactors.
Flood and Famine
1995 - US formally agrees to help provide two modern nuclear reactors designed to produce
less weapons-grade plutonium.
1996 - Severe famine follows widespread floods.
Pyongyang announces it will no longer abide by the armistice that ended the Korean War, and
sends troops into the demilitarized zone.
North Korean submarine runs aground in South.
1998 - The late Kim Il-song declared "eternal president", while Kim Jong-Il's powers widened to
encompass head of state.
UN food aid brought in to help famine victims.
North launches rocket which flies over Japan and lands in the Pacific Ocean. Pyongyang insists
it fired a satellite, not a missile.
South Korea captures North Korean mini-submarine in its waters. Nine crew inside found dead.
Historic Handshake
2000 - Summit in Pyongyang between Kim Jong-il and South Korean President Kim Dae-jung.
North stops propaganda broadcasts against the South.
Senior journalists from South Korea visit the North to open up communication.
Reopening of border liaison offices at the truce village of Panmunjom, in the no-man's-land
between the heavily fortified borders of the two countries.
South Korea gives amnesty to more than 3,500 prisoners.
One hundred North Koreans meet their relatives in the South in a highly-charged, emotional
reunion.
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2001 May - A European Union delegation headed by Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson
visits to help shore up the fragile reconciliation process with South Korea. The group represents
the highest-level Western diplomatic mission ever to travel to North Korea.
2001 June - North Korea says it is grappling with the worst spring drought of its history.
2001 August - Kim Jong Il arrives for his first visit to Moscow after an epic nine-day, 10,000kilometre train journey from Pyongyang. Kim apparently dislikes flying.
2002 January - US President George W Bush says North Korea is part of an "axis of evil", along
with states such as Iraq and Iran. Pyongyang says Mr. Bush has not stopped far short of
declaring war.
2002 June - North and South Korean naval vessels wage a gun battle in the Yellow Sea, the
worst skirmish for three years. Some 30 North Korean and four South Korean sailors are killed.
2002 September - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi visits, the first Japanese leader to
do so. He meets Kim Jong-Il who apologizes for the abductions of Japanese citizens in the 1970s
and 1980s.
Nuclear Brinkmanship
2002 October-December - Nuclear tensions mount. In October the US says North Korea has
admitted to having a secret weapons programme. The US decides to halt oil shipments to
Pyongyang. In December North Korea begins to reactivate its Yongbyon reactor. International
inspectors are thrown out.
2003 January - North Korea withdraws from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), a key
international agreement aimed at preventing the spread of atomic weapons.
2003 April - Delegations from North Korea, the US and China begin talks in Beijing on North
Korea's nuclear ambitions, the first such discussions since the start of the nuclear crisis.
2003 July - Pyongyang says it has enough plutonium to start making nuclear bombs.
Six-Nation Talks
2003 August - Six-nation talks in Beijing on North Korea's nuclear programme fail to bridge gap
between Washington and Pyongyang.
2003 October - Pyongyang says it has reprocessed 8,000 nuclear fuel rods, obtaining enough
material to make up to six nuclear bombs.
2004 April - More than 160 killed and hundreds more injured when train carrying oil and
chemicals hits power line in town of Ryongchon.
2004 June - Third round of six-nation talks on nuclear programme ends inconclusively. North
Korea pulls out of scheduled September round.
2004 December - Row with Japan over fate of Japanese citizens kidnapped and trained as spies
by North Korea in 70s, 80s. Tokyo says eight victims, said by Pyongyang to be dead, are alive.
2005 February - Pyongyang says it has built nuclear weapons for self-defense.
2005 September - Fourth round of six-nation talks on nuclear programme concludes. North
Korea agrees to give up its weapons in return for aid and security guarantees. But it later
demands a civilian nuclear reactor.
2006 February - High-level talks with Japan, the first since 2003, fail to yield agreement on key
issues, including the fate of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea.
2006 July - North Korea test-fires a long-range missile, and some medium-range ones, to an
international outcry. Despite reportedly having the capability to hit the US, the long-range
Taepodong-2 crashes shortly after take-off, US officials say.
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2006 October - North Korea claims to test a nuclear weapon for the first time.
2007 February - Six-nation talks on nuclear programme resume in Beijing. In a last-minute deal,
North Korea agrees to close its main nuclear reactor in exchange for fuel aid.
2007 May - Passenger trains cross the North-South border for the first time in 56 years.
2007 June - International inspectors visit the Yongbyon nuclear complex for the first time since
being expelled from the country in 2002.
2007 July - International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors verify shutdown of the Yongbyon
reactor.
2007 August - North Korea appeals for aid after devastating floods.
Nuclear Declaration
2007 October - Pyongyang commits to disable three nuclear facilities and declare all its nuclear
programmes by year-end.
The presidents of North and South Korea pledge at a Pyongyang summit to seek talks to
formally end the Korean War.
2007 November - North and South Korea's prime ministers meet for the first time in 15 years.
2008 January - US says North Korea has failed to meet end-of-2007 deadline on declaring
nuclear activities. China urges North Korea to honor its commitments.
2008 February - The New York Philharmonic performs a groundbreaking concert in Pyongyang
- a move seen as an act of cultural diplomacy.
2008 February - South Korea's new conservative President Lee Myung-bak says aid to North
conditional on nuclear disarmament and human rights progress.
2008 March-April - North-South relations deteriorate sharply. North Korea expels Southern
managers from joint industrial base, test-fires short-range missiles and accuses President Lee
Myung-bak of sending a warship into Northern waters.
2008 June - In what is seen as a key step in the denuclearization process, North Korea makes its
long-awaited declaration of its nuclear assets.
2008 July - Soldier shoots South Korean woman in the Mount Kumgang special tourism area of
North Korea, prompting further tensions.
Foreign Minister Pak Ui-Chun and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hold talks on
Pyongyang's nuclear disarmament, the first such meeting for four years.
Kim No-Show
2008 September - Kim Jong-Il fails to appear at an important military parade, triggering
speculation over his state of health.
North Korea accuses the US of not fulfilling its part of a disarmament-for-aid deal and says it is
preparing to restart the Yongbyon reactor.
2008 October - The US removes North Korea from its list of countries which sponsor terrorism,
in return for Pyongyang agreeing to provide full access to its nuclear sites.
2008 November - North Korea says it will cut off all overland travel to and from the South from
December, and blames South Korea for pursuing a confrontational policy.
2008 December - Pyongyang says it will slow down work to dismantle its nuclear programme in
response to a US decision to suspend energy aid. The US move came following the breakdown
of international talks to end the country's nuclear activities.
Nuclear Tensions Rise

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2009 January - North Korea says it is scrapping all military and political deals with the South,
accusing Seoul of "hostile intent".
2009 April - North Korea launches a rocket carrying what it says is a communications satellite;
its neighbours accuse it of testing long-range missile technology. After criticism of the launch
from the UN Security Council, North Korea walks out of the international six-party talks aimed
at winding up its nuclear programme.
Kim Jong-il attends parliamentary vote to re-elect him leader, in his first major state
appearance since a suspected stroke in 2008.
2009 May - North Korea says it successfully carries out an underground nuclear test, its second
ever, drawing protests from the US, China and Russia.
It also announces that it no longer considers itself bound by the terms of the 1953 truce that
ended the war between the two Koreas.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates says US "will not accept" a nuclear-armed North Korea.
2009 June - North Korea proposes reopening talks with South on Kaesong factory park, which is
run by South Korean companies, employs North Korean workers and is based just north of the
border.
The eldest son of Kim Jong-il seems to confirm media reports that his younger brother Kim
Jong-un has been designated the country's next leader. Kim Jong-nam was speaking to
Japanese television.
North Korea sentences two US journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee to 12 years hard labour for
allegedly crossing the border illegally.
UN Security Council votes unanimously to impose tougher sanctions on North Korea.
Pyongyang responds by saying it will view any US-led attempt to blockade the country as an
"act of war" and that it plans to "weaponise" its plutonium stocks.
Tensions Subside
2009 August - Former US President Bill Clinton visits to help secure the release of US journalists
Laura Ling and Euna Lee, convicted of illegal border crossings two months earlier.
Pyongyang makes series of conciliatory gestures towards Seoul. It sends a delegation to the
funeral of former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, frees four South Korean fishermen
who had been detained for a month, and agrees to resume programme of family reunions
suspended since early 2008.
2009 October - North Korea indicates that it may be willing to resume bilateral and multilateral
talks on its nuclear programmes at a meeting with visiting Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao.
2009 December - US envoy Stephen Bosworth visits Pyongyang, reaches "common
understanding" on need to resume six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear programme.
2010 January - North Korea calls for end to hostile relations with US and vows to strive for
nuclear-free Korean peninsula.
Excerpted from BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/1132268.stm

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NORTH KOREA-U.S. RELATIONS/SECURITY ISSUES:

