1.  Locate North Korea and South Korea on the map here. 
For each country, name the countries that share its borders.

2.  Identify each of the following people:

_____ Jay Lefkowitz
_____ Roh Moo-hyun
_____ Seo Joo-seok
_____ Sam Brownback
_____ Hu Jintao
_____ Kim Jong Il

a. president of China
b. president of South Korea
c. leader of North Korea
d. special U.S. envoy for North Korean human rights
e. a security policy official in the South Korean presidency
f. U.S. Senator, co-sponsor of the NKHRA

3.  When referring to an official statement or policy of a government, a news writer often uses the name of the capital of that country.  For example, "Washington has begun allowing North Korean refugees to resettle in the U.S."  In other words, the official U.S. government policy is that North Koreans seeking asylum will be allowed to move to the United States. 
In this article, how does the writer refer to the official governments of North Korea and South Korea?

4.  a) How was Jay Lefkowitz's job created? 
b) What joint South-North Korean project has Mr. Lefkowitz criticized? 
c) Why has he criticized it?

5.  a) What are the six-country talks? (Do a Yahoo search of "six-country talks" to find the answer.)
b) Why does South Korea believe Pyongyang is refusing to return to the talks?

6.  Seoul is also unhappy that the U.S. has decided to welcome refugees from North Korea for the first time.  Why has South Korea kept silent on the issue of human rights abuses in North Korea?

7.  The government of North Korea is abusing its citizens through starvation, imprisonment, torture and forced labor.  The country is ruled by Kim Jong Il, an evil dictator who forces the citizens to call him "Dear Leader" while starving, abusing and murdering them.  North Korea also has nuclear weapons that they could use or sell to terrorists at any time.
Should the U.S. provide asylum to North Korean refugees as it tries to negotiate a deal with North Korea to dismantle its nuclear weapons program?  Explain your answer.