2. Background
• General Sherman incident
• Shinmiyangyo
• Trade- 1882
• US negotiated in
Russo-Japanese War
• US Occupation of South
Korea
• Formation of DPRK
3. 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
4. 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”
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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