Presentation by Anita Neufeld, Nicole Czupryna, Laila
Sinhawansa, Phuong Nhu Pham
History
Purpose and Motivation
Economic aspects
Future outlook
Sources
Began in earnest in 1989 with end of Cold War
Sought for help from SU and China refused
1956: SU agreed to train NK scientists
Began to operate facilities for uranium
fabrication
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
Security concerns
Political concessions (SK and US)
Economic interests
Power Display
transfer of nuclear-related and ballistic missilerelated equipment, know-how and technology
KOMID
Export to Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia,
Cuba
Sales suffered
international sanctions
poor quality-weaponry
masking techniques for transactions
after NK launched long-range missile: US
stopped food aid to NK
new strategic line
improving people’s lives
costs are staggering
NK won‘t stop arming of nuclear weapons
despite warnings from the UN
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
http://www.nti.org/country-profiles/north-korea/
http://38north.org/2010/10/north-koreas-nuclear-exports-onwhat-terms/ 2010
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/17/north-korea-weaponstrade_n_3610668.htm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/812
9670/North-Korea-runs-international-nuclear-smugglingnetwork.html
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/24/un.nkorea/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/13/us-usa-korea-aididUSBRE83C0ZD20120413
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/01/world/asia/north-koreavows-to-keep-nuclear-arms-and-fix-economy.html
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/28/north-koreaexporting-nuclear-technology
http://www.bbc.com/news/10180497
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