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Q&A: How can and International Organization influence a government?

July 18th, 2011
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How can and International Organization influence a government?
1. In general, what methods can an International Organization use to influence a national government?
2. More specifically, in the case of North Korea…

SKorea to send 1st food aid to NKorea in 3 years (AP)

October 25th, 2010

North Korean soldiers march during a massive military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the communist nation's ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010. This year's celebration comes less than two weeks after Kim Jong Il's re-election to the party's top post and the news that his 20-something son would succeed his father and grandfather as leader. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP - South Korea prepared Monday to send 5,000 tons of rice to flood victims in North Korea in its first humanitarian rice shipment to its communist neighbor since a…

US official sees signs of inter-Korean engagement (AP)

October 7th, 2010

This satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe and taken Wednesday Sept. 29, 2010 shows the Yongbyon nuclear complex in Yongbyon, North Korea. The Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security released a report Sept. 30 stating that this satellite image shows new construction activity in the area surrounding the nuclear reactor at Yongbyon. The Institute for Science and International Security said satellite images showed heavy construction and excavation equipment and trucks at the Yongbyon site and construction of two small buildings near the site of the destroyed cooling tower. Under a 2007 deal, North Korea agreed to disable the complex in Yongbyon in return for 1 million tons of fuel oil and other concessions and in June 2008 even blew up its cooling tower. But disablement came to halt as Pyongyang wrangled with Washington over how to verify its past atomic activities. (AP Photo/DigitalGlobe) MANDATORY CREDIT; NO SALESAP - North and South Korea are showing positive signs of improving relations, a U.S. diplomat said Thursday, but he cautioned that Pyongyang has yet to indicate it is serious…

South Korea’s prime minister offers to resign (AP)

July 29th, 2010

South Korean Prime Minister Chung Un-chan delivers a speech regarding his resignation during a press conference at the Government House in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 29, 2010. Chung said he has offered to resign following a dispute over a government relocation project. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)AP - South Korea’s prime minister offered to resign Thursday after parliament shot down his efforts to scrap a plan that would relocate several government ministries out of the capital.


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US aircraft carrier ups pressure on NKorea (AP)

July 24th, 2010

The U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington drops anchor at the Busan port in Busan, south of Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, July 24, 2010. North Korea warned Saturday that joint U.S. and South Korean military exercises poised to begin this weekend amount to a military provocation that will draw a 'powerful' nuclear response from Pyongyang. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)AP - A massive nuclear-powered U.S. supercarrier began maneuvers Sunday with ally South Korea in a potent show of force that North Korea has threatened could lead to “sacred war.”


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Report: South Korea delays satellite launch (AP)

June 9th, 2010

The Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1, South Korea's second space rocket, sits on its launch pad at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Korea, Tuesday, June 8, 2010. The rocket is scheduled to blast off on June 9. The launch of the first rocket last August failed due to problems in fairing assembly. (AP Photo/ Korea Pool) ** KOREA OUT **AP - A news report says South Korea’s satellite launch is being delayed and may not take place Wednesday.


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SKorea calls for cautious response to ship sinking (AP)

May 21st, 2010

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, rear center, Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan , rear third right , Defense Minister Kim Tae-young, rear left, and other cabinet members attend an emergency meeting of the National Security Council to discuss punitive measures against North Korea for its March torpedo attack on a South Korean warship at the presidential house in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Yonhap) **KOREA OUT**AP - South Korea’s president said Friday his country was caught in a “perfect military ambush” when a North Korean torpedo sank a naval warship, but called for a cautious…

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