* The U. S. would provide formal assurances to the DPRK, against the threat or use of nuclear weapons by the U. S.

The first test of national doctrine came on 25 June 1950 when the Korean War broke out, and the national command authority decided that nuclear strategic bombing would not be used to defeat North Korea — rather, the use of conventional ground forces, supported by naval assets along with amphibious assault, would be used to engage North Korea — DPRK armed forces.

Kim had one younger brother, Yong-il ( not to be confused with Kim Yong-il, Premier of the DPRK Cabinet from April 2007 to June 2010 ), and one younger half-sister, Kyung-hee ( who would go on to marry senior official Chang Sung-taek ).< ref >

Responding angrily to the United Nations Security Council's Presidential Statement issued on April 13, 2009 that condemned the North Korean failed satellite launch, the DPRK declared on April 14, 2009 that it would pull out of Six Party Talks and that it would resume its nuclear enrichment program in order to boost its nuclear deterrent.

* The DPRK and the United States undertook to respect each other's sovereignty, exist peacefully together, and take steps to normalize their relations subject to their respective bilateral policies.

The next change in the DPRK Marshal ranks took place in 1992 when the rank of Dae Wonsu or Grand Marshal ( full title Grand Marshal of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ) was created for Kim Il Sung.

The rank of dae wonsu was created by a joint decision of the Workers ' Party of Korea ′ s Central Committee and Central Military Commission, the DPRK ′ s National Defense Commission and Central People ′ s Committee in April 1992 to honor Kim Il Sung on his 80th birthday.

Two DPRK soldiers standing guard inside a conference room in the Joint Security Area ( JSA ), Korean Demilitarized Zone.

Pyongsu Joint Venture Company, Ltd is a Pharmaceutical company jointly founded in Pyongyang, DPRK ( 2002 ).

As a result, a month after the South was granted independence as the Republic of Korea, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( DPRK ) was proclaimed on September 9, with Kim as premier.

Official proclamations stated that the DPRK and PRC were in " complete agreement " on all major issues.

The United Kingdom established diplomatic relations with the DPRK on December 13, 2000, as did Canada in February 2001 followed by Germany and New Zealand on March 1, 2001.

The Agreed Framework between the United States of America and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was signed on October 21, 1994 between North Korea ( DPRK ) and the United States.

It was also an official act done amid various conjectures on the future of the DPRK and his political direction.

The conflict, which claimed over three million lives and divided the Korean Peninsula along ideological lines, commenced on June 25, 1950, with a full-front DPRK invasion across the 38th parallel, and ended in 1953 after international intervention pushed the front of the war back to near the 38th parallel.

Until 2004, massive loudspeakers mounted on several of the buildings continuously delivered DPRK propaganda broadcasts directed towards the south as well as propaganda radio broadcasts across the border.

Doi's status plummeted as her earlier statements telling abductee families to " get over it " were shown on television, as was Doi's comment in Pyongyang in 1987 at the birthday party of Kim Il-sung: " We JSP members respect the glorious success of DPRK under the great leader Kim Il Sung.

According to the state-run North Korean news agency KCNA website, the DPRK resumed the processing of fuel rods to recover plutonium at Yongbyon on 25 April 2009 in response to the UN's condemnation of its recent rocket launch.

Since October 2010, stories have been published on a new site, controlled from Pyongyang, and output has been significantly increased to include world stories with no specific link to North Korea including news from countries that have strong DPRK ties.

* Airing the official DPRK position on ongoing disputes with Japan over such matters as Chongryon and Comfort Women.

United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Zalmay Khalilzad, spoke about the " council's relentless focus during the year on a single country – Israel ," contrasting that with failure " to address serious human rights violations taking place in other countries such as Zimbabwe, DPRK ( North Korea ), Iran, Belarus and Cuba.

The county seat is Yeoncheon-eup ( 연천읍 ) and sits on the Korail railroad line connecting Seoul, South Korea, with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( DPRK ).

The country said on October 3, " The U. S. extreme threat of a nuclear war and sanctions and pressure compel the DPRK to conduct a nuclear test ", which the Bush administration has denied and denounced.

The North Korea International Documentation Project ( NKIDP ) serves as an informational clearinghouse on North Korea for both the scholarly and policymaking communities by widely disseminating newly declassified documents on the DPRK from its former communist allies as well as other resources that provide valuable insight into the actions and nature of the North Korean state.

In 2003 he traveled to The Democratic Peoples ' Republic of Korea with a team of American lawyers to meet with Korean lawyers and subsequently co-authored a report on conditions in the DPRK with the purpose of encouraging reconciliation between the peoples of the Korean peninsula and resolving conflicts with the west in a peaceful manner.

Critics of PSI, such as China, Iran and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( DPRK ), argue that the declared intent of PSI members to stop ships on the high seas is a violation of international law guaranteeing freedom of the seas.

Many of academic and news articles about the initiative state that the PSI is focused specifically on states such as Iran and the DPRK.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( Chosŏn ' gŭl: ), abbreviated to DPRK or PRK, and commonly referred to as North Korea (), is a country in East Asia, located in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula.

Burma, which had relations with both North and South Korea, " de-recognized " the DPRK and expelled North Korean officials in response to the attempted assassination of South Korean president Chun Doo-hwan in Rangoon.

The Unification Church in 2001 persuaded the North Korean government to relax its restrictions and permit Pyeonghwa Motors, a South Korean automaker with ties to the Church, to assemble cars in the DPRK and advertise them to North Koreans.

An ' Anti-Imperialist National Democratic Front ' is a South Korean pro-DPRK organization that mostly operates from the North and aims at reunification from the DPRK perspective.

: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( DPRK ) was not known to have sponsored any terrorist acts since the bombing of a Korean Airlines flight in 1987.

The aforementioned article, referring to the alleged test as " a great event that demonstrated the rapidly developing cutting-edge science and technology of the DPRK ", also makes mention of efforts by North Korean scientists to develop " safe and environment-friendly new energy ", and made no mention of plans to use fusion technology in its nuclear weapons program.

On 1 January 1995, Kim Jong Il inspected a unit of the Korean People ’ s Army, which was his first official action as the supreme leader of the DPRK in the first year after the President died.

* Tongil Korea Net: Ridiculous Are Western Media ’ s Talk about DPRK ’ s “ Brinkmanship Tactics ” Commentary by Korean Central News Agency, February 22, 2003.

On April 11, 2007, the Korean Central News Agency reported that during the 5th session of the 11th Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, Pak Pong-ju was " relieved … of premiership " and Kim Yong-il elected the new premier.

The old Korean capital city of Kaesong, site of the armistice negotiations, originally lay in the pre-war ROK, but now is in the DPRK.

Although many Koreans, and especially those who had favored or participated in the uprising, blamed the U. S. Government for " releasing " these troops from their duties near the DMZ, the American general in charge of defending against North Korean ( DPRK ) attack had no idea that they were going to be moved.

Naenara ( literally " my country " in Korean ) is the official web portal of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( DPRK ).

Cao founded the Korean Friendship Association in the year 2000, setting up an officially approved DPRK website.

As one of the few foreigners to devoutly follow the DPRK party line, he continues to be greatly involved with the Korean Friendship Association as well as with North Korean international relations, and the reunification of the Korean peninsula.