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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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07SEOUL136 | AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH FORMER PRESIDENT KIM [...] (C) Summary: On January 16, Ambassador and Mrs. Vershbow hosted former President Kim Dae-jung and his wife Lee Hee-Ho to lunch at the Ambassador's Residence. While professing to avoid interfering in politics, the 83-year old Kim -- who said his health had improved recently -- offered his vie [...] | 2007-01-17 07:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MNUC ETRD ECON KS KN CH |
07SEOUL1361 | SOHN HAK-KYU PLANS TRIP NORTH TO BOOST RATINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Gyeonggi Governor and presidential candidate Sohn Hak-kyu met with the Ambassador on May 7 to discuss his planned May 9-12 trip to North Korea, where he hopes to discuss his proposed 10-year reconstruction plan for the North. He hoped his visit would contribute to the dev [...] | 2007-05-08 07:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PINR PREL |
07SEOUL1365 | PROMINENT NK DEFECTORS FORM RADICAL NGO [...] (C) "Aquariums of Pyongyang" author Kang Cheol-hwan, former DPRK inner-circle member Hwang Jang-yop and other prominent North Korean defectors have formed a new organization, the Committee for Democratization of North Korea (CDNK). Its main goals are to topple the DPRK regime and organize def [...] | 2007-05-08 08:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV PINR KS KN |
07SEOUL1387 | MEDIA REPORTS NORTH SOUGHT TALKS WITH SOUTH BEFORE [...] (C) Secret contacts between Seoul and Pyongyang are nothing new. Many previous ROK presidents, including Kim Dae-jung, Roh Tae-woo and Park Chung-hee, relied on their secret negotiations to harvest significant results. A flurry SIPDIS of press revelations indicate that President Roh Moo-h [...] | 2007-05-09 22:34:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV KS KN |
07SEOUL1405 | NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR BAEK ON FTA, ALLIANCE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 10 lunch meeting with the Ambassador, National Security Advisor Baek Jong-chun said his responsibilities were defined: work closely to support the KORUS FTA, USFK relocation agreements, and progress in the Six-Party Talks (6PT). Baek expressed optimism that the Banco De [...] | 2007-05-10 09:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MNUC KS KN |
07SEOUL1439 | URI PARTY VISIT TO PYONGYANG: DPRK SAID IT IS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Five Uri Party parliamentarians, led by potential presidential candidate Rep. Kim Hyuk-kyu, met with the Ambassador on May 9 to brief him on their May 2-5 trip to Pyongyang. Kim said that the North Korean side had stressed: (a) its commitment to implementing the February 13 "Initi [...] | 2007-05-14 06:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
07SEOUL1480 | UNIFICATION MINISTER CLAIMS RICE AID TO DPRK CAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 16 meeting with the Ambassador, Unification Minister Lee Jae-joung expressed enthusiasm about the planned May 17 inter-Korean railways tests calling them a first step toward restoring peace to the Korean Peninsula. Lee said that inter-Korean dialogue and Six-Party Talks ( [...] | 2007-05-16 09:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MNUC KS KN |
07SEOUL1557 | BILATERAL RICE AID TO START IN LATE MAY BUT 6PT [...] (C) Rice assistance: MOFAT North America DG Cho Byung-jae said that the ROKG would provide some bilateral rice aid by the end of May, given political and interagency pressure to do so; ideally, the Banco Delta Asia (BDA) issue would be resolved by then and the DPRK would start Yongbyon shutd [...] | 2007-05-21 09:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ECON KS KN |
07SEOUL1576 | XXXXXXXXXXXX SHARES IDEAS ON DPRK [...] (C)XXXXXXXXXXXX Arranging an Eric Clapton concert in Pyongyang could also be useful, he said, given Kim Jong-il's second son's devotion to the rock legend. END SUMMARY. XXXXXXXXXXXX ---------------------------------- 2. (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX DOING BUSINESS IN THE DPRK -------------------------- [...] | 2007-05-23 02:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV KS KN |
07SEOUL1608 | ACCOUNTS OF THE INTER-KOREAN RAILWAYS TRAIL RUNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With much fanfare on May 17, South and North Korea conducted test runs of two cross-border railways. Before the trains departed in the morning, ROK Unification Minister Lee Jae-joung said that the test runs indicated that "the heart of the Korean Peninsula is beating again." M [...] | 2007-05-25 08:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KS KN |
