NAPSNet Daily Report 18 February, 2004

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. DPRK Multilateral Talks
2. ROK Three-Step DPRK Nuclear Freeze Framework
3. US on Japan-DPRK Abduction Issue
4. Japan DPRK Sanctions Bill Delay
5. DPRK on ROK Iraq Troop Dispatch
6. Inter-Korean Relations
7. Russian Second Missile Launch Failure
8. Japan Missile-Detecting Radar Tests
9. ROK Weapons Purchases
10. ROK DMZ Eco-Tourism Plans
11. Koizumi Yasukuni Shrine Visit
12. Taiwan 15 Billion Dollar Defense Budget
13. Japan Economic Recovery
II. People’s Republic of China 1. ROK’s Troops Sending to Iraq
2. Inter-Korean Military Talk
3. 6-Party Talks
4. DPRK on Pakistan Nuclear Confession
5. PRC-Japan Relations

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Policy Forum 04-03A: Don’t Misunderstand Firing of South Korean Foreign Minister February 5, 2004 Brent Choi

In this brief essay, Brent Choi, North Korea specialist for the Joongang Daily, argues that the recent dismissal of South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Yoon Young-kwan has been grossly misinterpreted by the U.S. media as an outgrowth of the struggle between pro-U.S. and anti-U.S. factions within the Roh administration. Instead, Yoon’s dismissal must be interpreted through the socio-cultural prism of South Korea’s bureaucratic society.

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