Ruediger Frank, Professor of East Asian Political Economy at the University of Vienna and Korea Foundation Distinguished Visiting Professor at Korea University, writes “International support will continue to be an important and effective policy, as it obviously was in the past, although its nature might change and the impact will not always be directly measurable. However, it works. The few millions spent on projects in North Korea are a low price for regional security and improved living conditions.”
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NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, December 15, 2005
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, December 15, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, December 15, 2005 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Talks 2. Inter-Korean Summit 3. Inter-Korean Gross National Income Disparity 4. ROK on DPRK-US Relations 5. DPRK on Counterfeiting 6. WFP Food Aid to DPRK 7. Russia-East Asian Relations 8. Japan Diplomacy 9. Japan & the […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, December 14, 2005
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, December 14, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, December 14, 2005 I.NAPSNet 1. ROK on Six Party Talks 2. PRC on DPRK Nuclear Program 3. Inter-Korean Summit 4. ROK on DPRK Counterfitting 5. US on DPRK Countefitting 6. US on DPRK Human Rights 7. DPRK on US Human Rights 8. DPRK on […]
Policy Forum 05-99A: US Double-Dealing Attitude and Japan’s Privilege
Lee Junkyu, Coordinator of Policy Planning at the Civil Network for a Peaceful Korea, writes “The US inconsistent attitude toward its nuclear policy becomes more visible when we look into the differences of policies applied to Israel, Pakistan, India and to North Korea and Iran. North Korea and Iran are the states that are ‘suspected’ to develop nuclear weapons while Israel, Pakistan and India are mavericks of the international nuclear non-proliferation regime, armed with nuclear weapons. However, the U.S. has never been stingy in supporting them.”
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, December 13, 2005
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, December 13, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, December 13, 2005 I.NAPSNet 1. ROK on Six Party Talks 2. IAEA on Inviation from DPRK 3. Inter-Korean Summit 4. Inter-Korean Copywrite Violation 5. ROK on DPRK-US Relations 6. ROK Opposition on DPRK-US Relations 7. ROK Unification Minsiter to Visit US 8. USAID on […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, December 12, 2005
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, December 12, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, December 12, 2005 I. NAPSNet 1. KEDO Project 2. Informal Six Party Talks 3. DPRK-US Relations in Six Party Talks 4. ROK-PRC Cooperation on Six Party Talks 5. Inter-Korean Summit 6. Inter-Korean Relations 7. Inter-Korean Cooperation 8. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation 9. US on Inter-Korean […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, December 08, 2005
NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, December 08, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, December 08, 2005 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK on KEDO Project 2. Kim Dae-jung to Visit DPRK 3. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation 4. DPRK-Russian Relations 5. DPRK Human Rights 6. ROK Opposition on DPRK Human Rights 7. US on DPRK Human Rights 8. Japan on DPRK […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, December 07, 2005
NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, December 07, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, December 07, 2005 I. NAPSNet 1. US on Six Party Talks 2. Japan on Six Party Talks 3. Informal Six Party Talks 4. Inter-Korean Summit 5. Inter-Korean Athletic Cooperation 6. DPRK-US Relations 7. DPRK-Russian Relations 8. Journalism Conference in DPRK 9. DPRK Human Rights […]
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, December 06, 2005
NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, December 06, 2005 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, December 06, 2005 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK on Six Party Talks 2. Kim Dae-jung on Inter-Korean Unification 3. Inter-Korean Athletic Cooperation 4. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation 5. DPRK-US Economic Cooperation 6. DPRK Human Rights 7. DPRK Arirang Festival 8. PRC Income Disparity 9. PRC Investment […]
Technical Summary of DPRK Nuclear Program
Siegfried S. Hecker, currently at the Stanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation, presented this technical summary of the DPRK nuclear program at the 2005 Carnegie International Non-Proliferation Conference. The report contains a survey of North Korean nuclear facilities. Hecker provides an update on the status of the 5 MWe Yongbyon reactor, the 50MWe Yongbyon reactor, and the 200MWe Taechon reactor. Hecker concludes by suggesting that the “DPRK is moving full-speed ahead with nuclear weapons program.”