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U.S. State Department North Korea Travel Warning (as of 5/9/2017)
June 14, 2017
By: U.S. Department of State
The State Department has issued a travel warning to North Korea to encourage U.S. citizens to consider their tavel to the country very carefully. The warning notes that U.S. citizens in North Korea are at serious risk of arrest and long-term detention under North Korea’s system of law enforcement. It further warns that since the United States does not maintain diplomatic or consular relations with North Korea, the U.S. government has no means to provide normal consular services to U.S. citizens in North Korea. Updated 9 May 2017. | READ MORE
Track II Diplomacy with Iran and North Korea: Lessons Learned from Unofficial Talks with Nuclear Outliers
June 6, 2017
By: Daniel Wertz
This report provides a comparative assessment of the role that Track II talks and other forms of people-to-people engagement initiatives have played in addressing the challenges posed by Iran and North Korea. It is informed by the findings of a March 23, 2017 workshop convened by the National Committee on North Korea and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. | READ MORE
H.R.2732 - North Korea Travel Control Act
May 25, 2017
By: Rep. Adam Schiff and Joe Wilson
Cosponsored by Representatives Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Joe Wilson (R-SC), this bill seeks to limit travel to North Korea by calling on the Treasury Department to issue regulations that would prohibit travel-related transactions to North Korea unless such transactions have been pre-authorized by a general or specific license from Treasury. The bill specifically prohibits Treasury from authorizing any license if “the primary purpose of such travel is to engage in tourist activities.” | READ MORE
Summary of the Korean Interdiction and Modernization of Sanctions Act
April 6, 2017
By: Daniel Wertz
This NCNK summary reviews major provisions of HR 1644, a sanctions bill introduced by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) on March 21, 2017. | READ MORE
A North Korea Primer for 2017 U.S. Policy Makers, 3rd Edition
March 6, 2017
By: NCNK
The National Committee on North Korea is committed providing reliable and balanced information about North Korea to U.S. policy makers. | READ MORE
H. Res. 92, Condemning North Korea’s development of multiple intercontinental ballistic missiles, and for other purposes.
February 6, 2017
By: Rep. Joe Wilson
House Resolution introduced by Rep. | READ MORE
Kim Jong Un's 2017 New Year's Address
January 1, 2017
By: Kim Jong Un
Text of Kim Jong Un's 2017 New Year Address, as published by KCNA. | READ MORE
Inside the White House: The Future of US-DPRK Policy
December 1, 2016
By: John Merrill
Analysis by NCNK Member John Merrill on how the incoming Trump administration might rethink U.S. policy toward North Korea. | READ MORE
The North Korean Economic System: Challenges and Issues by Bradley O. Babson (International Journal of Korean Studies)
June 20, 2016
By: Bradley O. Babson
NCNK Member Bradley O. Babson writes about the challenges in issues of the North Korean Economic System for the International Journal for Korean Studies (Volume XX, Number 1, Spring/Summer 2016). | READ MORE
Kim Jong Un - Speeches at the 7th Party Congress
May 9, 2016
By: Kim Jong Un
In May 2016, North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party held its first Party Congress since 1980. | READ MORE