NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, August 08, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, August 08, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. US-DPRK Relations 2. DPRK-PRC Relations 3. ROK Aid for DPRK Flood Victims 4. DPRK Refugee-Defectors 5. US-ROK Security Alliance 6. ROK on Mongolia-US Joint Drill 7. ROK-Japan Relations 8. Japan Military Role 9. Japan Military Reform 10. Yasukuni […]
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NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, August 07, 2006
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, August 07, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, August 07, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Missile Exports 2. DPRK Missiles 3. DPRK Sanctions 4. DPRK-US Relations 5. Inter-Korean Political Relations 6. Inter-Korean Economic Relations 7. DPRK Floods 8. Kim’s Absence from the Public Eye 9. US-ROK Security Alliance 10. ROK-Japan Relations 11. […]
Policy Forum 06-64A: Gaeseong Industrial Complex in Steady Progress Despite a Series of Negative Incidents
The ROK Ministry of Unification released this statement on the Gaesong project and the current status of Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation. “Most of cash that flows into the complex is the wages and U.S. $ 0.5 million are paid on a monthly basis to cover living expenses for estimated 30,000-40,000 people including 8,000 workers and their family members. Given that number of people, is there something to be left for diversion?”
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, August 03, 2006
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, August 03, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, August 03, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Military Build-up 2. Inter-Korean Economic Relations 3. Inter-Korean Relations 4. Japan-Chongryon Relations 5. DPRK Foreign Minister in Singapore 6. US-ROK Security Alliance 7. Yasukuni Shrine Issue 8. Cross Strait Relations 9. PRC Web Censorship 10. PRC Pollution […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, August 02, 2006
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, August 02, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, August 02, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. US Sanctions on DPRK 2. DPRK Floods 3. Inter-Korean Trade 4. Inter-Korean Sports 5. US-ROK Security Alliance 6. Japan-ROK Territorial Dispute 7. ROK-Japan Relations 8. Yasukuni Shrine Issue 9. Japan Military 10. Japan Espionage Scandal 11. Asia-Pacific Regional […]
Policy Forum 06-63A: Strange Tempests Follow Missile Tests
Kim Tae-kyung, a staff writer at OhmyNews specializing in Northeast Asia regional issues, writes “Thus, this event should be an issue between North Korea and the U.S. Of the many concerned countries, Japan has taken the hardest stance in response to North Korea’s missile launch. Indeed, Japan acts as if it had been attacked by North Korea.”
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, August 01, 2006
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, August 01, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, August 01, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. Inter-Korean Relations 2. Inter-Korean Crossfire 3. Sanctions on DPRK 4. PRC-DPRK Relations 5. DPRK Floods 6. Japan Defense Review 7. Japan on SCO 8. Asian Free Trade Agreement 9. Japan Postal Reform 10. Hong Kong Surveillance Law 11. […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, July 31, 2006
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, July 31, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, July 31, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. US-DPRK Relations 2. Inter-Korean Relations 3. ROK Launches Satellite 4. DPRK Floods 5. DPRK-Singapore Relations 6. DPRK in World Cup 7. Japan Spy Satellite Launch 8. Japan SDF Mission 9. Yasukuni Shrine Issue 10. PRC-Japan Relations 11. PRC […]
What North Korea’s Missile Test Means
Essay by Leon V. Sigal Policy Forum Online 06-62A: July 27th, 2006 I. Introduction Leon V. Sigal, Director of the Northeast Asia Cooperative Security Project at the Social Science Research Council, writes “The hard-liners believe Pyongyang is determined to arm and will never trade away its weapons. Their conviction is not just faith-based: it is […]
Policy Forum 06-62A: What North Korea’s Missile Test Means
Leon V. Sigal, Director of the Northeast Asia Cooperative Security Project at the Social Science Research Council, writes “The hard-liners believe Pyongyang is determined to arm and will never trade away its weapons. Their conviction is not just faith-based: it is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Without a serious U.S. effort to negotiate, they are certain to be right.”