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Issue Brief: North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Program (April 2018)
April 11, 2018
By: Daniel Wertz, Matthew McGrath, and Scott LaFoy
This NCNK Issue Brief addresses technical and strategic issues related to North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, looking at issues including the country's fissile material production, the size and sophistication of its nuclear arsenal, and the strategic doctrine and possible goals of its nuclear weapons program. | READ MORE
Special Report: North Korea's Shackled Economy
March 23, 2018
By: William Brown
In this NCNK special report, William Brown, an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and formerly an intelligence manager at ODNI, provid | READ MORE
Kim Jong Un's 2018 New Year's Address
January 1, 2018
By: Kim Jong Un
Full English-language text of Kim Jong Un's 2018 New Year's Address, as published by KCNA. | READ MORE
UN Security Council Resolution 2397
December 22, 2017
By: UN Security Council
This UN Security Council Resolution, adopted after North Korea's launch of a Hwasong-15 ICBM, expands sanctions on the export of energy products to North Korea; introduces new sectoral sanctions on North Korean exports; and contains other provisions related to North Korean shipping and overseas laborers. | READ MORE
Statement of Chairman of State Affairs Commission of DPRK
September 22, 2017
By: Kim Jong Un
Text of a statement attributed to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, responding in direct terms to President Donald Trump's remarks about North Korea at the UN General Assembly, in which Trump referred to Kim as "Rocket Man" and said that if the U.S. "is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea." | READ MORE
Executive Order 13810, Imposing Additional Sanctions With Respect to North Korea
September 20, 2017
By: Donald Trump
This Executive Order significantly expands the scope of the U.S. | READ MORE
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the DPRK, 2017
September 18, 2017
By: Tomás Ojea Quintana
Annual report of the UN's Special Rapporteur on North Korean Human Rights, calling for an approach balancing accountability and engagement, and | READ MORE
UN Security Council Resolution 2375
September 11, 2017
By: UN Security Council
UN Security Council Resolution 2375, adopted unanimously in the wake of what North Korea described as a test of a two-stage thermonuclear weapon, condemned the test and imposed several new sanctions measures. | READ MORE
UN Panel of Experts DPRK 2017 Midterm Report
September 5, 2017
2017 midterm report of the UN Panel of Experts Established Pursuant to Resolution 1874 (2009), investigating North Korean violations of UN sanctions. | READ MORE
Possible U.S. Policy Approaches to North Korea
September 4, 2017
By: Emma Chanlett-Avery, Mark Manyin
Congressional Research Service "In Focus" report concisely laying out different U.S. policy options regarding North Korea. | READ MORE