This Executive Order, issued on January 2, 2015, expands the scope with which the Treasury Department may impose sanctions designations against North Korean entities and individuals. It was issued concurrently with Treasury designations of 10 North Korean officials and 3 North Korean entities, shortly after the U.S. accused North Korea of responsibility for the Sony Pictures hack.
Remarks by Secretary of State John Kerry on North Korean human rights, delivered after the publication of a UN Commission of Inquiry report on human rights abuses in the DPRK.
A Defense Department report to congress on the current and future military power of the DPRK pursuant to the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal Year 2012.
Report by the Government Accountability Office regarding issues surrounding problems with JPAC-DPMO on POW/MIA remains recovery operations, including in North Korea. Also gives a list of policy recommendations on how to overcome issues.
Remarks by President Obama and President Park of South Korea in a Joint Press Conference, delivered on May 7, 2013.
H.R. 1464, the North Korean Child Welfare Act, was signed into law by President Obama on January 14, 2013. The Act is an amended version of the North Korean Refugee Adoption Act of 2011, sponsored by Rep. Edward Royce (R-CA). The Act would require the State Department to periodically brief Congress on efforts to advocate for North Korean children living in other countries who are fleeing persecution or stateless.
Released for publication by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on December 31, 2012, this December 11, 2012 Minority Staff Report, "The Impact of the People's Republic of China on Korean Peninsula Unification," raises for Senate consideration the potential role of China in the future of the two Koreas.
Text of a joint statement issued by the United States of America and the Republic of Korea at the conclusion of the 2012 United States – Republic of Korea Foreign and Defense Ministers’ Meeting on June 14, 2012 in Washington, DC.
Joint press conference comments, as delivered during President Obama's March 2012 visit to Seoul.