INFORMATION SHEET
North Korea is the last Stalinist state on earth, and in October 2006 it became the latest country to join
the nuclear club. Over the past two decades it has swung between confrontation and inch-by-inch
conciliation with its neighbors and the United States, in an oscillation that seems to be driven both by its
hard-to-fathom internal political strains and by an apparent belief in brinksmanship as the most effective
form of diplomacy. After setting off its first atomic device, the secretive, isolated, heavily militarized and
desperately poor country slowly moved away from confrontation. In February 2007 it agreed to
eventually dismantle its nuclear program. In June 2008, the Bush administration removed North Korea
from its list of state sponsors of terrorism after Pyongyang submitted a 60-page report on its nuclear
program. But the progress collapsed in December of that year when Pyongyang refused to accept terms
proposed by the United States for verification.
In April 2009 North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile despite widespread international opposition, and
reacted to a tightening of sanctions by the United Nations Security Council by expelling international
nuclear inspectors and declaring its intention to revive its atomic weapons program. On May 25, 2009,
North Korea announced that it had successfully conducted its second nuclear test, again defying
international warnings. The United Nations Security Council unanimously passed a resolution on June 12
to tighten sanctions targeting North Korea's nuclear and missile development programs, including
encouraging United Nations members to inspect cargo vessels and airplanes suspected of carrying
weapons and other military materiel. The United States and allies like Japan and South Korea have
brought back measures, such as freezing Pyongyang's overseas bank accounts, that seemed most painful
to the regime in the past.
In August 2009, former President Bill Clinton paid a dramatic 20-hour visit to North Korea, in which he
won the freedom of two American journalists, opened a diplomatic channel to North Korea's reclusive
government and dined with the North's ailing leader, Kim Jong-il. The North Korean government, which
in June sentenced the Current TV journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, to 12 years of hard labor for
illegally entering North Korean territory, announced that it had pardoned the women after Mr. Clinton
apologized to Mr. Kim for their actions, according to the North Korean state media. Secretary of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton denied that Mr. Clinton had apologized.
Mr. Clinton's mission to Pyongyang was the most visible by an American in nearly a decade. It came at a
time when the United States' relationship with North Korea had become especially chilled, after North
Korea's test of its second nuclear device in May and a series of missile launchings. Mr. Clinton's trip came
just two weeks after North Korea issued a harsh personal attack on Mrs. Clinton, in response to
comments she made comparing its nuclear test and missile launchings to the behavior of an attentionseeking teenager.
North Korea took steps in the 1990s toward warmer relations with South Korea, before questions about
its nuclear ambitions plunged it back into isolation in 2002. But more broadly, North Korea has taken a
consistent anti-Washington line since its creation in 1948, denouncing both the United States and South
Korea as a puppet of the U.S. Since the end of the Korean War in 1953 the North has not attacked its
neighbor, but to this day keeps large concentrations of troops and artillery focused on Seoul, and has
regularly engaged in provocations like kidnappings, submarine incursions and missile tests over the Sea
of Japan.
The country's founder, the so-called Great Leader, Kim Il-sung, was succeeded at his death in 1994 by his
son, the "Dear Leader," Kim Jong-il, an eccentric playboy invariably seen (in his few public appearances)
in platform shoes and a khaki jumpsuit. In 2008, Mr. Kim disappeared from sight for several months, and
it was later revealed that he had suffered a stroke. American diplomats and intelligence officials have
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attributed the swing back to a harder line as evidence both of Mr. Kim's need to assert control over the
military that is the heart of the state and a calculation that provocation might lead to concessions from
the Obama administration
NYT (10/20/09) http://www.nytimes.com/info/north-korea/?scp=1-spot&sq=north%20korea&st=cse
RESOURCES:
NORTH KOREA-U.S. RELATIONS/ SECURITY ISSUES
SANCTIONS IN THE NORTH KOREAN CONTEXT (11/3/0) (1.5 hr. video)
http://www.asiasociety.org/policy-politics/international-relations/us-asia/sanctions-northkorean-context
Daniel Glaser of the U.S. Treasury Department, John Park, John Delury, and Mike Kulma debate
the efficacy of continued U.S. sanctions vs. greater engagement with North Korea. With North
Korea appearing once again poised to enter a phase of relative openness, the panelists
analyzed the complex portfolio of foreign policy tools at the Obama administration's disposal.
SHADES OF RED: CHINAS DEBATE OVER NORTH KOREA (11/4/09)
http://www.nautilus.org/napsnet/sr/index.html
The International Crisis Group, an independent, non-profit, multinational organization, working
through field-based analysis and high-level advocacy to prevent and resolve deadly conflict,
writes in this twenty-seven page report, "While there is an ongoing debate on North Korea
policy within Beijing policy circles reflective of divergent views of U.S. - China relations, overall
there remains significant aversion to any move which might destabilize China's periphery.
Beijing therefore views the nuclear issue as a longer-term endeavor for which the U.S. is
principally responsible, and continues to strengthen its bilateral relationship with North Korea."
BROOKINGS INSTITUTE: A PROPOSAL FOR A BOSWORTH PROCESS WITH NORTH KOREA:
DENUCLEARIZATION AND BEYOND (10/09)
http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2009/10_north_korea_park.aspx
Despite consistent provocations by North Korea since the Obama administration took office in
January 2009, conditions are now developing that should enable Ambassador Stephen
Bosworth, the U.S. Special Representative for North Korea policy, to finally visit Pyongyang
and secure North Koreas agreement to return to stalled negotiations on ending North Koreas
nuclear weapons program. Ambassador Bosworth and the U.S. should refuse to conduct
bilateral negotiations about ending what Pyongyang calls U.S.s "hostile policy," as North Korea
desires. This eighteen-page proposal outlines a comprehensive, three-part roadmap for
denuclearization and beyond, showing the North Koreans a path toward peaceful coexistence
with the United States and membership in the world community, which is the underlying goal
of the Six-Party Talks.
CRISIS GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS: NORTH KOREA GETTING BACK TO TALKS (6/18/09)
http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=6163&l=1
The motivations for North Koreas second nuclear test are, as with many of its actions, mostly
impenetrable. It may be the latest step in an unrelenting drive to become a permanent nuclear
state or it could be advertising nuclear wares to potential buyers. It may be driving up the price
others will pay for the North to give up its weapons or it might be about ensuring that the
military will accept whatever decision Kim Jong-il has made on his successor. Most likely, North
Koreas nuclear weapons program serves multiple purposes for the leadership. Whatever the
rationale, there are no good options in response. Finding a way to resume talks on ending the
nuclear program may appear to reward Pyongyangs bad behavior, but diplomacy is still the
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least bad option. At the same time, the UN Security Councils strong and united condemnation
of the test in Resolution 1874 must be enforced, while containment of proliferation and
deterrence of North Korean provocations need to be boosted. See this site for Crisis Groups 26
page report/recommendations.
CHRIS HILL DISCUSSES SIX-PARTY TALKS (2/3/09) 1 HR., 15 MIN VIDEO
http://www.asiasociety.org/policy-politics/international-relations/us-asia/country-ratherproblem
Ambassador Christopher Hill (2/3/09) reviews his role as lead negotiator in the Six-Party Talks
aimed at finding a peaceful resolution to North Korea's nuclear program. Summing up the
challenges he faced, Hill told the audience, "From a diplomatic point of view, you've got to
somehow address this problem, and make the DPRK [Democratic People's Republic of Korea] a
country rather than a problem." Hill underlined the importance of the Six-Party talks in ending
the production of plutonium in North Korea, and spoke more generally of their role in fostering
direct communication and smaller dialogues between East Asian neighbors and the U.S. While
North Korea "has not understood that ultimately its security and its well-being depend on good
relations with neighbors," he said, the talks have nevertheless improved regional relationships.
Hill stated, "The U.S.-China relationship, I would say, is a better relationship, thanks to the
North Koreans ... the U.S. and China have been working on very concrete things, not just a
dialogue, but things we try to get done vis--vis denuclearization."
CLINTONS MISSION TO PYONGYANG (8/5/09)
http://www.feer.com/international-relations/20098/august53/Clintons-Mission-to-Pyongyang
The White House and Department of State deserve praise for Mr. Clintons solely private
mission, and we can all breathe a sigh of relief at the news that Laura Ling and Euna Lee will be
reunited with their families. Their fate has always been linked to the bigger picture of U.S.DPRK relations. The symbolism around Mr. Clintons visit, and his direct talks with Kim Jong Il,
suggests we may be on the cusp of some positive movement, at last. With wise, creative and
determined follow-through, hopefully Pyongyang and Washington can make some verifiable
and irreversible (if not complete) improvement in normalizing their relationship.
THE CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE - KOREAN PENINSULA NUCLEAR POLICY
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/npp/index.cfm?fa=view&nppID=1000090
The Carnegie Endowment is another source of information relating to national security issues.
There are several featured articles here on the nuclear program, nuclear talks, Congressional
Research Service documents, and many other resources. This website contains declassified
information on North Korea and their nuclear weapons program from FOIA documents.
NATIONAL SECURITY ARCHIVE NORTH KOREA
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB87/
This site contains declassified information for North Korea including: North Korea and the
United States: Declassified Documents from the Bush I and Clinton Administrations. These
documents were made available through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
NUCLEAR THREAT INITIATIVE: NORTH KOREA PROFILE
http://www.nti.org/e_research/profiles/NK/index.html
This extensive site contains information on the weapons of mass destruction programs of North
Korea, including maps, reports, treaties, policy papers, and publications.

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CENTER FOR NONPROLIFERATION STUDIES

http://cns.miis.edu/north_korea/index.htm
The Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) strives to combat the spread of weapons of mass
destruction by training the next generation of nonproliferation specialists and disseminating
timely information and analysis. CNS at the Monterey Institute of International Studies is the
largest nongovernmental organization in the United States devoted exclusively to research and
training on nonproliferation issues. This site takes you to all CNS nonproliferation content
related to North Korea, including its ongoing nuclear crisis.
INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA)
http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Focus/IaeaDprk/
The IAEA is the worlds center of cooperation in the nuclear field. It was set up as the worlds
"Atoms for Peace" organization in 1957 within the United Nations family. The Agency works
with its Member States and multiple partners worldwide to promote safe, secure and peaceful
nuclear technologies. News updates and with regard to current work of the IAEA and North
Korea.
JOURNALISTS RETURN SPARKS DEBATE ON NORTH KOREA RELATIONS (8/5/09) VIDEO AND/OR
TRANSCRIPT
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/july-dec09/korea_08-05.html
After being held in North Korea for four months, two journalists for Current TV returned to the
U.S. accompanied by former President Bill Clinton. Margaret Warner reports on the
homecoming, and what the episode means for U.S. relations with North Korea.
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS NORTH KOREA (12/27/09)
http://www.cfr.org/region/276/north_korea.html
Carolyn Leddy examines the international community's options for disrupting North Korea's
illicit activities. She writes that the recent seizure of 35 tons of North Korean-made weapons by
the Thai government is being hailed as a victory for United Nations sanctions. But the
confiscation of this arms cache will be meaningless if the international community fails to
impose consequences on North Korea and other parties involved for violating U.N. prohibitions.
Moreover, the international community must maintain pressure on Pyongyang through
continued sanctions enforcement.
LESSON PLANS & ACTIVITIES

ON NORTH KOREA-U.S. RELATIONS/SECURITY ISSUES
THE CHOICES PROGRAM: A NUCLEAR NORTH KOREA
http://www.choices.edu/resources/twtn_northkorea2009.php
Choices is a program of the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University. The
Choices Program was established in 1988 as a national education program that seeks to engage
students at the secondary level in consideration of international issues and contribute to a
renewal of civic engagement among young people in the United States. On May 25, 2009 North
Korea conducted an underground test of a nuclear weapon. This was its second nuclear test in
the last three years. Later that same day, the United Nations Security Council unanimously
passed a resolution condemning the test, claiming it was a clear violation of an earlier
agreement in which North Korea promised to disable its nuclear facilities. U.S. President

