Policy Forum 06-14A: Sanctions on Pyongyang Will Backfire

Kim Myong Chol, author of a number of books and papers in Korean, Japanese and English on North Korea. He is executive director of the Center for Korean-American Peace, and is often called an “unofficial” spokesman of Kim Jong-il and North Korea, writes, “If the financial sanctions are intended to cut off North Korea’s income source to fund the nuclear-weapons development program, it is highly unlikely that the objective will be accomplished.”

NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, February 21, 2006

NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, February 21, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, February 21, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. ROK on Six Party Talks 2. Inter-Korean Military Meeting 3. Inter-Korean Red Cross Talks 4. Inter-Korean Youth Meeting 5. ROK Youths Surveyed on DPRK 6. Japan on DPRK Sanctions 7. Japan on DPRK-Japan Bilateral Talks 8. Japan on […]

APSNet for 20060220

APSNet for 20060220 Austral Peace and Security Network (APSNet) Bi-weekly report from the Nautilus Institute at RMIT, Australia. Monday 20 February 2006 PM Slams ‘Jihadist’ Muslims Seduction of Dr Nelson Xanana, SBY Let Shame File Slide Conflict Dogs Papuan Peace Chance Indonesia Caught In Moral Panic Does Tokelau Really Have A Future? Some SDF Members […]

NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, February 20, 2006

NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, February 20, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, February 20, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. New ROK Representative in Six Party Talks 2. US, Russia on Six Party Talks 3. Kim Dae Jung Postpones Visit to DPRK 4. Inter-Korean Trade 5. Inter-Korean Red Cross Talks 6. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation 7. US-ROK Meeting on […]

APSNet for 20060216

APSNet for 20060216 Austral Peace and Security Network (APSNet) Thursday 16 February 2006 Bi-weekly report from the Nautilus Institute at RMIT, Australia. ADF Shuns Used Gear After Bungle On Choppers New Iraq Role Ahead Bird Flu Threatens Misery For Millions Special Report: Australia, Japan and Southern Blue Fin Tuna ADF Shuns Used Gear After Bungle […]

APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, February 16, 2006

  1. ADF Shuns Used Gear After Bungle On Choppers,
    Brendan Nicholson, Age, 2006-02-16

    Long delays and serious problems with a $1 billion contract to rebuild a fleet of 1960s helicopters for the navy have driven the Australian Defence Force to swear it will never again buy second-hand equipment.

  2. New Iraq Role Ahead,
    Patrick Walters and Peter Alford, Australian, 2006-02-14

    Australian troops will stay in Iraq, most likely in training roles, after the expected wind-up of the al-Muthanna task group later this year. A scaled-down Australian ground force in Iraq is likely to be matched by a steady build-up in Afghanistan where about 500 Australians could be stationed by later this year.

  3. Bird Flu Threatens Misery For Millions,
    Peter Hartcher and John Garnaut, SMH, 2006-02-16

    Avian flu could kill up to 214,000 Australians in a serious global outbreak according to a new projection by Professor Warwick McKibbin and Dr Alexandra Sidorenko. The findings will be presented at the Lowy Institute in Sydney.

  4. Briefing note: Australia, Japan and Southern Blue Fin Tuna

    Japan Taking ‘Illegal’ Tuna , Verity Edwards, Australian, 2006-02-11
    Hagen Stehr [Chairman, Clean Seas Tuna Ltd] has called on Canberra to impose sanctions on Japan in a crackdown against international poachers. A spokesman for federal Fisheries Minister Eric Abetz said the Government was aware of the discrepancies between international quotas and what appeared on the Japanese fish markets.

Policy Forum 06-13A: When in Doubt, Blame South Korea: The Politics of Food Aid to North Korea

Wonhyuk Lim, a CNAPS Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution, a Fellow at the Korea Development Institute (KDI), and Korea National Strategy Institute (KNSI), writes, “the controversy over food aid to North Korea may be regarded as yet another example of this tendency to ignore changing realities and criticize engagement without producing a viable policy alternative. The end of the Cold War showed that even “an evil empire” was full of normal people and leaders who could bring about an enormous change when it was engaged with the outside world. Perhaps a return to what worked in the past may be a better policy than wishing for a regime change without any realistic strategy.”

NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, February 16, 2006

NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, February 16, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, February 16, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. US on DPRK Counterfeiting 2. Inter-Korean Summit 3. Peninsular Polarization 4. Sanctions on DPRK 5. Japanese Postal Remittances to DPRK 6. Indonesian President to visit DPRK 7. ROK on Kim Jong-il’s Birthday 8. US Asia Relations 9. Russia […]