NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, September 06, 2006

NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, September 06, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, September 06, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. US-PRC Talks on DPRK 2. ROK Experts on DPRK Sanctions 3. ROK-US Free Trade Talks 4. ROK-US Beef Trade 5. ROK-US Relations 6. ROK-Romania Nuclear Cooperation 7. Japan Royal Succession 8. PRC-Japan Relations 9. PRC-EU Summit 10. PRC-WTO […]

NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, September 05, 2006

NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, September 05, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, September 05, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Talks 2. DPRK Nuclear Tests 3. Kim Jong-il Visit to PRC 4. Inter-Korean Demilitarized Zone 5. Inter-Korean Industrial Cooperation 6. US-ROK Troop Control 7. US-ROK Free Trade Talks 8. Japan-ROK Territorial Dispute 9. Japan Ministerial Elections […]

Policy Forum 06-66A: North Korea’s Missile Launches and South Korea’s Response

Moo-jin Yang, a Professor of Economics at the Graduate School of North Korean Studies who writes widely on the North Korean Economy in both English and Japanese, writes, “South Korea has to take decisive steps in response to the provocative behavior of North Korea, but must also prepare an “exit” too. To stop the tension from rising further on the peninsula, we have to find ways to resolve the problems peacefully through dialogue. That is, we must maintain the basic dynamic force of inter-Korean relations and strengthen solidarity within the international community for the quick return to the Six-Party Talks.”

NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, August 30, 2006

NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, August 30, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, August 30, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK on Six Party Talks 2. ROK – US Talks on DPRK 3. Kim Jong Il Visit to PRC 4. ROK Red Cross on Aid for DPRK Flood Victims 5. Inter-Korean Relations 6. US-ROK Security Alliance 7. ROK […]

NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, August 29, 2006

NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, August 29, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, August 29, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Weapons Movement 2. DPRK Financial Sanctions 3. Abe on Japan-DPRK Relations 4. PRC Internet Users on the DPRK 5. US-DPRK Sports 6. New ROK Defense Against DPRK Artillery 7. US-ROK Security Alliance 8. US Missile Defense Program […]

NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, August 28, 2006

NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, August 28, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, August 28, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Nuclear Test 2. DPRK Weapons Development 3. DPRK Construction Blast 4. DPRK Financial Sanctions 5. US on DPRK Refugee-Defectors 6. DPRK Floods 7. PRC Oil Shipments to the DPRK 8. Expert Travel to DPRK 9. US Missile […]

Policy Forum 06-71A: Misunderstandings on the Transfer of Wartime Operational Control

Chung-in Moon, professor of political science at Yonsei University, writes, “…the most pressing matters of the present are two-fold. One is the stable and effective management of the alliance by resolving American field officers grievances, such as the provision of air-to-ground test firing sites as well as a smooth resolution of the return of polluted American military bases. The other is a more in-depth and candid exchange of views on an increasingly divergent common threat perception, namely North Korea, upon which the true future of the ROK-US alliance may hinge.”

NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, August 24, 2006

NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, August 24, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, August 24, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Talks Diplomacy 2. Experts on Kim visit to PRC 3. DPR Korean Refugee-Defectors 4. Aid to DPRK Flood Victims 5. US-ROK Trade Relations 6. ROK, PRC on Regional Free Trade Agreement 7. PRC-Venezuela Relations 8. PRC-Vietnam […]

Policy Forum 06-70A: DPRK’s Reform and Sino-DPRK Economic Cooperation

Li Dunqiu, Director of Division of Korean Peninsular Studies at the Institute of World Development Center of Development Studies, writes, “Sino-DPRK economic cooperation is growing in depth and width but both sides adopt a low-profile and practical attitude… In fact Chinese enterprises, both private and state-owned, are looking for greater room for their future development as a result of the constantly improving market economy in China. Amid such backdrop, the DPRK naturally becomes their target… It is not difficult to see that laws of the market economy are the most fundamental reason behind Chinese enterprises investment in DPRK.”

NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, August 23, 2006

NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, August 23, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, August 23, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Talks 2. ROK on Six Party Talks 3. DPRK on Armistice Agreement 4. DPRK Financial Sanctions 5. DPRK Refugee-Defectors 6. Aid to DPRK Flood Victims 7. US-ROK Security Alliance 8. US-Japan Missile Defense Cooperation 9. Japan […]