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Obama has stated that the action is a threat to international peace. Experts believe that North
Korea has not yet developed the capacity to launch a nuclear weapon via missile, but this test
has increased fears that North Korea is closer to becoming a full-fledged nuclear state. In this
free online lesson students view four two-minute-long video from Choices Scholars Online
video library and think critically about the issues surrounding North Korea and nuclear
weapons.
This site contains Choices Scholars Online videos (and discussion questions):
What problems do we face from nuclear weapons? [Thomas Nichols - 1:57]
Why would countries like North Korea and Iran want nuclear weapons? [J. Cirincione - 1:56]
What are the issues around North Koreas nuclear weapons program? [J. Cirincione - 1:29]
What are the consequences in Asia of North Koreas nuclear weapons program? [JC (2:01]
NORTH KOREA AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS ($10 DOWNLOAD FEE)
http://www.choices.edu/resources/detail.php?id=195
The first lesson has students step into the shoes of the Six-Party Delegates to consider a variety
of perspectives on this issue. The second lesson asks students to consider four different options
for U.S. policy towards North Korea.
PBS: NORTH KOREA: NUCLEAR STANDOFF
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/asia/northkorea/index.html
Includes recent news in North Korea and access to reports and lesson plans on North Korea.
FRONTLINE/WORLD FACE-OFF: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY WITH NORTH KOREA (2003)
http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/educators/politics_northkorea.html
Help students examine the results of U.S. foreign policy with North Korea by identifying any
actions taken by the United States against North Korea and both the short-term and long-term
results of those actions. Which actions were the most effective? The least effective? How might
North Koreas geographic position have influenced U.S. policy? Moving forward, what should
the United States do to ease tensions with North Korea? How should North Koreas nuclear
weapons capabilities influence U.S. foreign policy strategies? As a final step, students could
synthesize the class recommendations in a letter to the president of the United States.
FRONTLINE KIMS NUCLEAR GAMBLE (2003)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/kim/
The overall objective of this guide is to have students use negotiating strategies to explore the
issues separating North Korea and the United States. The following activities are designed to
give them background and prepare them to negotiate. In Kims Nuclear Gamble, FRONTLINE
traces the delicate maneuvers and clumsy turns that have brought the world to the brink of a
nuclear showdown in East Asia. Through interviews with key insiders including former cabinet
secretaries, U.S. ambassadors, diplomats, and negotiators the one-hour documentary
examines the highly unstable relationship between America and North Korea and the question
of what to do about North Koreas determination to develop nuclear weapons.
TEACHING WITH DOCUMENTS: THE UNITED STATES ENTERS THE KOREAN CONFLICT
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/korean-conflict/
Examine the U.S. response to the Chinese Revolution and its impact on the Cold War; analyze
the causes of the Korean War and how a divided Korea remained a source of international
tension.

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PBS: WHY IS NORTH KOREA GOING IT ALONE? BACKGROUND, ACTIVITIES AND CRITICAL ANALYSIS
Grades 9 to 12
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/world/nkorea_10-14.html
Students will study the creation of the divide between North and South Korea, the ideological
differences between them, the tensions that have resulted, and the concerns that the world has
over North Korea's possession of nuclear weapons.
PBS: NEW ROLE AS CHIEF DIPLOMAT, SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON TOURS ASIA
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/us/jan-june09/clinton_02-20.html
Promising to usher in a new era of American diplomacy, Hillary Clinton is touring Asia on her
first trip abroad as secretary of state, amid growing concerns over North Koreas nuclear
program and Japan's sinking economy. This feature includes a short lesson on how to use this
story in the classroom.

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A DIVIDED PENINSULA AT A GLANCE
INFORMATION SHEET
North Korea's relationship with the South has determined much of its post-World War II history and still
undergirds much of its foreign policy. North and South Korea have had a difficult and acrimonious
relationship from the Korean War. In recent years, North Korea has pursued a mixed policy--seeking to
develop economic relations with South Korea and to win the support of the South Korean public for
greater North-South engagement while at the same time continuing to denounce the R.O.K.'s security
relationship with the United States and maintaining a threatening conventional force posture on the
DMZ and in adjacent waters.
The military demarcation line (MDL) of separation between the belligerent sides at the close of the
Korean War divides North Korea from South Korea. A demilitarized zone (DMZ) extends for 2,000 meters
(just over 1 mile) on either side of the MDL. Both the North and South Korean governments hold that the
MDL is only a temporary administrative line, not a permanent border.
During the postwar period, both Korean governments have repeatedly affirmed their desire to reunify
the Korean Peninsula, but until 1971 the two governments had no direct, official communications or
other contact.
North-South Economic Ties Two-way trade between North and South Korea, legalized in 1988, had
risen to more than $1.8 billion in 2007, much of it related to out-processing or assembly work undertaken
by South Korean firms in the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC). A significant portion of the total also
includes donated goods provided to the North as humanitarian assistance or as part of inter-Korean
cooperation projects. Although business-based and processing-on-commission transactions continued to
grow, the bulk of South Korean exports to North Korea remains non-commercial. Most of the goods
exported from KIC are sold in South Korea; a small quantity, about 20% of the KIC products, is exported
to foreign markets. Ground was broken on the complex in June 2003, and the first products were shipped
from the KIC in December 2004. Plans envision 250 firms employing 350,000 workers by 2012.
As of December 2008, 93 South Korean firms were manufacturing goods in the KIC, employing more
than 38,000 North Korean workers. However, because of South Korean NGO leafleting, North Korea has
restricted the number of South Korean businesspeople crossing to and from KIC, but factories employing
the 38,000 North Koreans continue to operate.
Since the June 2000 North-South summit, North and South Korea have reconnected their east and west
coast railroads and roads where they cross the DMZ and are working to improve these transportation
routes. North and South Korea conducted tests of the east and west coast railroads on May 17, 2007 and
began cross-border freight service between Kaesong in the D.P.R.K. and Munsan in the R.O.K. in
December 2007. Much of the work done in North Korea has been funded by South Korea. The west coast
rail and road are complete as far north as the KIC (six miles north of the DMZ), but little work is being
done north of Kaesong. On the east coast, the road is complete but the rail line is far from operational.
Since 2003, tour groups have been using the east coast road to travel from South Korea to Mt. Kumgang
in North Korea, where cruise ship-based tours had been permitted since 1998.
R.O.K.-organized tours to Mt. Kumgang in North Korea began in 1998. Since then, more than a million
visitors have traveled to Mt. Kumgang. However, the R.O.K. suspended tours to Mt. Kumgang in July
2008 following the shooting death of a South Korean tourist at the resort by a D.P.R.K. soldier.
In August 2009, Hyundai Group Chairwoman Hyun Jung-eun met with Kim Jong-il and obtained the
release of a South Korean worker who had been detained in the D.P.R.K. since March. As part of those

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discussions, the D.P.R.K. expressed a willingness to resume tourist links and family reunions with the
South and continue talks regarding the Kaesong Industrial Complex.
From U.S. State Dept Background Notes: North Korea http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2792.htm
RESOURCES
ON A DIVIDED PENINSULA - NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA RELATIONS
KOREA: STATES OF WAR
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/korea/
CNN looks deep into the issues surrounding the separation of the two Koreas. It contains
country profiles, leader profiles, timelines, maps, photos, and quizzes.
SOUTH KOREAN MINISTRY OF UNIFICATION
Http://www.unikorea.go.kr
This is a site from South Korea, but can be read in English through clicking English on the
upper navigation bar. There are recent press releases, major speeches by the ministry of
unification, and news about major developments in unification.
COMMEMORATING THE KOREAN WAR
http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/koreanwar/index.html
The U.S. Department of Defense official Web site for the 50th anniversary of the conclusion of
the Korean War.
WHY IS KOREA DIVIDED?
Http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/korea/kdivided.html
Short summary on the division of Korea.
A COMMON FUTURE FOR THE KOREAN PENINSULA (9/4/08)

http://www.asiasociety.org/policy-politics/international-relations/intra-asia/a-commonfuturekorean-peninsula
On September 24, 2008 the Asia Society and Citi Foundation hosted the Prime Minister of the
Republic of Korea, Han Seung-soo, who presented his vision for common prosperity on the
Korean peninsula. Observing that "peace and security almost always flow from economic
stability," Han promoted his vision for a new "Korean Economic Community" to advance
cooperation in key areas such as infrastructure and education, aiming to raise the living
standards of those in the North. Han emphasized, however, that economic development alone
will not secure sustainable peace without the accompanied denuclearization of the North.
According to Han, his government's overarching present challenges lie in sharing the South's
prosperity and preparing the foundation for reunification based on cooperation and universal
values. Recognizing 5,000 years of shared Korean history, Han stressed that "in the end, South
Korea is the neighbor whom the North can truly trust and rely on the most," adding "we hope
that the North will realize this and make a wise choice."
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: DANGEROUS DIVIDE
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/features/world/asia/north-korea/dmz-text.html
Life along the DMZ through the eyes of a National Geographic journalist.

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ON A DIVIDED PENINSULA NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA RELATIONS
PBS - DIVIDED PENINSULA: SIX DECADES OF MILITARY AND POLITICAL TENSION IN KOREA
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/connect/resources/1660/preview/
Students hear about global issues every day through a variety of media. Understanding those
issues though is often a difficult and complicated task. This lesson provides a framework for
discussion of Korea to help students understand the history of a divided nation and become
more knowledgeable in their analysis of current news issues. Through the use of Web sites,
streamed video, and print resources, students will develop an understanding of Korea's history,
describe the causes and results of its division, and grow aware of current political issues.
A VISIT TO THE DMZ: A VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE DEMILITARIZED ZONE BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH
KOREA
Http://www.aasianst.org/EAA/dmz.htm
A virtual tour with photographs of the DMZ area. Accompanies John Franks article in
Education about Asia, Volume 10, Number 2, Fall 2005.
WHY IS NORTH KOREA GOING IT ALONE?
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/lessonplans/world/nkorea_10-14.html
Students will study the creation of the divide between North and South Korea, the ideological
differences between them, the tensions that have resulted, and the concerns that the world has
over North Korea's possession of nuclear weapons.
POLICE ACTION: KOREAN WAR 1950-1953
Http://www.lessonplanet.com/directory/Social_Studies/History/Korean_War
Students investigate facts about the war in Korea in the 1950's and attempt to classify
American foreign policy as a triumph or a failure. Why the U.S. became involved and the
unpopularity of the war in America forms the focus of this lesson.
PBS: WIDE ANGLE CONFLICT: DIVIDED PENINSULA
Http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/printable/classroom_2lp4_print.html
Students hear about global issues every day through a variety of media. Understanding those
issues though is often a difficult and complicated task. This lesson provides a framework for
discussion of Korea to help students understand the history of a divided nation and become
more knowledgeable in their analysis of current news issues. Through the use of web sites,
streamed video, and print resources, students will develop an understanding of Koreas history,
describe the causes and results of its division, and grow aware of current political issues.
HISTORY OF PANMUNJOM AND THE DMZ
Http://www.outreachworld.org/resource.asp?curriculumid=483
This lesson plan intends to familiarize students with the history and circumstances at the heart
of the ongoing conflict between the United States and North Korea.

