Presentation by Anita Neufeld, Nicole Czupryna, Laila
Sinhawansa, Phuong Nhu Pham
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History
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Purpose and Motivation
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Economic aspects
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Future outlook
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Sources
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Began in earnest in 1989 with end of Cold War
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Sought for help from SU and China  refused
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1956: SU agreed to train NK scientists
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Began to operate facilities for uranium
fabrication
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2005: admitted to having nuclear weapons
vowed to close the program
 2007: NK claims to shut down nuclear facilities
 Plan failed in 2009: NK missile test
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Security concerns
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Political concessions (SK and US)
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Economic interests
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Power Display
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transfer of nuclear-related and ballistic missilerelated equipment, know-how and technology
 KOMID
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Export to Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia,
Cuba
 Sales suffered
 international sanctions
 poor quality-weaponry
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masking techniques for transactions
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after NK launched long-range missile: US
stopped food aid to NK
new strategic line
improving people’s lives
costs are staggering
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NK won‘t stop arming of nuclear weapons
despite warnings from the UN
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According to experts NK will do more tests with
nuclear rockets
Nuclear technology will be advancing quickly
within the next 5 years
 USA worried
 SK countermeasures with own nuclear weapons
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9670/North-Korea-runs-international-nuclear-smugglingnetwork.html
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http://www.bbc.com/news/10180497