07SEOUL1670 | LEE MYUNG-BAK FOREIGN POLICY ADVISORS ON U.S.-ROK [...] (C) Members of presidential contender Lee Myung-bak's foreign policy team told poloffs on May 30 that Lee would likely advocate a "pragmatic" approach to the U.S.-ROK alliance, aimed principally to preserve room to strengthen the relationship after the election without alienating progressives [...] | 2007-06-01 08:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
07SEOUL1687 | NORTH-SOUTH MINISTERIAL HITS RICE HEADWIND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 4 briefing for the diplomatic community, Um Jong-sik, Director-General for Unification Policy Planning at the Ministry of Unification (MOU),described the May 29 - June 1 inter-Korean ministerial talks as helpful in that the North Koreans showed up and did not walk out [...] | 2007-06-04 09:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC EAID KS KN |
07SEOUL1711 | LEE MYUNG-BAK: SMOOTH SAILING TILL DECEMBER? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 4 meeting, the Ambassador and GNP presidential front-runner Lee Myung-bak discussed North Korea, the December elections, and the FTA. Lee also asked the Ambassador to help set up a meeting with Secretary Rice during his scheduled June 11-14 trip to Washington D.C. Le [...] | 2007-06-05 09:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS ECON KN |
07SEOUL173 | MOFAT PROTESTS GENERAL BELL'S PUBLIC REMARKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 18 meeting with the acting DCM, MOFAT Director General for North American Affairs Cho Byong-jae expressed a strong protest about two aspects of the public remarks General Bell had delivered at the Seoul Foreign Correspondent's Club earlier in the day. The first prob [...] | 2007-01-19 08:20:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL PGOV KN KS |
07SEOUL1755 | ROKG RELUCTANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO WFP PROGRAM IN DPRK [...] (U) Action Request: See paragraph 4. 2. (C) On June 8, A/POL delivered ref A points recommending that the ROKG contribute to the WFP's DPRK program as soon as possible despite the lack of DPRK enthusiasm for the idea, to Cho Byung-jae, Director-General for North American Affairs at the Mi [...] | 2007-06-08 08:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EAGR WFP KS KN |
07SEOUL1816 | ROKG PREFERS SEPARATE DEMARCHES TO THAILAND ON [...] (C) On May 12, Park Ji-hyun, Deputy Director of MOFAT's Inter-Korean Policy Division, expressed appreciation that the USG supported the ROKG's efforts to resist the Royal Thailand Government's proposal that all North Korean asylum seekers travel from Thailand to South Korea before being proces [...] | 2007-06-14 07:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KS KN TH |
07SEOUL1841 | PROGRESSIVE COALTION: CLEAR AS MUD? [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 11, the Ambassador met with Park Sang-cheon and Kim Han-gill, the co-chairs of the newly formed Moderate Unified Democrats (MUD) and discussed FTA, North Korea, Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC),SOFA and the future of the MUD party. The MUD co-chairs said their goal was [...] | 2007-06-18 08:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL |
07SEOUL1852 | SPI 13: U.S.-ROK SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE TALKS [...] (C) Summary. The thirteenth U.S.-ROK Security Policy Initiative talks (SPI 13) took place June 8, 2007 in Seoul. Topics addressed included the transition of wartime operational command (OPCON),UNC Armistice maintenance responsibilities, airspace management, security cooperation in Afghanista [...] | 2007-06-19 08:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS MARR MNUC PARM PREL KN |
07SEOUL1882 | ROKG INFORMED OF DENIED NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-21 07:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PREF PREL PINR KTIP KS KN MG |
07SEOUL194 | DEFECTORS SEEK NK REGIME CHANGE THROUGH CIVIL [...] (C) People for Successful Corean Reunification (PSCORE) is an organization newly founded by resettled North Koreans. While its short-term goal is to increase awareness of North Korea's human rights issues, the organization hopes ultimately to establish a network in the ROK, China and North Ko [...] | 2007-01-22 08:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV PINR KS KN |
07SEOUL1964 | FORMER PRESIDENT KIM YOUNG-SAM: LOOKING FORWARD TO [...] (C) Summary: In a June 26 luncheon meeting with the Ambassador, former President Kim Young-sam (KYS) said that the next ROK president would be a conservative from the Grand National Party, either former Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-bak or former GNP Chairperson Park Geun-hye. Kim believed that Lee, [...] | 2007-06-29 06:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
07SEOUL1967 | PRAGMATIC CONCERNS TAKE PRECEDENCE FOR NK DEFECTORS [...] (SBU) During a June 26-28 leadership camp sponsored by NGO Citizens' Alliance for North Korea Human Rights (Citizens' Alliance),16 young North Korean defectors received the message of democratic activism. However, more pragmatic advice on adjusting to South Korean society captivated their a [...] | 2007-07-02 02:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PGOV PINR KS KN |
