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North Korea’s admission of its nuclear program in 2002
• led hardliners in the Bush administration and Congress to change their position as they realized negotiation is the only way to resolve the problem. • led to a suspension of future Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) shipments to North Korea and the Light Water Reactor (LWR) program. • led North Korea to rejoin the NPT. |
led to a suspension of future Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) shipments to North Korea and the Light Water Reactor (LWR) program.
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Which of the following accurately discusses the Joint Declaration on the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula?
• It was agreed to by North Korea and the United States in 1992. • According to this document, the two parties agreed “not to deploy, or use nuclear weapons,” while “development, test, and production of nuclear weapons” were permitted. • This agreement called for inspections of suspected facilities on both the North Korean and South Korean sides. |
This agreement called for inspections of suspected facilities on both the North Korean and South Korean sides.
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Why did the North Korean military, the Korean People’s Army (KPA), support the nuclear weapons program?
• Because South Korea’s conventional military weapons systems had become superior to those of North Korea’s. • Because the KPA has lost political support and experienced a huge budget cut since the death of Kim Jong Il. • The KPA preferred the increase of conventional military equipment and in fact believed that nuclear weapons development was a waste of resources. |
Because South Korea’s conventional military weapons systems had become superior to those of North Korea’s.
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All of the following is related to Article 311 of the Patriot Act EXCEPT
• It was used by the US Department of Treasury to freeze North Korea’s $25 million account at the Banco Delta Asia bank in Macao. • The use of Article 311 of the Patriot Act showed the Bush administration’s coordinated effort to derail the six party talks since hardliners of the Bush team never trusted North Korea. • The use of Article 311 of the Patriot Act was a punitive approach aimed at cracking down on the DPRK for its illegal activities such as counterfeiting and money laundering. • When the United States decided to unfreeze North Korea’s $25 million account with the Banco Delta Asia Bank, the release of the North Korea accounts was delayed due to technical problems within the international banking system. |
The use of Article 311 of the Patriot Act showed the Bush administration’s coordinated effort to derail the six party talks since hardliners of the Bush team never trusted North Korea.
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All of the following accurately discusses the 1994 Agreed Framework EXCEPT
• The agreement was between South Korea and North Korea. • The agreement resulted in the shutting down of North Korea’s plutonium production facilities at Yongbyon and elsewhere. • The agreement stopped North Korea from leaving the NPT and the IAEA. • North Korea extracted a deal to be provided with two Light Water Reactors and 500,000 tons of heavy fuel oil per year |
The agreement was between South Korea and North Korea.
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North Korea signed the nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) largely due to ________.
• pressure from China • pressure from the United States • pressure from the Soviet Union • North Korea never joined the NPT. |
pressure from the Soviet Union
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Which of the following is perceived to be the most important strategic value of nuclear weapons to North Korea?
• North Korea’s capability to achieve an outright victory against the United States in case of a second Korean War. • North Korea’s nuclear capability would drive a wedge between the United States and the ROK. • Chipping away at the credibility of the extended deterrence that the United States offer to the ROK, Japan, and other allies in East Asia. • Kim Jong Il was convinced that North Korea should abandon its nuclear ambition after witnessing the US invasion of Iraq, and there was no strategic value to being a small nuclear power. |
Chipping away at the credibility of the extended deterrence that the United States offer to the ROK, Japan, and other allies in East Asia.
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How would you describe the meeting between President Bush and South Korean President Kim Dae Jung in 2001?
• It affirmed that the United States and South Korea were on the same page on the North Korean nuclear issue. • It showed that the United States was in full support of Kim Dae Jung’s sunshine policy. • It revealed that President Bush was skeptical of negotiating with North Korea while President Kim Dae Jung thought engagement with the North at the economic level should be encouraged. |
It revealed that President Bush was skeptical of negotiating with North Korea while President Kim Dae Jung thought engagement with the North at the economic level should be encouraged.
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Why did North Korea so adamantly resist IAEA special inspections in 1993?
• Because North Korea understood that CIA agents had embedded themselves with the IAEA team. • Because of North Korea’s paranoia that foreign inspectors would be a challenge to its national security. • Because the IAEA would plant evidence showing that North Korea had a secret nuclear program. |
Because of North Korea’s paranoia that foreign inspectors would be a challenge to its national security.
