NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, January 12, 2006

NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, January 12, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, January 12, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. Kim Jong-il’s Trip to PRC 2. US on Six Party Talks 3. Clinton Aid on Six Party Talks 4. US Intelligence Agency on DPRK 5. US on DPRK Counterfeiting 6. PRC-ROK Trade Relations 7. Japanese Relations with the […]

NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, January 11, 2006

NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, January 11, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, January 11, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. Bilateral Talks on DPRK Nuclear Program 2. ROK on Six Party Talks 3. ROK on Six Party Talks 4. ROK on Six Party Talks 5. Kim Jong-il’s Visit to PRC 6. ROK on Kim Jong-il’s Visit to PRC […]

Looking for Mr. X: North Korea’s Successor

Brent Choi, a North Korea Specialist at the Joongang Daily, writes “most of the reports on North Korea’s successor are 99% wrong. Kim Jong-il’s sons might not even make it to the list of candidates. In order to become a successor the prospective leader will have to prove oneself in enhancing both economy and ideology. The winner “Mr. X” will sooner or later emerge at the front seat of the power through generation shifts after winning the tacit approval and confirmation from political elites. That precise timing will be in accordance with the seventh Party Convention. Let’s just continue to keep a close eye on the North for 2-3 years more.”

NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, January 10, 2006

NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, January 10, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, January 10, 2006 1. Kim Jong-il’s Visit to PRC 2. PRC on Six Party Talks 3. US on DPRK Counterfeiting 4. Expert on DPRK-US Relations 5. France on DPRK Nuclear Program 6. ROK Maestro to Perform with DPRK 7. Joint US-Japanese War Games 8. […]

NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, January 09, 2006

NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, January 09, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, January 09, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK on Six Party Talks 2. US on Six Party Talks 3. PRC on Six Party Talks 4. DPRK on Counterfeiting 5. PRC, Japan on DPRK Counterfeiting 6. KEDO Project 7. DPRK-Japanese Relations 8. Foreigners-Only Church in DPRK […]

Policy Forum 06-02A: China Raises its Stake in North Korea

Andrei Lankov, a lecturer in the faculty of Asian Studies, China and Korea Center, at Australian National University who is currently on leave, teaching at Kookmin University, Seoul, writes “active intervention in North Korea will undermine the remarkable goodwill toward China, which can be seen among many neighbors as the rising giant. So, it is more likely that the Chinese will avoid political adventurism and limit themselves to gaining economic advantages in the northern part of the Korean peninsula.”

NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, January 05, 2006

NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, January 05, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, January 05, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. PRC on Six Party Talks 2. Inter-Korean Relations 3. Inter-Koean Trade 4. ROK Aid to DPRK 5. DPRK-US Relations 6. DPRK Defectors Achieve Refugee Status 7. Japan on UNSC Reform 8. Japan on Yasukuni Shrine Issue 9. PRC […]

Policy Forum 06-01A: Pan-Korean Nationalism, Anti-Great Power-ism and U.S.-South Korean Relations

Col. Jiyul Kim, Director of Asian Studies at the US Army War College, writes “South Korean politics is in a profound period of transition as the result of a generational shift, the end of the Cold War, democratization, and growing self-confidence. Among the emerging political forces, those that are creating the most important political fault lines are the ideologies of pan-Korean nationalism and anti-Great Power-ism. These trends could well mark the end of the U.S. — South Korean alliance as we know it.”

NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, January 04, 2006

NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, January 04, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, January 04, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. US on DPRK Counterfeiting 2. US on Six Party Talks 3. US on DPRK Sanctions 4. DPRK-US Relations 5. US Envoy to DPRK 6. ROK Aid to DPRK 7. ROK Submarine Fleet 8. US on ROK-Japanese Territorial Dispute […]