By analyzing recently reported economic data and citing public statements by Minister Pak Pong-ju, Aidan Foster-Carter of Leeds University argues that at the macroeconomic level, Kim Jong-il cannot put off forever his choice between a military-first policy or a viable North Korean economy. Kim’s Songun (military-first) policy is a direct and indirect barrier to economic recovery and Prime Minister Pak cannot deliver economic progress while shackled by Songun.
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NAPSNet Daily Report 06 April, 2004
NAPSNet Daily Report 05 April, 2004
CONTENTS
1. DPRK Nuclear Proposal
2. DPRK Nuclear Arms Development
3. US-Japan Shared Missile Defense
4. Canada on US Missile Defense
5. Japan-PRC-ROK Trilateral Meetings
6. Japan-DPRK Bilateral Relations
7. Japan-PRC Relations
8. DPRK on Japan Abduction Issue
9. Cross-Straits Relations
10. US on PRC Role in Hong Kong Democracy
11. DPRK-ROK Family Reunions
II. Japan 1. Japan-US Missile Defense Cooperation
2. Japan-PRC Territorial Dispute
NAPSNET Week in Review 2 April, 2004
United States 1. US on DPRK Attack Deterrence The US is capable of repulsing any swift attack from the DPRK in the Korean peninsula, the US military commander in the ROK confidently told a congressional hearing. General Leon Laporte said that aside from US and ROK troops, he was confident that US forces in the […]
NAPSNet Daily Report 02 April, 2004
CONTENTS
1. Japan-DPRK Relations
2. Japan-DPRK “Secret” Abduction Talks
3. ROK Parliamentary Elections
4. PRC Legislature on Hong Kong Democracy
5. PRC “Tiananmen Mothers” Release
6. PRC-Saudi Arabia Oil Relations
7. Japan Free Trade Agreements
8. ROK Death of Last “Communist Rebel”
II. Japan 1. Japan Iraq Troops Dispatch
2. Japan Lift of Arms Export Ban?
3. Japan SDF Anti-Guerrilla Commandos
4. Japan Anti-Terrorism
5. Japan-PRC Yasukuni Controversy
6. Yamasaki on Next Elections
Policy Forum 04-17A: EU-North Korean Relations: No Effort Without Reason
March 30, 2004
By Ruediger Frank
NAPSNet Daily Report 30 March, 2004
NAPSNet Daily Report 29 March, 2004
CONTENTS
1. DPRK on Nuclear Talks
2. DPRK Rejection of US Nuclear Demand
3. DPRK Economic Relations
4. PRC-India Military Ties
5. US on Hong Kong Democratization
6. PRC on US Hailing of Taiwan Presidential Election
7. Japan Troops in Iraq
8. ROK DPRK Illegal Money Transfers
9. DPRK European Bank Shut Down
10. Japan Meishin Trading House Export Ban
II. CanKor E-Clipping Service 1. Issue #158
Drug Trafficking and North Korea: Issues for U.S. Policy 3.26.04
PFO 04-16A: March 26, 2004 Drug Trafficking and North Korea: Issues for U.S. Policy By Raphael F. Perl
NAPSNET Week in Review 26 March, 2004
United States 1. US Vice President Asia Tour US Vice President Dick Cheney intends to visit Japan, South Korea and China next month to discuss the DPRK’s nuclear weapons program, the war in Iraq and trade policy. “US Vice President Asia Tour” (NAPSNet Daily Report, March 25, 2004) 2. UN Resolution on Weapons Proliferation The […]