1. For NORTH KOREA, give the following information:

1. capital
2. location/the countries that share its borders
3. the religious breakdown of the population
4. the type of government
5. the chief of state (and head of government if different) If monarch or dictator, since what date has he/she ruled? – include name of heir apparent for monarch
6. the population

Find the answers at the CIA World FactBook website. For each country, answers can be found under the “Geography” “People” and “Government” headings.

NOTE: Before answering the following questions, read the “Background” and watch the video under “Resources” below.

2. For NORTH KOREA:
a) list the who, what, where and when of the news item
b) Name the following people: U.S. Secretary of State, South Korean president, North Korean dictator
c) How does Mr. Pompeo describe U.S. requirements for an agreement over denuclearization of the Korean peninsula?
d) What did Kim Jong-Un say about inspections of the North’s atomic test site?
e) In 1994, then-President Bill Clinton made a nuclear deal with North Korea.

• President Clinton said it was a good deal that would prevent North Korea from obtaining nuclear weapons. Unfortunately, it did not work out as hoped.
• In February 2016, CNN reported: “According to multiple experts, North Korea has at least a dozen and perhaps as many as 100 nuclear weapons, though at present it lacks sophisticated delivery mechanisms.”
• In a September 2016 Reuters article, the reporters characterize the U.S., South Korea, Japan, the UN… as “powerless to contain” North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. They quote a Japanese professor as saying the sanctions aimed to put pressure on North Korea “have reached their limits.”
• President Trump didn’t agree, and the U.S. persuaded the UN to impose extremely strict economic sanctions on North Korea.
• Many experts and most media reports warned that Trump’s tough talk would get us into a nuclear war with North Korea.
• Many now are dismissing the president’s role in the historic events taking place, or warning that this is just another stall tactic by North Korea.

Ask a parent what he/she thinks about President Trump’s efforts in forcing North Korea to denuclearize and what the possibility of it actually occurring are.