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NAPSNet Daily Report 02 September, 2003

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. ROK on DPRK Diplomatic Strategy
2. ROK-Russia-PRC on US Role in DPRK Diplomacy
3. PRC on US-DPRK Diplomacy
4. ROK-US DPRK Talks
5. Japan-PRC Mustard Gas Victim Compensation
6. PRC People’s Liberation Army Troop Reduction
7. PRC Flood Victims
8. US on PRC Currency
9. US on PRC Tibetan Railway
10. PRC-Philippines on Spratly Islands
11. Op-Ed: US-DPRK War Possibility
II. Republic of Korea 1. DPRK on Multilateral Talks
2. US Response to DPRK Multilateral Talks
3. PRC Activism
III. CanKor E-Clipping Service 1. CanKor Issue #131

NAPSNET Week in Review 29 August, 2003

Korean Peninsula 1. DPRK Multilateral Talks Six-nation talks on the DPRK nuclear crisis ended in acrimony with the DPRK threatening to strengthen its nuclear arsenal unless the US met its demands for a resolution of the standoff. While envoys reached consensus on the need to address the DPRK’s security concerns and agreed that more talks […]

NAPSNet Daily Report 28 August, 2003

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. DPRK Multilateral Talks
2. DPRK on US Enriched Uranium Accusation
3. DPRK ROK US Explanation Request
4. ROK Role in DPRK Diplomacy
5. DPRK-Japan Abduction Issue
6. Japan Domestic Economy
7. PRC Domestic Economy
8. PRC on Dalai Lama US Trip
9. PRC Administrative Licensing Law
10. Report: Clinton PRC False Nuclear Non-proliferation ‘False Certification’
II. Republic of Korea 1. ROK-DPRK Direct Trade
2. DPRK Multilateral Talks
3. DPRK-US Sidetalks
III. Japan 1. Six-Way Talks over DPRK Nuke Issue
2. Japan-Iran Relations

NAPSNET Week in Review 22 August, 2003

United States 1. US Missile Defense A missile was launched Saturday in a test of its flight performance and potential for use as part of a land-based defense system. The prototype, launched from a silo at Vandenberg Air Force Base, is designed to intercept limited long-range ballistic missiles. The Bush administration wants a missile defense […]

Policy Forum 03-41A: Whither the Coast of Salvation: Navigating Troubled Waters in Northeast Asia Amidst North Korean Nuclear Crisis

Alexandre Y. Mansourov argues that the international community has a rare historical opportunity to use the six-party talks in Beijing not just to settle old scores and pin down old enemies, but to advance the cause of Korean unification thereby finally resolving the North Korean nuclear crisis, reuniting two Koreas in a peaceful and democratic manner, and bringing better governance and economic prosperity to the North Korean people. He believes the Beijing process may well become “the contrarian’s dream come true,” surprise everyone, and turn out to be much more productive, far-reaching, and momentous than any previous talks on the North Korean nuclear problem.

Policy Forum 03-40A: Plutonium Pineapples: Avoiding Awful Choices Over North Korean Nuclear Exports

Given the pressures that could lead to armed conflict between the United States and the DPRK in the near future, Peter Hayes, Executive Director of the Nautilus Institute, outlines four scenarios that try to answer whether or not possibilities exist for a peaceful resolution between the United States and the DPRK before November, 2004. Hayes also addresses the questions: What are the strategic elements of such scenarios? What are the pitfalls? If the conflict spins out of control, in what ways could one push towards a peaceful outcome? This Op-Ed was based on the second annual Nautilus Institute US-DPRK Scenarios Workshop held in May 2003.