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 […]
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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.”
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, January 16, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, January 16, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, January 16, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. 2nd DPRK Nuclear Test 2. US-DPRK Talks 3. US on DPRK Sanctions 4. US Envoy on Six Party Talks 5. ASEAN on DPRK Nukes 6. KEDO Bill 7. DPRK Mystery Disease 8. Political Video Game Released in the […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, January 15, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, January 15, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, January 15, 2007 1. US on DPRK Nuclear Issue 2. DPRK on Nuclear Test 3. US Stealth Fighter Deployment in the ROK 4. DPRK Security Drill 5. DPRK Leadership Succession 6. Inter-Korean Relations 7. Inter-Korean Industrial Project 8. DPRK Disease Outbreak 9. ASEAN on […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, January 11, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, January 11, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, January 11, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Monitoring for 2nd DPRK Nuclear Test 2. US – ROK on Six Party Talks 3. US – Japan on Six Party Talks 4. Japan – Germany on Six Party Talks 5. Japan – ASEAN on Six Party Talks […]
Policy Forum 07-003: DPRK Pursuing Factory Modernization Through Foreign Joint Ventures, Cooperatives
This report, published by the Institute for Far Eastern Studies at Kyungnam University, notes, “North Korean authorities are emphasizing the modernization of factories and enterprises throughout the country since 2000. They are faced, however, with shortages of the necessary capital, materials, and equipment, not one of which is easily resolved. Because of this, North Korea has pulled out all the stops with a policy of pursuing the formation of foreign joint-ventures and cooperatives.”
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, January 10, 2007
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, January 10, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, January 10, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. ROK on US Proposal at Six Party Talks 2. IAEA on DPRK and Iran Nuclear Programs 3. Iran – DPRK Financial Relationship 4. Medical Aid to DPRK 5. Inter-Korean Mining 6. Inter-Korean Relations: Sports 7. US-ROK Security Alliance […]