NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, January 29, 2007

NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, January 29, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, January 29, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Talks 2. US-DPRK Relations 3. Japan Pressure on DPR Koreans in Japan 4. Japan on Abduction Issue 5. UNDP Audit 6. DPRK on UNDP Audit 7. DPRK-Iran Relations 8. ROK-US Trade Relations 9. Japan-US Security Alliance […]

NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, January 25, 2007

NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, January 25, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, January 25, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Diplomacy 2. DPRK-UNDP Relations 3. US on UN DPRK Programs 4. DPRK Ban on Foreign Currency 5. Sino-DPRK Trade Relations 6. Top US Official Resignation 7. Russia on US Missile Defense in Central EU 8. ROK-Japan […]

Policy Forum 07-007: A Proposed Korea – U.S. Free Trade Agreement and Kaesong Industrial Complex

Suh Kim, a professor of international finance and the coordinator of finance and international business at the University of Detroit Mercy, writes, “From a U.S. perspective, it is difficult to see how the FTA could grant advantages to North Korean production while North Korea continues to engage in developing weapons of mass destruction However, it also makes sense to support the South Korean vision for Korean reunification by setting out procedures in the FTA itself for updating the pact if and when that process moves forward.”

NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, January 24, 2007

NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, January 24, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, January 24, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. ROK on Six Party Talks/ Korea Summit 2. DPRK-Iran Relations 3. Inter-Korean Relations 4. DPRK-Russia Relations 5. US-ROK Security Alliance 6. US-ROK Trade Relations 7. ROK Elections 8. Japan UNSC Seat 9. Japan Iraq Role 10. PRC African […]

NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, January 23, 2007

NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, January 23, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, January 23, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Talks 2. Japan NGOs on Human Rights and Six Party Talks 3. DPRK Gold 4. PRC on Anti-Satellite Weapon Test 5. Hill on PRC Anti-Satellite Test and Six Party Talks 6. Japan, US on PRC Anti-Satellite […]

NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, January 22, 2007

NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, January 22, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, January 22, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. US – DPRK Dialogue 2. Six Party Talks Diplomacy 3. Perry on Six Party Talks 4. Japan on Six Party Talks 5. US on UNDP Ops in DPRK 6. UNDP Response 7. Inter-Korean Relations 8. Conflict Within DPRK […]

Policy Forum 07-005: Succession – A Dictator’s Dilemma

Bryan Port, an staff officer at the Pentagon for the Deputy Chief of Staff Intelligence (G2) holds Masters Degree in Security Studies from Georgetown University and has spent six years in Korea working in various capacities for the US Government, writes, “The recent nuclear tests serve to highlight the importance of the succession issue to the US and the DPRK’s neighbors. While external reasoning may have lead Kim Chong-il to test a nuclear device, it is more likely that internal considerations are driving decisions not only on WMD development, but also on the issue of leadership succession in the DPRK.”

NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, January 18, 2007

NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, January 18, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, January 18, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. US – DPRK Dialogue 2. DPRK – Iran Relations 3. DMZ Fences 4. DPRK Labor 5. Korean POWs 6. US-ROK Security Alliance 7. US-ROK Trade Relations 8. Sino-Japanese Relations 9. PRC Arms Embargo 10. US on PRC Anti-Satellite […]

NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, January 17, 2007

NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, January 17, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, January 17, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. US – DPRK Talks 2. Bolton on Six Party Talks 3. DPRK Frozen Assets 4. DPRK Sanctions Loophole 5. Inter-Korean Relations 6. DPRK Food Situation 7. US-ROK Trade Relations 8. ROK Military 9. ROK Presidential Term of Office […]

Policy Forum 07-004: Paek the Opaque: Another Old North Korean Bites the Dust

Aidan Foster-Carter, is honorary senior research fellow in sociology and modern Korea at Leeds University in the UK, writes, “A nuclear North Korea is indeed a worry, but it is not the only one. The world, and even Pyongyang, will take the death of Paek Nam Sun (who?) in its stride. But Kim Jong Il could go just as suddenly. In that case all bets for North Korea would be off.”