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NORTH AND SOUTH KOREANS MEET ON A MOUNTAIN PATH

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20000216wednesday.html
This lesson looks into the reunification efforts through tourism and personal contacts between
the North and the South. This also questions the causes of division and possible solutions.
LESSONSNIPS: THE KOREAN WAR

http://www.lessonsnips.com/lesson/koreanwar
This is an introductory lesson about the Korean war. The lesson objectives are to describe and
discuss the history behind the Korean War and to introduce the names of significant leaders
involved in the Korean War.
EXPLORING THE ENVIRONMENT: KOREAN ENIGMA
Http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/korea/kdivided.html
This site contains a summary of the split from Korea, includes teacher pages, glossary, and
other information on Koreas history.

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NORTH KOREA SOCIETY & CULTURE TODAY

INFORMATION SHEET
The Korean Peninsula was first populated by peoples of a Tungusic branch of the Ural-Altaic
language family, who migrated from the northwestern regions of Asia. Some of these peoples
also populated parts of northeast China (Manchuria); Koreans and Manchurians still show
physical similarities. Koreans are racially and linguistically homogeneous. Although there are no
indigenous minorities in North Korea, there is a small Chinese community (about 50,000) and
some 1,800 Japanese wives who accompanied the roughly 93,000 Koreans returning to the
North from Japan between 1959 and 1962. Although dialects exist, the Korean spoken
throughout the peninsula is mutually comprehensible. In North Korea, the Korean alphabet
(hangul) is used exclusively.
Korea's traditional religions are Buddhism and Shamanism. Christian missionaries arrived as
early as the 16th century, but it was not until the 19th century that major missionary activity
began. Pyongyang was a center of missionary activity, and there was a relatively large Christian
population in the north before 1945. Although religious groups exist in North Korea today, the
government severely restricts religious activity.
Nationality: Noun and adjective--Korean(s).
Population (2009): 22.7 million.
Annual growth rate: About +0.42%.
Ethnic groups: Korean; small ethnic Chinese and Japanese populations.
Religions: Buddhism, Confucianism, Shamanism, Chongdogyo, Christian; autonomous
religious activities have been virtually nonexistent since 1945.
Language: Korean.
Education: Years compulsory--11. Attendance--3 million (primary, 1.5 million; secondary, 1.2
million; tertiary, 0.3 million). Literacy--99%.
Health (1998): Medical treatment is free; one doctor for every 700 inhabitants; one hospital
bed for every 350; there are severe shortages of medicines and medical equipment. Infant
mortality rate--51.34/1,000 (2009 est.). Life expectancy--males 61.23 yrs., females 66.53 yrs.
(2009 est.).
Principal Party and Government Officials
Kim Jong-il: General Secretary of the KWP; Supreme Commander of the People's Armed
Forces; Chairman of the National Defense Commission; son of North Korea's founder Kim Ilsung
Kim Yong-nam: President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly; titular head of
state
Sin Son-ho: Ambassador to D.P.R.K. Permanent Mission to the UN
Pak Ui-chun: Minister of Foreign Affairs
From U.S. State Dept Background Notes: North Korea

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RESOURCES
ON NORTH KOREA SOCIETY & CULTURE TODAY
TOP TEN THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT KOREA IN THE 21ST CENTURY

http://www.asian-studies.org/EAA/EAA-7-3.htm
Four-page article by Professor Edward Schultz.
THE KOREA SOCIETY
http://www.koreasociety.org/
The Korea Society is a U.S. based organization that promotes the history, culture, art, society,
and issues of Korea. The site contains information on educational programs, language
programs, lesson plans, exchange programs, and teacher resources.
ASIA SOCIETY
http://www.asiasociety.org
Asia Society is the leading global and pan-Asian organization working to strengthen
relationships and promote understanding among the people, leaders, and institutions of the
United States and Asia. We seek to increase knowledge and enhance dialogue, encourage
creative expression, and generate new ideas across the fields of arts and culture, policy and
business, and education.
ARTS AND CULTURE OF NORTH KOREA
http://www.123independenceday.com/north-korea/art-and-culture.html
"Culture is not just an ornament; it is the expression of a nation's character, and at the same
time it is a powerful instrument to mould character. The end of culture is right living." These
words by the famous playwright William Somerset Maugham well define the significance of
culture in reshaping the destiny of a country. Like wise the art and culture of North Korea too
represents the rich heritage of the country which has been an intrinsic part of its growing
national identity. The last few years saw an influx of foreign population into the country which
has tremendously influenced its ethnic diversity. One of the major aspects of North Korean art
and culture is the adherence to the traditional folklore of the country well represented through
various dance forms and songs.
LIFE IN KOREA: CULTURAL SPOTLIGHTS
http://www.lifeinkorea.com/culture/spotlight.cfm
Life in Korea takes an in-depth look at different aspects of Korean culture, society, and
customs. Here you can learn more about Korea and get a better understanding of the Korean
people.
NORTH KOREA-SOCIETY
http://www.mongabay.com/reference/country_studies/north-korea/SOCIETY.html
This article covers the environment, population, values, social structure, education, and culture
within North Korea.

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WWW VIRTUAL LIBRARY: KOREA

http://www.skas.org/
Society of Korean-American Scholars (SKAS) is a private, nonprofit, and nonpartisan
organization dedicated to engendering intellectual exchanges in the global Korean community
with a view to enlightening and empowering individual members of the community. It
promotes scholarship and fellowship among its members and seeks to foster leadership among
young Korean-Americans.
PBS: HIDDEN KOREA
http://www.pbs.org/hiddenkorea/geography.htm
This site contains information on the geography, history, culture, religion, and food of Korea.
PBS also features a video that you can order.
NORTH KOREAN DEFECTORS BEWILDERED BY THE SOUTH
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/11/AR2009041100766.html
Washington Post article depicting the experience of newly arrived defectors from the north. As
part of the newest wave in a decade-old flow of defectors from the North, they arrive stunted
from malnutrition and struggling to read.
NORTH KOREA CULTURE
http://www.mapsofworld.com/north-korea/culture/
Article on North Korea Culture helps the readers to know about the North Korean lifestyle.
North Korea is enriched with various cultural issues and events. The lifestyle of North Korean
People is full of festivities and holidays. The colorful events make North Korea an interesting
land for the outskirt travelers to visit and explore in excitement.
TESTIMONIES OF NORTH KOREAN DEFECTORS
Http://fas.org/irp/world/rok/nis-docs/hwang5.htm
The North Korean population has been conditioned from a very young age to accept the words
and deeds of the elder and junior Kims to be absolute truth. The greatest meaning in life lies in
becoming "bullets and bombs" in defense of Kim Jong-Il.
JOURNEY INTO KIMLAND
http://1stopkorea.com/index.htm?Nk-trip5.htm~mainframe
A photo and journal account of one English teachers trip to North Korea during the Arirang
festival in 2002.
COUNTRY PROFILE: NORTH KOREA
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1131421.stm
For decades North Korea has been one of the world's most secretive societies. It is one of the
few countries still under communist rule.
THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC LIVE FROM NORTH KOREA
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/episodes/the-new-york-philharmonic-live-from-northkorea/introduction/157/
The network has had rare access inside the closed society of the Democratic Peoples Republic
of Korea, where contact with the outside world is completely forbidden to citizens. The
Philharmonic visit marks the first by American artists there. I have always felt that music is a
powerful language, says Maestro Maazel, in which those of us who are humane and
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intelligent can speak to each other, in defiance of political and cultural boundaries. The concert
is the centerpiece of a 48-hour visit to Pyongyang by the Philharmonic.
NORTH KOREA
http://www.everyculture.com/Ja-Ma/North-Korea.html
Overview of facts on North Korea.
NORTH KOREAS OFFICIAL WEBSITE
http://www.korea-dpr.com/
This site is put out by the Democratic Peoples North Korea. Listen to an MP3 version of the
Korean Friendship Associations SONG OF NATIONAL DEFENSE, read a North Korean history
of the Korean War, or gaze at photos of Great Leader Kim Il Sung and Dear Leader Kim Jong Il.

ON NORTH KOREAS SOCIETY & CULTURE
EDUCATION ABOUT ASIA: FAMOUS KOREANS, SIX PORTRAITS

http://www.aasianst.org/EAA/connor.htm
The purpose of the lesson is to provide an opportunity for students to learn about famous
Koreans through readings and/or dramatizations. It is primarily designed to introduce students
to famous people who have helped shape Korean history. In the process of studying the six
portraits, students will not only learn about influential Koreans, but they will also become
familiar with some of the distinctive elements of Korean culture. It is hoped that the lesson will
stimulate interest, provoke questions, and encourage further study. In the process of classroom
readings and/or dramatic performances, students will learn about tumultuous events that
impacted the life of Koreans in the twentieth century, and they will become aware of conflicting
views north and south of the 38th parallel. Finally, there will be opportunities to draw
conclusions about leadership styles. From: Education about Asia from Volume 6, Number 2, Fall
2001
ROLL OVER, GODZILLA: KOREA RULES
http://nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20050629wednesday.html
This lesson plan highlights the development of Korean culture and pop culture that has
captivated audiences all over Asia and the world. The lesson focuses on pop culture
phenomenon and how it has helped the Korean economy.
TEACHING KOREAN HISTORY AND CULTURE THROUGH LITERATURE
http://www.koreasociety.org/societyculture/view_category/Page-1.html
Through an excerpt of Mira Stouts One Thousand Chestnut Trees, a complex novel that blends
contemporary and pre-war views of Korea, this lesson helps teach the connection between
literature and culture.
UNDERCOVER THE SECRET STATE
http://www.lessonplanet.com/search?keywords=north+korea&rating=3
Students examine the current conditions in North Korea. They view and analyze a CNN
documentary, research a dissident, answer and discuss questions about the documentary on
conditions in North Korea, and identify the technology used by dissidents
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NORTH KOREAS POWER PLAY

Students research a number of websites to see how North Korea's leaders have shaped the
country. They investigate Korea's ancient history and culture.
KOREA: READING LOST NAMES BY RICHARD KIM
http://www.lessonplanet.com/search?keywords=north+korea&media=lesson&page=2&rating=
3
Students explore the history and culture of Korea. They randomly pick a new name from
appropriate male or female containers. They discuss proper pronunciation and their feelings
about having to accept new names.
ON THE BRINK OF A MOUNTAIN
3
Students explore the political, social and economic effects of the division of North and South
Korea.
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AROUND THE WORLD
3
Students research press freedoms in various countries such as Iran and North Korea. They
create a freedom of the press report card for the countries examined.
ASK ASIA
http://www.AskAsia.org
AskAsia.org is an educational website for students and teachers covering some thirty countries
that comprise Asia today and featuring materials that stem from early civilizations to current
events. See http://www.askasia.org/teachers/search.php
for access to 13 Lesson Plans, 19 background essays, 4 maps, and 30 images on the subject of
Korea.

