NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, October 26, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, October 26, 2005 I. NAPSnet 1. USFK on DPRK Nuclear Program 2. Korean Reunification 3. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation 4. Inter-Korean Tourism 5. Red Cross Reunion Centre in DPRK 6. DPRK-US Relations 7. DPRK-Japanese Bilateral Talks 8. DPRK Human Rights 9. DPRK Defectors 10. DPRK […]
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DPRK Markets: A Defector’s Perspective
The Institute of Far Eastern Studies at Kyungnam University released this report on the status of markets in the DPRK. The report states: “However, as North Koreans gradually become more quality- conscious, Chinese-made goods will loose market strength, especially as better quality imports — such as those from South Korea, which are imported on a limited basis — begin to raise the awareness of North Koreans.”
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, October 25, 2005
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, October 25, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, October 25, 2005 I. NAPSnet 1. Six Party Talks 2. ROK on DPRK Nuclear Program 3. US on DPRK Nuclear Program 4. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation 5. Inter-Korean Relations 6. DPRK-US Relations 7. DPRK-PRC Bilateral Talks 8. DPRK-Japanese Bilateral Talks 9. DPRK Leadership 10. DPRK […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, October 24, 2005
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, October 24, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, October 24, 2005 I. NAPSnet 1. DPRK Nuclear Program 2. Inter-Korean Relations 3. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation 4. DPRK-PRC Economic Cooperation 5. DPRK-Japanese Relations 6. DPRK Economy 7. DPRK Food Aid 8. US on DPRK Military 9. Freedom of Press in DPRK 10. DPRK Leadership […]
APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, October 24, 2005
The North Korean Plutonium Stock Mid-2005
The Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) released this report on the DPRK’s plutonium stock and its means to produce and separate plutonium. The report states: “Assuming that the recently unloaded fuel has not yet been separated, the DPRK has about 15-38 kilograms of separated plutonium. At 4-5 kilograms of plutonium per weapon, this plutonium is enough for 3-9 nuclear weapons.”
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, October 20, 2005
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, October 20, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, October 20, 2005 I. NAPSnet 1. DPRK Nuclear Program 2. US on DPRK Nuclear Program 3. Russia on DPRK Nuclear Program 4. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation 5. Inter-Korean Maritime Cooperation 6. Korean Cultural Relations 7. US Activists on DPRK Refugees 8. EU on DPRK Human […]
APSNet Semi-Weekly Bulletin, October 20, 2005
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, October 19, 2005
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, October 19, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, October 19, 2005 I.NAPSnet 1. Six Party Talks 2. Inter-Korean Unification 3. ROK Ideological Dispute Over DPRK 4. DPRK-US Relations 5. DPRK-PRC Relations 6. DPRK-Japanese Relations 7. DPRK Human Rights 8. Repatriated RO Korean 9. DPRK Pledge for Peace 10. DPRK Tourism 11. ROK […]
Policy Forum 05-84A: Why Seoul Helps the North
Chung-in Moon, Professor of political science at Yonsei University in Seoul, writes, “Perhaps the most important thing to keep in mind is that food aid does not exist within a vacuum. It is but one part of a complex and trying effort by the South Korean government to improve inter-Korean relations, reduce military tension and help its North Korean brethren.”