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  1. ^ Administrative Divisions and Population Figures (#26) (PDF). DPRK: The Land of the Morning Calm. Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use (2003-04). Retrieved on 2006-10-10.
  2. ^ a b Korea, North. CIA World Factbook (2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-01. North Korea itself does not disclose figures.
  3. ^ Country Profile: North Korea. Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK (2007-07-20). Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  4. ^ Another acronym occasionally used in the media is DPRNK, as for Democratic People's Republic of North Korea.
  5. ^ Spencer, Richard (2007-08-28). North Korea power struggle looms. The Telegraph (online version of UK national newspaper). Retrieved on 2007-10-31. “A power struggle to succeed Kim Jong-il as leader of North Korea's Stalinist dictatorship may be looming after his eldest son was reported to have returned from semi-voluntary exile.”
  6. ^ Brooke, James (2003-10-02). North Korea Says It Is Using Plutonium to Make A-Bombs. The New York Times (online version of New York, United States newspaper). Retrieved on 2007-10-31. “North Korea, run by a Stalinist dictatorship for almost six decades, is largely closed to foreign reporters and it is impossible to independently check today's claims.”
  7. ^ Parry, Richard Lloyd (2007-09-05). North Korea's nuclear 'deal' leaves Japan feeling nervous. The Times (online version of UK's national newspaper of record). Retrieved on 2007-10-31. “The US Government contradicted earlier North Korean claims that it had agreed to remove the Stalinist dictatorship’s designation as a terrorist state and to lift economic sanctions, as part of talks aimed at disarming Pyongyang of its nuclear weapons.”
  8. ^ Walsh, Lynn (2003-02-08). The Korean crisis. CWI online: Socialism Today, February 2003 edition, journal of the Socialist Party, CWI England and Wales. socialistworld.net, website of the committee for a worker’s international. Retrieved on 2007-10-31. “Kim Jong-il's regime needs economic concessions to avoid collapse, and just as crucially needs an end to the strategic siege imposed by the US since the end of the Korean war (1950-53). Pyongyang's nuclear brinkmanship, though potentially dangerous, is driven by fear rather than by militaristic ambition. The rotten Stalinist dictatorship faces the prospect of an implosion. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, which deprived North Korea of vital economic support, the regime has consistently attempted to secure from the US a non-aggression pact, recognition of its sovereignty, and economic assistance. The US's equally consistent refusal to enter into direct negotiations with North Korea, effectively ruling out a peace treaty to formally close the 1950-53 Korean war, has encouraged the regime to resort to nuclear blackmail.”
  9. ^ Oakley, Corey (October 2006). US is threat to peace not North Korea. Edition 109 - October-November 2006. Socialist Alternative website in Australia. Retrieved on 2007-10-31. “In this context, the constant attempts by the Western press to paint Kim Jong Il as simply a raving lunatic look, well, mad. There is no denying that the regime he presides over is a nasty Stalinist dictatorship that brutally oppresses its own population. But in the face of constant threats from the US, Pyongyang's actions have a definite rationality from the regime's point of view.”
  10. ^ Baruma, Ian. Leader Article: Let The Music Play On. The Times of India. Retrieved on 2008-03-27. “North Korea, officially known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is one of the world's most oppressive, closed, and vicious dictatorships. It is perhaps the last living example of pure totalitarianism - control of the state over every aspect of human life. Is such a place the right venue for a western orchestra? Can one imagine the New York Philharmonic, which performed to great acclaim in Pyongyang, entertaining Stalin or Hitler?”
  11. ^ Korean Embassy (2000). Establishment of the Republic of Korea. AsianInfo.org. Retrieved on 2007-03-13.
  12. ^ Text of the Korean War Armistice Agreement. Find Law (1953). Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  13. ^ United States Department of Agriculture (April 1992). Prospects for trade with an integrated Korean market. Agricultural Outlook. Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  14. ^ Kwan, Chi Hung (2003-04-18). China in Transition. Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry. Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  15. ^ Olson, Al (2005-12-28). An Antidote to disinformation about North Korea. Global Research. Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  16. ^ Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress (2007). North Korea Agriculture. Country Studies. Retrieved on 2007-03-11.
  17. ^ Federation of American Scientists (2000-06-15). Other Industry - North Korean Targets. Weapons of Mass Destruction.
  18. ^ Hodge, Homer T. (2003-02-07). North Korea’s Military Strategy. US Army War College Quarterly. Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  19. ^ Russia’s East Asian Strategy: The Korean Challenge - Brookings Institution
  20. ^ 18. Is North Korea a 'Stalinist' state?. DPRK FAQ; Document approved by Zo Sun Il. Official Webpages of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (2005-05-05). Retrieved on 2007-10-31.
  21. ^ 10th Supreme People's Assembly. (1998-09-15). DPRK's Socialist Constitution (Full Text). The People's Korea. Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  22. ^ Amnesty International (2007). Our Issues, North Korea. Human Rights Concerns. Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  23. ^ Seok, Kay (2007-05-15). Grotesque indifference. Human Rights Watch. Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  24. ^ Hawk, David (2003). The Hidden Gulag: Exposing North Korea’s Prison Camps - Prisoners' Testimonies and Satellite Photographs. U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea. Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  25. ^ "South Korean Dramas Are All the Rage among North Korean People", The Daily NK, 2007-11-02. 