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NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC AND HUMANITARIAN ISSUES

INFORMATION SHEET
North Korea's economy declined sharply in the 1990s with the end of communism in Eastern
Europe, the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the dissolution of bloc-trading with the
countries of the former socialist bloc. Gross national income per capita is estimated to have
fallen by about one-third between 1990 and 2002. The economy has since stabilized and shown
some modest growth in recent years, which may be reflective of increased inter-Korean
economic cooperation. Output and living standards, however, remain far below 1990 levels.
Other centrally-planned economies in similar situations opted for domestic economic reform
and liberalization of trade and investment. North Korea formalized some modest wage and
price reforms in 2002, and has increasingly tolerated markets and a small private sector as the
state-run distribution system has deteriorated. The regime, however, seems determined to
maintain control. In October 2005, emboldened by an improved harvest and increased food
donations from South Korea, the North Korean Government banned private grain sales and
announced a return to centralized food rationing. Reports indicate this effort to reassert state
control and to control inflation has been largely ineffective. Another factor contributing to the
economy's poor performance is the disproportionately large share of GDP (thought to be about
one-fourth) that North Korea devotes to its military.
North Korean industry is operating at only a small fraction of capacity due to lack of fuel, spare
parts, and other inputs. Agriculture is now 23% of GDP, even though agricultural output has not
recovered to early 1990 levels. The infrastructure is generally poor and outdated, and the
energy sector has collapsed. About 80% of North Korea's terrain consists of moderately high
mountain ranges and partially forested mountains and hills separated by deep, narrow valleys
and small, cultivated plains. The most rugged areas are the north and east coasts. Good harbors
are found on the eastern coast. Pyongyang, the capital, near the country's west coast, is located
on the Taedong River.
North Korea experienced a severe famine following record floods in the summer of 1995 and
continues to suffer from chronic food shortages and malnutrition. The United Nations World
Food Program (WFP) provided substantial emergency food assistance beginning in 1995 (2
million tons of which came from the United States), but the North Korean Government
suspended the WFP emergency program at the end of 2005 and permitted only a greatly
reduced WFP program through a protracted relief and recovery operation. While China and the
R.O.K. had provided most of the D.P.R.K.'s food aid in the past, the D.P.R.K. has refused to
accept food aid from the R.O.K. since Lee Myung-bak's inauguration.
The United States resumed the provision of food assistance to the D.P.R.K. in June 2008 after
establishing a strong framework to ensure that the food will reach those most in need. The
United States was prepared to provide up to 400,000 tons of food through WFP and 100,000
tons through U.S. non-governmental organizations (NGOs). In March 2009, the D.P.R.K. stated
that it no longer wished to receive U.S. food assistance and requested that personnel
monitoring U.S. food distributions depart the D.P.R.K. From May 2008 to March 2009, the
United States provided approximately 170,000 metric tons of U.S. food to the D.P.R.K.
The United States also assisted U.S. NGOs in providing aid to fight the outbreak of infectious
diseases following August 2007 floods, and is working with U.S. NGOs to improve the supply of
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electricity at provincial hospitals in North Korea.

Development Policy
In 1991, following the collapse of the Soviet Union and termination of subsidized trade
arrangements with Russia, other former Communist states, and China, North Korea announced
the creation of a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in the northeast regions of Najin (sometime
rendered "Rajin"), Chongjin, and Sonbong. Problems with infrastructure, bureaucracy, and
uncertainties about investment security and viability have hindered growth and development
of this SEZ. The government announced in 2002 plans to establish a Special Administrative
Region (SAR) in Sinuiju, at the western end of the North Korea-China border. However, the
government has taken few concrete steps to establish the Sinuiju SAR, and its future is
uncertain. In addition, North Korea and South Korea have established a special economic zone
near the city of Kaesong, where about 93 South Korean small and medium sized companies
operate manufacturing facilities employing North Korean workers (see further information
under North-South Economic Ties).
North Korea implemented limited micro- and macroeconomic reforms in 2002, including
increases in prices and wages, changes in foreign investment laws, steep currency devaluation,
and reforms in industry and management. Though the changes have failed to stimulate
recovery of the industrial sector, there are reports of changed economic behavior at the
enterprise and individual level. One unintended consequence of the 2002 changes has been
severe inflation. An increasing number of North Koreans now try to work in the informal sector
to cope with growing hardship and reduced government support.
Economic Interaction with the United States
The United States imposed a near total economic embargo on North Korea in June 1950 when
North Korea attacked the South. Sanctions were eased in stages beginning in 1989 and
following the Agreed Framework on North Korea's nuclear programs in 1994. In June 2000, a
new series of regulations authorized most transactions between U.S. and North Korean
persons. Among other things, these regulations allowed most products, other than those
specifically controlled for military, non-proliferation, or anti-terrorism purposes, to be exported
to North Korea without an export license (although the export licensing requirement was
subsequently re-imposed in order to comply with UN Security Council Resolution 1718).
Restrictions on U.S. investments in North Korea and travel of U.S. citizens to North Korea were
also eased, and U.S. ships and aircraft were allowed to call at North Korean ports. On June 26,
2008, the President announced the termination of the application of the Trading with the
Enemy Act with respect to the D.P.R.K. To date, however, U.S. economic interaction with
North Korea remains minimal, and North Korean assets frozen since 1950 remained frozen. In
January 2007, pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1718, the U.S. Department of
Commerce issued new regulations prohibiting the export of luxury goods to North Korea. Many
statutory sanctions on North Korea, including those affecting trade in military, dual-use, and
missile-related items and those based on multilateral arrangements, remain in place. Most
forms of U.S. economic assistance, other than purely humanitarian assistance, are prohibited.
North Korea does not enjoy "Normal Trade Relations" with the United States, so any goods
manufactured in North Korea are subject to a higher tariff upon entry to the United States.
From U.S. State Dept Background Notes: North Korea http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2792.htm

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RESOURCES:
NORTH KOREA ECONOMICS & HUMANITARIAN ISSUES
NORTH KOREAS CURRENCY DENOMINATION: A TIPPING POINT? (12/3/09)
http://www.usip.org/resources/north-korea-s-currency-revaluation-tipping-point#revaluation
On Nov. 30, the North Korean government redenominated the country's currency, the won,
and imposed restrictions on the quantity of old bills that people could convert for the new ones.
Pyongyang's redenomination means that 100 won is now worth 1 won. This sudden
government action raises many questions about the impact of the redenomination on the
North Korean people and the regime. What are the main explanations among North Korea
watchers regarding the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) government's rationale
for implementing this redenomination? How will this redenomination impact the DPRK people?
How will this redenomination impact the DPRK regime? What is your net assessment of this
move?
NORTH KOREA, INC.: GAINING INSIGHTS INTO NORTH KOREAN REGIME STABILITY FROM RECENT
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES (5/09)
http://www.usip.org/resources/north-korea-inc-gaining-insights-north-korean-regimestability-recent-commercial-activitie
Assessing regime stability in North Korea continues to be a major challenge for analysts. By
examining how North Korea, Inc. the web of state trading companies affiliated to the Korean
Workers Party, the Korean Peoples Army, and the Cabinet operates, we can develop a new
framework for gauging regime stability. As interviews with defectors who previously worked in
these state trading companies indicate, the regime is able to derive funds from North Korea,
Inc. to maintain the loyalty of the North Korean elites and to provide a mechanism through
which different branches of the North Korean state can generate funds for operating budgets.
During periods when North Korea's international isolation deepens as a result of its
brinkmanship activities, North Korea, Inc. constitutes an effective coping mechanism for the
Kim Jong Il regime. (41-page Working Paper by John S. Park, USIP)
THE NORTH KOREAN ECONOMY: LEVERAGE AND POLICY ANALYSIS (CRS REPORT FOR CONGRESS
9/26/08)
http://www.nautilus.org/fora/security/08077CRS.pdf
Dick K. Nanto, Specialist in Industry and Trade Foreign Affairs in the Defense, and Trade
Division, and Emma Chanlett-Avery, Analyst in Asian Affairs Foreign Affairs in the Defense, and
Trade Division, produced this eleven-page report for the Congressional Research Service. The
report presents an overview of the DPRK economy and notes recent changes in the economy,
information on DPRK economic reforms, and profiles the country's relationship with each of its
major trade partners.
NORTH KOREA INSIDE OUT: THE CASE FOR ECONOMIC ENGAGEMENT (10/22/09)
http://www.asiasociety.org/policy-politics/international-relations/us-asia/north-korea-insideout
This 28-page report written by an Asia Society/U.C.-Institute on Global Conflict and
Cooperation Task Force focuses on economic engagement with North Korea as a peaceful
means of inducing change in the DPRK. As the likelihood of some form of US-DPRK talks
increases, this report proposes a fundamental rethinking of Washingtons approach toward the
DPRK. Economic engagement, properly integrated into a system of sanctions, can transform
North Korea into a country that can better provide for its peoples welfare and engage with
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other countries in a non-hostile manner. As the report shows, North Koreas history of
experiments with reform is limited, and domestic resistance to transition is formidable. But
recent trends and tentative past efforts suggest some impulse toward reform and opening from
within. North Korea should be actively engaged from the inside to encourage change in its
domestic and foreign policy.
FAR EASTERN ECONOMIC REVIEW: PYONGYANG FREELY PLIES THE SEAS (11/6/09)
http://www.feer.com/essays/2009/november51/pyongyang-freely-plies-the-seas
In the wake of North Korea's October 2006 nuclear test, the United Nations Security Council
passed Resolution 1718, which bans Pyongyang from exporting any nuclear, chemical and
biological material, ballistic missiles and any other components of weapons of mass
destruction. WMD-related sanctions were tightened under Resolution 1874 passed in June 2009
following North Korea's second nuclear test in May. Before sanctions were introduced, United
States defense sources estimated that 40% of North Korea's foreign-exchange earnings came
from weapons sales, of which missile exports were a major part.
UNBEARABLE LEGACIES: THE POLITICS OF ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION IN NORTH KOREA
(9/1/09)
http://www.nautilus.org/fora/security/09071Hayes.pdf
Peter Hayes, Executive Director of the Nautilus Institute, writes in this ten-page report, "There
is no shortage of options, and an infinity of needs. And ways exist to work around the barriers
that divide North Korea from the rest of the world. There's no time to wait, or these enduring
legacies will become unbearable, and feed into a vortex of chaos and collapse in North Korea,
with unimaginable consequences for humans and nature alike."
CRS REPORT FOR CONGRESS: U.S. AID TO NORTH KOREA
Http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/row/RS21834.pdf
This is a helpful report identifying the problems and history of U.S. aid to North Korea.
REPORT ON U.S. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO NORTH KOREANS
Http://www.nautilus.org/napsnet/sr/2005/0543ANKHRA.pdf
This is a report on U.S. humanitarian assistance to North Koreans. It is a review of the actions
taken by the U.S. to assist North Korea and highlights challenges that the UN WFP has faced.
RELIEF WEB ON THE COMPLEX EMERGENCY IN THE DPRK
Http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc108?Openform&emid=ACOS-635NSY
This is the section of the official UN Emergency site devoted to the DPRK (North Korea). It is
probably the best single source of information about the food and medical situation in North
Korea. It includes documents published by the World Food Programme, Unicef, other UN
agencies, private voluntary organizations, some government press releases, and a few articles
from wire services and newspapers.
WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME NORTH KOREA
Http://www.wfp.org/countries/korea-democratic-peoples-republic-dprk
The World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger
worldwide. In emergencies, we get food to where it is needed, saving the lives of victims of war,
civil conflict and natural disasters. After the cause of an emergency has passed, we use food to

