The June 12 Trump-Kim Jong-un Summit (open access)

The June 12 Trump-Kim Jong-un Summit

This report covers the June 12, 2018 meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. During the meeting the two discussed North Korea's nuclear program, building a peace regime on the Korean Peninsula, and the future of U.S. relations with North Korea.
Date: June 12, 2018
Creator: Manyin, Mark E. & Nikitin, Mary Beth D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
China's February 2017 Suspension of North Korean Coal Imports (open access)

China's February 2017 Suspension of North Korean Coal Imports

This report discusses China's suspension of coal trade with North Korea for the remainder of 2017 which keeps China in compliance with an UN agreement to limit coal buying from North Korea that was implemented in November 2016 in response to continued nuclear tests by North Korea. Coal's value as an export to North Korea, China's trade with North Korea, quantities of coal and its value that was imported into China in 2016 and 2017, and possible reasons and implications for China's decision are discussed.
Date: April 25, 2017
Creator: Lawrence, Susan V.; Manyin, Mark E. & Hammond, Keigh E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
North Korea's January 6, 2016, Nuclear Test (open access)

North Korea's January 6, 2016, Nuclear Test

This report provides a brief background about North Korea's announcement that it successfully tested a "hydrogen bomb" (its fourth nuclear test) on January 6, 2016. The official statement also called the device an experimental or "pilot H-bomb."
Date: January 7, 2016
Creator: Nikitin, Mary Beth D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Shutdown of the Joint North/South Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex (open access)

The Shutdown of the Joint North/South Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex

This report briefly discusses the South Korean government's decision to shut down the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC), which is an 11-year-old industrial park located in North Korea just across the demilitarized zone where more than 120 South Korean manufacturers employed over 50,000 North Korean workers.
Date: February 11, 2016
Creator: Manyin, Mark E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Why Did March 2016 U.N. Sanctions Not Curb China's Imports of Coal from North Korea? (open access)

Why Did March 2016 U.N. Sanctions Not Curb China's Imports of Coal from North Korea?

This report discusses the Resolution 2270 adopted by United Nations Security Council (UNSCR 2270), imposing new sanctions on North Korea in response to the country's fourth nuclear test.
Date: February 3, 2017
Creator: Lawrence, Susan V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Why Did March 2016 U.N. Sanctions Not Curb China's Imports of Coal from North Korea? (open access)

Why Did March 2016 U.N. Sanctions Not Curb China's Imports of Coal from North Korea?

This report discusses sanctions on North Korea in response to the country's fourth nuclear test and China's imports of coal from North Korea.
Date: February 3, 2017
Creator: Lawrence, Susan V.; Manyin, Mark E. & Hammond, Keigh E.
System: The UNT Digital Library