07SEOUL1997 | NK HUMAN RIGHTS PROMINENT IN ROKG ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) The ROKG on May 22 unveiled its five-year National Action Plan for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. The 250-page report, which was compiled by the Ministry of Justice, touched on issues surrounding North Korean defectors in South Korea and efforts to improve human rights in [...] | 2007-07-05 07:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL KS KN |
07SEOUL2014 | FOREIGN POLICY OUTLOOK FOR SOUTH KOREAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Korea's presidential candidates have focused much of their campaign efforts on domestic and economic issues. On foreign policy, from what we can glean from public statements, debates, and meetings with foreign policy advisors, one thing is certain: all of the candidates, [...] | 2007-07-05 08:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KN KS PGOV PREL |
07SEOUL2017 | ROK JOURNALIST'S OBSERVATIONS ON DPRK TRIP: SHAME [...] (C) A former JoongAng Ilbo journalist who had covered North Korea for two decades got his first chance to travel to Pyongyang and other parts of North Korea in late June. He observed budding capitalism, including a tailor shop, massage parlor, and Chinese casino in his hotel, but was surprised [...] | 2007-07-06 05:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KN KS |
07SEOUL2044 | DPRK DEFECTOR FILES: THE UNTAPPED SOURCE [...] (S) The USG possesses an enormous trove of information about the DPRK that has been almost entirely untapped. The files contain over 9,180 Korean-language debriefs, spanning 1997 to the present, of North Korean citizens who escaped from the DPRK and were accepted by the ROKG for resettlement [...] | 2007-07-09 07:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | CH ECON ELAB KDEM KIRF KN KS KWMN PGOV PHUM |
07SEOUL2109 | RARE ACCOUNT OF DPRK "TOTALLY CONTROLLED" PRISON [...] (SBU) A North Korean defector recounted his experience as a second-generation prisoner in a DPRK political prison camp. He described the public execution of his mother and brother; starvation; torture with hot coals; and an education system bereft of politics, history, or any reality outside [...] | 2007-07-13 07:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL KS KN |
07SEOUL2144 | KAESONG INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX: THE INTER-KOREAN [...] (C) The Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC),a tidy enclave where 24 South Korean companies employ almost 16,000 North Korean workers on DPRK soil, is the most tangible and significant aspect of North-South relations. By our calculation using parallel market exchange rates, the North Korean gov [...] | 2007-07-18 06:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON KS KN |
07SEOUL2158 | ROKG EMBASSY TO STAFF MEETING ON DPRK FOOD NEEDS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-18 08:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID AORC WFP KS KN |
07SEOUL2179 | ROKG TO INVESTIGATE SOUTH KOREAN TRADING COMPANIES [...] (S) On July 20, poloff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper to Kim Jae-woo, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Kim agreed that, if verified, the case would represent a serious matter of proliferation concern. Ki [...] | 2007-07-20 07:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC KS KN TW |
07SEOUL2180 | STUDENTS' VIEWS ON CANDIDATES' FOREIGN POLICY [...] In an informal survey of college students, we found that the majority of students acknowledged the importance of foreign policy in the upcoming presidential election. Most, however, appeared to be utterly uninformed about the candidates' policies. This outcome likely reflects the conscious [...] | 2007-07-20 07:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KS KN |
07SEOUL2189 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE CHUNG DONG-YOUNG REACHES [...] (SBU) Summary: Former Unification Minister and Uri Party chair Chung Dong-young was the guest of honor on July 11 at the 170th Symposium on Korea's Foreign and Security Policy hosted by the Asia-Pacific Policy Research Institute (APPRI). Chung began his speech by criticizing not only his com [...] | 2007-07-22 22:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KN KS PGOV PREL |
07SEOUL22 | ROK DEFENSE WHITE PAPER LABELS DPRK A 'SERIOUS [...] (C) Summary. The Ministry of National Defense (MND) released its biennial Defense White Paper on December 29. The White Paper upgraded its characterization of the DPRK from a "direct military threat" to a "serious threat" to national security. The White Paper's focus remains on the threat po [...] | 2007-01-04 04:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MARR MNUC KS KN |
