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 […]
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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.”
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, September 06, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, September 06, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, September 06, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. US on DPRK Status on Terror List 2. Inter-Korean Summit 3. Vietnam Aid for DPRK Flood Victims 4. ROK Hostages in Afghanistan 5. ROK Role in Iraq 6. Japan Cabinet 7. Sino-Japanese East Sea Gas Dispute 8. Quadrilateral […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, September 05, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, September 05, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, September 05, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Removal from Terror List 2. DPRK-Japan Working Group 3. Russian Aid to DPRK Flood Victims 4. DPRK on Spies 5. Japan-ROK Trade Relations 6. ROK-US Trade Relations 7. Asia-Pacific Intelligence Summit 8. APEC Meeting 9. Quadrilateral Initiative […]
Policy Forum 07-066: The Second South-North Summit: Prospects for Intensifying Inter-Korean Cooperation
Lim Eul-chul, Research Professor at Kyungnam University, writes “no one should be blindly optimistic about the upcoming summit, but if any agreements develop as a result of the meeting, it would mean qualitative development of inter-Korean relations. It would also mean the prospect of huge opportunities in the future for entrepreneurs trying to find a way into North Korean markets, as business with North Korea is already progressing by leaps and bounds.”
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, September 04, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, September 04, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, September 04, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. US-DPRK Working Group Meeting 2. DPRK Flood Aid 3. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation 4. ROK Diploma Fraud 5. Japan SDF Indian Ocean Mission 6. Japan Government 7. PRC Cyberattack 8. PRC Judiciary 9. PRC Environment Preceding NAPSNet Report I. […]
NAPSNet Daily Report 3 October, 2007
I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Nuclear Program Agence France-Presse (“NKOREA AGREES TO DECLARE, DISABLE NUCLEAR PROGRAMMES”, 2007-10-03) reported that the DPRK has agreed to declare all its nuclear programmes and disable its main atomic reactor by the end of the year under US supervision, according to a six-nation agreement. As part of the second phase, the […]