The Six Party Talks are to resume on December 18 in Beijing. Given that these talks have been stalled for the last 13 months, it is no wonder that everyone has immense expectations and hope for its success. This is particularly so in light of the recent escalated tensions between North Korea and the U.S. since the 9.19 joint statement in 2005 -- the tensi...
2006/12/14 00:00 2006/12/14 00:00
Statement fo Korean NGOs on The Fourth Six Party Talks The fourth round of six party talks is scheduled to be held in Beijing from July 26th. The resumption of the talks is surely welcomed considering the breakdown of the six party talks would only worsen the crisis on the Korean peninsula especially when there are no alternatives left. The three p...
2005/07/26 13:50 2005/07/26 13:50
Civil Society’s Call on the Six-Party TalksJuly 22, 2005 NGO leaders from Northeast Asia, namely South Korea, Japan, China, Russia and Mongolia, and the US, have jointly issued a statement at the Untied Nations to call on the governments of the region for a peaceful resolution to the nuclear crisis over North Korea prior to the resumed Six-Party Talk sch...
2005/07/23 17:49 2005/07/23 17:49
A summit meeting of the presidents of the Republic of Korea and the United States of America is scheduled to be held on June 11, 2005 (Korean time), focusing mainly on the topics of the “North Korean Nuclear Weapons Development Program” and the “ROK-US alliance”. The upcoming summit meeting, dealing with various issues directly impacting on the desti...
2005/06/10 15:00 2005/06/10 15:00
Towards Creation of a Regional Mechanism for Peace GPPAC(Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict) Northeast Asia Regional Action Agenda 'Tokyo Agenda' Towards Creation of a Regional Mechanism for Peace < Contents > - Preamble - Guiding Principles - Theme 1: Peaceful Coexistence Building a regional system fo...
2005/04/01 12:30 2005/04/01 12:30
-A new breakthrough should be sought to overcome US's 'aggressive disregard' strategy outside of the inflexible structure of ROK-US concertation'NK Nuclear Weapons Development' Is in No Way Justifiable -A new breakthrough should be sought to overcome US's 'aggressive disregard' strategy outside of the inflexible structure of ROK-US concertation 1...
2005/03/22 00:00 2005/03/22 00:00
COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS Sixty-first session Item 9 of the provisional agenda QUESTION OF THE VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOM IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD Written statement* submitted by the People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD), a non-governmental organization in special consultative status App...
2005/02/14 00:00 2005/02/14 00:00
Demonstrates the limitations of the ROK-US alliance, urgent need for South Korea to step in as a mediator The second round of the Six-Party Talks resumed after a long stalemate and ended without showing any progress. A breakthrough to the North Korean nuclear crisis had been expected. However, only the basic notion that the conflict should be solve...
2004/03/02 00:00 2004/03/02 00:00
The second round of six-party talks begins on February 25 in Beijing, China. In view of the various expectations and concerns for the talks that is set to resume after much difficulty, we ardently hope that it develops into a turning point for a tangible resolution of the crisis that has hung over the Korean Peninsula for so long. We believe the si...
2004/02/23 00:00 2004/02/23 00:00
The Bush administration didn't suggest any tangible solutions to resolve the nuclear tension with North Korea, but repeatedly urged North Korea to dismantle its nuclear program unconditionally. Washington failed to narrow the gap regarding the issue of who must act first, thus the hope for a second round of six-party talks within the year has vanished....
2003/12/30 00:00 2003/12/30 00:00