NAPSNET Week in Review 17 May, 2002

United States 1. US-Russia Arms Treaty Russia backed down over a key demand in nuclear arms talks with the US to ensure that a treaty slashing arsenals was ready for a summit next week, a senior US administration official said Tuesday. He said Russia had focused on the core issue — cutting deployed nuclear warheads […]

NAPSNet Daily Report 17 May, 2002

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. DPRK World Cup Defectors
2. PRC Protest US Sanctions
3. Japan Anti-terror War
4. Japan-DPRK Humanitarian Aid
6. Russia-US Arms Reduction Treaty
7. Russia on NATO
8. Russia-US Missile Defense
9. PRC’s View of US-Russia Nuclear Pact
10. PRC-Russia “Business Bribery”
II. People’s Republic of China 1. DPRK-US Relations
2. DPRK-PRC Relations
3. ROK-PRC Relations
4. PRC-US Relations
5. PRC-Japanese Relations
6. Across-Taiwan Straits Relations
7. PRC Satellite Launch
III. Japan 1. Japanese Logistical Support for US
2. Japanese Security Legislation
3. Okinawa 30 Year Anniversary
IV. CanKor News Clipping 1. CanKor Issue #84: DPRK Refugees

NAPSNet Daily Report 16 May, 2002

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. PRC-Japan DPRK Defectors
2. ROK Domestic Politics
3. Cross-Straits Relations
4. Jiang on PRC Leadership Transition
5. Cross-Straits Oil Exploration
6. PRC Internet Freedom
7. Vatican DPRK Visit
II. Republic of Korea 1. Japan’s Rejection to Refugees
2. DPRK-Russia Relations
3. The “Main Enemy” Issue
4. Inter Korean Economic Relations
5. The Inter Korean Railway
III. Japan 1. Japanese Security Legislation
2. Anti-Terror Finance Bill
3. Japanese Coast Guard

Global Dimensions of Energy Growth Projections in Northeast Asia

1. Introduction and Background Recent economic growth in the Asia-Pacific region in general, and in Northeast Asia in particular, has been spectacular. Along with this growth has come a vast expansion in the need for energy services, and an expansion in the demand for the fuels that help to supply these services. Future projections suggest […]

NAPSNET Week in Review 11 May, 2002

United States 1. US 2003 Defense Spending US House Republicans pushed for approval of the biggest increase in military spending in a generation on Thursday. US lawmakers moved toward a vote even as Democrats objected to provisions in the US$383 billion measure outlining 2003 defense spending that would exempt the military from major environmental laws. […]