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February 23, 1979	Report, Embassy of Hungary in North Korea to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry The Hungarian Ambassador in North Korea reports on the construction of the Kori Nuclear Power Plant in South Korea, highlighting that South Korea's projected power output would eventually surpass North Korea's by three-fold. As a result, North Korea was anxious to build its own nuclear power plant and perhaps even an atomic bomb.
May 22, 1979	Report, Embassy of Hungary in North Korea to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry The Hungarian Embassy in North Korea reports on South Korea's nuclear capabilities and technology, as reported by the Washington Post.
March 12, 1981	Report, Embassy of Hungary in North Korea to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry The Soviet Union continues talks with the DPRK regarding economic issues. The Soviet Union extends North Korea's credit, yet continues to defer the construction of the repeatedly requested power plant. Sino-Korean relations are also criticized.
April 30, 1981	Report, Embassy of Hungary in North Korea to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry A North Korean delegations visits technical universities and colleges in Czechoslovakia and the GDR. North Korea urgently seeks to send post-graduate students and trainees to study in fields related to nuclear physics, laser technology, etc.
March 7, 1983	Memorandum, Hungarian Academy of Sciences to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry The DPRK asks Hungary to train Korean experts on the operation and management of a nuclear power plant.
April 6, 1983	Letter, Hungarian Foreign Ministry to the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Hungary politely defers North Korea's request for training on a nuclear power plant to the Soviets.
August 4, 1983	Report, Embassy of Hungary in North Korea to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry The Bulgarian Embassy in North Korea urges the DPRK to join the Non-Proliferation Treaty. North Korea won't commit, citing presence of US nuclear weapons in South Korea
March 9, 1985	Report, Embassy of Hungary in North Korea to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry The Soviet Union and DPRK enter negotiations to build a nuclear power plant, and "practically reach a preliminary agreement." North Korea views the construction as being a means of increasing economic and political prestige.
May 30, 1988	Report, Embassy of Hungary in North Korea to the Hungarian Foreign Ministry Negotiations continue at the Soviet-Korean Intergovernmental Economic, Technical, and Scientific Commission on the construction of a nuclear power plant in North Korea. No agreement is reached on selecting a construction site.
April 2, 1946	Protocol No. 18 of a Meeting of the Special Committee under the Council of Ministers of the USSR (Excerpt) Special dossier containing a resolution to send a Soviet geological prospecting party to survey North Korea for beryllium.