NORTH KOREA CRISIS

CENTRAL MWP

• North Korea's nukes are advanced and hidden
• Enough plutonium for about nine bombs
• UN security resolutions (dismantle nuclear program)
• Under the UN they are prevented from launches
• Non-Proliferation Treaty and Six Party Talks

SURROUNDING ISSUES

• Agreement between US and North korea is in crisis
• Each country waiting for one another to act
• Aggressive military
• Not willing to give up nuclear weapons
• Humanitarian concerns

HISTORY

• Tensions between north korea and south korea
• China to oust kim jong II (china provides the food for people there)
• Kim jong un takes over
• Commercial satelite shows N.Korea expands rocket launch
• North korea fires on south during military exercises

WHERE

• Missile sites: paegun, sunchon, ok'pyong, yongo dong
• China-ri, sangwon, kanggamchan, no-dong, chunggang-up
• Man'gyongdae-ri, mayang (missile facilities)

WHO #1

• US does not want war with N. Korea
• They want regime to change
• North korea shows determination to defend itself