Backgrounder posted October 7, 1999 by Daryl Plunk
Easing Trade Sanctions Against North Korea: Not Enough to Promote Lasting Peace
On
September 17, President Bill Clinton announced a significant
upgrading of relations between the United States and communist
North Korea. The move considerably eased the strict trade embargo
that has been in place since 1950, when the North's invasion of
South Korea ignited the three-year Korean War. The conciliatory
gesture comes on the heels of a September 12…
Backgrounder posted July 2, 1999 by Daryl Plunk
Time for a New North Korea Policy
When
South Korean President Kim Dae Jung visits Washington, D.C., on
July 2 for a summit with President Bill Clinton, the discussion of
"rewards" for North Korea should be linked to clear concessions
from Pyongyang that lead to peace. The Korean Peninsula--the most
heavily militarized spot on earth--is the only place where an
outbreak of war would result in the…
Executive Summary posted July 2, 1999 by Daryl Plunk
Executive Summary: Time for a New North Korea Policy
Prospects for peace on the Korean
Peninsula appear more uncertain following a recent deadly naval
clash between North and South Korean ships in the Yellow Sea over
border intrusions and fishing rights. North Korea's Stalinist
regime often provokes the South and resists entering talks with
Seoul on reunification issues despite receiving large amounts of
international…
Backgrounder posted November 13, 1998 by Richard D. Fisher, Robert P. O'Quinn, Daryl Plunk
Clinton's Trip to Asia
As President Bill Clinton prepares to make his
second trip to Asia later this month, America's allies and friends
are expecting him to show strong U.S. leadership. Each destination
along his route--Malaysia for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
(APEC) forum, Japan, and South Korea--will present dilemmas
requiring tough recommendations and…
Backgrounder posted June 2, 1998 by Daryl Plunk
Bold South Korean Reforms Deserve U.S. Support
The Republic of Korea's new President, Kim Dae
Jung, arrives in Washington on June 8 for a formal state visit and
summit talks the following day with President Bill Clinton. Long a
close political, trade, and security ally of the United States,
South Korea is reeling from its most serious economic crisis in
nearly two decades. President Kim has moved quickly to…
Lecture posted November 7, 1996 by James J. Przystup, Richard V. Allen, Charles Kartman, Larry A. Niksch, Daryl Plunk
The Second Anniversary of the U.S.-North Korean Nuclear Accord: Cause for Celebration?
JAMES J. PRZYSTUP, Director, the Asian Studies Center of The
Heritage Foundation
Slightly over two years ago, on October 21, 1994, the United
States and North Korea came to terms on an understanding known as
the Agreed Framework. In brief, this agreement committed North
Korea to shut down and ultimately dismantle its two
plutonium-producing heavy water reactors in…
Backgrounder Update posted April 12, 1996 by Daryl Plunk
Warning to North Korea: Stop Provocations and Talk Peace With South Korea
(Archived document, may contain errors) 4/12/96 273 WARNING TO NORTH KOREA: STOP PROVOCATIONS AND TALK PEACE WITH SOUTH KOREA (Updating Backgrounder Update No. 236, "Clinton's Korea Policy Falls Short: A Call to Congressional Action," January 13, 1995, and Asian Studies Center Backgrounder No. 133, "The Clinton Nuclear Deal with Pyongyang: Road Map to Progress or Dead…
Backgrounder Update posted May 4, 1995 by Daryl Plunk
The U.S. -North Korean Nuclear Agreement: A Six-Month Report Card
(Archived document, may contain errors) 5/4/95 246 THE U.S.-NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR AGREEMENT: A SIX-MONTH REPORT CARD (Updating Asian Studies Center Backgrounder No. 133, "The Clinton Nuclear Deal With Pyongyang: Roadmap to Progress or Dead End Street?" November 4, 1994) The Agreed Framework signed by the United States and communist North Korea last October aims to…
Backgrounder Update posted January 13, 1995 by Daryl Plunk
Clinton's Korea Policy Falls Short: A Call to Congressional Action
(Archived document, may contain errors) 1/13/95 236 CLINTON'S KOREA POLICY FALLS SHORT: A CALL TO CONGRESSIONAL ACTION (Updating Asian Studies Center Backgrounder No. 133, "The Clinton Nuclear Deal with Pyongyang: Road Map to Progress or Dead End Street?," November 4, 1994) The Clinton Administration's Korea policy, focused as it is on North Korea's nuclear weapons…
Asian Backgrounder posted November 4, 1994 by Daryl Plunk
The Clinton Nuclear Deal with Pyongyang: Road Map to Progress or Dead End Street?
(Archived document, may contain errors) No. 133 November 4,1994 THE CLINTON NUCLEAR DEAL WnHffONGYANG: ROAD M" TO PROGRESS OR DEAD END STREET? "This U.S.-North Korean agreement will help to achieve a long-standing and vital American objective: an end to the threat of nuclear proliferation on the Korean peninsula." -President Bill Clinton "The new accord ... outlines…
Backgrounder Update posted June 3, 1994 by Daryl Plunk
Defusing North Korea's Nuclear Threat
(Archived document, may contain errors) 6/6/94 224 DEFUSING NORTH KOREA9S NUCLEAR THREAT (Updating Asian Studies Center Backgrounder No. 129, "North Korea's Nuclear Threat Challenges the World and Tests America's Resolve," February 23, 1994) At a time when President Bill Clinton is being roundly criticized at home and abroad for lack of leader- ship and coherence in…
Asian Backgrounder posted September 19, 1990 by Daryl Plunk
For the U.S., A New Policy for Korean Reunification
(Archived document, may contain errors) 107 September 19, 1990 FOR THE U.S., A NEW POLICY FOR KOREAN REUNIFICATION INTRODUMON Perhaps no communist country dug in its heels against the tumultuous wave of economic and political reform sweeping through the communist world more than has the repressive regime in North Korea. Indeed, North Korea openly has spurned any moves…