NAPSNet Daily Report 18 November, 2003

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. Rumsfeld on ‘Evil’ DPRK, Regime Change, and
2. Rumsfeld on ROK Defense and Nuclear Umbrella
3. US-Japan on DPRK Talks
4. KEDO Suspension Plan Announcement
5. DPRK-Myanman Military Relations
6. US Army DMZ War Preparedness
7. US-ROK Defense Chiefs on DPRK Nuclear Program
8. DPRK $40 Billion Japan War Compensation Demand
9. DPRK on Japanese Terrorism
10. DPRK-ROK Civilian Exchanges
II. Republic of Korea 1. If Unification Realized, USFK Will Leave Unified Korea
2. Mr. Hwang-Top DPRK Defector Resigns as NIS Institute Head
3. Russian Foreign Minister Vows To Accept Any Proposal to Solve the Nuclear III. Japan
1. SDF Dispatch to Iraq
2. 6-Way Talks
3. Afghan Reconstruction
IV. CanKor E-Clipping Service 1. Issue #142

NAPSNet Daily Report 17 November, 2003

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. DPRK December Nuclear Talks
2. DPRK Nuclear Development Program
3. US DPRK Nuclear Material Removal Proposal
4. DPRK on EU Role in Nuclear Talks
5. DPRK Dollar Diplomacy
6. DPRK on US Policy
7. Rumsfeld on ROK-US Security Alliance
8. US-Japan on DPRK Nuclear Situation
9. Japan on al-Qaida Terrorist Attack
10. US-Taiwan Air-to-Air Missile Delivery
11. Cross-Straits Relations
II. People’s Republic of China 1. PRC-US Relations
2. PRC’s Commentary on Relations with ASEAN
3. PRC-Japan Relations
4. US’s Asian Forces
5. ROK to Send Troops to Iraq
7. DPRK-US Relations
8. DPRK-Japan Relations
9. US Relations with Japan, ROK on DPRK Nuke Issue
10. Relations Across Taiwan Straits
11. Japan-US Relations

NAPSNET Week in Review 14 November, 2003

United States 1. US Bolton on the DPRK US under secretary of state for arms control and international security al John Bolton once branded “human scum” and a “bloodsucker” by the DPRK, has vowed that the DPRK would win no reward for “blackmail and bad behavior” during a nuclear crisis. Bolton also warned that Kim […]

NAPSNet Daily Report 11 November, 2003

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. DPRK-US KEDO Relations
2. CIA on DPRK Nuclear Development
3. PRC on DPRK Nuclear Diplomacy
4. US Rumsfeld ROK, Japan Visit
5. Japan Domestic Politics
6. ROK Hyundai DPRK Visit
7. ROK on Iraq Troop Dispatch
8. ROK-DPRK Kaesong Trade Office
9. DPRK Domestic Economy
10. Austria DPRK Bank Audit
11. Taiwan US Submarine Purchase
12. Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization
13. PRC AIDS Situation
14. PRC Internet Crackdown
II. Republic of Korea 1. US Experts Speculate on Post-Kim DPRK
2. ROK & PRC Foreign Ministers Have Talks On the Six-Nation Talks
3. ROK Will Have Trade Liaison Office To Aid
4. Kim’s Successor “From the Military” or “Among His Sons”
5. DPRK Has One of Two Nukes After Conducting High Explosive
III. People’s Republic of China 1. PRC on World Economic Development Declaration Conference
2. DPRK Nuke Issue
3. PRC-US Relations on DPRK Issue
4. PRC on UN Panel Establishment
5. PRC on DPRK Nuke Issue
6. PRC-Russia Relations
7. DPRK on Nuke Issue
8. Relations Across Taiwan Straits
9. ROK-Japan Relations
10. PRC’s Commentary on Japan’s Actions
11. PRC’s Human Rights
12. PRC-US Relations
IV. CanKor E-Clipping News Service 1. Issue #141

NAPSNET Week in Review 7 November, 2003

United States 1. US on New Korean Armistice The US has proposed creating a new multilateral peace mechanism on the Korean Peninsula to replace the armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War, a newspaper said Wednesday. The US made the offer to the DPRK at the three-nation talks, which included the PRCin April, the Nihon […]

Policy Forum 03-44A: The North Korean Nuclear Challenge And American Interests: Getting The Priorities Right

The paper below is by Avery Goldstein, Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania and Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. Goldstein argues that while an agreement guaranteeing a “nuclear-free” North Korea would be desirable for the United States, there remain other strategic outcomes that fall short of that goal, but may nonetheless prove advantageous to US interests in reducing the risk of the spread of nuclear materials.