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  • Statement by Secretary Clinton on the Passing of National Defense Commission Chairman Kim Jong Il 
    Statement by Secretary Clinton on the Passing of National Defense Commission Chairman Kim Jong Il 

    December 19, 2011 - With the passing of National Defense Commission Chairman Kim Jong Il, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is now in a period of national mourning. We are deeply concerned with the well being of the North Korean people and our thoughts and prayers are with them during these difficult times. 

  • Secretary Clinton's Remarks With Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba After Their Meeting
    Secretary Clinton's Remarks With Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba After Their Meeting

    December 19, 2011 - SECRETARY CLINTON: Good afternoon, everyone. And it’s an honor for me to welcome Foreign Minister Gemba to the State Department on his first official visit to Washington. He and I have closely consulted both by phone and in person several places, but it’s a real pleasure to have you here. Japan and the United States share a strong and vibrant partnership. Our alliance helps safeguard regional security and is the cornerstone of U.S. strategic engagement throughout the Asia Pacific.  

  • Conclusion of Meetings with The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)

    July 29, 2011 - Following the first round of denuclearization talks between the nuclear negotiators of the Republic of Korea and the DPRK, the United States invited North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-Gwan to New York. 

  • Meetings with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)

    July 28, 2011 - Special Representative for North Korea Policy Stephen Bosworth and a U.S. interagency delegation met today with First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-Gwan and the DPRK delegation at the United States Mission to the United Nations in New York. 

  • Statement by Secretary Clinton - Secretary of State Hilllary R. Clinton
    Statement by Secretary Clinton - Visit of North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kae-gwan to New York

    July 24, 2011 - I had a very productive trilateral meeting yesterday with Foreign Minister Kim of the Republic of Korea and Foreign Minister Matsumoto of Japan. We had a chance to consult and coordinate our diplomatic efforts and approaches with North Korea. 

  • Implementation of the North Korean Human Rights Act
    Implementation of the North Korean Human Rights Act

    June 2, 2011 - Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, Representative Berman, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today on the implementation of the North Korean Human Rights Act. The United States remains committed to a denuclearized North Korea that respects the rights of its citizens.  

  • Ambassador King’s Remarks Upon Arrival in China
    Ambassador King’s Remarks Upon Arrival in China

    May 28, 2011 - AMBASSADOR KING: We just arrived from Pyongyang. We are very happy to report that Mr. Jun, the American citizen who was being held in Pyongyang, has been released. We are also delighted that within a day or two that he will be able to be back with his wife and family. 

  • Executive Order and Letter from the President
    Executive Order and Letter from the President

    April 18, 2011 - Prohibiting Certain Transactions with Respect to North Korea 

  • U.S. Policy Toward North Korea
    U.S. Policy Toward North Korea

    March 1, 2011 - Chairman Kerry, Senator Lugar, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today on North Korea, one of our most enduring foreign policy challenges.  

  • Breaking the Cycle of North Korean Provocations
    Breaking the Cycle of North Korean Provocations

    March 1, 2011 - Chairman Kerry, Senator Lugar, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify today on Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The North Korea issue is one of the most important foreign policy challenges of our time. North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile program and proliferation activity pose an acute threat to a region of enormous economic vitality as well as to our global nonproliferation efforts and to our security interests more generally. 

  • North Korea’s Activities at “Center” of U.S.-China Relationship
    North Korea’s Activities at “Center” of U.S.-China Relationship

    March 1, 2011 - Washington — Senior State Department officials say China and the United States share the goal of eliminating nuclear weapons from the Korean Peninsula and that both countries will need to work together and with partners in East Asia to resolve North Korea’s status as a nuclear weapons state. 

  • U.S., Japan, South Korea to Discuss North Korean Actions
    U.S., Japan, South Korea to Discuss North Korean Actions

    December 1, 2010 - Washington — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will host the foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan in Washington for discussions concerning recent North Korean activities and their impact on regional security, says Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs Philip J. Crowley. 

