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Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs)

GAiN
Global Aid Network, a Canadian non-governmental organization with projects in DPRK

CFGB
Canadian Foodgrains Bank, a Canadian non-governmental organization involved in humanitarian relief efforts in DPRK

Canada DPRKorea Association RPD Coree
Network of Canadians for the promotion of education and mutually beneficial relations between Canada and the DPRK

Amnesty International
Report on Human Rights and the Food Crisis in the DPRK

Friends Committee on National Legislation (FNCL)
DPRK information page

Christian Solidarity Worldwide
Latest News from North Korea

Advisory Council on Peaceful and Democratic Unification (ACDPU)

Human Rights Watch
HRW DPRK page

US Committee on Human Rights in North Korea
US organization dedicated to DPRK Human Rights issues

Citizen's Alliance for North Korean Human Rights
ROK organization dedicated to DPRK Human Rights issues

Inter-governmental Organizations

Canadian Red Cross
Use the "search" function to access information on their DPRK programs

WFP
The World Food Programme DPRK country profile

Humanitarian Development Resource Centre (HDRC)
HDRC DPRK page

UNICEF in DPRK

WHO World Health Organization in DPRK

International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA)
IAEA page on DPRK

Tumen River Area Development Programme
International UNDP project

KEDO
Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization

Travel Information

Tin Bo
Canadian Travel agency specializing in tours to the DPRK

DPRK Ministry of Tourism
Official website for the DPRKorean Ministry of Tourism

Korea International Travel Company
Official DPR Korean Travel Agency

Koryo Tours
Travel agency specializing in tours to the DPRK

VNC Asia Travel
Travel agency based in the Netherlands offers tours to the DPRK

Lonely Planet
Guide to the DPRK

Bradt Travel Guide
Guide to the DPRK

Governmental

DFAIT
Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade - DPRK fact page

CIDA
Canadian International Development Agency

Naenara DPRK
Official website of the DPRK

National Intelligence Service (NIS)
ROK National Intelligence Service DPR Korea page.

MOU
ROK Ministry of Unification

Korean Information Service (KOIS)
ROK Ministry of Culture and Information information page

US Department of State
US Department of State Info page on DPRK

US Department of Treasury
US sanctions on DPRK

US Central Intelligence Agency
CIA Factbook - DPRK

Resources

Comparative Connections
The Pacific Forum's (CSIS) quarterly electronic journal on East Asian bilateral relations is edited by Brad Glosserman and Vivian Brailey Fritschi, with Ralph A. Cossa serving as senior editor.

Report on the DPRK by Amnesty International:
Starved of Rights: Human Rights and the Food Crisis in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)

US State Department Country Report on DPRK Human Rights Practices (released 25 February 2004)

NAPSnet
Nautilus Institute daily e-clipping service

DPRK Briefing Book
Nautilus Institute DPRK section

Famine and Reform in North Korea
Study by Marcus Noland, Senior Fellow at the Institute for International Economics.

The North Korean Nuclear Crisis: a Human Security Perspective
by CanKor senior editor Erich Weingartner, presented at CANCAPS, 2002

"Conference Diplomacy", All Over Again
by Nicholas Eberstadt, Henry Wendt Scholar in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute, compares the recent six-party talks in Beijing over the DPRK nuclear issue with “Conference Diplomacy” in the 1930s. Eberstadt writes that “‘Conference Diplomacy’ only came to an end when the escalating provocations of dictators awakened the sleepers, and shredded the last remaining illusions of the would-be appeasers.” July 6th, 2004, Time Asia

Designing Public Capital Mobilization Strategies for DPRK
A special report by Bradley O. Babson, Asian specialist and former World Bank official was presented at the 2004 Workshop: "Towards a Peaceful Resolution with North Korea: Crafting a New International Engagement Framework" in Washington DC. The workshop, which ran from February 12-13, 2004, was hosted by the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) and the Korea Economic Institute (KEI), in cooperation with the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). In this presentation Babson gives a summary of the methods of mobilizing capital for the DPRK. This presentation notes the intricacy of the relationship between political and economic issues in the DPRK. Babson also emphasizes the need for open dialogue between nations to support such an endeavor.

Sources for DPRK News

Korean Central News Agency
DPRK Official News Agency

People's Korea
Self-described as "a semimonthly on Korean affairs, is a Tokyo-based unofficial mouthpiece of the DPRK Government"

ReliefWeb
Latest Updates on the DPRK from United Nations Agencies

People's Daily
Chinese daily's DPRK page

Pyongyang Square
News site dedicated to DPRK

CNN
Special Report on DPRK

Korean Quarterly
Independent Magazine produced for and by the American Korean community

Koreascope
Informational website on Korean Peninsula

Korea Web Weekly
Informational website on Korean Peninsula

Chosun Journal
Independent, non-profit site dedicated to human rights in the DPRK

Academic

Nautilus Institute
The Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainable Development

YCISS
York Centre for International Security Studies, York University, Canada

CANCAPS
Canadian Consortium for Asia-Pacific Security, Canada

Comparative Connections
Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) journal on East Asian bilateral relations

Victoria University - NZ
DPRK studies page hosted by Dr. Tim Beal, of Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand

North Korean Studies
Academy of Korean Studies (ROK)

Monterey Institute of International Studies (MIIS)
North Korea Special Collection

Federation of American Scientists (FAS)
North Korea Special Weapons Guide

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP)
Proliferation News and Resources - Korean Peninsula

Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)
Country Assessments: North Korea

Arms Control Association
North Korea: Documents, News and Analyses

Aidan Foster-Carter's Website

ASCK
US scholars concerned about US policy towards DPRK

Business

DPRKorea Infobank
Pan-Pacific Economic Development Association of Korean Nationals

Chollima Group
The DPRK's first commercial website

DPRK Books
Korea Publications Export & Import Corporation

Korea-Europe Technology and Economy Services -Pyongyang (KETES)
KETES links European Companies & Organizations with potential DPRK counterparts; service provider for the DPRK Committee of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in Korea (EUCCK); assists the Europe-Korea Foundation (EKF) to fulfil Educational Projects for DPRK

Pyongyang Informatics Centre
DPR Korean Software company

Silibank
DPR Korean e-mail provider (based in China)

DPRK-Trade
Trade section of the DPRK embassy in Austria

Koreastrategic
Koreastrategic assists foreign companies invest in the DPRK

KOTRA
DPRK section of the (RO) Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency

Hyundai-Asan
Hyundai's inter-Korean business arm

Korea Business Consultants
KBC provides a range of professional products and services for foreign corporations interested in doing business in the DPRK

Other

Axis to Grind
Multimedia exhibit and website by Canadian artist Irwin Oostindie

NKZone blog
DPRK blog zone run by journalist Rebecca MacKinnon

Andy Kershaw on the BBC
Records popular music in the DPRK

Digital Globe
Satellite photos of DPR Korea

MIIS 1999 Map of DPRK Nuclear Facilities

The Game of their Lives
Site of the award-winning documentary

Children's guide to the DPRK
Hosted by the BBC

The Pyongyang Metro
Site dedicated to the Pyongyang Subway

DK Lotto
Inter-korean gambling site

ITIE
Site for the annual International Technology and Infrastructure Exhibition in Pyongyang

DPRKorea
International Friendship Association information site on the DPRK

Koreaweb DPRK page

N.Korean Studies

KEDO

DPRK aid