Kim Myong Chol, author of a number of books and papers in Korean, Japanese and English on North Korea. He is executive director of the Center for Korean-American Peace, and is often called an “unofficial” spokesman of Kim Jong-il and North Korea, writes, “If the financial sanctions are intended to cut off North Korea’s income source to fund the nuclear-weapons development program, it is highly unlikely that the objective will be accomplished.”
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NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, February 21, 2006
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, February 21, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, February 21, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. ROK on Six Party Talks 2. Inter-Korean Military Meeting 3. Inter-Korean Red Cross Talks 4. Inter-Korean Youth Meeting 5. ROK Youths Surveyed on DPRK 6. Japan on DPRK Sanctions 7. Japan on DPRK-Japan Bilateral Talks 8. Japan on […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, February 20, 2006
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, February 20, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, February 20, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. New ROK Representative in Six Party Talks 2. US, Russia on Six Party Talks 3. Kim Dae Jung Postpones Visit to DPRK 4. Inter-Korean Trade 5. Inter-Korean Red Cross Talks 6. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation 7. US-ROK Meeting on […]
Policy Forum 06-13A: When in Doubt, Blame South Korea: The Politics of Food Aid to North Korea
Wonhyuk Lim, a CNAPS Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution, a Fellow at the Korea Development Institute (KDI), and Korea National Strategy Institute (KNSI), writes, “the controversy over food aid to North Korea may be regarded as yet another example of this tendency to ignore changing realities and criticize engagement without producing a viable policy alternative. The end of the Cold War showed that even “an evil empire” was full of normal people and leaders who could bring about an enormous change when it was engaged with the outside world. Perhaps a return to what worked in the past may be a better policy than wishing for a regime change without any realistic strategy.”
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, February 16, 2006
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, February 16, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, February 16, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. US on DPRK Counterfeiting 2. Inter-Korean Summit 3. Peninsular Polarization 4. Sanctions on DPRK 5. Japanese Postal Remittances to DPRK 6. Indonesian President to visit DPRK 7. ROK on Kim Jong-il’s Birthday 8. US Asia Relations 9. Russia […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, February 15, 2006
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, February 15, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, February 15, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Leadership 2. US on DPRK Counterfeiting 3. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation 4. DPRK-Japanese Relations 5. US-Japan Missile Defense Cooperation 6. Japan on DPRK Human Rights Conference 7. Japan on UNSC Reform 8. US on UNSG Candidates 9. PRC […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, February 14, 2006
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, February 14, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, February 14, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. PRC on Six Party Talks 2. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation 3. Inter-Korean Olympic Team 4. ROK on DPRK Counterfeiting 5. US on DPRK-US Relations 6. ROK-US Trade Deal 7. USFK Reorganization 8. ROK Candidate for UNSG 9. Japan on […]
U.S. Assistance to North Korea: Fact Sheet
Mark Manyin, Specialist in Asian Affairs at the Congressional Research Service, prepared this report on US aid to the DPRK. The report details food aid, KEDO assistance, and medical aid over the last 10 years. The report also summarizes changes in World Food Program (WFP) operations, the termination of the KEDO project, and the impact of the North Korean Human Rights Act on US assistance to the DPRK.
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, February 13, 2006
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, February 13, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, February 13, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. US on Six Party Talks 2. Sanctions Against DPRK 3. DPRK on Sanctions Against DPRK 4. Japan on Sanctions Against DPRK 5. DPRK Counterfeiting 6. DPRK Policy Shift 7. Inter-Korean Sports 8. Kim Dae-jung’s Trip to DPRK 9. […]
Policy Forum 06-16A: Kim Jong Il’s Southern Tour: Beijing Consensus with a North Korean Twist?
Wonhyuk Lim, a CNAPS Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution, a Fellow at the Korea Development Institute (KDI), and Korea National Strategy Institute (KNSI), writes, “After a decade of economic crisis, only the infusion of external capital would provide a substantive solution to the capital-labor coordination problem and put economic growth on a more stable trajectory… After his Southern Tour, Kim Jong Il should have a much better idea about how to develop an economic model suited to North Korea’s specific conditions.”