Nuclear Weapons Program - References

On-site

• Memorandum of DPRK Foreign Ministry KCNA March 3 -- The Foreign Ministry of the DPRK released a memorandum on March 2 to clearly explain why it has decided that it would go out to the talks only when there are justification to participate in the six-party talks and mature conditions for them.
• DPRK FM on Its Stand to Suspend Its Participation in Six-party Talks for Indefinite Period KCNA 11 Feb 2005 -- The DPRK Ministry of Foreign Affairs released a statement Thursday to clarify its stand to cope with the grave situation created by the U.S. hostile policy toward the DPRK. (...) We had already taken the resolute action of pulling out of the NPT and have manufactured nukes for self-defence to cope with the Bush administration's evermore undisguised policy to isolate and stifle the DPRK.

• UN Security Council Resolution 2270 (2016) - Adopted by the Security Council at its 7638th meeting, on 2 March 2016 UN Security Council 02 Mar 2016 -- "Expressing gravest concern at the nuclear test conducted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (“the DPRK”) on 6 January 2016 in violation of resolutions 1718 (2006), 1874 (2009), 2087 (2013) and 2094 (2013), and at the challenge such a test constitutes to the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (“the NPT”) and to international efforts aimed at strengthening the global regime of non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, and the danger it poses to peace and stability in the region and beyond"
• GOV/2012/36-GC(56)/11: Application of Safeguards in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea IAEA 30 Aug 2012
• GOV/2011/53-GC(55)/24: Application of Safeguards in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea International Atomic Energy Agency 02 Sep 2011
• Implementation of the Safeguards Agreement Between the Agency and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Pursuant to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons International Atomic Energy Agency 16 Aug 2004 [PDF]
• "Visit to the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center in North Korea" Siegfried S. Hecker Senior Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory University of California - Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Hearing on January 21, 2004
• THE U.S.-DPRK FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT (October 21, 1994)
• STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE U.S.-DPRK FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT Thomas L. Wilborn, Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College -- April 3, 1995 [40 pages, 125 kb PDF]
• Assessing the U.S.-North Korea Agreement Masao Okonogi Joint Forces Quarterly Spring 1995 [215 kb PDF] The North Korean leadership is attempting to sell its outmoded baggage of the Cold War.
• Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) The Nuclear Potential of Individual Countries Treaty on Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons Problems of Extension Appendix 2 Russian Federation Foreign Intelligence Service 6 April 1995
• Nuclear Nonproliferation: Implications of the U.S./North Korean Agreement on Nuclear Issues (Letter Report, 10/01/96, GAO/RCED/NSIAD-97-8).

