CONTENTS
1. Iraq Japan Abductions
2. ROK Domestic Politics
3. PRC on Taiwan Presidential Elections
4. US-Taiwan Relations
5. Cheney PRC Visit
6. PRC-Canada Relations
7. DPRK PRC Human Rights
II. Japan 1. Japan Iraq Troops Dispatch
2. MSDF Minesweeping Drills
3. Japan-US Radiation Study
4. Japan New UN Envoy
5. Japan-US SOFA Revision
6. Japan Constitutional Revision
7. Japan’s Congested Airspace
CONTENTS
1. Japan Hostage Situation in Iran
2. PRC on Iraq PRC Hostages
3. DPRK-Libya Arms Deal Termination
4. DPRK Working Level Talks
5. PRC on US Taiwan Relations Act
6. PRC-US Relations
7. Hong Kong Democracy Protests
8. Taiwan New Foreign Minister Appointment
9. US-Japan Relations
10. DPRK on ROK Politics
11. Inter-Korean Railway
12. DPRK Kim Jong-il PRC Visit
13. DPRK on Japan Port Ban Bill
14. PRC Domestic Economy
CONTENTS
1. Japan’s Response to Iraq Abductions
2. US-ROK-Japan on DPRK Working Groups
3. DPRK-US Relations
4. US Cheney Asia Visit
5. ROK Presidential Impeachment Hearing
6. ROK Presidential Impeachment Hearing
7. ROK Iraq Troop Dispatch
8. DPRK-US Relations
9. DPRK Food Economy
10. DPRK Trade Minister Appointment
11. US-DPRK Joint Recovery Teams
12. US Missile Error
CONTENTS
1. DPRK on US Military Threat
2. Iraq Japanese Hostages
3. US-ROK-Japan DPRK Working Groups
4. DPRK-Japan Relations
5. Japan-DPRK Trade Relations
6. DPRK Human Rights
7. DPRK Missing in Action Recovery Team Deployment
8. PRC Energy Shortages
9. PRC Democratization
II. Japan 1. Japan Anti-Terror Measures
2. Japan Constitutional Revision
3. Japan Defense Program Outline Revision
4. Japan-US SOFA Revision
5. US Missile Defense in the Sea of Japan
6. Japan Anti-WMD Smuggling Drills
7. Racism Against Foreigners
8. Japan Constitutional Revision
9. Japan Anti-Terror Measures
10. Japan Iraq Troops Dispatch
11. Japan-PRC Slave Labor Trial
12. US Bases in Japan
CONTENTS
1. Japan-ROK-US DPRK Talks
2. PRC on DPRK Working Groups
3. PRC on Hong Kong “Political Reform”
4. US Taiwan Diplomat Resignation
5. PRC on US-Taiwan Relations
6. ROK Iraqi Troops
7. UN DPRK Human Rights Investigation
8. DPRK on ROK Presidential Election
10. Koizumi on Yasukuni Shrine Visitations
11. DPRK-Japan Relations
12. DPRK Economic Reform
13. DPRK-ROK Kaesong Complex Leasing Fees
14. DPRK-PRC Relations
15. US Aegis East Sea Dispatch
16. Australia on US-DPRK Diplomacy
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.
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
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 […]
