NAPSNet Week in Review, April 8, 2000

	CONTENTS April 8, 2000 Korean Peninsula 1. Japan-DPRK Talks 2. DPRK-US Talks 3. DPRK-ROK Talks 4. DPRK Economy 5. DPRK Food Aid Taiwan Straits 6. US Arms Sales to Taiwan 7. Cross-Straits Relations 8. PRC Missile Threat to Taiwan People's Republic of China 9. PRC Radar Purchase 10. PRC-Japan Relations Japan 11. Japanese Prime Minister 12. US-Japan Relations		Project Description NAPSNet Reports Current Daily Report Special Reports Profile Directory Member Survey Results Browse Past Updates: Preceding Weekly Update Week in Review Archive Search Nautilus Site Recent Postings A Regional Approach to Korean Peninsula Security Hwal-Woong Lee, Korea-2000 Go to PFO #00-01A February 2 Speech on Asia and U.S Security Policy US Rep. Doug Bereuter Chairman, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific Go to Special Report Remarks to the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan US Ambassador Thomas Foley Go to Special Report *Search Daily Reports:* Email Services: Signup for Email Delivery Latest Report Emailed Now *Send Comments*
	Korean Peninsula
	1. Japan-DPRK Talks Japan and the DPRK concluded talks in Pyongyang on Friday without reaching any major breakthroughs. The two sides agreed to hold a second round of talks in late May in Tokyo. "DPRK-Japan Talks" (Daily Report, April 7, US) "Japan-DPRK Talks" (Daily Report, April 7, Japan) "DPRK-Japan Talks" (Daily Report, April 7, ROK) "Japan-DPRK Talks" (Daily Report, April 6, US) "DPRK-Japan Talks" (Daily Report, April 6, ROK) "Japan-DPRK Talks" (Daily Report, April 5, US) "DPRK-Japan Talks" (Daily Report, April 5, PRC) "Japan-DPRK Talks" (Daily Report, April 4, US) "DPRK-Japan Normalization Talks" (Daily Report, April 3, US) "Japan to Apologize to DPRK" (Daily Report, April 3, ROK)
	2. DPRK-US Talks The DPRK and the US did not hold talks on April 5, as had been earlier planned. US State Department spokesman James Rubin said that the two sides would not hold high-level talks this month. "DPRK-US Talks" (Daily Report, April 7, US)
	3. DPRK-ROK Talks DPRK Foreign Minister Paek Nam-sun, on a visit to Germany, welcomed ROK President Kim Dae-jung's call for direct ROK-DPRK talks, but reiterated the DPRK's contention that the ROK must first accept certain preconditions. Germany urged the DPRK to accept the ROK's offer. ROK officials said that they expected to reach an agreement soon on holding talks. "DPRK-ROK Talks" (Daily Report, April 6, ROK) "Germany on Inter-Korean Relations" (Daily Report, April 7, ROK) "ROK-DPRK Talks" (Daily Report, April 5, US) "ROK-DPRK Relations" (Daily Report, April 5, PRC) "DPRK-ROK Talks" (Daily Report, April 4, ROK) "PRC on Inter-Korean Talks" (Daily Report, April 4, ROK) "DPRK-ROK Talks" (Daily Report, April 3, ROK) "DPRK Conditions for Inter-Korea Talks" (Daily Report, April 3, ROK) "ROK-DPRK relations" (Daily Report, April 3, US) "Italian Foreign Minister's DPRK Visit" (Daily Report, April 4, ROK)
	4. DPRK Economy The DPRK announced its official state budget this week, totaling US$9.66 billion. Military spending remained frozen, while the budget called for increased spending on energy and infrastructure. "DPRK Budget" (Daily Report, April 6, ROK) " DPRK Budget" (Daily Report, April 5, US) "DPRK Economy" (Daily Report, April 4, US)
	5. DPRK Food Aid CARE announced that it was pulling out of the Private Voluntary Organization (PVO) Consortium for DPRK food aid. The group cited a lack of access that hampered its ability to carry out its agricultural development projects. "DPRK Aid Consortium" (Daily Report, April 6)
	Taiwan Straits
	6. US Arms Sales to Taiwan Taiwan officials said that President-elect Chen Shui-bian would seek the same arms purchases from the US as his predecessor had. US officials said that the US has been quietly encouraging Chen to wait until after his inauguration to pursue weapons purchases. "US Weapons Sales to Taiwan" (Daily Report, April 7, US) "US Arms Sales to Taiwan" (Daily Report, April 5, US) "US Weapons Sales to Taiwan" (Daily Report, April 3, US)
	7. Cross-Straits Relations PRC Vice Premier Qian Qichen said in a speech that Taiwan President-elect Chen Shui-bian must take "substantial steps" to win the PRC's trust. US officials said that they believed that the PRC is taking a "wait and see" approach to Chen's election. Taiwan officials denied that Jeremy Stone of the Federation of American Scientists had traveled to the PRC as an unofficial envoy from Taiwan. "Cross-Strait Relations" (Daily Report, April 7, US) "US View of Cross-Straits Tensions" (Daily Report, April 6, US) "Cross-Strait Relations" (Daily Report, April 3, US) "Taiwan Envoy to the PRC" (Daily Report, April 3, US) "Cross-Straits Tension" (NPP Flash, Vol. 2, N. 12)
	8. PRC Missile Threat to Taiwan A team of US military officials were to travel to Taiwan to discuss Taiwan's vulnerability to PRC missile attack. "PRC Missile Threat to Taiwan" (Daily Report, April 3, US)
	People's Republic of China
	9. PRC Radar Purchase US Congress members threatened to block aid to Israel unless Israel cancels a planned sale of advanced airborne radar systems to the PRC. "US Reaction to PRC Military Purchases" (Daily Report, April 7, US) "PRC Military Purchases" (Daily Report, April 4, US)
	10. PRC-Japan Relations Zeng Qing-hong, head of the Chinese Communist Party, visited Japan to hold talks with officials from Japan's ruling coalition. General Fu Quanyou, chief of general staff of the PRC's People's Liberation Army, met Defense Agency chief Tsutomu Kawara in Tokyo on April 3. "Japanese-PRC Relations" (Daily Report, April 7, Japan) "Japan-PRC Military Relations" (Daily Report, April 4, US)
	Japan
	11. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, the number two official in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, was named new Prime Minister of Japan, replacing Keizo Obuchi, who remained in a coma after suffering a massive stroke. In his first speech, Mori pledged to try to improve relations with the PRC and the DPRK while retaining strong cooperation with the US and the ROK. "Japanese Foreign Policy" (Daily Report, April 7, US) "Japanese Prime Minister" (Daily Report, April 5, US) "PRC-Japanese Relations" (Daily Report, April 5, PRC) "Survey on New Japanese Prime Minister" (Daily Report, April 7, Japan)
	12. US-Japan Relations John Bolton and Ralph Cossa both argued in separate editorials that the US and Japan should move toward a more equal security partnership. "US-Japan Military Alliance" (Daily Report, April 5, US) "US-Japan Alliance" (NPP Flash, V. 2, N. 12)
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