Haksoon Paik, is a senior fellow at the Sejong Institute in South Korea, an independent think tank devoted to the study of national strategies of Korea, writes, “The Obama administration should adopt a new pragmatic approach… if it wants to solve the North Korean nuclear issue. There’s no other way but to encourage and accommodate North Korea’s willingness to cooperate, getting out of a vicious circle of distrust, as a realistic way to solve key pending issues with North Korea.”
Archives
NAPSNet Daily Report 3 February, 2009
- 1. DPRK Missile Program
- 2. US DPRK Policy Team
- 3. US, ROK on DPRK Nuclear Program
- 4. DPRK Leadership
- 5. Inter-Korean Relations
- 6. US on DPRK, PRC Arms Trade
- 7. Sino-DPRK Relations
- 8. ROK Climate Change
- 9. ROK Energy
- 10. ROK Government
- 11. Japan Climate Change
- 12. Japan Nuclear Power
- 13. Russo-Japan Relations
- 14. Japanese Whaling
- 15. Sino-EU Relations
- 16. PRC-UK Relations
- 17. Cross-Strait Relations
- 18. PRC Defense
- 19. PRC Climate Change
- 20. PRC Human Rights
- 21. PRC Unemployment
- 22. PRC Rural Economy
- 23. PRC Earthquake Reconstruction
- 24. Japan, ROK, PRC Space Program
NAPSNet Daily Report 2 February, 2009
- 1. DPRK Nuclear Program
- 2. US on DPRK Nuclear Program
- 3. DPRK on Nuclear Program
- 4. US-DPRK Relations
- 5. US Policy Toward DPRK
- 6. DPRK Human Rights
- 7. US on DPRK Human Rights
- 8. Inter-Korea Relations
- 9. ROK Policy Toward DPRK
- 10. US-ROK Alliance
- 11. ROK-Syria Relations
- 12. US-Japan Relations
- 13. Japanese Economic Aid
- 14. Japanese Whaling Issue
- 15. Japanese Politics
- 16. Japanese Spy Satellites
- 17. Japanese Asylum Policy
- 18. Sino-US Relations
- 19. PRC-UK Relations
- 20. PRC Civic Unrest
- 21. PRC Bird Flu
- 22. PRC Public Health
NAPSNet Daily Report 30 January, 2009
- 1. US-DPRK Relations
- 2. US Policy Toward the DPRK
- 3. US-DPRK Joint Recovery Operations
- 4. Inter-Korean Maritime Border
- 5. Inter-Korea Relations
- 6. ROK, Japan on DPRK Nuclear Issue
- 7. DPRK Food Supply
- 8. DPRK Abductee Issue
- 9. US, Japan on Abductee Issue
- 10. DPRK Leadership
- 11. ROK Food Aid
- 12. ROK Politics
- 13. ROK Energy Supply
- 14. Japan Politics
- 15. US-Japan Relations
- 16. SDF Golan Heights Dispatch
- 17. Japan Development Aid
- 18. Japan Emergency Preparedness Drill
- 19. Sino-US Trade Relations
- 20. PRC African Trade
- 21. PRC Human Rights
- 22. PRC Internet Control
Policy Forum 09-008: Obama Will Be Challenged by North Korea
Bruce Klingner, Senior Research Fellow for Northeast Asia in the Asian Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation, writes, “As President Obama contemplates the Sisyphean task of making real progress in North Korean denuclearization, he should first insist that North Korea comply with its existing six-party talks agreements. These include: issuing a data declaration addressing its uranium weapons program and proliferation activities; disabling all nuclear facilities; and accepting a verification protocol that meets international standards.”
NAPSNet Daily Report 29 January, 2009
- 1. DPRK Leadership
- 2. DPRK Government
- 3. Inter-Korean Relations
- 4. Peace Regime Working Group
- 5. ROK Afghanistan Dispatch
- 6. US-Japan Relations
- 7. Japan-Iraq Relations
- 8. Japan Environment
- 9. Russo-Japanese Relations
- 10. Russo-Japanese Territorial Dispute
- 11. US on PRC Military
- 12. Cross-Straits Relations
- 13. PRC Afican Diplomacy
- 14. PRC Currency Issue
- 15. PRC Environment
- 16. PRC Energy
- 17. PRC Antaractic Exploration
- 18. PRC Leadership
- 19. East Asia Economy
NAPSNet Daily Report 28 January, 2009
- 1. US on DPRK Nuclear Program
- 2. US-DPRK Relations
- 3. Russo-DPRK Relations
- 4. Inter-Korean Relations
- 5. ROK Defense
- 6. DPRK Human Rights
- 7. ROK Government
- 8. ROK-US Relations
- 9. ROK Role in Afghanistan
- 10. Japan SDF Anti-Piracy Operations
- 11. Japan WMD Security
- 12. Japan Environment
- 13. Russo-Japanese Territorial Dispute
- 14. Russo-Japan Relations
- 15. Japan Government
- 16. Japan Whaling Issue
- 17. Sino-US Relations
- 18. Cross Strait Relations
- 19. PRC Defense
- 20. PRC Tibet Issue
- 21. PRC Human Rights
NAPSNet Daily Report 27 January, 2009
- 1. DPRK Economy
- 2. Inter-Korean Relations
- 3. DPRK Leadership
- 4. ROK Environment
- 5. ROK Energy
- 6. ROK-EU Trade Relations
- 7. ROK-New Zealand Relations
- 8. Japan Comfort Women Issue
- 9. Japan-Bulgaria Relations
- 10. Japan Politics
- 11. Japan Government
- 12. Japan Whaling Issue
- 13. Japan-US Relations
- 14. Sino-Japan Relations
- 15. Sino-EU Relations
- 16. Sino-US Trade Relations
- 17. PRC Arms Trade
- 18. PRC Humanitarian Operations
- 19. PRC Holiday Travel
- 20. PRC Climate Change
- 21. PRC Earthquake
- 22. PRC Energy
- 23. PRC Freedom of Religion
- 24. PRC Population
- 25. PRC Bird Flu Outbreak
NAPSNet Daily Report 26 January, 2009
- 1. DPRK on Nuclear Program
- 2. DPRK, PRC on Nuclear Program
- 3. US on DPRK Nuclear Issue
- 4. Inter-Korean Relations
- 5. US, Japan on Abductee Issue
- 6. DPRK Leadership
- 7. DPRK Military
- 8. UNDP Operations in the DPRK
- 9. DPRK Economy
- 10. ROK on DPRK Afghanistan Dispatch
- 11. ROK Afghanistan Role
- 12. ROK-Australia Security Relations
- 13. ROK, Japan Anti-Piracy Cooperation
- 14. Japan Whaling Issue
- 15. Japan Maritime Security
- 16. Japan Climate Change
- 17. Japan Nuclear Safety
- 18. Sino-US Trade Relations
- 19. Sino-Japanese Relations
- 20. Sino-Indian Trade Relations
- 21. Cross Strait Relations
- 22. PRC Bird Flu
- 23. Russo-Mongolian Relations
Policy Forum 09-007: A DPRK ‘Shangri-la’ Powered by Solar Electricity
Victor Hsu, National Director of World Vision International’s program in the DPRK, describes how the inclusion of solar energy has been integral to the successful collaboration between World Vision International and the DPRK in a village in Yongtan County.