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North Korea: Nuclear Standoff
IN THE NEWS
June 26, 2008
White House Removes North Korea From Terrorist List

President Bush in Rose Garden; AP Photo

President Bush eased trade restrictions against North Korea Thursday and removed it from a terrorism sponsor list after the country gave Chinese officials a partial accounting of its nuclear activity.

Selig Harrison, director of the Asia program at the Center for International Policy, and Chuck Downs, executive director of the advocacy group U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, examine this policy shift.

BACKGROUND REPORTS

April 24, 2008

CIA Presents New Evidence of Syria-N. Korea Nuclear Link
CIA officials briefed House and Senate members Thursday on classified evidence, including a video, linking North Korea to a Syrian nuclear facility that Israel bombed in September 2007. A reporter discusses the details of the emerging story.

March 28, 2008

North Korea Missile Test Renews Nuclear Jitters
North Korea test-fired a battery of short-range missiles Friday in what some analysts viewed as a show of the reclusive state's anger at Washington and South Korea's new conservative government.

December 14, 2007

North Korea Agrees to Uphold Nuclear Bargain
North Korea reportedly responded to a letter President Bush sent earlier this month, saying it would live it up to its obligations to disarm its nuclear weapons program as long as the United States holds up its part of the deal.
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