NAPSNet Daily Report 08 April, 2004

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

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

NAPSNet Daily Report 07 April, 2004

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

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

Policy Forum 04-18A: North Korea: Guns or Butter?

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.

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 […]