NK NEWS BRIEF ACRONYMS
AI – Amnesty International (NGO)
ARF – ASEAN Regional Forum
ASEAN – Association of South East Asian Nations
COI – Commission of Inquiry (UN investigation into NK human rights violations)
CCP – Chinese Communist Party
DMZ – Demilitarized Zone
DPRK – Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea)
FAO – UN Food and Agriculture Organization
FDI – Foreign Direct Investment
FM – Foreign Minister
FT – Financial Times
GOJ – Government of Japan
HEU – Highly Enriched Uranium
HMG – Her Majesty’s Government (UK)
HR – Human Rights
HRC – UN Human Rights Council
HRW – Human Rights Watch (NGO)
ICBM – Inter-continental Ballistic Missile
ICNK – International Coalition to Stop Crimes against Humanity in North Korea
ICC – International Criminal Court
ICG – International Crisis Group (NGO)
JST – Jang Song-taek (uncle of KJU)
KCNA – Korean Central News Agency (North Korean state media)
KDJ – Kim Dae-jung (former South Korean President, creator of Sunshine Policy)
KIC – Kaesong Industrial Complex
KIS – Kim Il-sung
KJI – Kim Jong-il
KJU – Kim Jong-un (also spelt Jong-Eun)
KRW – Korean Won (South Korean currency)
KWP – Korean Workers’ Party (North Korea)
LMB – Lee Myung-bak (South Korean President 2008-2013)
MFA – Ministry of Foreign Affairs (used generically)
MOFA – Ministry of Foreign Affairs (ROK)
NFP – New Frontier Party (Saenuri Party – South Korean ruling party, conservative)
NGO – Non-Governmental Organization
NK – North Korea
NKHR – North Korean Human Rights
NKIS – North Korean Intellectuals Solidarity (defector group)
NLL – Northern Limit Line (disputed inter-Korean maritime border in the West Sea)
NPAD – New Politics Alliance for Democracy (South Korean opposition party, liberal)
NYT – New York Times
PGH – Park Geun-hye (South Korean President 2013- )
PRC – People’s Republic of China
RF – Russian Federation
RFA – Radio Free Asia (US Government funded)
RMB – Renminbi (Chinese currency)
ROK – Republic of Korea (South Korea)
ROKG – Republic of Korea Government
SEZ – Special Economic Zone
SG – UN Secretary-General (Ban Ki-moon)
SK – South Korea
SPA – Supreme People’s Assembly (NK)
SPT – Six Party Talks
UEP – Uranium Enrichment Program
UM/MOU – Unification Ministry (SK)
UNGA – United Nations General Assembly
UNHCR – UN High Commissioner for Refugees
UN OHCHR – UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
UNSC – UN Security Council
UNSCR – UN Security Council Resolution
UPR – Universal Periodic Review (Human Rights mechanism at Human Rights Council)
UPP – Unified Progressive Party (South Korean left wing party)
USD – U.S. Dollars
USG – United States Government
USIP – United States Institute of Peace (US Congress-funded think tank)
VFM – Vice Foreign Minister
VOA – Voice of America (US external state media)
WFP – UN World Food Programme
