CRS reports

The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is the research branch of the US Congress and the number one information source for congressional staff.  The CRS is responsible for maintining updated research publications on numerous policy concerns, and below I will provide updated North Korea-related publications (organized by date):

North Korea: Terrorism List Removal?
January 26, 2010: listremoval1-6-10.pdf
February 2, 2009: listremoval09-1.pdf
July 10, 2008: terrorismlistremoval.pdf
January 14, 2008: terrorismlistremoval.pdf 

North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Development and Diplomacy
January 5, 2010: nuclearweapons-1-5-10.pdf

North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons: Technical Issues
December 16, 2009: nucleartechnicalissues-2010.pdf
May 26, 2009: technical-issues-5-2009.pdf

North Korea: Economic Leverage and Policy Analysis
Formerly:
The North Korean Economy: Leverage and Policy Analysis
August 14, 2009: economic-leverage-2009.pdf
June 4, 2009: economic-leverage-2009a.pdf
August 26, 2008: northkoreaneconomy.pdf
March 4, 2008: dprkeconomy.pdf

North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons
May 5, 2009: nuclearweapons-09.pdf
May 4,2009: nuclear-development-anddiplomacy.pdf
January 21, 2008: nuclearweapons.pdf
October 5, 2006:  nuclearprogram.pdf  

Foreign Assistance to North Korea
September 9, 2009: 2009-9-09-foreign-assistance-to-north-korea.pdf
May 26, 2005: 2005-5-26-foreign-assistance-to-north-korea.pdf

North Korea’s Second Nuclear Test: Implications of U.N. Security Council Resolution 1874
July 1, 2009: dprk_nucleartest_unscr_1874.pdf

North Korea Counterfeiting US Currency
June 12, 2009: 2009-counterfeiting-us-currency.pdf
March 22, 2006: counterfeiting-us-currency.pdf

US Assistance to North Korea:
May 20, 2009: assistance-09.pdf
December 24, 2008: usassistance08.pdf
July 31, 2008: usassistance.pdf
February 11, 2005: us-assistance-to-north-korea-fact-sheet.pdf  

Congress and U.S. Policy on North Korean Human Rights and Refugees: Recent Legislation and Implementation
October 22, 2008: nkhr.pdf

North Korea: Economic Leverage and Policy Analysis
Formerly: The North Korean Economy: Leverage and Policy Analysis
August 14, 2009: economic-leverage-2009.pdf
August 26, 2008: northkoreaneconomy.pdf
March 4, 2008: dprkeconomy.pdf

North Korean Crime for Profit Activities
August 25, 2008: crimeforprofit.pdf
February 16, 2007: 2007-2-16-crime-for-profit-activities.pdf 

North Korea’s Abduction of Japanese Citizens and the Six-Party Talks
March 19, 2008: japaneseabductions.pdf

The Kaesong North-South Industrial Complex
February 14, 2008: kaesongcomplex.pdf

North Korean Ballistic Missile Threat
January 24, 2008: ballisticmisslethreat.pdf

North Korean Refugees in China
September 26, 2007:  refugeesinprc.pdf

North Korean Provocative Actions, 1950-2007
April 20, 2007: 2007-4-20-provocative-actions-1950-2007.pdf

Drug Trafficking and North Korea: Issues for US Policy
January 25, 2007: 2007-1-25-drug-trafficking-and-north-korea-issues-for-us-policy.pdf

North Korea: Economic Sanctions
October 17, 2006: 2006-10-17-north-koreaeconomic-sanctions.pdf
January 24, 2003: northkorea-economicsanctions.pdf

Chronology of Events
January 24, 2005: north-korea-a-chronology-of-evnets.pdf

More CRS reports can be found on the US State Department’s web site here.