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Which of the following countries is NOT part of the Six Party talks?
• Russia • Japan • The European Union • South Korea |
The European Union
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Which of the following does NOT accurately discuss the internal debate over North Korea during the first two years of the Bush administration?
• Vice President Cheney and Defense Secretary Rumsfeld sought regime change in North Korea. • Secretary of State Colin Powell sought behavior change in North Korea. • The internal debate within the Bush administration contributed to the delay in contacts with the DPRK. • President Bush was inclined to negotiate with Kim Jong Il. |
President Bush was inclined to negotiate with Kim
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What was Kim Il Sung’s reaction to the US nuclear weapons capacity?
• He derided the atomic bomb as a paper tiger. • He was impressed by US atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. • He thought that the Eisenhower administration’s consideration of the use of the atomic bomb during the Korean war to be a bluff and scoffed at the prospect. • He thought nuclear weapons had no strategic value since they would destroy the target area to no use. |
He was impressed by US atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Which of the following reflects North Korean leaders’ assessment of its external security environment?
• Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il figured that unlike the Republican American Presidents, the Democratic Presidents were not intent on destroying North Korea. • Kim Il Sung believed that the US’ intervention in the Korean War hampered his reunification aspiration. • To North Korean leaders, the most serious external threat was South Korea’s ambition to take over North Korea. |
Kim Il Sung believed that the US’ intervention in the Korean War hampered his reunification aspiration.
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What motivated North Korea to develop nuclear weapons?
• For regime survival • Bargaining chip at the negotiating table • Reinforcement of the Juche principle of self-reliance • All of the above |
All of the above
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The Armitage Report on North Korea
• proposed a comprehensive approach to deal with North Korea that would address not only North Korea’s nuclear program, but also its missile program, conventional military buildup, and human rights violation. • was critical of the 1994 Agreed Framework. • was significant since it influenced the Bush administration’s North Korea policy. • All of the above |
All of the above
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What was China’s position on North Korea’s nuclear program?
• China was glad that North Korea was causing a problem for the United States. • Albeit limited, China played a positive role in bringing North Korea to negotiations. • China walked away from the six party talks as it felt undue pressure from the United States to force North Korea to change its behavior. |
Albeit limited, China played a positive role in bringing North Korea to negotiations.
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Which of the following is true about North Korea’s missile program?
• It began in the last several years and it is technologically at its infancy. • North Korea’s missile development largely owed to technical assistance from Iran, Egypt, and Pakistan. • The Korean People’s Army (KPA) used missile tests to prove that North Korea’s “military first policy” was worthwhile. • Thus far, North Korea’s missile tests have all failed to the relief of the United States and its allies in the Asia Pacific. |
The Korean People’s Army (KPA) used missile tests to prove that North Korea’s “military first policy” was worthwhile.
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According to the best estimates, North Korea
• has between 2,500 and 5,000 tons of chemical agents. • is too backward and poor to develop or purchase any chemical weapons. • has an extensive biological weapons program posing a greater threat to South Korea than its chemical or nuclear programs. |
has between 2,500 and 5,000 tons of chemical agents.
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What was the Bush administration’s response to North Korea’s nuclear program?
• During the first two years, the Bush administration tried to persuade North Korea to completely give up its nuclear program by offering food aid. • The Bush administration was surprised to hear North Korea’s admission of a nuclear program in 2002. • The 1994 Agreed Framework continued under the Bush administration. • The Bush administration launched an airstrike against North Korea’s Yongbyon nuclear facility. |
The Bush administration was surprised to hear North Korea’s admission of a nuclear program in 2002.
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Which of the following took place in the aftermath of the crisis that began with the IAEA inspection of North Korea’s nuclear facilities in 1992?
• North Korea withdrew from the NPT. • Former President Jimmy Carter visited Pyongyang. • Any US attempt to pass a UN Security Council calling on North Korea to allow the IAEA inspections was foiled by Russia and China. • The Clinton administration was certain that North Korea already had a dozen nuclear weapons. |
Former President Jimmy Carter visited Pyongyang.
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