The first
issue of this newsletter was issued April 1999. It is published as frequently as
time permits and is available on free email notification from Tim.Beal@vuw.ac.nz
Pyongyang
Report has been running way behind schedule because of the pressure of other
commitments. This latest issue comprises
merely of my commentary,
‘Unravelling the geopolitics
of the US-DPRK standoff’. If time
permits I will add the usual collection
of press articles
Vol 11 No 1 June 2009
Unravelling the geopolitics of the US-DPRK standoff (pdf)
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Pyongyang
Report enters tenth year
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Commentary:
On the brink - Prospects for US-DPRK settlement dim, yet again
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News
Reports
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US-DPRK
negotiations and the curious Syrian affair
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IT
outsourcing in DPRK
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NZ
teacher returns to Pyongyang
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Invisible
WMD – the effect of sanctions
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2nd
North-South summit; hopes and issues
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Six party
Talks re-open in Beijing
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‘Floods
and the NZ response; donations to NZ Friendship Farm
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The
February agreement – prospects and problems
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Case of
terror bombing of South Korean plane reopened
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Bolton’s
ghost haunts UN – vexatious charges against UNDP
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‘Swinging
from the chandeliers - NZ-style teaching in
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The
mysteries of
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The Banco
Delta
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Joint
venture pharmaceutical company seeks aid business
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More
revelations about US Korean War massacres
n The Agreement to implement the Joint Statement – a search for quiet on the East Asian Front?
n Text of the Agreement; reactions and analyses
n Wolfgang Rosenberg dies
n The gifting of a tractor to the Korea-NZ Friendship Farm
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Reactions to DPRK missile tests
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More doubts about counterfeiting
allegations
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Collapse of Pong Su case undercuts
US narcotics claims
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Investment and trade move ahead
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Counterfeiting concern over
counterfeiting?
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Friction builds between Washington
and Seoul
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North sends rice to South; first
since aid in 1984
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Inter-Korean trade hits $1billion in
2005
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Six Party Talks: from Breakthrough
to Breakdown
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Growing ROK exasperation with
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Anti-Avian Flu campaign in DPRK
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Practical measures to help: The
NZ-Korea Friendship Farm
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The Logic of Empire and the deadlock
in the Six Party Talks
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Bush
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Nuclear dangers: US bombing of nuclear
plant, Japanese remilitarisation
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Disinformation from
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North-South software cooperation
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A new cold War in
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Echoes of
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Chinese Foregin Minister, South
Korean opposition leader call for US to negotiate with DPRK
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Many refugees lured by money and
false hopes
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The American election – what now?
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Seoul tries to push US to talk,
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US practised strikes, had secret
nuclear weapons in SK in late ‘90s
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More doubts on terrorism charge; was
KAL flight blown up by SK agents?
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American impasse continues
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Germany opens reading room in
Pyongyang
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Korean Civil Society groups attack
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NZ and DPRK – a developing
relationship
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Six Party Talks and
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Drug allegations looking
increasingly dubious
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NZ and DPRK – farm, festival and
tourism study
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Doubts mount about enriched uranium allegation
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Bush’s former
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WFP calls for continued aid, rebuts
charges of diversion
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The Washington-Pyongyang impasse
continues
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Perry, Harrison, Weldon, scholars
and religious leaders call for negotiations
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Fallout from the invasion of Iraq
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US-DPRK relations – Agreed Framework
to
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Bush under increasing pressure to
negotiate
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Roh Moo-hyun’s ‘Peace and
Prosperity’ policy
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Child malnutrition falls
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DPRK ‘making mark in animation’
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Not only reactors and rockets:
Internet and cell phones in DPRK
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Roh Moo-hyun’s victory offers
opportunities and challenges
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Roh may pose dilemma to Bush
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Experts call on US to negotiate with
Pyongyang
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Inter-Korea trade, software
exports up, banking strengthened
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New DPRK ambassador to NZ
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Kelly visits
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Millions face food aid cut-off, WFP
warns
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Special zone established in
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Japan moving to normalize relations,
pay reparations
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North-South relations warmed by
sports ties
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Pyongyang defuses West Sea incident crisis, reinvigorates
dialogue
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Two Koreas
celebrate Liberation Day together
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Constructive engagement builds trust
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Economic reform – learning from abroad
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NZ-DPRK relations move forward
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Aid programme in danger
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Washington frustrates Seoul, vexes
Pyongyang
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Refugees – Pawns in a wider game?
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Worldwide reaction to ‘Axis of Evil’ speech
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UN Appeal: Need for environment
enabling transition to rehabilitation
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Harvest up 38% but aid still
required
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NZ Ambassador to DPRK; Presbyterian
invitation to Pyongyang
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N-S talks resume with renewed
momentum
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ROK Defence Ministry: No military
build-up in North
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DPRK condemns terrorism; calls for
US to drop its hostile attitude
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Selig Harrison and Joe Biden on NMD
and Bush
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NZ Delegation to DPRK; Ambassadors
appointed
n South Koreans urge Bush to contribute to Korean peace
n ROK government pressures US with fighter deal
n US resumes negotiations with DPRK
n US university programme in Pyongyang
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NGOs call for increased aid
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NZ Delegation to DPRK
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US-Korean relations worsen;
inter-Korean relations on hold
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NZ and DPRK establish diplomatic
relations
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DPRK Foreign Minister to visit
Australia
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SPA signals conditional opening up
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Bush victory casts pall on Korean
peace efforts
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Kim Jong Il visits
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Food situation worsens – WFP
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British aid worker on working in
DPRK
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Inter-Korean relations–second family
reunions
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US: Albright visit; Condoleezza
Rice;
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Food situation worsens: Congressman
Hall; World Food Programme
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Australian FM Downer visits
Pyongyang
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Inter-Korean relations post
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Kim Jong Il’s dialogue with South
Korean media heads
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DPRK buffeted by drought, typhoon: food
situation difficult
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DPRK foreign relations: NZ team in
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The Inter-Korean
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ASEAN Regional Forum; DPRK to
establish relations with Canada, NZ
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World Food Programme food supply
report 24 July: Position still precarious
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Overview
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Netizens send ideas to Kim for summit
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NK to Step Up Presence in Int'l Bodies Via ARF Entry
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Majority of S. Koreans Sees NK as Partner of Cooperation
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May to bring about rapid political changes on Korean
Peninsula
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Summit success could be too much for US, Japan
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Entrepreneurs Rush to Visit N. Korea
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Australia, DPRK re-establish relations
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Minister urges NZ link with N Korea
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NZ Journal of Asian Studies special supplement
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Pyongyang's
'Diplomatic Offensive'
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Other
news: KEDO, Korean War, satellite TV, missile threat debunked
Eased U.S. sanctions makes North Korea confident: Japanese
professor