TERRORISM: COMMENTARY ON SECURITY DOCUMENTS VOLUME 145

Introduction A. WORSENING RELATIONS BETWEEN THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND THE UNITED STATES Commentary by Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr. DOCUMENT NO. 1: Military and Security Developments Involving the Democratic People's Republic of Korea: A Report to Congress Pursuant to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, Office of the Secretary of Defense, 2015 DOCUMENT NO. 2: North Korea: U.S. Relations, Nuclear Diplomacy, and Internal Situation, CRS Report No. R41259, Emma Chanlett-Avery, Ian E. Rinehart, and Mary Beth D. Nikitin, January 15, 2016 DOCUMENT NO. 3: North Korea: Back on the State Sponsors of Terrorism List?, CRS Report No. R43865, Mark E. Manyin et al., January 21, 2015 DOCUMENT NO. 4: Foreign Assistance to North Korea, CRS Report No. R40095, Mark E. Manyin and Mary Beth D. Nikitin, April 2, 2014 B. NORTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR MENACE Commentary by Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr. DOCUMENT NO. 5: North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Development and Diplomacy, CRS Report No. RL33590, Larry A. Niksch, January 5, 2010 DOCUMENT NO. 6: North Korea's Second Nuclear Test: Implications of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1874, CRS Report No. R40684, Mary Beth Nikitin et al., April 15, 2010 DOCUMENT NO. 7: North Korea's 2009 Nuclear Test: Containment, Monitoring, Implications, CRS Report No. R41160, Jonathan Medalia, November 24, 2010 DOCUMENT NO. 8: North Korea's January 6, 2016, Nuclear Test, CRS Insight IN10428, Mary Beth D. Nikitin, January 7, 2016 DOCUMENT NO. 9: Iran-North Korea-Syria Ballistic Missile and Nuclear Cooperation, CRS Report No. R43480, Paul K. Kerr, Steven A. Hildreth, and Mary Beth D. Nikitin, February 26, 2016 DOCUMENT NO. 10: North Korea's Nuclear Weapons: Technical Issues, CRS Report No. RL34256, Mary Beth Nikitin, April 3, 2013 C. ACTIONS BY THE UNITED STATES, CHINA, AND THE UNITED NATIONS Commentary by Douglas C. Lovelace, Jr. DOCUMENT NO. 11: North Korea Sanctions Program, Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control, November 2, 2016 DOCUMENT NO. 12: China and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles: Policy Issues, CRS Report No. RL31555, Shirley A. Kan, January 5, 2015 DOCUMENT NO. 13: United Nations Security Council Resolution 2270 (2016), March 2, 2016 DOCUMENT NO. 14: United Nations Security Council Resolution 2321 (2016), November 30, 2016