US Relations With North Korea

By Aine SchancheBlock B

Boz

Background

• General Sherman incident• Shinmiyangyo• Trade- 1882 • US negotiated in

Russo-Japanese War• US Occupation of South

Korea• Formation of DPRK

Background• US Occupation of NK• None during Cold War• 1958-1991- point nuclear weapons at NK• U.S.-North Korea Agreed Framework-1994• Ease economic sanctions

Under George Bush• Bush opposed Agreed Framework• administration asserted that N K was

developing a uranium enrichment program for nuclear weapons purposes.

• US DPRK tensions increased- “Axis of Evil”

Under Bush

• 2002-Spanish boarded and detained a shipment of Scud missiles from NK– Spanish did at request of US

• NK-Act of Piracy• Goal of Bush Admin.: – Eliminate NK’s nuclear weapon program

• 2005-counterfeit money—super notes

Six-Party Talks• 3-Party Talks with China, US, and NK• 6-Party Talks between US, NK, SK, China, Japan,

and Russia• First phase 2003• Second Phase 2005- after NK froze for 13 months

in retaliation to US freezing them• Third Phase 2007- action-for-action agreement• US unfreezes NK assets• NK agreed to all U.S. nuclear inspection demands• US removed NK from a terrorism blacklist

Towards Normalization• Third 6-Party Talk:– NK agreed to shut down Yongbyon nuclear facility for

fuel– Us agree to working towards normalization—process of

removing NK from list of state sponsors of terrorism

• 2008-US lift restrictions on NK and removes from Terrorist list

Ship Incidents• Mogadishu encounter (2007)– US Navy rescued NK seamen from Somali Pirates

• NK torpedo sunk SK warship (2010)– US participate in military exercises with SK

Resurgence of Hostilities

• 2008- NK allegedly resumed nuclear activity• NK wants to be off terrorist list• NK barred IAEA inspectors from Yongbyon• SK says NK is making a nuclear warhead• NK- test short range missiles• US- encouraging resumption of 6-Party Talks

and remove from list– North Korea agreed to resume disarmament of its

nuclear program and once again allow inspectors

Further Strains• 2009 Nuclear Test– US, Russia, China and rest of 6-Party condemn NK

actions

• Arrest of American Journalists (2009)– arrested on NK border while filming a

documentary– NK tried them and sent them

to 12 years of hard labor– Clinton talked to Kim and

he pardoned journalists

Work Cited• http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/nuke/R41259.pdf• http://usforeignpolicy.about.com/od/countryprofile1/p/usnkoreaprofile.htm• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea_–_United_States_relations• http://www.homeofheroes.com/valor/books/navy/cover_shinmiyangyo.jpg• http://www.topnews.in/files/North-Korea-USA-Nuclear.jpg• http://media-1.web.britannica.com/eb-media/17/84517-004-4DBBB30A.jpg• http://www.acus.org/files/images/usa-northkorea.jpg• http://www.thug.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/george-bush1.jpg• http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bUu4g5bFDMw/THRlqRA0QLI/AAAAAAAAADg/nW9pjGnDDwM/s1600/

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