By William B. Brown Senior Research Analyst CENTRA Technology Inc. June 9, 2006 Introduction In preparing this paper I have drawn on experiences as an economic analyst many years ago in CIA’s Office of Economic Research where I worked on the North Korean and Chinese economies, and more recently as an economist in the Chief […]
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Policy Forum 06-45A: North Korea’s Military-First Policy: A Curse or a Blessing?
Alexander V. Vorontsov, Visiting Fellow at the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at the Brooking Institution, writes, “Songun should not be automatically dismissed as an ideological dead-end. As the experience of South Korea under Park Chung-hee demonstrates, military rule can have positive effects on society under certain conditions.”
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NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, June 08, 2006
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, June 08, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, June 08, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Invitation to US Nuclear Envoy 2. Inter-Korean Naval Dispute 3. DPRK Position on ROK Power Shift 4. DPRK Abduction Issue 5. DPRK Defectors 6. DPRK Food Supply 7. US-ROK Trade Relations 8. Japan-ROK Territorial Dispute 9. Japan-Russia […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, June 07, 2006
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, June 07, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, June 07, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Missile Test 2. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation 3. Inter-Korean Media Cooperation 4. ROK on DPRK Human Rights 5. US-ROK Trade Relations 6. Missing ROK Fighter Jet 7. ROK-Central Asia Diplomacy 8. Yasukuni Shrine Issue 9. PRC on East […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, June 06, 2006
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, June 06, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, June 06, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. Inter-Korean Economic Talks 2. DPRK Foreign Minister’s PRC Visit 3. US on DPRK, PRC Human Trafficking 4. US on Kaesong Wages 5. Japanese Sanctions on DPRK 6. DPRK-PRC Oilfield Development 7. US-ROK Trade Relations 8. ROK Investment in […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, June 05, 2006
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, June 05, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, June 05, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. Inter-Korean Economic Talks 2. Rumsfeld on DPRK 3. US Senator on DPRK Nuclear Capacity 4. DPRK Naval Power 5. DPRK Troop Standards 6. ROK POWs in DPRK 7. DPRK Train Accident 8. DPRK Abduction Issue 9. US Rights […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, June 01, 2006
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, June 01, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, June 01, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Missile Tests 2. DPRK-US Bilateral Meeting Proposal 3. DPRK Nuclear Reactor Project 4. Kaesong Industrial Complex 5. ROK Ruling Party Leader Resignation 6. World Bank on ROK Development 7. Japan Beef Import Ban 8. Japan Economy 9. […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, May 31, 2006
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, May 31, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, May 31, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Nuclear Reactor Project 2. DPRK-PRC FM Meeting 3. Kaesong Industrial Complex 4. UN on DPRK Execution 5. DPRK Defectors 6. ROK Local Elections 7. ROK Economy 8. Japan-US Relations 9. Japan on Iran Nuclear Talks 10. Japan […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, May 30, 2006
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, May 30, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, May 30, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Talks 2. Roh on DPRK Nuclear Program 3. Kim Dae-jung’s DPRK Visit 4. Inter-Korean Broadcasting Cooperation 5. Kaesong Industrial Complex 6. World Bank on DPRK Role 7. DPRK Foreign Investment 8. PSI Drill 9. USFK Troop […]
Policy Forum 06-43A: Japan as a Base for the Defense of the US homeland: US Navy Missile Defense Operations in the Sea of Japan
Hiromichi Umebayashi, Founder and President of Peace Depot, a non-profit organization for peace research and education in Japan, writes that US Navy missile defense patrols in the Japan Sea are “a crucial component in exercises to develop the core of the whole integrated system US National Missile Defense system”. Moreover, he argues, they mean that “something new has been born within the US-Japan alliance.”