Tessa Morris-Suzuki, Professor of Japanese History in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University and author of the forthcoming book Exodus to North Korea: Shadows from Japan’s Cold War, writes, “Today in Japan, relatives of those who “returned” to North Korea in the Cold War years watch the difficult process of nuclear diplomacy quietly but with intense concern? While the story of the Japanese kidnap victims has dominated news headlines, this tragic story of the 93,340 who were “returned” remains little known, and hostility to North Korea (as well as fears for the fate of relatives in the North) makes it difficult for the small group of survivors now living in Japan to raise their voices.”
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NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, March 13, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, March 13, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, March 13, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. IAEA Visit to DPRK 2. DPRK Working Groups Schedule 3. US Treasury on DPRK Financial Sanctions 4. DPRK on Suspension of UNDP Program 5. Inter-Korean Summit 6. Japan-Australia Defense Pact 7. PRC on Japan-Australia Pact 8. Japan on […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, March 12, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, March 12, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, March 12, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK on Six Party Agreement 2. ROK on LWR for DPRK 3. DPRK on PRC Influence 4. Macao Inquiry 5. PRC-DPRK Trade Relations 6. Australia-DPRK Relations 7. US-ROK Trade Relations 8. Japan-Australian Security Relations 9. Japan Comfort Women […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Friday, March 09, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Friday, March 09, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Friday, March 09, 2007 ——— 1. Introduction 2. Chosun Ilbo: ROK role in the world cannot be resisted 3. Ohmynews: Government must activate withdrawal program 4. Economic Daily: Deployment for national benefit 5. Kyunghyang News: ROK should get out of unjustifiable war 6. Hankuk Ilbo: […]
Comfort women: It’s time for the truth (in the ordinary, everyday sense of the word)
Tessa Morris-Suzuki, 8 March 2007, Austral Policy Forum 07-06A
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, March 08, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, March 08, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, March 08, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Working Group: Japan-DPRK 2. EU-DPRK Relations 3. DPRK Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak 4. US-ROK Security Alliance 5. US-ROK Trade Relations 6. ROK Constitutional Revision 7. Japan Missile Defense Program 8. Japan Constitutional Revision 9. Japan Comfort Women […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, March 07, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, March 07, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, March 07, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Talks 2. Working Group: US-DPRK 3. Working Group: DPRK-Japan 4. Working Group: Energy 5. Inter-Korean Relations 6. Russia-DPRK Relations 7. DPRK Human Rights 8. US-ROK Military Exercises 9. US-ROK Trade Relations 10. Japan Comfort Women Issue […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, March 06, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, March 06, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, March 06, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Working Group: De-nuclearization 2. UNDP DPRK Program 3. Inter-Korean Summit 4. DPRK-Russia Relations 5. EU Visit to DPRK 6. US on DPRK Human Rights 7. DPRK Human Rights 8. Private Investment in DPRK 9. US-ROK Trade Relations 10. […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, March 05, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, March 05, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, March 05, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. US-DPRK Relations 2. DPRK on HEU Program 3. DPRK-Japan Relations 4. DPRK-PRC Relations 5. US-ROK Trade Relations 6. Japan-ROK Territorial Dispute 7. Japan on Comfort Women Issue 8. Japan Afghanistan Role 9. Japan Iraq Role 10. US-Japan-India Security […]
Policy Forum 07-019: Tug Of War With Shorter Rope: Hard-Liners Working To Trip Up Nuclear Talks
Leon V. Sigal, Director of the Northeast Asia Cooperative Security Project at the Social Science Research Council in New York and author of Disarming Strangers: Nuclear Diplomacy with North Korea, writes, “It will be much harder now to convince North Korea that the U.S. is ready to end enmity. They will not settle for words; they will insist on concrete actions. They are prepared to reciprocate if and when Washington cooperates. Only time and perseverance will tell if they are willing to give up their nuclear weapons.”