  • Remarks on North Korea
    Remarks on North Korea

    December 1, 2010 - Ambassador Rice (Nov. 29): "Good afternoon. We’ve been discussing North Korea in the Security Council this morning and I’d like to make a brief statement on that. 

  • U.N. Sanctions Against North Korea Should Be Tightened
    U.N. Sanctions Against North Korea Should Be Tightened

    November 29, 2010 - Washington — The Obama administration called on the United Nations Security Council to tighten the enforcement of U.N. sanctions against North Korea following recent reports that Pyongyang has acquired centrifuges capable of enriching uranium to make nuclear weapons,.. 

  • North Korea Needs to Hear Unified Condemnation of Attack
    North Korea Needs to Hear Unified Condemnation of Attack

    November 24, 2010 - Washington — The Obama administration says China and other countries need to join the United States in sending “a clear, direct, unified message” to North Korea’s leadership that provocations such as the November 23 artillery attack on the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong are “unwarranted, unhelpful and should cease,” according to State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley. 

  • Statement on North Korea by Stephen W. Bosworth

    November 24, 2010 - The United States stands in solidarity with our South Korean allies and the international community in condemnation of North Korea’s artillery attack against the island of Yeongpyong on November 23. The United States calls upon the DPRK to cease its provocative and irresponsible actions against its neighbors, fully abide by the terms of the Armistice, and adhere to its international obligations. 

  • Readout of the President's Meeting with his National Security Team on the Situation on the Korean Peninsula
    Readout of the President's Meeting with his National Security Team on the Situation on the Korean Peninsula

    November 23, 2010 - Upon his return to the White House, President Obama attended a meeting of his senior national security team on the situation on the Korean peninsula. 

  • U.S. Condemns “Outrageous” North Korean Attack
    U.S. Condemns “Outrageous” North Korean Attack

    November 23, 2010 - Washington — North Korea’s artillery attack on a South Korean island is an outrageous act, and the United States is working with other countries in the region to develop a “measured and unified response,” U.S. officials said. 

  • Statement by the Press Secretary on North Korean Shelling of South Korean

    November 23, 2010 - Earlier today North Korea conducted an artillery attack against the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong. We are in close and continuing contact with our Korean allies.. 

  • North Korean Enrichment Would Violate Commitments, U.S. Says
    North Korean Enrichment Would Violate Commitments, U.S. Says

    Washington – If true, North Korea’s claim to have centrifuges for the production of enriched uranium would violate that country’s claims that it is committed to eliminating nuclear weapons and would reinforce longstanding international concerns over its nuclear activities, U.S. officials say. More >> Ambassador Bosworth's Remarks Following Meeting with Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan »

  • Executive Order Targeting North Korea’s Proliferation Activities
    Executive Order Targeting North Korea’s Proliferation Activities

    August 30, 2010 - Today President Obama issued an Executive Order freezing the assets of certain persons with respect to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea). This new Order expands the scope of the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13466 of June 26, 2008 and takes additional steps to address that national emergency. In the new ...  

  • Assistant Secretary Crowley on Release of Gomes
    Assistant Secretary Crowley on Release of Gomes

    August 26, 2010 - We welcome the release of Aijalon Mahli Gomes and are relieved that he will soon be safely reunited with his family. We appreciate former President Carter’s humanitarian effort and welcome North Korea’s decision to grant Mr. Gomes special amnesty and allow him to return to the United States. We also want to express our gratitude to the Swedish...  

  • Iran, North Korea Criticized for Violating Nuclear Commitments
    Iran, North Korea Criticized for Violating Nuclear Commitments

    May 4, 2010 - Washington — Countries at the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference in New York must use the monthlong gathering not only to strengthen efforts toward disarmament and expanded use of peaceful nuclear energy, but also to send a strong message to violators such as Iran and North Korea that “they will pay a high price for ... 

  • Nuclear Security Summit
    Nuclear Security Summit

    April 6, 2010 - On April 12-13, President Obama will host a summit aimed at enhancing international cooperation to prevent nuclear terrorism, a danger he calls the most immediate and extreme threat to global security. 

 

 

 

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