Glossary

AFP..................................... Agence France Presse
APC..................................... Armored personnel carriers
BW...................................... Biological weapons
BWC................................... Biological Weapons Convention
CBW................................... Chemical and biological weapons
CEP.................................... Circular Error Probable
CIA..................................... Central Intelligence Agency
CRS.................................... Congressional Research Service
CW...................................... Chemical weapons
DEA.................................... Drug Enforcement Administration
DIA..................................... Defense Intelligence Agency
DMZ................................... Demilitarized Zone
DoD..................................... U.S. Department of Defense
DPRK................................. Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)
EU....................................... European Union
FROG................................. Free Rocket Over Ground
FSU..................................... Former Soviet Union
FY....................................... Fiscal Year
GAO................................... General Accounting Office
GDP.................................... Gross Domestic Product
GNP.................................... Gross National Product
HFO.................................... Heavy fuel oil
IAEA................................... International Atomic Energy Agency
ICBM.................................. Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
ICCPR................................ International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
IFAD................................... International Fund for Agricultural Development
INCB.................................. International Narcotics Control Board
INCSR............................... International Narcotics Control Strategy Report
KEDO............................... Korean Peninsula Economic Development Organization
kg....................................... kilogram
km...................................... kilometer
KPA................................... Korean People's Army (North Korea's Armed Forces)
KWP.................................. Korean Worker's Party
LWR.................................. Light Water Reactor
MIA.................................... Missing In Action
MIT.................................... Massachusetts Institute of Technology
mm..................................... millimeter
mt....................................... megaton
MSF................................... Medicins Sans Frontiers (Doctors Without Borders)
MTW................................. Major Theater War
MW.................................... Megawatt
NATO................................ North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NGO.................................. Non-governmental Organization
NIE.................................... National Intelligence Estimate
NKAF................................ North Korean Air Force
NPT................................... Nonproliferation Treaty of 1985
NTD................................... Taiwan currency
PDS.................................... Public Distribution System
POW.................................. Prisoner of war
PRC................................... People's Republic of China
PVOC................................ Private and Voluntary Organization Consortium
Pyongyang........................ Capital of North Korea (geographical seat of government)
ROK.................................. Republic of Korea (South Korea)
SAM.................................. Surface-to-Air Missile
Seoul................................. Capitol of South Korea
SLV................................... Space Launch Vehicle
U.N.................................... United Nations
UNDP............................... United Nations Development Program
U.S..................................... United States
USAID.............................. U.S. Agency for International Development
USFK............................... United States Forces Korea
USSR................................ United Soviet Socialist Republic (Soviet Union)
WFP.................................. United Nations World Food Program
WMD................................ Weapons of mass destruction
WWII............................... World War II

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