Korean Peninsula 1. US ROK Schoolgirls Apology US President George W. Bush has apologized to the ROK people for the death of two schoolgirls killed by US soldiers in a traffic accident. The June 13 deaths inflamed anti-US passions here and the acquittal of the soldiers last week of negligent homicide sparked widespread protests. “President […]
CONTENTS
1. Taiwan Domestic Politics
2. DPRK on Non-Aggression Pact
3. ROK US Soldier Trial
4. PRC on DPRK Nuclear Program
6. Russia-PRC Relations
7. Japan Anti-Terror War SDF Participation
8. Japan-DPRK Relations
9. DPRK US Army Defector
10. ROK Presidential Elections
11. DPRK Mount Kumgang Special Tourism Zone
12. Pakistan-DPRK Nuclear Connection?
13. Inter-Korean Railway Project
14. DPRK Bans US Dollars
United States 1. US on Agreed Framework The Washington File carried the following report and transcript: “The U.S. government has not made any final decision about the status of its Agreed Framework with North Korea following North Korea’s admission that it has been working on a uranium enrichment program for nuclear weapons, says a top […]
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1. DPRK Barring KEDO Inspection
2. DPRK on Halting of HOF
3. ROK on DPRK Response to HOF Suspension
4. PRC on Cross-Straits Direct Links
5. Japan Temple Wartime Grave
6. ROK and DPRK Brinkmanship
7. CIA on DPRK Bomb Capacity
II. Republic of Korea 1. US Soldiers Not Guilty
2. DPRK Boats Crossing NLL
3. 17 North Korean Defectors Detained
The essay below is by Henry Sokolski, Executive Director of the Washington-based Nonproliferation Policy Education Center. Sokolski asserts that given recent events reviving the 1994 Agreed Framework is unwise, and rather North Korea must pay a price for its violations. Moreover, North Korea must also hand over to the IAEA all the nuclear technology and hardware it illicitly imported. Finally, the United States and its allies should give up the idea of renewing or retaining the 1994 deal, and apply more direct pressure to North Korea.
CONTENTS
1. ROK DPRK Warning Shots
2. US Soldiers in ROK Acquittal
3. PRC Militar Appointments
4. PRC DPRK Refugees
5. US Missile Defense
6. US Conservatives on DPRK
7. Russia on DPRK Nuclear Weapons
II. Republic of Korea 1. Powell’s Remarks on DPRK
2. Mt Geumgang Tourism
3. Russia on DPRK Nuclear Issue
4. ROK Minister’s Urge for DPRK to Change
5. Inter Korean Railway
III. Japan 1. Japanese Logistic Support for US
2. Japan-US Military Cooperation
3. Cooperation between SDF and Police
4. US Forum on Japanese Nationalism
5. Japan’s Nuclear Industry Scandal
CONTENTS
1. DPRK Nuclear Correction
2. US Japan Base Mystery Attack
3. PRC-US Military Relations
4. PRC Domestic Politics
5. PRC on DPRK Nuclear Issue
6. ROK on DPRK Situation
7. DPRK-Japan Abduction Issue
8. Inter-Korean Railway Project
II. Japan 1. DPRK Nuclear Issue
2. DPRK’s Specific Action Needed
3. Inter Korean Railway Talks
4. DPRK-Japan Relation
CONTENTS
1. DPRK Nuclear Weapons
2. US on KEDO HOF Suspension
3. DPRK Missile Testing
4. ROK Presidential Politics
5. PRC Domestic Politics
6. PRC on US Taiwan Defense Bills
7. US Missile Defense
8. Russia on DPRK Nuclear Issue
9. ROK-US Accidental Death Incident
II. Republic of Korea 1. No Attack aginst DPRK
2. Inter-Korean Railway
3. DPRK’s Boat Crossing the Border Line
4. US Soldiers Trial
III. People’s Republic of China 1. PRC Foreign Policy
2. Across Taiwan Straits Relations
3. US-Japan Relations
4. ROK-DPRK Relations
5. PRC Commentary on US-DPRK Relations
6. DPRK-Japan Relations
7. PRC-US Relations
8. US-DPRK Relations
IV. Can-Kor E-Clipping 1. Issue #106
Korean Peninsula 1. DPRK Nuclear Issue The DPRK said on Wednesday it would not make the first move to defuse a dispute over its nuclear weapons program, and insisted the US sign a non-aggression pact first. Consul General Ri To Sop, the DPRK’s top diplomat in Hong Kong, also told Reuters that any move to […]