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help communities rebuild their shattered lives. WFP is part of the United Nations system and is
voluntarily funded.
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL NORTH KOREA
Http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/north-korea
Amnesty International is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally
recognized human rights for all. Our supporters are outraged by human rights abuses but
inspired by hope for a better world - so we work to improve human rights through campaigning
and international solidarity. This site includes up-to-date information regarding human rights in
Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN NORTH KOREA
http://www.hrnk.org/about.html
In October of 2001, a distinguished group of foreign policy and human rights specialists
launched the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) to promote human rights in
North Korea. The Committee's research and publication activities focus on how the North
Korean totalitarian regime abuses the rights of its citizens, its vast system of political prisons
and labor camps, the regimes denial of equal access to food and goods, and the plight of
refugees fleeing to China.
MERCY CORP NORTH KOREA
Http://www.mercycorps.org/volunteer
Years of flooding, drought, extensive deforestation and fuel shortages have led to the collapse
of North Korea's agricultural system and several consecutive years of disastrous food
shortages. Severe malnutrition and diseases threaten families. Since 1996, Mercy Corps has
worked with vulnerable families and communities to ensure health and nutritional needs are
met, and working to find long-term solutions. This site includes articles on North Korea.
FEEDING MINDS. FIGHTING HUNGER
http://www.feedingminds.org/
An international classroom for exploring the problems of hunger, malnutrition, and food
insecurity. Feeding Minds Fighting Hunger is designed to help equip and encourage teachers,
students and young people all over the world to actively participate in creating a world free
from hunger.
FREE RICE (WFP)
http://www.freerice.com
This WFP program game, where by answering trivia questions on art, geography, math,
science, English, and other languages online, kids can actually become part of the solution and
provide rice to needy families. This site offers statistics Information on the activities of the WFP
in North Korea.
HUNGER AND HUMAN RIGHTS: THE POLITICS OF FAMINE IN NORTH KOREA
Http://www.hrnk.org/hunger/hungerreport05.pdf
This is a report done by the U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea. It goes over the
famine situation and the reality of hunger for millions of North Koreans.

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U.S COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN NORTH KOREA

Http://www.hrnk.org/
This site is dedicated to human rights in North Korea.
U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT REPORT
Http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41646.htm
This is the state department report on human rights in North Korea.
NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACT OF 2004
Http://www.northkoreanrefugees.com/hr4011.pdf
This is a copy of the U.S. congressional bill H.R. 4011, the North Korean Human Rights Act of
2004. This legislation has received a lot of press and attention as a sign of the policy position of
the U.S.
FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION
Http://www.fcnl.org/issues/issue.php?issue_id=34
The following is a list of congressional actions related to North Korea.
CITIZENS ALLIANCE
Http://www.nkhumanrights.or.kr/
This is a site from South Korea that focuses on the human rights issue from a South Korean
perspective. You can view the site in English, and it contains interviews, recent news, and
issues faced by the South Koreans.

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NEWS SOURCES
North and South Korea From Outside of the United States
CHOSUN ILBO
http://www.english.chosun.com
The Chosun Ilbo is a popular newspaper in South Korea. This site is in English and contains
South Korean news from sports, politics, society, and North Korea.
KOREA TIMES
http://times.hankooki.com/
This is another popular Korean newspaper site where one can see the type of news and current
situation in South Korea.
KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY
http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm
Site in Japan that carries news dispatches from the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) of the
DPRK (North Korea), a useful source for official North Korean information. Also carries The
Peoples Korea, a semi-monthly Tokyo-based unofficial mouthpiece of the DPRK
Government.
ASIA TIMES ONLINE
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea.html
Asia Times Online is an Internet-only publication that reports and examines geopolitical,
political, economic, and business issues from an Asian perspective.
KOREA WINDOW
http://www.kois.go.kr/
Provides articles about Korean culture, economics, and politics as well as directory access to
resources on arts/culture, business/economy, cities/provinces, computer/internet, education,
government, news/media, science/technology, society/life, sports/recreation and travel. A
section entitled, Learn about Korea, has information on language and culture, geography and
people, history, national symbols, and links to publications available from the Korean
government. Includes links to different government sites and Korean newspapers.
AL JAZEERAS ASIA-PACIFIC HOMEPAGE
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/
Recent articles about North Korea provide links to other Al Jazeera resources on the topic,
including additional articles, a timeline, and videos.
EDUCATION ABOUT ASIA
http://www.aasianst.org/eaa-toc.htm
When you subscribe to Education About Asia, you will join the thousands of educators who
have found this magazine to be an exciting and highly practical teaching resource. Now in its
ninth year, Education About Asia will enhance your understanding of Asiaan area that now
accounts for 57% of the worlds populationenabling you to prepare your students for the
world of the 21st century.

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BOOKS
Book description and information found at www.amazon.com unless otherwise indicated.
Note: some of these books are available for loan at the East Asia Resource Center.
Korea Endgame (2002)

Selig Harrison, Princeton University Press
Selig Harrison is one of the leading experts on North Korea. He has traveled many times to the
country and has visited their leaders. He supports engagement with North Korea and provides
an alternate perspective to the situation. This book also contains possible reunification
scenarios.
North Korea through the Looking Glass (2002)
Kongdan Oh and Ralph Hassig, Brookings Institution Press. Washington D.C.
These two authors provide an academic look into North Koreas ideology, society, culture, and
politics. This book is recommended for those who are interested in a thorough overview of
North Korea from their juche ideology to its economy and people.
Kim II-Songs North Korea (1999)
Helen-Louise Hunter, Praeger
http://www.amazon.com/Il-songs-North-Korea-Helen-LouiseHunter/dp/0275962962/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261435675&sr=8-1
Hunter provides a glimpse inside North Korean society, detailing the everyday life of people
living in the most isolated, secretive society of the 20th century. In this declassified CIA study,
she describes the world's most extreme cult society under the charismatic totalitarian leader,
Kim Il-song, who ruled his people for 45 years--longer than any other leader of the 20th
century.
The Cleanest Race: How Koreans See Themselves And Why It Matters (2010)
B.R. Myers, Melville House
http://www.amazon.com/Cleanest-Race-Koreans-Themselves-Matters/dp/1933633913
Brian Myers takes a fresh approach. He largely ignores what the regime tells the outside world
about itself, but concentrates instead on what North Koreans themselves are supposed to
believe, paying special attention to the North Korean narratives and mass culture, including
movies and television shows. Andrei Lankov
North of the DMZ: Essays on Daily life in North Korea (2007)
Lankov, Andrei. McFarland & Company
Opening chapters introduce the political system and the extent to which it permeates citizens'
daily lives, from the personal status badges they wear to the nationalized distribution of the
food they eat. Chapters discussing the schools, the economic system, and family life dispel the
myth of the workers' paradise that North Korea attempts to perpetuate. In these chapters the
intricacies of daily life in a totalitarian dictatorship are seen through the eyes of defectors
whose anecdotes constitute an important portion of the material. The closing chapter treats at
length the significant changes that have taken place in North Korea over the last decade,
concluding that these changes will lead to the quiet but inevitable death of North Korean
Stalinism.

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This is My Paradise: My North Korean Childhood (2007)

Kang, Hyok. Little, Brown Book,
Hyok kang's story of a childhood spent in North Korea during the repressive regime of Kim Jong
Il provides a rare window into the "most closed state in the world." Thirteen when he and his
parents escaped to China in 1998, Hyok paints a mind-boggling picture of long school days
followed by hours of farm work, routine executions viewed by hundreds, and the "nocturnal
disappearances" of friends and neighbors--the "unfaithful" who were sent away to penal
colonies. It was only when faced with death by starvation that the family ultimately made the
decision to escape. Since UN rations were siphoned off by party members, and leaves, grass,
bark, and grasshoppers became the only available food for the masses, Hyok recalls that all but
8 or 9 of his 35 classmates had starved to death before he and his family fled. They lived like
"hunted animals" for four years in China, always fearing deportation, until finally reaching
South Korea, where Hyok was able to share, in both words and drawings, his remarkable saga.
Deborah Donovan
The Hidden People Of North Korea: Everyday Life In The Hermit Kingdom (2009)
Ralph Hassig, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
This unique book provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of life in North Korea today.
Drawing on decades of insider knowledge and experience, noted experts Ralph Hassig and
Kongdan Oh explore a world few outsiders can imagine. In vivid detail, the authors describe
how the secretive and authoritarian government of Kim Jong-il shapes every aspect of its
citizen's lives, how the command socialist economy has utterly failed, and how ordinary
individuals struggle to survive through small-scale capitalism. North Koreans remain hungry
and oppressed, yet the outside world is slowly filtering in, and the book concludes by urging the
United States to flood North Korea with information so that its people can make decisions
based on truth rather than their dictator's ubiquitous propaganda.
The Hidden People Of North Korea: Everyday Life In The Hermit Kingdom (Discussion)
Http://www.brookings.edu/events/2009/1110_north_korea.aspx
On November 10, the Center for Northeast Asian policy studies at Brookings (CNAPS) hosted
Brookings nonresident Senior Fellow Kongdan Oh and Ralph Hassig, adjunct associate
Professor of Psychology at the University of Maryland, for a discussion of their new book The
Hidden People Of North Korea: Everyday Life In The Hermit Kingdom
(Rowman & Littlefield, 2009). Drawing on decades of scholarship and experience, the coauthors discussed aspects of life in North Korea and the ways in which the outside world can
reach everyday North Koreans so that they can make decisions based on truth rather than
propaganda.
The Living Reed (1963) Grades 6-12
Pearl S. Buck, The John Day Company
This historical novel by Pearl S Buck covers life in Korea from the latter part of the nineteenth
century to the end of the World War II. It follows the lives of a prominent family through four
generations.

