NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, April 11, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, April 11, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Talks 2. US Shipping Sanctions on DPRK 3. DPRK Espionage Trial 4. DPRK-Japan Relations 5. US-DPRK Industrial Cooperation 6. US President on DPRK 7. DPRK Military Spending 8. DPRK Political Appointment 9. USFK Base Realignment 10. […]
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NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, April 10, 2006
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, April 10, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, April 10, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK on Six Party Talks 2. ROK on Six Party Talks 3. DPRK, US on Bilateral Meeting 4. DPRK-Japan Bilateral Meeting 5. DPRK on Pre-emptive Strike 6. Inter-Korean DMZ 7. Inter-Korean Ministerial Talks 8. Inter-Korean Agricultural Aid 9. […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, April 06, 2006
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, April 06, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, April 06, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Talks 2. Russia on Six Party Talks 3. DPRK Landmines 4. DPRK-BDA Missile Connection 5. US Asia Expert on Kaesong Project 6. US on DPRK Human Rights 7. DPRK-Japan Relations 8. ROK on DPRK Defector 9. […]
Pyongyang’s ‘Unification’ Market of Today
The Institute for Far Eastern Studies writes, “following DPRK leader Kim Jong Il’s instruction in March 2003, which allowed for the transformation of farmers’ markets into consolidated markets, the Unification Market opened as the largest market in Pyongyang on September 1st of the same year. With 1,500 booths spanning over 6000 sq. meters, the market is divided into three zones — agriculture produce and fish products, food and clothing, and metal utensils and appliances — with each zone housing a management office, money changer, and a food court, which offer a variety of conveniences to the customer.”
Discussion of “China Goes West”
Discussion of “China Goes West” Policy Forum Online 06-24A: April 5th, 2006 “Discussion of ‘China Goes West’” by Glyn Ford (MEP) Copyright (c) 2006 Nautilus of America/The Nautilus Institute CONTENTS I. Introduction II. Comments on Essay by Glyn Ford (MEP) Comments by Kay Möller Response by Glyn Ford (MEP) III. Nautilus invites your responses […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, April 05, 2006
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, April 05, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, April 05, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. Kim Jong-il Succession 2. DPRK Nuclear Program 3. ROK on Six Party Talks 4. US on Six Party Talks 5. DPRK Negotiator to Visit Japan 6. Inter-Korean Relations 7. DPRK-PRC Military Cooperation 8. DPRK Defector 9. US-Japan Missile […]
Policy Forum 06-25A: The MSDF Indian Ocean Deployment — Blue Water Militarization in a ‘Normal Country’
Richard Tanter, Acting Director of Nautilus Institute at RMIT, and coordinator of the Austral Peace and Security Project https://nautilus.org/~rmit/index.html, writes “The Indian Ocean MSDF deployments, which, like the ASDF deployment, are set to continue after the withdrawal of ground troops from Iraq, represent a crucial advance in the process of Heisei militarization.”
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, April 04, 2006
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, April 04, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, April 04, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. Multilateral Seminar in Japan 2. PRC on Six Party Talks 3. DPRK-PRC Military Relations 4. Inter-Korean Scientific Cooperation 5. Inter-Korean Cultural Cooperation 6. DPRK Economy 7. Journalist on ROK Abductees 8. DPRK-Japan Relations 9. PRC on Religion 10. […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, April 03, 2006
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, April 03, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, April 03, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. US on DPRK Nuclear Program 2. DPRK on ROK Nuclear Submarine 3. Swiss Firm on Proliferation Accusations 4. ROK, Russia Discuss Six Party Talks 5. Inter-Korean Athletic Cooperation 6. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation 7. US on Kaesong Complex Wages […]
Interest Revived in the Sinuiju Special Administrative Region
The Institute for Far Eastern Studies describes the current developments in constructing the Sinuiju Special Administrative Region in the DPRK near the PRC border. “Under the direction of central authorities, foreign currency management groups are rapidly being moved into Sinuiju, while ordinary residents are being relocated to other regions only to be replaced by residents of Pyongyang and other areas who are in the process of moving in.”