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 […]
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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.”
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, September 13, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, September 13, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, September 13, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. US, ROK on Korean War Peace Treaty 2. Inter-Korean Summit Agenda 3. PRC Official and Inter-Korean Relations 4. Israel on DPRK Nuclear Material 5. Sino-DPRK Trade Relations 6. Inter-Korean Family Reunions 7. US-ROK Trade Relations 8. Japan Government […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, September 12, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, September 12, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, September 12, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Nuclear Program 2. DPRK-US Summit 3. Inter-Korean Economic Relations 4. ROK Role in Iraq 5. ROK Defense 6. Japan Government 7. Japan SDF Indian Ocean Mission 8. Cross Strait Relations 9. PRC-Australia Military Exercises 10. PRC-India Military […]
Policy Forum 07-068: A Russian View on Inter Korean Summit
Georgy Bulychev, Director for Korean Research Programs, Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Moscow, writes, “if the DPRK gains short-term profits (like fostering her stance vis-à-vis the U.S. and receiving economic aid), the South and other interested countries will gain over the long-term. For the South, it is an important step forward on the way towards normalizing relations with the North and strengthening the common potential of the Korean states. Looking from the angle of regional geopolitics, it would provide for stronger stability and growing interaction and coincide with Russia’s priorities.”
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, September 11, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, September 11, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, September 11, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Inter-Korean Summit 2. US on DPRK Nuclear Program 3. DPRK Nuclear Program 4. Japan SDF Indian Ocean Mission 5. Japan Space Program 6. Cross Strait Relations 7. Hong Kong Election 8. PRC Unrest 9. PRC Economy Preceding NAPSNet […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, September 10, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, September 10, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, September 10, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Nuclear Program 2. US, ROK on DPRK Peace Treaty 3. DPRK-Japan Working Group Meeting 4. DPRK Floods 5. ROK Candidate on DPRK Policy 6. ROK Role in Iraq 7. ROK-Russian Economic Relations 8. ROK-EU Trade Relations 9. […]
The Proposed South Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA)
William H. Cooper, Specialist in International Trade and Finance in the Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division at the Congressional Research Service, and Mark E. Manyin, Specialist in Asian Affairs in the Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division of the Congressional Research Service, describe the impact of the US-ROK Free Trade Agreement on the Kaesong Industrial Park. They write, “according to the details of the agreement released thus far, it appears the United States backed away from the principle of not ever expanding the KORUS FTA to North Korea-made products…[however] the United States would be able to control the decision to and pace of any move to grant preferential treatment to North Koreamade products.”