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Pyongyang photographed in March 20212

East Asia

North Korea

The Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam, 2012.

Southeast Asia

Vietnam

Gyeongbokgung

East Asia

South Korea

Portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China, 1972.

East Asia

China

Photograph of a US POW during the Vietnam War.

Vietnam War

Press Briefing by Permanent Observer of Democratic People's Republic of Korea to the UN, 7 July 1976.

Inter-Korean Relations

North Korea-China friendship celebrated at the DPRK mass games

China-North Korea Relations

Kim Il Sung, 1978

Kim, Il Sung

1912- 1994

Photograph of Park Chung Hee

Park, Chung Hee

1917- 1979

Aerial view of National Mall

North America

United States

North Korean Military Adventurism

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Popa, N.

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Kuzbari, Zouheir

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Ozbudun, Ahmet H.

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Photograph of the USS Pueblo (AGER-2)

USS Pueblo Crisis

Photograph fo Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing

China. Foreign Ministry

1949-

Soviet soldier taking a photograph of another soldier in Red Square, Moscow, 1959

Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

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April 4, 1973	Telegram from Pyongyang, No.061.113, Urgent, SECRET KWP Centeral Committee member Kim Yeongnam explains to the Romanian representative that the DPRK proposed changes in the North-South Coordination Committee meeting to ease tensions and transform the armistice into a peace treaty. Kim blames the South Korean hawks and separatists who abide by the interests of the US and Japan for the lack of progress. Despite the impasse, the North Koreans look to the internal dissent against Park Chung Hee in South Korea as a sign of support for Pyongyang.
February 23, 1968	Telegram from Pyongyang to Bucharest, TOP SECRET, No. 76.049, Flash The Embassy of Romania in the DPRK reports on General Pak Jeong-guk and his negotiations with the United States over the release of the USS Pueblo crew.
February 19, 1968	Telegram from Pyongyang to Bucharest, TOP SECRET, No. 76.047, Regular The Embassy of Romania in the DPRK conveys the views of Le Thet Hung following the seizure of the USS Pueblo.
February 16, 1968	Telegram from Pyongyang to Bucharest, TOP SECRET, No. 76.044, Regular The Embassy of Romania in the DPRK reports on Vietnam's frustration with North Korea following the seizure of the USS Pueblo.
February 12, 1968	Telegram from Pyongyang to Bucharest, TOP SECRET, No. 76.040, Regular The Embassy of Romania in the DPRK summarizes a declaration from the DPRK Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the USS Pueblo crisis.
July 6, 1967	Telegram from Pyongyang to Bucharest, No. 76.247 A Romanian assessment of North Korea's relations with Vietnam and involvement in the Vietnam War.
September 30, 1966	Signing of a Protocol Agreement for North Korea to Send a Number of Pilots to Fight the American Imperialists during the War of Destruction against North Vietnam Agreement for the dispatch of a North Korean Air Force contingent to fight in North Vietnam. The agreement stipulates that the North Koreans would provide pilots for one North Korean Air Force regiment consisting of two companies (ten aircraft each) of MiG-17s and one company of MiG-21s, while Vietnam would provide the aircraft and all necessary technical equipment, maintenance, and logistics support for the North Korean flyers.
September 21, 1966	General Vo Nguyen Giap’s Decision On North Korea’s Request to Send a Number of Pilots to Fight in Vietnam An excerpt from an official People’s Army of Vietnam historical publication describing a North Korean request to send an Air Force regiment to help defend North Vietnam against U.S. air attacks. The request was approved.
January 20, 1967	Record of Conversation between N.V. Podgorny and Ambassador of the DPRK in the USSR Kim Chunbong Record of Conversation between N.V. Podgorny and Ambassador of the DPRK in the USSR Kim Chunbong in which the two discuss the state of Soviet-North Korean relations, the Vietnam War, the situation in the Demilitarized Zone, and North Korea's relations with China.
December 8, 1967	Letter from Ambassador Brie of the GDR in the DPRK to Deputy MFA Hegen East German Ambassador to North Korea Horst Brie reports on the growing number of incidents at the Demilitarized Zone between North Korean forces and South Korean and U.S. forces. Brie offers his own analysis of the military situation in Korea while highlighting the different views of officials from Czechoslovakia and Poland.