  26. ^ "North Korean People Copy South Korean TV Drama for Trade", The Daily NK, 2008-02-22. 
  27. ^ North-South Joint Declaration. Naenara (2000-06-15). Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  28. ^ Reuters. Factbox - North, South Korea pledge peace, prosperity. Retrieved on 2007-10-04.
  29. ^ Bury, Chris (November 2000). Interview - Madeleine Albright. Nightline Frontline, on PBS.org. Retrieved on 2007-08-11.
  30. ^ Xinhua (2005-01-13). S. Korea to cut 40,000 troops by 2008. People's Daily Online. Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  31. ^ a b Oberdorfer, Don (2005-07-28). North Korea: Six-Party Talks Continue. The Washington Post Online. Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  32. ^ Kim Yong Nam Visits 3 ASEAN Nations To Strengthen Traditional Ties. The People's Korea (2001). Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  33. ^ Report: N. Korea building fence to keep people in
  34. ^ CNN. U.N. verifies closure of North Korean nuclear facilities. Retrieved on 2007-07-18.
  35. ^ Reuters. Factbox - North, South Korea pledge peace, prosperity. Retrieved on 2007-10-04.
  36. ^ DPRK. Korea Reunification. Retrieved on 2008-04-05.
  37. ^ a b Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (April 2007). Background Note: North Korea. United States Department of State. Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  38. ^ Army personnel (per capita) by country. NationMaster (2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  39. ^ US confirms nuclear claim. New York Times (2006-10-15). Retrieved on 2006-10-16.
  40. ^ US says Test points to N. Korea nuclear blast. Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  41. ^ Post-election push on N Korea. BBC News (2005-11-06). Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  42. ^ Caraway, Bill (2007). Korea Geography. The Korean History Project. Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  43. ^ Federal Research Division of the US Library of Congress (2007). North Korea - Climate. Country Studies. Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  44. ^ "Emergency appeal for DPRK flood survivors", website of the Red Cross
  45. ^ Research Library: Korea, South. ICONS Project (2007-05-29). Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  46. ^ CIA - The World Factbook - Korea, South
  47. ^ Federal Research Division of the US Library of Congress (2007). North Korea - Agriculture. Country Studies. Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  48. ^ a b Lee, May (1998-08-19). Famine may have killed 2 million in North Korea. CNN. Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  49. ^ Asia-Pacific : North Korea. Amnesty International (2007). Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  50. ^ Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland,'Ch6 The political Economy of Aid' Femine in North Korea, Columbia University Press, New York, 2007, Pg 137
  51. ^ Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland,'Ch6 The political Economy of Aid' Femine in North Korea,Columbia University Press,New York,2007,Pg 137Insert footnote text here
  52. ^ Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland,'Ch6 The political Economy of Aid' Femine in North Korea,Columbia University Press,New York,2007,Pg 137Insert footnote text here
  53. ^ Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland,'Ch6 The political Economy of Aid' Femine in North Korea,Columbia University Press,New York,2007,Pg 137Insert footnote text here
  54. ^ Solomon, Jay (2005-05-20). US Has Put Food Aid for North Korea on Hold. Wall Street Journal. Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  55. ^ a b Report on U.S. Humanitarian assistance to North Koreans (PDF). United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs (2006-04-15). Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  56. ^ North Korea: Ending Food Aid Would Deepen Hunger. Human Rights Watch (2006-10-11). Retrieved on 2007-08-02.
  57. ^ Nam, Sung-wook (2006-10-26). China's N.K. policy unlikely to change. The Korea Herald. Retrieved on 2007-08-02.
  58. ^ a b Fourth round of Six-Party Talks. CanKor, on Korean Peace and Security (2005-09-27). Retrieved on 2007-08-01.
  59. ^ Faiola, Anthony (2006-07-14). S. Korea Suspends Food Aid to North. Washington Post. Retrieved on 2007-08-02.
  60. ^ China halts rail freight to North Korea. Financial Times (2007-10-18). Retrieved on 2007-10-18.
  61. ^ French, Howard W. (2002-09-25). North Korea to Let Capitalism Loose in Investment Zone. The New York Times. Retrieved on 2007-08-02.
  62. ^ MacKinnon, Rebecca (2005-01-17). Chinese Cell Phone Breaches North Korean Hermit Kingdom. Yale Global Online. Retrieved on 2007-08-02.
  63. ^ North Korea recalls mobile phones. The Sydney Morning Herald (2004-06-04). Retrieved on 2007-08-02.
  64. ^ N Korean heroin ship sunk by jet. BBC News (2006-03-23). Retrieved on 2007-08-02.
  65. ^ Chapter 5, Article 68 of the DPRK constitution.
  66. ^ Human Rights in North Korea. Human Rights Watch (July 2004). Retrieved on 2007-08-02.
  67. ^ United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (2004-09-21). Annual Report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. Nautilus Institute. Retrieved on 2007-08-02.
  68. ^ N Korea stages Mass for Pope. BBC News (2005-04-10). Retrieved on 2007-08-02.
  69. ^ North Korean Religion. Windowss on Asia. Retrieved on 2007-08-02.
  70. ^ Open Doors International : WWL: Focus on the Top Ten
  71. ^ Korea Report 2002. Amnesty International (2001). Retrieved on 2007-08-02.
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  75. ^ Cumings, Bruce G.. "The Rise of Korean Nationalism and Communism", A Country Study: North Korea. Library of Congress. Call number DS932 .N662 1994. 

Further reading

Pictorials

  • Christian Kracht, Eva Munz, Lukas Nikol, "The Ministry Of Truth. Kim Jong Ils North Korea", Feral House, Oct 2007, 132 pages, 88 color photographs, ISBN 978-932595-27-7

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