NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, September 25, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, September 25, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Talks 2. Alleged Syria-DPRK Nuclear Deal 3. US on DPRK Terror List Status 4. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation 5. US-Japan Relations 6. Japan Government 7. Japan SDF Indian Ocean Mission 8. Yasukuni Shrine Issue 9. Sino-Japanese Military […]
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Policy Forum 07-072: Kim Jong-il’s Calculation
Scott Snyder, senior associate with the Asia Foundation and Pacific Forum CSIS, writes, “Despite Kim’s strategic calculus, a second inter-Korean summit draws him further into the public light and diminishes the opacity surrounding the North Korean regime. Kim’s economic needs reveal his dependency on external aid, which should only be given transparently with the full approval of the Korean taxpayer.”
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, September 24, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, September 24, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, September 24, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Talks 2. DPRK Nuclear Program 3. Alleged Syria-DPRK Nuclear Deal 4. Inter-Korean Summit 5. DPRK Floods 6. PRC Oil Exports to the DPRK 7. Japan Government 8. Japan SDF Indian Ocean Mission 9. PRC-Indian Territorial Dispute […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Friday, September 21, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Friday, September 21, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Friday, September 21, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Talks 2. Alleged Syria-DPRK Nuclear Deal 3. DPRK Floods 4. Inter-Korean Summit 5. Inter-Korean Agriculture Cooperation 6. ROK on DPRK Collapse 7. ROK Broadcasts in the DPRK 8. DPRK Economy 9. Japan Government 10. Japan SDF […]
Policy Forum 07-071: Summit Spirit on the Korean Peninsula
Eric J. Ballbach, research associate of the Korea Communication and Research Center in Berlin, writes, “If we now compare the circumstances and political conditions of the first and the second summit, there appears to be a major similarity, namely the basic fact that both summits occur in a time when North Korea began to emerge from a phase of diplomatic isolation. Differently put: North Korea’s ‘Yes’ to the summit is inseparable connected with external developments in the Northeast Asian region – despite the internal dynamic of inter-Korean relations.”
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, September 20, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, September 20, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, September 20, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Talks 2. DPRK Nuclear Program 3. DPRK Drug Trafficking 4. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation 5. ROK-EU Trade Relations 6. Japan SDF Indian Ocean Mission 7. Japan Government 8. Russia on US – Japan Relations 9. Cross Strait […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, September 19, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, September 19, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, September 19, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Talks 2. Inter-Korean Summit 3. Northern Limit Line Issue 4. GNP DPRK Policy 5. ROK-EU Trade Relations 6. Japan SDF Indian Ocean Mission 7. Sino-Japanese Relations 8. Cross Strait Relations 9. Sino-Indian Relations 10. PRC Party […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, September 18, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, September 18, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, September 18, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Talks 2. Inter-Korean Summit 3. PRC HFO Shipment to the DPRK 4. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation 5. US-ROK Trade Relations 6. EU-ROK Trade Relations 7. Japan Government 8. Fukuda on SDF, Constitutional Revision 9. Japan-PRC Cooperation on […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, September 17, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, September 17, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, September 17, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Talks 2. DPRK Nuclear Program 3. Alleged Syria-DPRK Nuclear Deal 4. Korean War Peace Treaty 5. ROK Trade Relations 6. Japan Government 7. Japan Space Program 8. Cross Strait Relations 9. Sino-Indian Relations 10. PRC Blue […]
Policy Forum 07-069: North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons: Dismantlement or Disarmament
Ruediger Frank, Professor of East Asian Economy and Society at the University of Vienna, Executive Vice Speaker of the Vienna School of Governance and an Adjunct Professor at Korea University in Seoul, writes, “it is unlikely that the weapons themselves will be scrapped. Nevertheless, stopping their production is a valuable thing and within reach. The reasons behind are, as usual, subject to speculation, and might include a fear of China, a concern over South Korean domestic developments, hunger for economic support and tactical gameplay.”