CRS report providing background information on the abductee issue, summarizing its effect on Japanese politics, analyzing its impact on U.S.-Japan relations, and assessing its regional implications.
Congressional Research Service Reports
CRS report that examines the situation of North Korean refugees in China and human rights issues and how these issues have been dealt with by US policymakers.
This Congressional Research Report analyzes aspects North Korea's nuclear weapons program,
This CRS report provides an overview of the economy of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) or North Korea, its external economic relations, attempts at reform, and U.S. policy options.
Congressional Research Service report on the issue of North Korea’s inclusion on the U.S. list of terrorism-supporting countries.
Congressional Research Service report on the strong indications that the North Korean regime is involved in illicit drug production and trafficking, as well as production and trafficking in counterfeit currency, cigarettes, and pharmaceuticals, with drug trafficking likely decreasing and counterfeiting of cigarettes expanding.
Congressional Research Service report on drug trafficking linked to North Korea and allegations of large-scale state sponsorship of drug trafficking.