Su-hoon Lee, Chairman of the South Korean Presidential Committee on Northeast Asian Cooperation Initiative, and Professor at Kyungnam University, and Dean J. Ouellette, a researcher with the Institute for Far Eastern Studies in Seoul, Korea and assistant editor of Asian Perspective, write, “Much is already being done on both sides to implement the comprehensive and concrete steps agreed to at the 2007 October summit… All this will help overcome the South-North division on the Korean peninsula and lay a foundation for a broader regional integration in Northeast Asia. Dismantlement of the cold-war structure in this part of the world is much over due. Building the bridges to overcome the past and help the region construct its future cooperatively must be supported with genuine and tangible efforts. With time, progress is made inevitably.”
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NAPSNet Daily Report 4 December, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report 4 December, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report 4 December, 2007 Contents in this Issue: I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Talks 2. DPRK Nuclear Program 3. Inter-Korean Relations 4. DPRK Economy 5. DPRK Media 6. DPRK Flood Recovery 7. ROK Politics 8. ROK-Mexico Trade Relations 9. USFJ Base Realignment 10. US, Japan, Australia Security […]
NAPSNet Daily Report 3 December, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report 3 December, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report 3 December, 2007 Contents in this Issue: I. Napsnet 1. DPRK Nuclear Program 2. DPRK Removal From Terrorism List 3. Korean Peninsula Peace Accord 4. Inter-Korean Meetings 5. Inter-Korean Maritime Border 6. Inter-Korean Rail Link 7. Reunions of Separated Families 8. Radio Broadcasts to DPRK 9. […]
Policy Forum 07-087: Why Ichiro Ozawa is America’s True Hope and Why Shinzo Abe Never Was
Andrew Horvat, Pacific Council Adjunct Fellow on Japan, writes,”What Ozawa objects to is that the refueling operations support U.S. unilateralism in Iraq, whereas Japanese participation in Afghanistan would be within a UN-approved multilateral framework. While such an argument may not entirely please the Bush administration, it represents the only viable formula Japan has today to contribute to international peace because it allows for overseas military action to be interpreted as being in harmony with war-renouncing Article IX of the Japanese constitution.”
NAPSNet Daily Report 30 November, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report 30 November, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report 30 November, 2007 Contents in this Issue: I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Nuclear Program 2. US on Inter-Korean Relations 3. Inter-Korean Military Relations 4. Inter-Korean Relations 5. Inter-Korean Economic Relations 6. Iran-DPRK Relations 7. ROK Space Program 8. World War II Sexual Slavery 9. US-Japan Missile Defense […]
NAPSNet Daily Report 29 November, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report 29 November, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report 29 November, 2007 Contents in this Issue: I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Nuclear Program 2. Inter-Korean Military Talks 3. Inter-Korean Relations 4. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation 5. US on ROK Missile Defense 6. Japan Defense 7. Sino-Japanese Relations 8. Sino-US Relations 9. PRC Environment 10. PRC Climate Change […]
NAPSNet Daily Report 28 November, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report 28 November, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report 28 November, 2007 Contents in this Issue: I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Nuclear Program 2. Inter-Korean Military Relations 3. Dual Use Technology Transfer to the DPRK 4. DPRK-Syria Alleged Missile Cooperation 5. DPRK Economy 6. ROK-US Trade Relations 7. Japan SDF Indian Ocean Mission 8. Japan-Vietnam Relations […]
Policy Forum 07-086: Economic Consequences of ROK-U.S. Separation
Wonhyuk Lim, Fellow at the Korea Development Institute, writes, “although mutual deterrence between the ROK and DPRK on the Korean peninsula is likely to prevail even after the termination of the ROK-U.S. alliance, the end of the insurance provided by the alliance may weaken the ROKs position in Northeast Asia and present significant security and diplomatic challengesbut not necessarily economic difficulties per se.”
NAPSNet Daily Report 27 November, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report 27 November, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report 27 November, 2007 Contents in this Issue: I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Economy 2. PRC-DPRK Trade Relations 3. DPRK Deforestation 4. DPRK Public Executions 5. ROK-EU Trade Relations 6. ROK-Canada Trade Relations 7. Japan Missile Defense Program 8. Japan SDF Indian Ocean Mission 9. PRC Environment 10. […]
NAPSNet Daily Report 26 November, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report 26 November, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report 26 November, 2007 Contents in this Issue: I. Napsnet 1. DPRK Nuclear Declaration 2. DPRK Nuclear Program 3. US-DPRK Relations 4. Six-Party Talks 5. DPRK Leadership 6. Inter-Korean Meetings 7. Inter-Korean Rail Link 8. Inter-Korean Relations 9. PRC on ROK Policy Toward DPRK 10. US-PRC Relations […]