NAPSNet Daily Report Friday, August 17, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Friday, August 17, 2007 I. ROK Weekly Report 1. Introduction 2. Survey on Summit 3. Last Summit in Vain 4. Acknowledge DPRK’s Limits 5. Choice Between Cooperation or Regime Change 6. Summit Aids Six-Party Talks 7. Build Trust Through Economic Cooperation 8. ROK Must Get […]
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NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, August 16, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, August 16, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, August 16, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Hill on DPRK Nuclear Working Group 2. Churches on Six Party Talks 3. ROK Aid for DPRK Flood 4. DPRK Economy 5. ROK on US Help with Hostages 6. US Weapons Sales to ROK 7. Japan Stock Exchange […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, August 15, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, August 15, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, August 15, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Nuclear Working Group 2. KEEI on DPRK Energy 3. DPRK Floods 4. US on DPRK Flood Relief 5. Inter-Korean Summit 6. Inter-Korean Family Reunions 7. Japanese Abductee Investigations 8. ROK Hostages in Afghanistan 9. Japan on […]
The Kaesong North-South Korean Industrial Complex
Dick K. Nanto, Specialist in Industry and Trade in the Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division of the Congressional Research Service, and Mark E. Manyin, Analyst in Asian Affairs in the Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division of the Congressional Research Service, write, “The United States currently has a mixed policy with respect to the KIC. Since South Korea is a close ally of the United States, Washington has been supportive of efforts by South Korea to engage the North in inter-Korean projects that benefit South Korea. On the other hand, the United States has been firm in predicating any economic or other concessions on actions by the DPRK to curtail or eliminate its nuclear program.”
Policy Forum 07-060: The Second Inter-Korean Summit: Four Arguments Against and Why They Could Be Wrong
Ruediger Frank, Professor of East Asian Political Economy at the University of Vienna, writes, “The sunshine policy, or how ever one prefers to call it, is a long-term strategy. It needs time and continuous support to bear fruits. Nuclear North Korea is a product of failed confrontation, not of naive engagement. Rather than being disappointed by the lack of spectacular solutions, we should take the time to think about what has already been achieved during a historically brief period of time, show some patience, and give the sun a chance.”
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, August 14, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, August 14, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, August 14, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Inter-Korean Summit 2. DPRK Floods 3. Russia, ROK, DPRK Relations 4. DPRK Invites New York Philharmonic 5. Film about US Defector to DPRK 6. ROK Hostages in Afghanistan 7. Japan MSDF Indian Ocean Mission 8. Yasukuni Shrine Issue […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, August 13, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, August 13, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, August 13, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. US-DPRK Talks 2. ROK on Military Exercise 3. DPRK on Joint ROK-US Military Exercise 4. DPRK-Iran Relations 5. Inter-Korean Summit 6. DPRK Floods 7. ROK Hostages in Afghanistan 8. ROK on Colonial Collaborators 9. US-Japan Security Relations 10. […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Friday, August 10, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Friday, August 10, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Friday, August 10, 2007 I. ROK WEEKLY REPORT 1. Introduction 2. Public Opinion Survey on Hostage Crisis 3. NGO Statement on Kidnapping 4. Stirring up anti-Americanism 5. Need to Persuade US 6. Options After US-Afghanistan Summit 7. Need to Refocus ROK Diplomacy Preceding NAPSNet Report […]
Policy Forum 07-059: A Unified Approach: Articulating a Coordinated U.S.-ROK Strategy in 2008
A. Greer Pritchett, Assistant Project Director of Northeast Asia Projects for the National Committee on American Foreign Policy, writes, “if a smart policy is crafted now within the current administration, there appears to be little reason for a significant shift in 2009… Further, since the next administration will undoubtedly still be preoccupied and stymied in other parts of the world, a bolstered U.S.-ROK alliance would be a much appreciated housewarming gift.”
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, August 09, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, August 09, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, August 09, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Inter-Korean Summit 2. DPRK Heavy Rains 3. US MIA from Korean War 4. Koreas and the Olympics 5. ROK Hostages in Afghanistan 6. Japan MSDF Mission 7. US-Japan Relations 8. Shanghai Cooperation Organization Drill 9. PRC Environment Preceding […]