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Lost Name: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood (1998) Grade 6-12

Richard E. Kim, University of California Press
http://www.aasianst.org/EAA/lostname.htm
Lost Names is a useful, rare, and wonderful book for several reasons. The books title reflects
the Japanese Pacific War policy of forcing Koreans to replace their own names with Japanese
ones. Lost Names is the story, as recounted by a young boy, of one Korean familys experience
during the war years. Although Lost Names is technically a novel, according to author Richard
Kim, " . . . all the characters and events described in the book are real, but everything else is
fiction." Never in my time in Asian Studies has one work been so applicable to such a wide
range of students as is the case with Lost Names. (Lucien Ellington) This website at features an
interview with Richard E. Kim and essays by a junior high, senior high school, and university
instructor on how they have used Lost Names as a highly effective teaching tool.
My Freedom Trip (1998) Grade 2-5
Frances Park and Ginger Park, Boyds Mills Press
http://www.amazon.com/My-Freedom-Trip-Frances-Park/dp/1563974681
As the Korean War approached, Soo's father escaped from the north into South Korea. He sent
a guide for Soo, along with a promise that one would follow for her mother. Preparing to
depart, the girl's mother held her close and cried, "Be brave, Soo." These words carried the child
through the difficult journey and near capture by a North Korean soldier until she was reunited
with her father. The war began and Soo never saw her mother again. The story is lyrically told in
the first person, with graceful similes that flow naturally from one page to the next. The rich
design perfectly complements the fluid text. Korean characters adorn each page, setting the
mood and place with a single powerful image. Elegant oil illustrations in dark hues set against
light backgrounds capture the dichotomous memories of a peaceful childhood and the violence
of war in a beloved homeland. Forms and shadows emerge from careful brush strokes;
characters' facial expressions glow with determination and courage. However, there is no note
about the Korean War for students unfamiliar with the period; nor are any dates mentioned in
the text. A guide to Korean words and characters is included. (from School Library Journal)
A Single Shard (2001) Grade: 5-9
Linda Sue Park, Dell Yearling
http://eduscapes.com/newbery/02a.htm
Set in 12th century Korea, this is the story of Tree-ear who lives under a bridge with his disabled
older friend Crane-man. Tree-ear becomes fascinated with the potter's craft and longs to create
celadon ceramics. However pottery is a trade passed on from father to son and Tree-ear is an
orphan. He works long and hard hoping to become an apprentice. Newbery Medal 2002
When My Name was Keoko (2002) Grade: 6-12
Linda Sue Park, Clarion Books
http://www.multcolib.org/talk/guides-when.html
The voices of ten year old Sun-hee and her older brother Tae-yul tell the story of their Korean
family during the Japanese occupation of the 1940's. As they struggle to maintain their identity
and dignity, they are forced to give up many of their customs. They cannot even use their
Korean names. Difficult conditions become even harder as the impact of World War II forces
each of them to make tough decisions.
See this Oregon State Library site for discussion questions.
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Still Life With Rice (1997) Grade 9-12

Helie Lee, Simon & Schuster Publishing
http://www.amazon.com/Still-Life-Rice-Helie-Lee/dp/0684827115
Lee traveled from California to Korea to recapture the life of her grandmother. Hongyong Baek
(b. 1912) grew up in northern Korea, the daughter of wealthy parents, and at 22 entered into an
arranged marriage and began a life of servitude to her husband. Drawing on interviews with her
grandmother and writing in her voice, Lee dramatically describes the aftermath of the Japanese
occupation of Korea, which forced Baek, her husband (with whom she ultimately fell in love)
and their children to flee to China in 1939, where they supported themselves by selling opium.
After they returned to Korea, the 1950s' civil war caused them extreme hardship. Baek lost her
husband to diphtheria and was separated from her son. She supported her other children by
practicing the healing art of Chedo. Baek emigrated to the U.S. in 1972. A captivating memoir
of a courageous survivor. (From Publishers Weekly)
In the Absence of the Sun: A Korean American Woman's Promise to Reunite Three Lost
Generations of Her Family (2002) Grade: High School
Helie Lee, Three Rivers Press
A sequel to Still Life With Rice, this book documents the authors efforts to reunite her family.
After Helie Lees grandmother becomes ill, she becomes determined to reunite her with her
elder son, who was lost decades before in the familys escape from North Korea. There is also
tension because the author realizes that her first book, Still Life With Rice, might have angered
the North Korean government and put her uncle in danger. The book can be paired with the
video The Crossing (ABC, 1998) which tells of a South Korean familys daring resuce of lost
relatives in North Korea.
Famine in North Korea: Markets, Aid, and Reform (2007)
Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland. Columbia University Press
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/features/readinglists/what-to-read-on-north-korean-politics
Hundreds of thousands of people -- perhaps as many as a million -- perished from famine in the
DPRK in the 1990s. The North Korean famine is a singular catastrophe; no other literate and
urbanized society in history has ever suffered famine during peacetime. This rigorous study by
Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland provides an unflinching analytical autopsy of the tragedy.
Economic factors -- the heavily subsidized DPRK economy's nosedive after the end of Sovietbloc aid and trade -- may have set the stage for the famine. But it was a series of political
decisions by Pyongyang that turned the country's economic crisis into a human disaster.
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North (2009)
Barbara Demick
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122282495
The book chronicles the accounts of North Koreans who defected to the South and told their
stories to Demick, a Los Angeles Times reporter. They describe a country that was relatively
developed until the 1980s, but then plunged into desperation when famine struck in the 1990s
after the death of President Kim Il Sung. That desperation forced people to eat weeds, grass,
bark, frogs and people's pets.

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Feature Films/Short Clips /Documentaries

Note: some of these films are available for loan at the East Asia Resource Center.
CROSSING HEAVENS BORDER
Http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/crossing-heavens-border/introduction/4990/
In the past decade, up to 100,000 defectors have crossed the waters of the Tumen and Yalu
Rivers into Northeast China to escape from North Korea, the worlds last closed Communist
State. In Crossing Heavens Border, Wide Angle tells the moving and dramatic stories of a few of
them.
NEWSMAKER: ALBRIGHT
Http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/international/july-dec00/albright_10-30.html
This interview was conducted after Madeline Albright returned from North Korea as the first
U.S official to visit the Communist nation.
INTERVIEW WITH BILL ANDERSON: VERSIONS OF THE TRUTH
Http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/northkorea/interview.html
Ben Andersons behind-the-lines investigation of North Korea for the BBC and Frontline/World.
CHILDREN OF THE SECRET STATE
Http://www2.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-112003/0001998699&EDATE=
Children of The Secret State follows Ahn Chol, a 29-year-old North Korean man who escaped
from the country in 1997 by swimming across a river to China, after his parents died of
starvation. Chol has slipped back into North Korea several times since 1997 with a hidden
camera to reveal a side of the Communist nation that its government tries to hide from the
outside world. In the documentary, viewers are exposed to many gruesome realities, including
a Food supply only available on the black market and small children fending for themselves to
survive, scooping up spilled rice and corn.
RETURN TO THE BORDER
Http://www.sundancechannel.com/films/500255831
Chinese filmmaker Zhao Liang grew up in Dandong, near the border with North Korea, when
the socialist countries were allies. However, as China started trading with capitalist South Korea
in the 1990s, North Korea branded China as an enemy. Reflecting on recent history while trying
to assess how things have changed since his youth, the filmmaker returns to Dandong, where
he talks to a former resident of North Korea and ventures across an old railway bridge leading
into Pyongyang for a brief covert tour of China's former friendly neighbor.
CHILDREN OF THE SECRET STATE (2003)
http://www.aems.uiuc.edu/searchresults_detail.html?biblioId=6368
Grade: High School, 46 minutes, DVD
Through interviews with street children, refugees, and former prisoners, this program explores
the plight of youth in the last remaining Stalinist dictatorship and perhaps the most secretive
state on the planet. From Pyongyang, to the China/North Korea border, to South Korea, to the
infamous prison camps, the cameras expose the truth behind the wall of secrecy that hides a

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record of 3 million reported starvation deaths in the last decade and hundreds of thousands of
children with nowhere to call home. Some content may be objectionable.
INSIDE NORTH KOREA (2007)
Grade: 6-13, 60 minutes, DVD
Few western journalists have been allowed to see what Lisa Ling reports from North Korea in
this fascinating National Geographic special. Posing as an undercover medical coordinator, Ling
moves inside the closed world of dictator Kim Jong-Il's pariah nation under heavy guard.
Startling footage reveals the government's total domination of its people, hindering the
humanitarian efforts made by the outside world.
INSIDE THE HERMIT KINGDOM: NORTH KOREA (2004)
This film, made by I Sun-Dyung, the daughter of Korean immigrants, was an attempt to
understand the country that has been demonized by the West, particularly the US. She was the
first western journalist allowed entry. Her film traces the history of Korea in the 20th century
and includes fascinating interviews with some of the world's foremost experts on North Korea,
including Prof. Bruce Cumings of the University of Chicago, and Donald Rickerd of the Center
for Asia Pacific Studies, who give fresh perspective on this enigmatic country.
KOREA: THE UNFINISHED WAR (2003)
Grade: High School, 4 parts, 52 minutes each, DVD
This film documents a war where neither side was victorious, nor defeated, a struggle that
came very close to thermonuclear war, and that still resonates in the geopolitical machinations
between East and West. Korea: The Unfinished War combines archival footage, first person
accounts with soldiers and civilians on both sides, direct quotes from Truman, MacArthur, Mao
and Stalin, clearly showing their roles in the conflict. This important film provides the
background for today's fear of nuclear testing by North Korea.
NORTH KOREA: PORTRAIT OF A RED DICTATOR
This exclusive portrait is the first to portray North Korea's 'Dear Leader' Kim Jong-il, with
interviews of North and South Korean politicians, as well as close relatives and former
employees who have fled the regime.
NORTH KOREA: SUSPICIOUS MINDS (2003)
Grade: High School, 60 minutes, VHS
As tensions build between the United States and North Korea, FRONTLINE/World crosses the
DMZ to take a glimpse at life in one of the world's most sealed-off countries. Traveling as
tourists and using a small camera, BBC reporter Ben Anderson and producer Will Daws are
guided by two government "minders" who parrot the official government line about politics and
history. The journalists encounter the highly militarized, extremely regimented society one