07SEOUL23 | ROK DEFENSE REFORM AND THE 2007 NATIONAL DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary. The ROK National Assembly (NA) has approved the Bill on Defense Reform designed to modernize the ROK military by the year 2020 at the cost of Won 621 trillion (USD 667.7 billion). Motivating factors behind the military modernization plan include deterring the North Korean threat, [...] | 2007-01-04 04:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KS KN |
07SEOUL2336 | AFGHAN HOSTAGE SITUATION: MISSION'S ASSESSMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fifteen days after 23 Korean hostages were kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan, emotions are running high in Korea. Especially after two hostages were killed, pressure is mounting on the ROKG to ensure the remaining hostages are saved. Some politicians and leftist groups are [...] | 2007-08-03 08:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PGOV PREL PTER AF KN KS |
07SEOUL2356 | NEW LIBERAL PARTY: UNDP NOT QUITE UNITED [...] SUMMARY (SBU) In pursuit of a grand coalition of the liberals, defectors from the ruling Uri Party and the Moderate United Democrats (MUD) launched the new progressive party "United New Democratic Party (UNDP)" on August 5. With eighty-five lawmakers, the new party emerged as the second larg [...] | 2007-08-06 08:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KN KS PGOV PREL |
07SEOUL2383 | ROH ANNOUNCES AUGUST 28-30 NORTH-SOUTH SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: With the ROK presidential election only four months away and his favored candidates registering only single-digit support, President Roh Moo-hyun has played his ace in the hole, the North Korea card. The announcement today, August 8 that Roh would go to Pyongyang to meet with K [...] | 2007-08-08 22:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PINR PREL |
07SEOUL2410 | ROK-DPRK SUMMIT LIKELY TO BROADEN ECONOMIC [...] (C) During the two days since the surprise announcement of an August 28-30 North-South summit to be held in Pyongyang (reftel),hints have emerged that the ROKG will offer to considerably broaden economic cooperation with the North under the heading of "social overhead capital," possibly inclu [...] | 2007-08-10 09:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PINR PREL |
07SEOUL2457 | ROK-DPRK SUMMIT: PROGRESSIVE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Progressive National Assembly members Lee Hwa-young and Kim Chong-ryul told poloffs on August 16 that President Roh Moo-hyun will emphasize strengthening economic ties during the August 28-30 summit with Kim Jong-il because he sees denuclearization as best handled through the Six-Party Ta [...] | 2007-08-16 08:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL ECON EINV |
07SEOUL2458 | ROK TO SEND FLOOD AID TO NORTH KOREA [...] (SBU) The DPRK experienced heavy flooding from August 7-12, and with more rain possible in the coming days for central North Korea, additional flooding is possible. In contrast to previous years, the DPRK has asked for relief assistance within days of the flooding. Official damage assessments [...] | 2007-08-16 11:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF KN KS EIAID |
07SEOUL2471 | GNP DECISION TIME APPROACHES: LEE MYUNG-BAK IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 19, the opposition Grand National Party (GNP) will hold its primary in polling booths throughout the country. Polls show a significant lead for front-runner Lee Myung-bak -- anywhere from 5 to 12 percent -- and while the number of undecided voters is still high and the [...] | 2007-08-17 06:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL |
07SEOUL2481 | PRESIDENT ROH SETS MODEST GOALS FOR SUMMIT IN [...] (SBU) In his August 15 National Day speech, President Roh Moo-hyun set modest goals for his planned August 28-30 summit with the DPRK's Kim Jong-il, saying that the meeting should help the two Koreas "develop their relationship into one that is predictable and trustworthy," and defending his a [...] | 2007-08-17 08:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KN KS PGOV PREL |
07SEOUL2529 | ROK-DPRK SUMMIT: FOREIGN AND UNIFICATION MINISTERS [...] (C) Expanded North-South economic cooperation is only possible if the DPRK continues to make progress on denuclearization, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Song Min-soon told the Ambassador at an August 20 meeting. -- Song also said the summit would be about implementing existing agreem [...] | 2007-08-21 09:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL ECON EINV |
07SEOUL2531 | NORTH/SOUTH AGREE TO WAGE HIKE AT KAESONG [...] (C) On August 3, North and South Korean authorities agreed to give North Korean workers at the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) a 5-percent pay raise, effective September 10. DPRK authorities had sought two earlier pay raises since the KIC broke ground in 2003, but this pay hike is the first [...] | 2007-08-21 22:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB PGOV PREL KS KN |
