NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, March 01, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, March 01, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Working Groups 2. US on Alleged DPRK HEU Program 3. US Investigation into BDA 4. Inter-Korean Relations 5. Rise in PRC Exports to DPRK 6. DPRK Refugee-defectors in US 7. ROK Afghanistan Role 8. ROK-Japan Relations […]
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NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, February 28, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, February 28, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, February 28, 2007 1. US-DPRK Normalization Talks 2. US on DPRK Uranium Program 3. IAEA Visit to DPRK 4. Banco Delta Asia Investigation 5. Inter-Korean Ministerial Meeting 6. DPRK-Japan Relations 7. DPRK-Russia Relations 8. DPRK Cargo Ship Stranded 9. Measles (Not Rubella) Outbreak in […]
North Korea’s Alleged Large-Scale Enrichment Plant: Yet Another Questionable Extrapolation Based on Aluminum Tubes
David Albright, President of the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), writes, “Certainly, questions remain about North Korea’s gas centrifuge program that must be resolved if an agreement is to move forward and nuclear dismantlement is to occur verifiably. But the flawed 2002 assessment must not be allowed to undermine this agreement or distort our reactions to declarations North Korea may make once it fulfills its obligations to dismantle its nuclear weapons program.”
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, February 27, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, February 27, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, February 27, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Envoy Visit to US 2. Six Party Agreement 3. Investigation into BDA 4. Inter-Korean Relations 5. DPRK-Japan Relations 6. Japanese Abductees 7. Finland-DPRK Relations 8. ROK Soldier’s Death 9. US-ROK Security Alliance 10. Japan Security 11. Japan-Mongolia […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, February 26, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, February 26, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, February 26, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Agreement 2. Heavy Fuel Oil for DPRK 3. Financial Investigation into BDA 4. IAEA Visit to DPRK 5. Alleged DPRK Uranium Program 6. Rice to Visit DPRK 7. DPRK Nuclear Capability 8. US-ROK Security Alliance 9. […]
Policy Forum 07-016: It’s About Time!
James Goodby, former U.S. ambassador to Finland and current Senior Fellow at the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at The Brookings Institution, and Markku Heiskanen, a senior Finnish diplomat, who is currently Associate Senior Fellow of the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Copenhagen write, “Will this new approach succeed? Critics are already sniping at it, North Korea can be counted on to be difficult, Japan is not happy that the abductee issue has not been resolved, and the issues themselves are daunting. So no one should expect miracles. But this approach deserves support. It is perhaps the last best hope for averting catastrophe…”
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, February 22, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, February 22, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, February 22, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Working Groups: Uranium Issue 2. Six Party Working Groups: Peace Treaty 3. Inter-Korean Relations 4. Negroponte Asia Visit 5. US Congress on UNDP Probe 6. Yokotas Meet Cheney 7. Pyongyang Revival 8. US-ROK Security Alliance 9. […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, February 21, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, February 21, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, February 21, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Nuclear Material 2. DPRK on UNDP Audit 3. DPRK Edict on Japanese Cars 4. US-ROK Trade Relations 5. US-ROK Security Alliance 6. US-Japan Security Alliance 7. ROK-Japan Relations 8. Japan on UNSC Expansion 9. Sino-US Trade Relations […]
Policy Forum 07-015: Can the New Nuclear Deal with North Korea Succeed?
C. Kenneth Quinones, former State Department North Korea Director, writes, “Reaction understandably has been mixed. Paradoxically the strongest advocate appears to be President Bush, along with China and South Korea. Prime Minister Abe promptly voiced his displeasure. In Washington, both opponents and advocates of negotiations with North Korea have expressed substantial reservations. Even Pyongyang has emphasized publicly the agreement’s tentative nature. Ultimately, the lack of political support in many capitals and the new accords complexity and numerous areas of ambiguity will make successful implementation extremely difficult.”
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, February 20, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, February 20, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, February 20, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Talks Agreement 2. DPRK Nuclear Programs and Six Party Talks 3. Inter-Korean Relations 4. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation 5. Inter-Korean Summit 6. Japan on Abductee Issue 7. DPRK Financial Transactions 8. DPRK Measles Outbreak 9. Korean Reunification […]