On September 3, North Korea conducted its sixth nuclear test, with DPRK state media announcing soon afterward that the country had successfully tested a "two-stage thermo-nuclear weapon" capable of being fitted to an ICBM. ... | Read More

George Vitale has been enaging in Taekwon-Do diplomacy between the United States, North Korea, and South Korea since the early 1990s. Check out his story. ... | Read More

The latest edition of NCNK's North Korea Nuclear Newsletter covering Trump's North Korea policy, the US-South Korea summit, and more. ... | Read More

NCNK expresses its deepest condolences to the family of Otto Warmbier. The following is a statement they released upon his passing on June 19, 2017. ... | Read More

NCNK is pleased to release a new report providing 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. The report 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

Congressmen Schiff (D-CA) and Wilson (R-SC) have introduced a bipartisan House bill (H.R.2732) that could limit tourist and potentially other types of U.S. travel to North Korea.  ... | Read More

NCNK is launching a new newsletter to provide regular updates on issues related to North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs and Korean Peninsula security issues. ... | Read More

The National Committee on North Korea and the East-West Center are pleased to announce the launch of a new pilot project, North Korea in the World. ... | Read More

House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) has recently introduced H.R. 1644, the Korean Interdiction and Modernization of Sanctions Act. NCNK's summary of the legislation, as amended, is available here. ... | Read More

On March 2, 2017 Senators Edward Markey (D-MA) and Al Franken (D-MN) co-authored a letter to the President urging the new administration to “adopt a strategy of active diplomatic engagement with North Korea, backed by rigorous sanctions enforcement and a robust military deterrence posture in cooperation with… regional partners.” The letter comes on the heels ... | Read More