Supplemental Materials
North Korea and Nuclear Weapons
North Korea with nuclear weapons is one of the most pressing issues facing the international community today. The Choices Program has developed a new Current Issues Lesson to help students better understand the domestic and international issues around North Korea's nuclear weapons program. Below are some additional resources on this topic.
Multimedia Suggested in the Lesson
"North Korea's Future"
from 101 East - Al Jazeera English
Additional Videos
Field Trip to the DMZ–Wide Angle
This nine-minute video is about North Korean teenagers living in South Korea and the challenges that they face. The episode aired in 2009.A State of Mind–Wide Angle
Linked on this site (about halfway down the page) are five short clips from this 2003 Wide Angle episode about life in North Korea.Crossing Heaven’s Border–Wide Angle
This 2009 Wide Angle episode (fifty-seven minutes) is about defectors from North Korea who cross the border into China. One of the supplemental videos—“A North Korean Defector Speaks”—is particularly good and is seven minutes long.People & Power—North Korea–Al Jazeera
This twenty-three minute video shows a day in the life of one family in North Korea.
Note: The sound quality in this video is somewhat poor.
Web Links
North Korea: Secretive State–BBC News Special Report
This site has links to articles, slideshows, and background analysis, as well as video and audio resources on the topic.Crisis Guide: The Korean Peninsula–Council on Foreign Relations
This highly interactive resource provides information about North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs, economy, and military, as well as information about the six-party countries and historical background.North Korea: Nuclear Standoff–PBS Online NewsHour
This site has links to PBS resources on the topic including interactive maps, an historical overview, leader profiles, and articles.Timeline: N Korea Missile Programme–Al Jazeera English
In addition to the timeline, this webpage has links to other Al Jazeera articles and video resources on the topic.
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