STRATEGIC, BUSINESS AND DEVELOPMENT PROFILES = 12 BASIC INFORMATION = 12 IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR UNDERSTANDING NORTH KOREA = 23 Q & A ABOUT NORTH KOREA = 23 PROFILE = 30 HISTORY = 45 GENERAL SECRETARY KIM JONG IL = 76 SELECTED STATEMENTS AND MATERIALS = 76 QUOTATIONS OF KIM JONG IL ON UNIFICATION = ll7 QUOTATIONS OF KIM JONG IL ON REUNIFICATION(2) = 119 INTERVIEW WITH GENERAL SECRETARY KIM JONG IL = 121 Q & A ON DPRK'S JOINT EDITORIAL = 124 NORTH-SOUTH JOINT DECLARATION = 126 RESOURCE MATERIAL: FULL TEXT OF NORTH-SOUTH JOINT AGREEMENT ON RECONCILIATION, NONAGGRESSION, AND COOPERATION AND EXCHANGE = 127 RESOURCE MATEROAL: JOINT STATEMENT OF NORTH AND SOUTH(JULY 4TH 1972) = 131 NUCLEAR SECURITY CRISIS IN THE KOREAN PENINSULA = 134 HISTORIC AGREEMENTS ON = 139 SELECTED NEW DEVELOPMENTS = 140 CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK = 152 ORGANIZATION OF THE GOVERNMENT = 157 THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM = 168 NORTH KOREA POLICY: SELECTED STRATEGIC TOPICS = 174 NORTH KOREA POLICY OF THE KIM DAE-JUNG ADMINISTRATION = 174 UNIFICATION POLICY = 178 NORTH KOREA: POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS OWERVIEW = 203 POLITICAL SYSTEM = 203 ORGANIZATION OF THE GOVERNMENT = 204 ECONOMY = 204 PEOPLE'S LIFE = 205 EDUCATION & CULTURE = 206 LITERATURE AND ART = 206 FOREIGN POLICY = 208 ECONOMY & TRADE = 208 CURRENT POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SITUATION ON NORTH KOREA = 210 GENERAL SITUATION = 210 DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENTS = 211 GROWING POPULAR DISCONTENT AND INCREASING NUMBER OF DEFECTORS = 215 FOREIGN POLICIES = 215 ASSESSMENTS AND PROSPECTS = 220 NORTH KOREA IN TRANSITION = 221 NORTH KOREA's STRATEGY AGAINST SOUTH KOREA = 225 US POSITION ON NONPROLIFIRATION PROCESS IN ASIA AND IN NORTH KOREA = 228 GOALS AND INTERESTS = 228 CAPABILITIES, INTENTIONS, AND TRENDS = 230 NORTH KOREA = 230 CHINA = 235 CONCLUSION = 239 NORTHERN KOREA: PRESENT & FUTURE = 240 A POST-KIM-IL-SONG NORTH KOREA: NATIONAL GOALS = 240 POLITICAL AND GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE = 241 KOREAN MILITARY INDUSTRY & POLICY = 243 NORTH KOREAN ECONOMY: BASIC TRENDS = 249 l. NORTH KOREA'S ECONOMIC POLICY OBJECTIVES = 249 2. TREND OF NORTH KOREA'S ECONOMY = 251 AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES = 252 MINING AND INDUSTRY = 258 TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY SECTOR = 261 FOREIGN TRADE: BASIC TRENDS = 263 ECONOMIC COOPERATION AGREEMENTS NORTH KOREA CONCLUDED WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS = 274 THE FOOD CRISIS IN NORTH KOREA = 279 OBJECTIVES = 280 1.2 SURVEY PROCEDURE = 281 SURVEY CONSTRAINTS = 282 SUMMARY AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY = 282 NORTH KOREA GRAIN SITUATION = 285 BUSINESS ACTIVITY AND GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS = 288 SOUTH-NORTH ECONOMIC COOPERATION: PROSPECTS AND PROBLEMS = 288 SOUTH KOREA APPROACH = 288 NORTH KOREA APPROACH = 288 INTER-KOREAN TRADE = 289 METHODS AND PROCEDURES = 291 FOREIGN INVESTMENTS IN NORTH KOREA = 304 FREE ECONOMIC TRADE ZONES = 309 INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO NORTH KOREA = 312 GUIDELINES FOR CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS IN PROVIDING AID TO NORTH KOREA = 312 U.S. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO NORTH KOREA = 313 USAID ADMINISTRATOR ATWOOD's REMARKS ON NORTH KOREA = 315 US NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOS) IN NORTH KOREA = 319 SELECTED OFFICIAL MATERIALS ON NORTH KOREA = 334 THE LST SOUTH-NORTH MINISTERIAL TALKS = 334 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TALKS AND ITS OUTCOME = 335 INTER-KOREAN RED CROSS TALKS = 336 THE AGREEMENT TO EXCHANGE VISITS BY SEPARATED FAMILIES, SET UP AND OPERATE A MEETING PLACE AND REPATRIATE UNCONVERTED LONG-TERM PRISONERS = 337 NORTH KOREAN ECONOMY = 339 SUPPLEMENTS = 344 GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF KORAN RESIDENTS IN JAPAN (CHOSEN SORN) = 344 THE LIST OF BASIC AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE SOUTH KOREA AND THE NORTH KORES = 345 AGREEMENT ON RECONCILIATION, NONAGGRESSION, AND EXCHANGES AND COOPERATION BETWEEN SOUTH AND NORTH KOREA= 346 COMPARISON BETWEEN NORTH KOREA'S OLD AND NEW CONSTITUTIONS = 350 EMERGING FROM CONFLICT IMPROVING US RELATIONS WITH CURRENT AND RECENT ADVERSARIES = 359 US RELATIONS WITH NORTH KOREA: PROSPECTS FOR ENGAGEMENT = 361 US RELATIONS WITH NORTH KOREA (REPORT TO THE US CONGRESS) = 369 REPORT TO THE SPEAKER U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES = 370 BACKGROUND ON NORTH KOREAN MISSILE DEVELOPMENT = 388 CHAPTER TWO NORTH KOREAN CONVENTIONAL FORCES = 391 CHAPTER THREE NORTH KOREAN THREAT TO INTERNATIONAL SECURITY = 395 CHAPTER FOUR SUSTAINING THE NORTH KOREAN GEVERNMENT = 406 CHAPTER FIVE HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE NORTH KOREAN PEOPLE = 414 NORTH KOREA: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE U.S. EMBARGO = 434 GLOSSARY--NORTH KOREA = 438.