NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, February 19, 2007

NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, February 19, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, February 19, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. US on Six Party Talks Agreement 2. ROK on Six Party Talks Agreement 3. DPRK Nuclear Issue 4. Inter-Korean Relations 5. DPRK Defense Posture 6. DPRK on ROK Elections 7. DPRK-Japan Relations 8. US-ROK Security Alliance 9. Japan […]

NAPSNet Daily Report Friday, February 16, 2007

NAPSNet Daily Report Friday, February 16, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Friday, February 16, 2007 Weekly ROK Report for Friday, February 16, 2007 1. IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE U.S.- NORTH KOREA COMPROMISE 2. SIX PARTY TALK ENDED WITHOUT ABROGATING DPRK NUKE 3. THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS OF PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE MUST ALL BE ABROGATED 4. THE […]

NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, February 15, 2007

NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, February 15, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, February 15, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Talks 2. US Criticism of Nuclear Deal 3. DPRK on Six Party Deal 4. ROK and Japan on Six Party Deal 5. EU on Six Party Deal 6. Inter-Korean Relations Resume 7. Russia on DPRK Sanctions […]

Policy Forum 07-014: The Beijing Deal is not the Agreed Framework

Peter Hayes, Director of the Nautilus Institute and Professor of International Relations at RMIT University, writes, In short, whatever its shortcomings, the critics of the Beijing Deal who denounce it as simply the revival of the logic and scope of the old Agreed Framework have got it completely wrong. We are nowhere near a comprehensive agreement that captures the DPRK nuclear weapons program. Nor did the DPRK achieve a victory over the United States in Beijing. Rather, both sides wrestled the other …to the end.

The Beijing Deal is not the Agreed Framework

The Beijing Deal is not the Agreed Framework The Beijing Deal is not the Agreed Framework Policy Forum Online 07-014A: February 14th, 2007 The Beijing Deal is not the Agreed Framework By Peter Hayes CONTENTS I. Introduction II. Article by Peter Hayes III. Nautilus invites your responses I. Introduction Peter Hayes, Director of the Nautilus […]

NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, February 14, 2007

NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, February 14, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, February 14, 2007 1. Six Party Talks Joint Agreement 2. DPRK on Six Party Talks Joint Agreement 3. US on Six Party Talks Joint Agreement 4. ROK on Six Party Talks Joint Agreement 5. Japan on Six Party Talks Joint Agreement 6. Russia on […]

Initial Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement

The Third Session of the Fifth Round of the Six-Party Talks was held in Beijing among the People’s Republic of China, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation and the United States of America from 8 to 13 February 2007. The delegations agreed on this joint statement on February 13th, 2007.

NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, February 13, 2007

NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, February 13, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, February 13, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Talks Breakthrough 2. Six Party Talks 3. Energy Sector in DPRK 4. DPRK Refugee-Defectors 5. US on PRC Anti-Satellite Program 6. PRC on Anti-Satellite Missile 7. ROK-US FTA Agreement 8. Explosions in US Base in Japan […]

NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, February 12, 2007

NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, February 12, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, February 12, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Talks Deal 2. Six Party Talks 3. US-DPRK Bilateral Talks 4. Japan on Six Party Energy Assistance 5. US-ROK Trade Relations 6. US Stealth Deployment to Japan 7. US-Japan Relations 8. G-7 on Japan Currency 9. […]

Policy Forum 07-012: U.N. Sanctions on North Korea and U.S. Korea Relations

Young Whan Kihl, Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Iowa State University, Ames, writes, “The Roh Moo-hyun government ‘Peace and Prosperity Policy’ was aimed at the Northeast Asian region as a whole, but it rested on the premise that the North Korean nuclear issue will be resolved peacefully. Roh’s vision of making his country an economic hub, together with playing a ‘balancer role’ in regional dynamics, will go nowhere if North Korea continues to refuse to abandon its nuclear program.”