Chan Young Bang, PhD, is president of KIMEP University in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Principal Investigator of its DPRK Strategic Research Center, and a former economic adviser to Nursultan Nazarbayev, first president of Kazakhstan. He has published numerous articles and books on the prospects for a peaceful settlement of the North Korean nuclear conflict.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. North Korea and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. By Chan Young Bang.- 3. Only one approach to denuclearization will work, and it will bring economic benefits to South Korea. By Chan Young Bang.- 4. North Korea's nuclear capability and what the implications are for wider East Asia. By Sung-wook Nam.- 5. Learning to Love the Bomb: Depictions of Nuclear and Missile Technology in North Korean Literature. By Meredith Shaw.- 6. The North Korean Nuclear Issue: Root Causes and Solutions. By Zhibo Zou.- 7. The situation on the Peninsula out of the vicious circle requires consideration of the concerns of all sides. By Guohong Qiu.- 8. Can the DPRK Preserve Its Sovereignty Without Nuclear Armaments?. By John Everard.- 9. Armistice, North Korean nuclear crisis and peace regime on the Korean Peninsula. By Lei Wang.