1. US Relations With North Korea
By Aine Schanche
Block B
Boz

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

11. Work Cited
• http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/nuke/R41259.pdf
• http://usforeignpolicy.about.com/od/countryprofile1/p/usnkoreaprofile.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea_–_United_States_relations
• http://www.homeofheroes.com/valor/books/navy/cover_shinmiyangyo.jpg
• http://www.topnews.in/files/North-Korea-USA-Nuclear.jpg
• http://media-1.web.britannica.com/eb-media/17/84517-004-4DBBB30A.jpg
• http://www.acus.org/files/images/usa-northkorea.jpg
• http://www.thug.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/george-bush1.jpg
• http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bUu4g5bFDMw/THRlqRA0QLI/AAAAAAAAADg/nW9pjGnDDwM/s1600/AXIS.gif
• http://img.slate.com/media/1/123125/123073/2111953/2123768/050823_HundredDollarBillsTN.jpg
• http://www.iraqwatch.org/government/US/Pentagon/fig1.gif
• http://myfriendkimjongil.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/620px-table_layout_of_six-party_talks-svg.png
• http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2008/06/26/460nk.jpg
• http://www.notesbit.com/download/media/images/international/somali_pirates_in_ship.jpg
• http://www.marketwatch.pk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/South-Korea-War-Ship1.jpg
• http://teslkoreanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Wuerker-Madman-ZMag0508.gif