Policy Forum 02-26A: Reinventing North Korea

The essay below by Will Weaver makes the case that North Korea is undergoing a profound transformation that the rest of the world is unaware of. Consequently, North Korea must be given the chance to nurture its economic and political development through the support of the US and other nations. North Korea has nothing to lose. Therefore, the world must offer them something to gain. Will Weaver presently resides in China and has visited North Korea three times. Will Weaver is a pseudonym.

NAPSNet Daily Report 20 December, 2002

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. ROK-Japan DPRK Policy
2. ROK-US Relations
3. Japan on ROK President Elect
4. US on ROK President Elect
5. Japan Development Assistance
6. PRC-Russia Military Relations
7. PRC “Political Reform Zones”
8. PRC Urban Population
9. PRC-Japan War Time Orphans
II. Republic of Korea 1. New ROK Resident remaining the same
2. Failure of Economic Revolution in DPRK
3. Japan-Russia Collaboration toward DPRK’s Nuclear
4. Inter Korean Rail Way Linking
5. Nuclear Facilities in DPRK
6. US Military Options?
III. Japan 1. Japan-US “2+2” Meeting
2. Armitage’s Asian Tour
3. A-Bomb Survivors’ Call for Nuclear Use Restraint
4. Overseas A-Bomb Survivors
5. Ehime Maru Incident
IV. Can-Kor E-Clipping 1. Issue #111

NAPSNet Daily Report 18 December, 2002

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. US Missile Defense
2. Russia on US Missile Defense
3. PRC Human Rights
4. PRC UN Human Rights Investigation
5. Japan-Russia on DPRK Nuclear Resolution
6. DPRK Missile Shipment
7. Japan DPRK Abduction Issue
8. DPRK-US War Speculation
II. Republic of Korea 1. DPRK Defectors via the Phillippines
2. IAEA Inspection to DPRK Nuclear Facilities
3. Inter Korean Red Cross Talks
4. No Aid with Political Ruse
5. Unable to ship Rice to DPRK
III. Can-Kor E-Clipping 1. CanKor #110

NAPSNet Daily Report 17 December, 2002

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. PRC DPRK Activist Conviction
2. ROK Anti-DPRK Sentiments
3. Inter-Korean Family Reunions
4. ROK Presidential Election
5. Japan and US on DPRK Nuclear Policy
6. US Missile Defense
7. PRC UN Human Rights Inspectors
8. PRC-US Military Relations
9. Japan DPRK Abduction Victims
10. Russia Role in DPRK Stand-off
11. DMZ Machine Guns
II. Japan 2. Japan-US Military Cooperation
3. Armitage’s Asian Tour
4. US View on Japanese Nuclear Armament
5. Japan-US Soldier Rape Case
6. Conference on Non-nuclear Proliferation

NAPSNet Daily Report 16 December, 2002

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. DPRK-Yemen Missile Shipment
2. DPRK on IEAE Surveillance
3. DPRK on Nuclear Re-activation
4. DPRK-US Non-Aggression Pact
5. ROK-US Response to DPRK Nuclear Re-activation
6. Japan and ROK on DPRK Nuclear Re-activation
7. DPRK Asylum Seekers
8. DPRK Humanitarian Aid
9. ROK Anti-US Sentiments
10. ROK Presidential Election
11. US on PRC Democratization
12. Russia Missile Developments
II. Republic of Korea 1. Inter Korean Red Cross Talks
2. UN Check on US Bases
3. Comprehensive Cooperation in dealing with DPRK
4. ROK-Peru Relations
III. People’s Republic of China 1. DPRK Nuclear Decision
2. ROK Attitude towards DPRK’s Nuclear Decision
3. PRC National Security White Paper
4. US-DPRK Relations
5. PRC’s Attitude towards DPRK’s Nuclear Decision
6. Russia-US Nuclear Arms Treaty
7. ROK-DPRK Relations
8. PRC-US Relations
9. US-ROK Relations

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