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might expect, but they also develop a friendly, bantering relationship with their guides and
experience unexpected moments of openness and humor.
NORTH KOREA: A DAY IN THE LIFE (2004)
In this rare look inside North Korea, director Pieter Fleury gained unprecedented access to a
country generally cloaked in secrecy. Using "a day in the life" format, Fleury follows the daily
routines of a typical North Korean family as they go to work, attend school, and participate in
English classes. Though the countrys inhabitants sincerely put their best face forward, the
relentless images and ritualized practices of government propaganda offer a telling portrait of
this controversial country.
NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE: UNDERSTANDING NORTH KOREA (2003)
This film provides an introduction to the currently unresolved North Korea nuclear crisis by
telling the history of the Korean peninsula, evaluating U.S. foreign policy and the role of East
Asia.
CROSSING THE LINE (2006)
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/19/movies/19cros.html
The film is about a former U.S. Army soldier, James J. Dresnok, who defected to North Korea
on August 15, 1962. The film centers around Dresnoks history, highlighting his insecurity with
America, particularly his desertion in 1962 to the DPRK. It also shows Dresnok in the present
day, around Pyongyang (where he now lives), and interacting with his North Korean friends.
Dresnok spoke exclusively to the filmmakers about his feelings about his childhood, his
desertion from the U.S. Army, living in a country completely foreign and even hostile to his
own, and his wife and children.
A STATE OF MIND
http://www.astateofmind.co.uk/
The story of two North Korean schoolgirls and their families in the lead up to the Mass Games
the biggest and most elaborate human performance on earth. You may be interested in our
new documentary on the last of the US defectors still living in North Korea.
THE GAME OF THEIR LIVES
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0354594/
A BBC documentary producer is given unprecedented access in North Korea to chronicle the
story of the famed 1966 World Cup team from the North that advanced to the quarterfinals.
The feature includes interviews with surviving members of the team, English fans and soccer
pundits who saw the North Koreans upset Italy, 1-0, and go up 3-0 against Portugal before
Eusebio eventually rallied the Portuguese.

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SHIRI (1999)
http://www.mediacircus.net/shiri.html
Dubbed by the local press as the 'small fish that sank Titantic, Shiri is the most successful film in
South Korean box office history. With production values and visuals rivaling both Hollywood
and Hong Kong action movies, the star power of popular Korean actors Han Suk-kyu and Choi
Min-shik, and a story centered around the continuing Cold War tensions between North and
South Korea, this espionage action-thriller easily won over domestic audiences when it was
released in 1999.
TEAM AMERICA (2004)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_America:_World_Police
Team America: World Police is a 2004 comedy film. The film is a parody of big budget action
films and their associated clichs and stereotypes. The title of the film itself is derived from
domestic and international political criticisms that the U.S. frequently and unilaterally tries to
police the world.
TAEGUKGI (2004)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taegukgi_(film)
Taegukgi Hwinallimyo is a 2004 South Korean war film. It tells the story about the effect of the
Korean War on two brothers. The film's title is the name of the pre-war Flag of Korea well as the
postwar Flag of South Korea.
BOLD FAMILY (not available in the U.S.)
http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Super_Family.php
The film, which is based on the life of Korea's most famous gisaeng (the Korean equivalent to
the Japanese "geisha"), is adapted from a famous novel by North Korean author Hong Seokjung.
JSA: JOINT SECURITY AREA (2000)
A unique relationship builds between North and South Korean soldiers at a remote station in
the DMZ. A political thriller showing the human side of the Korean Conflict.
MY HEART (1999)
A sixteen-year old is married off to the ten-year old son of a local medicine doctor. Following
years of living as a traditional daughter-in-law, she leaves home to lead her own life, where she
will find love, tragedy, and a new beginning.
SPRING IN MY HOMETOWN (1998)
Grade: High School, 124 minutes. DVD
During the Korean War, in a small village located outside of the range of fighting, two boys try
to live normally with their mother. Life in the village is affected by the close proximity of an
American military base and the worry and hardships brought on by the distant fighting. This
leads to the boys mother being hired by the American army to wash their clothes, which
changes their lives forever.

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NORTH KOREA: BEYOND THE DMZ (2003)

JT Takagi & Hye Jung Park, 60 minutes
What is it like on the other side of the 38th parallel? This new documentary follows a young
Korean American woman to see her relative and through unique footage of life in the DPRK and
interviews with ordinary people and scholars, opens a window into this nation.
PYONGYANG DIARIES (1998)
Solrun Hoaas, 52 minutes
This film is director Solruns Hoaass personal encounter with the closed society of North Korea.
Starting with Kim Il Sungs Death and transitioning to Kim Jong Ils government, this film tells
the history and culture of North Korea.
SEOUL TRAIN (2005)
Jim Butterworth, and Lisa Sleeth, 54 minutes
This documentary is focused on the underground railroad set up to help refugees from North
Korea escape to safer areas.
WELCOME TO NORTH KOREA (2002)
Peter Tetteroo, 50 minutes
This film, shot mostly covertly, shows the discrepancies between 20 million people in poverty
and the people in power and the contrasts between South Korea and North Korea.

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INTEGRATING STEM TOPICS INTO YOUR TEACHING

Global Classroom supports the Washington STEM Initiative which seeks to improve student achievement and opportunity in areas
critical to our states economic prosperity: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). The Initiative aims to
catalyze innovation in the states K-12 education system, increase teacher effectiveness and student learning, and dramatically
raise the number of Washington students graduating ready for college and work and succeeding in STEM degree programs. These
efforts are intended to benefit every student in the state, with a particular emphasis on accelerating the achievement of lowincome and minority students.
Below are resources that might help you integrate STEM into your into your humanities/social studies classroom. We encourage
you to pass these suggestions on to your colleagues in other subject areas.
CRISIS GROUP RECOMMENDATIONS: NORTH KOREA GETTING BACK TO TALKS (6/18/09)

http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=6163&l=1
The motivations for North Koreas second nuclear test are, as with many of its actions, mostly
impenetrable. It may be the latest step in an unrelenting drive to become a permanent nuclear
state or it could be advertising nuclear wares to potential buyers. It may be driving up the price
others will pay for the North to give up its weapons or it might be about ensuring that the
military will accept whatever decision Kim Jong-il has made on his successor. Most likely, North
Koreas nuclear weapons program serves multiple purposes for the leadership. Whatever the
rationale, there are no good options in response. Finding a way to resume talks on ending the
nuclear program may appear to reward Pyongyangs bad behavior, but diplomacy is still the
least bad option. At the same time, the UN Security Councils strong and united condemnation
of the test in Resolution 1874 must be enforced, while containment of proliferation and
deterrence of North Korean provocations need to be boosted. See this site for Crisis Groups
26-page report/recommendations.
THE CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE - KOREAN PENINSULA NUCLEAR POLICY
http://www.carnegieendowment.org/npp/index.cfm?fa=view&nppID=1000090
The Carnegie Endowment is another source of information relating to national security issues.
There are several featured articles here on the nuclear program, nuclear talks, Congressional
Research Service documents, and many other resources. This website contains declassified
information on North Korea and their nuclear weapons program from FOIA documents.
NUCLEAR THREAT INITIATIVE: NORTH KOREA PROFILE
http://www.nti.org/e_research/profiles/NK/index.html
This extensive site contains information on the weapons of mass destruction programs of North
Korea, including maps, reports, treaties, policy papers, and publications.
INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA)
http://www.iaea.org/NewsCenter/Focus/IaeaDprk/
The IAEA is the worlds center of cooperation in the nuclear field. It was set up as the worlds
"Atoms for Peace" organization in 1957 within the United Nations family. The Agency works
with its Member States and multiple partners worldwide to promote safe, secure and peaceful
nuclear technologies. News updates and with regard to current work of the IAEA and North
Korea.

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INTEGRATING STEM TOPICS INTO YOUR TEACHING

UNDERCOVER THE SECRET STATE
Students examine the current conditions in North Korea. They view and analyze a CNN
documentary, research a dissident, answer and discuss questions about the documentary on
conditions in North Korea, and identify the technology used by dissidents
The following three websites contain data and statistics on North Korea. You may want to
encourage students to explore these resources and compare economic data and/or population
statistics and/or geographical information vis--vis North Korea and South Korea.
BBC NEWS COUNTRY PROFILE NORTH KOREA
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1131421.stm
A brief overview of North Korea, its economy, people, and government. This website also
includes useful data and statistics on geographic features of North Korea as well as economic
measures such as GDP.
CIA COUNTRY PROFILE NORTH KOREA
The CIA official data on North Korea. This fact page contains statistics and measurements in
the geography, economy, communication, and population of North Korea that are particularly
useful in comparing North Korea with other countries.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE BACKGROUND NOTES: NORTH KOREA
These notes include facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions,
economy, and foreign relations. Similar to CIA country profile this website provides data and
statistics including

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NORTH KOREA SOCIETY & CULTURE TODAY ............................. 21

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Charts and Graphs

FEATURE FILMS/SHORT CLIPS /DOCUMENTARIES...................... 37

"NORTH KOREA ON OUR MINDS AND IN OUR CLASSROOMS

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MAPS OF NORTH KOREA

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BLANK MAP OF KOREA

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NORTH KOREA-U.S. RELATIONS/SECURITY ISSUES:

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CENTER FOR NONPROLIFERATION STUDIES

LESSON PLANS & ACTIVITIES

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A DIVIDED PENINSULA AT A GLANCE

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A COMMON FUTURE FOR THE KOREAN PENINSULA (9/4/08)

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LESSON PLANS & ACTIVITIES

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NORTH AND SOUTH KOREANS MEET ON A MOUNTAIN PATH

LESSONSNIPS: THE KOREAN WAR

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NORTH KOREA SOCIETY & CULTURE TODAY

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TOP TEN THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT KOREA IN THE 21ST CENTURY

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WWW VIRTUAL LIBRARY: KOREA

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EDUCATION ABOUT ASIA: FAMOUS KOREANS, SIX PORTRAITS

NORTH KOREAS POWER PLAY

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electricity at provincial hospitals in North Korea.

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U.S COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN NORTH KOREA

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Korea Endgame (2002)

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This is My Paradise: My North Korean Childhood (2007)

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Lost Name: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood (1998) Grade 6-12

Still Life With Rice (1997) Grade 9-12

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