Team 5: North Korea\'s Nuclear Threat

Presentation by Anita Neufeld, Nicole Czupryna, Laila Sinhawansa, Phuong Nhu Pham

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History

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Purpose and Motivation

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Economic aspects

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Future outlook

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Sources

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Began in earnest in 1989 with end of Cold War

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Sought for help from SU and China  refused

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1956: SU agreed to train NK scientists

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Began to operate facilities for uranium fabrication

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2005: admitted to having nuclear weapons vowed to close the program

 2007: NK claims to shut down nuclear facilities  Plan failed in 2009: NK missile test

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Security concerns

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Political concessions (SK and US)

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Economic interests

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Power Display

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transfer of nuclear-related and ballistic missilerelated equipment, know-how and technology

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Export to Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia, Cuba

 Sales suffered  international sanctions  poor quality-weaponry

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masking techniques for transactions

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after NK launched long-range missile: US stopped food aid to NK

new strategic line improving people’s lives costs are staggering 

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NK won‘t stop arming of nuclear weapons despite warnings from the UN

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According to experts NK will do more tests with nuclear rockets

Nuclear technology will be advancing quickly within the next 5 years  USA worried  SK countermeasures with own nuclear weapons 

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