News Items

• DPRK Foreign Ministry Spokesman on U.S. Moves Concerning Its Nuclear Test KCNA 12 Oct 2006
• North Korea's Nukes: Why Now? It's all about Korean nationalism October 11, 2006, Justin Raimondo, editorial director of Antiwar.com
• Press Conference by the President The White House 11 Oct 2006
• South Korea Plans Troop Increase After North's Nuclear Test VOA 11 Oct 2006
• North Korea Says It Will Consider US Pressure as Declaration of War VOA 11 Oct 2006
• North Korea joins the nuclear club? RIA Novosti 10 Oct 2006
• North Korean Proliferation at Heart of Nuke Test Issue AFPS 10 Oct 2006
• Analysis: North Korea Faces 'Punitive Actions' cfr.org 10 Oct 2006
• Possible understanding between Korea, Pakistan on N-test: India IRNA 10 Oct 2006
• Indian defence minister deplores N Korea's nuclear test IRNA 10 Oct 2006
• North Korea: Why Shouldn't Pyongyang Join Nuclear Club? RFE/RL 10 Oct 2006
• DPR Korea: Security Council members discuss what action to take over nuclear test UN News Centre 10 Oct 2006
• Experts Still Working on North Korean Nuclear Claim VOA 10 Oct 2006
• China Joins Call for 'Punitive Actions' Against North Korea VOA 10 Oct 2006
• Russia, Germany Call for Unified Response to North Korea VOA 10 Oct 2006
• Information message about underground nuclear explosion made by the Northern Korea on October 9, 2006 CEME - Geophysical Service of Russian Academy 10 Oct 2006
• Senior South Korean Official Apologizes for North's Nuclear Test VOA 10 Oct 2006
• Japan may impose more sanctions against N. Korea-PM Abe RIA Novosti 10 Oct 2006
• Japanese lower house protests N. Korean nuclear test RIA Novosti 10 Oct 2006
• Japan has no plans to create nukes after N.Korean tests - PM RIA Novosti 10 Oct 2006
• Japan Mulling Harsh Sanctions Against North Korea in Response to Claimed Nuclear Test VOA 10 Oct 2006
• UN: U.S. Seeks Sanctions Against North Korea RFE/RL 10 Oct 2006
• North Korea Says Test Ensures 'Peace And Security' RFE/RL 10 Oct 2006
• Russia ready to join efforts in N. Korea nuke settlement RIA Novosti 10 Oct 2006
• Military action against N.Korea highly unlikely - Beijing RIA Novosti 10 Oct 2006
• Australia Summons North Korean Ambassador After Claimed Nuclear Test, but Does Not Sever Ties VOA 10 Oct 2006
• North Korea Rolls Back Some Economic Reforms, Strengthens State Controls VOA 10 Oct 2006
• North Korea's Elite Enjoy Life of Relative Privilege VOA 10 Oct 2006
• China Rules Out Military Action, But Not Sanctions, Against North Korea VOA 10 Oct 2006
• US Asks for Tough UN Sanctions On North Korea VOA 09 Oct 2006
• Putin, Bush agree N.Korea test undermines non-proliferation RIA Novosti 09 Oct 2006
• No use of force against N. Korea - Russian envoy RIA Novosti 09 Oct 2006
• Security Council members 'strongly condemn' nuclear test by DPR Korea UN News Centre 09 Oct 2006
• United States Seeks Security Council Action on North Korea Washington File 09 Oct 2006
• Security Council Says Its Response to Test to Be 'Strong, Swift' VOA 09 Oct 2006
• EU Members Condemn North Korea's Alleged Nuke Testing VOA 09 Oct 2006
• North Korea's Alleged Nuclear Test Sparks Global Condemnation VOA 09 Oct 2006
• Russia Urges Restraint in Response to North Korea VOA 09 Oct 2006
• US Proposes Stringent UN Sanctions Against North Korea Over Apparent Nuclear Test VOA 09 Oct 2006
• Experts: N. Korean Nuclear Test Unlikely to Lead to North Asian Nuclear Arms Race VOA 09 Oct 2006
• Bush Condemns North Korean Nuclear Test Claim AFPS 09 Oct 2006
• Wrap: Russia condemns N. Korean nuclear test, urges talks RIA Novosti 09 Oct 2006
• Kazakhstan urges N. Korea to resume nuke talks RIA Novosti 09 Oct 2006
• Russia condemns N. Korean nuclear test - Putin RIA Novosti 09 Oct 2006
• Moscow demands N. Korea return to non-proliferation regime RIA Novosti 09 Oct 2006
• Radiation levels normal following N. Korean nuclear test RIA Novosti 09 Oct 2006
• North Korea Shocks World With Apparent Nuclear Test VOA 09 Oct 2006
• China Condemns North Korean Nuclear Test VOA 09 Oct 2006
• Statement by the President on North Korea The White House 09 Oct 2006
• DPRK Nuclear Test: Statement by IAEA Director General IAEA 09 Oct 2006
• North Korea Conducts First Nuclear Test RFE/RL 09 Oct 2006
• North Korea Claims Successful Underground Nuclear Test VOA 09 Oct 2006
• White House: North Korean Nuclear Test a Provocative Act VOA 09 Oct 2006
• South Korea, Japan Condemn North Korean Nuclear Test VOA 09 Oct 2006
• China Leads Chorus of Condemnation of North Korean Nuclear Test VOA 09 Oct 2006
• DPRK Successfully Conducts Underground Nuclear Test KCNA 10 Oct 2006 -- The Korean Central News Agency released the following report: The field of scientific research in the DPRK successfully conducted an underground nuclear test under secure conditions on October 9, Juche 95 (2006)
• DPRK Foreign Ministry Clarifies Stand on New Measure to Bolster War Deterrent KCNA 04 Oct 2006 -- The Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea issued the following statement Tuesday solemnly clarifying the DPRK stand on the new measure to be taken by it to bolster its war deterrent for self-defence

Off-site

• Rolling Blunder - How the Bush administration let North Korea get nukes By Fred Kaplan The Washington Monthly May 2004
• N Korean Nuclear Arsenal By Lee Wha Rang, April 27, 1996
• "N. Korea Threatens Nuclear Arms Test; Delagate to Talks Cites US Hostility" by Peter Slevin and John Pomfret Washington Post 29 August 2003
• "North Korea continues nuclear programme" by James Foley Jane's Intelligence Review 01 September 2003.
• "Inside North Korea: leaders open to ending nuclear crisis," Selig Harrison, Financial Times (London, England) May 4, 2004 Tuesday