NAPSNet Daily Report 21 May, 2004

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. PRC-Brazil Relations
2. DPRK-US Nuclear Relations
3. DPRK-UN Special Envoy Meeting
4. DPRK on US-ROK Military Relocation
5. ROK Iraq Troop Deployment
6. DPRK Light Water Reactor Projector
7. US DPRK Policy
8. DPRK-Japan Abduction Issue Visit
9. DPRK-US War Remains Recovery
10. PRC-Taiwan Relations
11. PRC on UN Vote on US Troop Immunity
II. Japan 1. Japan Iraq Troops Dispatch
2. Japan-PRC Territorial Dispute
3. Japan Confidential Document on PRC Invasion
4. Japan Yasukuni Shrine Lawsuit
5. Japan Military Contingency Bills
6. US Bases in Okinawa

NAPSNet Daily Report 13 May, 2004

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. DPRK Multilateral Talks
2. DPRK-US Bilateral Talks?
3. PRC on DPRK Multilateral Talks
4. Russia on DPRK Multilateral Talks
5. DPRK Nuclear Inspections?
6. ROK-DPRK Military Talks
7. Union of Concerned Scientists on US Missile Defense Shield
8. US Nuclear Bunker Busters
9. DPRK Ryongchon Victims
10. US Guantanamo Bay Abuse
11. PRC Dissident Imprisonment
12. ROK Domestic Politics
13. Libya Military Trade Cessation
14. Japan Domestic Economy
15. PRC Economic Growth
II. Japan 1. Japan-PRC Territorial Dispute
2. Japan Iraq Troops Dispatch
3. Japan on the US Torture of Iraqi Prisoners
4. US-Japan Relations
5. US Embassy in Japan Bomb Threat
6. Japan Nuclear Waste Reprocessing

Policy Forum 04-22A: Kim Jong Il’s April 2004 Visit To China

In his essay, Mark Caprio, a specialist on Japan-Korea Relations and professor at Rikkyo University, asks the question “Will North Korea follow Libya’s example and renounce its nuclear weapons programs?” Consequently, Caprio proposes that the United States must take the initiative to create the conciliatory atmosphere needed to nurture peaceful change rather than anticipate North Korea following the path of Libya. A plan that addresses the needs and interests of the North Korean state and by extension the peace and security of Northeast Asia, offers a better chance of securing North Korean cooperation in disclosure and disarmament of its nuclear arms programs, if, in fact, these weapons do indeed exist.