Choi Jinwook, Research Fellow at the Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU), writes, “North Korea has taken a harsher position since Kim Jong-il’s illness. It is not the Department of United Front but the military that plays a more important role in inter-Korean relations… The decision to launch a long-range rocket and carry out a nuclear test was clearly made by the military, not the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The military seems to believe that it needs to become a nuclear power rather than try to resume talks with the United States at an earlier date.”
Archives
NAPSNet Daily Report 30 July, 2009
- 1. PRC on DPRK Nuclear Program
- 2. UN on DPRK Missile Program
- 3. US on DPRK Leadership
- 4. Inter-Korea Relations
- 5. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation
- 6. DPRK Economy
- 7. DPRK Communication Technology
- 8. ROK Missile Program
- 9. ROK-Jordan Relations
- 10. ROK-US Relations
- 11. Japan-Venezuelan Energy Cooperation
- 12. Sino-Japan Relations
- 13. Cross-Strait Relations
- 14. Sino-US Relations
- 15. PRC Military
- 16. PRC Executions
- 17. PRC Civil Unrest
- 18. PRC Unrest
- 19. PRC Energy Cooperation
- 20. PRC Environment
NAPSNet Daily Report 29 July, 2009
- I.NAPSNet
- 1. DPRK Illegal Shipments
- 2. Inter-Korea Relations
- 3. DPRK Armistice Celebration
- 4. DPRK Food Supply
- 5. DPRK Defectors
- 6. ROK Domestic Politics
- 7. ROK Military
- 8. ROK-Japan Military Relations
- 9. Japan-US Military Relations
- 10. Japan-Mongolia Relations
- 11. Japan Politics
- 12. Japan DPJ Platform
- 13. Sino-US Relations
- 14. Sino-US Energy
- 15. Sino-Nepal Relations
- 16. Sino-Japan Relations
- 17. Cross Strait Relations
- 18. PRC Ethnic Unrest
- 19. PRC Energy
- 20. PRC Climate
Policy Forum 09-061: UN Sanctions Unlikely to Make North Korean Back Down
Liu Ming, deputy director of the Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, writes, “If, as seems to be the case, the North Korean leadership is entering a transitional period, the new leader will face a strategic dilemma: whether to continue promoting denuclearization at the cost of worsening the economic situation. In the end, the final choice will be up to North Korea’s elite and people.”
NAPSNet Daily Report 28 July, 2009
- 1. Russia on DPRK Nuclear Talks
- 2. US on DPRK Nuclear Talks
- 3. US on DPRK Nuclear Program
- 4. Iran-DPRK Relations
- 5. Inter-Korean Relations
- 6. DPRK-Ethiopian Relations
- 7. EU Sanctions on the DPRK
- 8. Japan Export Controls on the DPRK
- 9. DPRK Leadership
- 10. DPRK Internal Control
- 11. US-ROK Relations
- 12. ROK Arms Imports
- 13. ROK-Japan Territorial Dispute
- 14. US-Japan Security Alliance
- 15. Japan SDF Anti-Piracy Operations
- 16. Japan SDF Golan Heights Mission
- 17. Japan Politics
- 18. Japan Climate Change
- 19. Sino-US Relations
- 20. Sino-Russian Military Exercise
- 21. Sino-Russian Trade Relations
- 22. Cross Strait Relations
- 23. PRC Public Diplomacy
- 24. PRC Ethnic Unrest
- 25. PRC Anti-Corruption Measures
NAPSNet Daily Report 27 July, 2009
- 1. DPRK Nuclear Program
- 2. ROK on DPRK Nuclear Talks
- 3. DPRK Detention of Journalists
- 4. DPRK Threats
- 5. DPRK on US-ROK Exercises
- 6. Sanctions Against DPRK
- 7. ROK Aid for DPRK
- 8. Inter-Korean Relations
- 9. DPRK Armistice Violations
- 10. DPRK Defectors
- 11. DPRK Defectors
- 12. DPRK Internal Situation
- 13. DPRK Economy
- 14. US-ROK Alliance
- 15. ROK Peacekeeping Operations
- 16. ROK Influenza Outbreak
- 17. Japanese Elections
- 18. Taiwan Politics
- 19. PRC Social Unrest
- 20. PRC Ethnic Unrest
- 21. PRC-Australian Relations
NAPSNet Daily Report 24 July, 2009
- I.NAPSNet
- 1. DPRK on Six Party Talks
- 2. US on DPRK Nuclear Program
- 3. DPRK-US Relations
- 4. DPRK Aid
- 5. DPRK Human Rights
- 6. US-ROK Security Alliance
- 7. ROK Military
- 8. ROK Politics
- 9. US-Japan Relations
- 10. USFJ Base Relocation
- 11. Japan SDF Anti-Piracy Operations
- 12. Japan Environment
- 13. Japan Politics
- 14. US-PRC Relations
- 15. Sino-US Environmental Cooperation
- 16. PRC Climate Change
- 17. PRC Diplomacy
- 18. PRC Military
- 19. PRC Economy
- 20. PRC Space Program
NAPSNet Daily Report 23 July, 2009
- 1. Russia on DPRK-Myanmar Relations
- 2. Mongolia on DPRK Nuclear Talks
- 3. DPRK Terror List Status
- 4. US on DPRK Vessels
- 5. US on DPRK Sanctions
- 6. Japan on DPRK Sanctions
- 7. US-DPRK Relations
- 8. Inter-Korean Relations
- 9. DPRK Leadership
- 10. DPRK Internal Situation
- 11. DPRK Economy
- 12. DPRK Food Supply
- 13. ROK Government
- 14. ROK Defense
- 15. ROK International Relations
- 16. Japan Politics
- 17. Sino-Russian Military Exercise
- 18. Sino-Indian Relations
- 19. Sino-Australia Relations
- 20. PRC Civil Unrest
- 21. PRC Ethnic Unrest
Policy Forum 09-060: The Sulawesi Sea Situation: Stage for Tension or Storm in a Teacup?
Mark. J. Valencia, Visiting Senior Fellow at the Maritime Institute of Malaysia, and Nazery Khalid, Senior Fellow at the Maritime Institute of Malaysia, write, “there may be room for a co-operative solution like joint development, as practiced between Malaysia and Thailand in the Gulf of Thailand, although given the recent history the sharing would probably have to be largely in Indonesia’s favor… The relationship between the two is too close and precious to be soured over this issue, hence both parties must work hard at containing the dispute and settling it amicably for the sake of preserving bilateral ties and regional stability.”
NAPSNet Daily Report 22 July, 2009
- I.NAPSNet
- 1. ROK, Russia on DPRK Nuclear Talks
- 2. US on DPRK Nuclear Talks
- 3. US on DPRK Nuclear Program
- 4. US on DPRK-Myanmar Cooperation
- 5. US-DPRK Relations
- 6. US on DPRK Missile Program
- 7. Inter-Korea Relations
- 8. ROK Aid to the DPRK
- 9. US-ROK Military Cooperation
- 10. US-ROK Shipbuilding
- 11. ROK Politics
- 12. Japan Politics
- 13. Cross-Strait Relations
- 14. PRC-Australia Relations
- 15. Sino-Russian Military Exercise
- 16. PRC Domestic Policy
- 17. PRC Ethnic Unrest
- 18. PRC Internet
- 19. PRC Environment
- 20. PRC Environment
- 21. PRC Energy Supply