September 14, 2001 By Brent Choi I. Introduction The following essay was contributed by Brent Choi, editor/research of the Joong-Ang Daily newspaper in Seoul. Choi examines the possible repercussions of the recent terrorist attacks on the US on the rapprochement process on the Korean Peninsula. He argues that given the likelihood of a more hard-line […]
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SANDNet Weekly Update, September 14, 2001
CONTENTS September 14, 2001 Volume 2, #37 NOTE: This issue focuses on South Asia media coverage of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. India 1. Reaction to Attacks 2. Foreign Relations 3. Analyses Pakistan 1. Reaction to Attacks 2. Analyses Afghanistan 1. Reaction to Attacks India 1. Reaction to […]
NAPSNET Week in Review 14 September, 2001
Korea 1. Effect of US Attacks on Korean Peninsula The DPRK issued a statement that criticized the acts of terrorism on the US. According to the state-run Korea Central News Agency (KCNA), a DPRK Foreign Ministry spokesman pointed out that the latest terror committed in World Trade Center Towers and Pentagon was a great shock […]
NAPSNet Daily Report 14 September, 2001
NAPSNet Daily Report 13 September, 2001
NAPSNet Daily Report 12 September, 2001
NAPSNet Daily Report 11 September, 2001
CONTENTS
1. DPRK Military Purchases
2. ROK Cabinet Reshuffling
3. Cross-Strait Relations
4. PRC-Russian Relations
5. US Support of Taiwan Entrance into UN
6. US-Japan Relations
II. Republic of Korea 1. ROK – US Talks
III. People’s Republic of China 1. DPRK-ROK Relations
2. PRC on Jiang Zemin’s DPRK Visit
3. DPRK on PRC President’s Visit
4. PRC-US Relations
5. PRC-US Disputes on Export Controls
6. US Missile Sale to Taiwan
7. PRC-Russian Relations
IV. Japan 1. Japan-China Relations
2. Japan-ROK Relations
NAPSNet Daily Report 10 September, 2001
CONTENTS
1. DPRK-US Talks
2. Remains of US Soldiers from Korean War
3. DPRK, PRC Missile Transfer to Iran
4. PRC-Russia Space Deal
5. PRC Response to US Missile Defense
6. Cross-Strait Relations
7. US-Japan Treaty Anniversary
II. Republic of Korea 1. ROK-DPRK Talks
2. DPRK Arms Control
3. US-ROK Military Sales
III. Japan 1. Japan-ROK Relations
2. Japan-PRC Relations
NAPSNET Week in Review 7 September, 2001
Korea 1. Trilateral Coordination Talks The US, Japan, and the ROK released a joint statement from the Trilateral Oversight and Coordination Group Meeting on September 6 which said the US is prepared “to undertake serious discussions with North Korea without preconditions.” The US expressed its hope “that North Korea would positively respond to its call” […]
NAPSNet Daily Report 07 September, 2001
CONTENTS
1. Trilateral Coordination Group Statement
2. DPRK Food Aid
3. US Forces in ROK
4. New ROK Ambassador to PRC
5. US Analysis of PRC Missile Buildup
6. Analysis of Sino-US Nuclear Strategy
7. Cross-Strait Relations
8. US Forces in Japan
II. Republic of Korea 1. ROK-DPRK Talks
2. DPRK’s Attendance at APEC
III. Japan 1. Japan-US security cooperation
2. Security Policy of Self Defense Force
3. Alleged SDF Constitutional Violation
4. Eisaku Sato’s Nobel Peace Prize
5. SDF’s Peacekeeping Operation in East Timor
6. Self Defense Force Rescue Operations