October 26, 2001 By Tatsujiro Suzuki I. Introduction This essay is by Dr. Tatsujiro Suzuki, co-founder and Director of Peace Pledge, Japan. Dr. Suzuki currently serves as a senior research scientist at the Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI) and is also a professor at the Graduate School of Media and Governance at […]
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NAPSNET Week in Review 26 October, 2001
Koreas 1. Inter-Korean Talks The DPRK notified the ROK that it would suspend the meeting until the ROK accepts the DPRK’s request to hold the sixth inter-Korean meeting in its resort mountain of Kumgang. The ROK made a compromise proposal to the DPRK saying the two sides could hold ministerial talks, scheduled for October 28-31, […]
NAPSNet Daily Report 26 October, 2001
CONTENTS
1. DPRK-US Talks
2. Taiwan on Sino-US Relations
3. Japanese Sanctions Against India and Pakistan
II. Republic of Korea 1. Inter-Korean Talks
III. Japan 1. Measure against Nuclear-terrorism
2. Japanese Participation in the Peace Keeping Operations
3. Self-Defense Forces’ Weapons Use
4. Revision of the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) Law
5. Japan-ROK Relations
6. Fishery disputes around the Northern Territories
7. Japan-PRC Disputes on History Textbook
8. Detained Japanese Man in the Afghanistan
9. ASEAN Reaction to Anti-Terrorism
NAPSNet Daily Report 25 October, 2001
NAPSNet Daily Report 24 October, 2001
CONTENTS
1. DPRK-US Talks
2. “One-China” Interpretations
3. Commentary on PRC Foreign Policy
4. US-PRC Relations
II. Republic of Korea 1. US-DPRK Relations
2. Inter-Korean Talks
3. DPRK Refutes Bush’s Remark
NAPSNet Daily Report 23 October, 2001
CONTENTS
1. Inter-Korean Talks
2. PRC Missile Purchases
3. Japanese Sanctions Against Pakistan and India
II. Republic of Korea 1. ROK-Japan Talk
2. Inter-Korean Talk
3. DPRK-EU Talk
Musharraf’s About Face
October 22, 2001 By Ahmad Faruqui I. Introduction This essay is by Ahmad Faruqui who is currently a Fellow at the American Institute of International Studies and author of the forthcoming book “Rethinking the National Security of Pakistan” (Ashgate Publishing, 2002). Despite the perceived short term benefits of Pakistan’s latest relationship with the US, Faruqui […]
NAPSNet Daily Report 22 October, 2001
CONTENTS
1. DPRK Military Expansion
2. APEC and DPRK
3. APEC on Terrorism
4. US-Japanese Talks
II. Republic of Korea 1. ROK-Japan Summit at APEC
2. APEC Forum
3. DPRK Food Shortage
4. DPRK Blames ROK for the Stalled Talks
5. ROK Gets Major Powers’ Support for DPRK Policy
6. UN Aid to DPRK Debated
III. Japan 1. Japanese Participation in the Peace Keeping Operation
2. Measure against Bio-terrorism
3. Salvage of Ehime Maru
4. Northern Territories Dispute
5. Peace Process in Afghanistan
6. Japan’s view to Sanctions on Pakistan
NAPSNET Week in Review 19 October, 2001
Korea 1. Reunion of Separated Families The DPRK on Friday postponed a scheduled reunion next week of 200 separated families in the two Koreas, citing ROK’s security alert following last month’s terrorist attacks in the US. ROK Unification Minister Hong Soon-young suggested on October 18 that fear of the aftermath of the family exchange might […]
NAPSNet Daily Report 19 October, 2001
CONTENTS
1. US Reissues Invitation for DPRK Talks
2. DPRK Demands Withdrawal of USFK
3. Bush-Jiang Talks
4. NE Asian Regional Security
5. PRC Role in Asia
6. Taiwan Boycotts APEC
7. Japanese Military Support of US
II. Republic of Korea 1. ROK’s Participation on War Against Terrorism
2. APEC Forum
3. DPRK Report on Terrorism
4. Family Reunion
5. Inter-Korean Talks Put Off
6. UN Aid to DPRK Debated
7. ROK Navy to Visit PRC
8. DPRK Requests Aid