TITLE

A Nuclear North Korea

PUB. DATE

November 2002

SOURCE

Junior Scholastic;11/15/2002, Vol. 105 Issue 7, p5

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports on the defiance of the treaty Agreed Framework that was signed between the U.S. and North Korea due to development of nuclear weapons by North Korea. Requirements of the treaty; Reaction of U.S. President George W. Bush regarding the opposition to the treaty.

ACCESSION #

12291802

Tags: NUCLEAR weapons;  TREATIES

 

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