| Institute for Corean-American Studies |
Historical Documents
| Hendrick Hamel, the "Discoverer" or Explorer (the Marco Polo) of Korea. | 1653-0730-HxH | |
| Material by Henny Savenije | ||
| Extension of American Commerce -- Proposed Mission to Japan and Corea. | 1845-0215-USC | |
| United States Congress, February 15, 1845 | ||
| The Rodger's Battle Flag | 1871-0601-RBF | |
| flown during the United States Expedition to Corea, 1871 | ||
| America and Corea: Admiral Shufeldt's Treaty Criticised -- Corea's Other Treaties. | 1882-0712-NYT | |
| Dateline June 23, 1882, Yokohama. Published in the New York Times, July 12, 1882. | ||
| The Embassy From Corea: Stopping Here Only To Meet The President And Then Away To Boston. | 1883-0918-NYT | |
| New York Times September 18, 1883. | ||
| Corean Refugees: Exiles From the Hermit Nation | 1885-0619-SFC | |
| Pak Yong Hio, Soh Kwang Pom and Soh Jai Phil escape to the U.S.A. San Francisco Chronicle. June 19, 1885. | ||
| The Taft-Katsura Agreed Memorandum | 1905-0729-DOC | |
| US gives Japan free rein in Korea and Japan gives US free-rein in the Philippines. July 29, 1905. | ||
| The Treaty of Portsmouth 1905 | 1905-0905-DOC | |
| The Conclusion of the Russo-Japanese War, including the formalization of the Japanese occupation of Korea. September 5, 1905. | ||
| Military and Security Measures Between the USA and the ROK | 1948-0824-MSM | |
| Interim agreement signed at Seoul August 24, 1948. | ||
| Mutual Defense Treaty Between the USA and the ROK. | 1953-0205-MDT | |
| February 5, 27, 1953. | ||
| The Korean War Armistice Agreement | 1953-0727-ArA | |
| Ends the fighting, but not the war. July 27, 1953. | ||
| Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance Between the People's Republic of China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |
1961-0711-PRC | |
| Signed by Chou En-Lai and Kim Il Sung, July 11, 1961. | ||
| Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam, signed in Paris and entered into force, January 17, 1973 |
1973-0117-PPA | |
| Commonly known as the "Paris Peace Accord" | ||
| Agreed Framework between the DPRK and the US | 1994-1021-AFW | |
| Talks to negotiate a resolution of the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula. October 21, 1994. | ||
| Japan-Republic of Korea Joint Declaration 1998 | 1998-1008-JRK | |
| A New Japan-Republic of Korea Partnership towards the Twenty-first Century | ||
| DPRK-U.S.A. Joint Communiqué | 2000-1009-JCM | |
| Issued on the occassion of the visit to the United States by Vice marshal Jo Myong Rok, first vice-chairman of the National Defense Commission of the DPRK, special envoy of Kim Jong Il, Chairman of the DPRK NDC, from October 9 to 12, 2000. |
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| Joint Statement of the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks | 2005-0919-PRC | |
| Talks concerning the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. September 19, 2005. | ||
| United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695 (2006) | 2006-0715-UNS | |
| Expressing grave concern at the launch of ballistic missiles by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). July 15, 2006. | ||
| Document of the Fifth Round of Beijing Six-Party Talks on the Initial Step to Implement the Joint Statement | 2007-0213-FRB | |
| Talks concerning the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. February 13, 2007 | ||