07SEOUL2534 | ROKG INVESTIGATION FINDS ROK COMPANIES DID NOT [...] (S) On August 21, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Kim Jae-woo told poloff that the ROKG had completed its investigation of the six ROK trading companies listed in reftel A nonpaper that allegedly facilitated sales [...] | 2007-08-22 01:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC KS KN TW |
07SEOUL2539 | GNP CANDIDATE LEE MYUNG-BAK TAKES AIM TOWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-bak won a narrow victory in the Grand National Party (GNP) primary and is well positioned to become the next ROK President. Based on his public statements and on conversations with his key advisors, important elements of Lee's campaign for the Dece [...] | 2007-08-22 08:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL2573 | LEE MYUNG-BAK COMES OUT AGAINST OCTOBER SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: GNP Presidential Candidate Lee Myung-bak advisor Nam Sung-wook told poloffs on August 23 that newly-crowned GNP candidate Lee was opposed to the proposed October 2-4 North-South Summit because of the effect it could have on the December elections, and because the summit aftermat [...] | 2007-08-27 08:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL2596 | DPRK ECONOMY SHRINKS IN 2006: BANK OF KOREA [...] (SBU) Relying on official but suspect DPRK data, the Bank of Korea's (BOK) report on the DPRK economy is noteworthy for spotlighting 2006 as a recession year, ending a seven-year growth streak. The DPRK economy shrank 1.1 percent in real terms -- compared with 3.8-percent growth reported fo [...] | 2007-08-28 07:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR PREL KS KN |
07SEOUL2611 | NORTH KOREANS ARE FENDING FOR THEMSELVES [...] (C) ROK Ministry of Unification (MOU) officials estimate that most of the DPRK's current economic activity is informal, while its formal economy and industrial base has severely eroded since the 1990s. As a result, the average household in North Korea earns the bulk of its income through the [...] | 2007-08-30 02:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS ECON PGOV |
07SEOUL2648 | ROKG INTERNAL WRANGLING OVER NLL, A NORTH-SOUTH [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. How the October 2-4 North-South summit should deal with the Northern Limit Line (NLL) is a major preoccupation for the South Korean government and the press. The issue is significant because the North has steadfastly refused to discuss a laundry list of military-to-military i [...] | 2007-08-31 07:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR KS KN |
07SEOUL2694 | SUBJECT: NORTH-SOUTH SUMMIT: HOW IT CAME ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: According to a senior Blue House staffer, the Roh Administration had been pursuing a North-South summit for several years, but to no avail until two months ago. The negotiations were conducted by NIS (National Intelligence Service) and NSC staff. Cabinet members, including Fore [...] | 2007-09-05 08:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC KS KN |
07SEOUL2696 | NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR ON ROK-DPRK SUMMIT AND [...] (C) During a September 3 meeting with the Ambassador, National Security Advisor Baek Jong-chun, who will accompany President Roh Moo-hyun to the APEC meetings, said that the October 2-4 North-South summit would support the Six-Party Talks and denuclearization, but he was not confident that Kim [...] | 2007-09-05 08:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL |
07SEOUL2713 | UNDP PRE-PRIMARY: WORKING FROM NINE TO FIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an attempt to generate interest in the fledgling liberal United New Democratic Party (UNDP) and to reduce the number of candidates, the successor to the Uri Party conducted a pre-primary to pare down the number of candidates from nine to five over September 3-5. The five winne [...] | 2007-09-06 08:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL2728 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PROF. MOON CHUNG-IN, GNP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador discussed the latest developments in the Six-Party Talks, the upcoming North-South summit and ROK's December presidential elections with Yonsei Political Science Professor Moon Chung-in and GNP Lawmaker Won Hee-ryong. Over a relaxed lunch, Moon explained that Pres [...] | 2007-09-07 08:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL276 | PDAS STEPHENS' MEETING WITH DEPUTY UNIFICATION [...] (C) Deputy Minister of Unification for Unification Policy and Public Relations Lee Kwan-sei told EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Kathy Stephens that the ROKG was cautiously optimistic about progress at the next round of Six Party Talks (6PT),would continue the suspension of rice-and- [...] | 2007-01-29 07:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PREL OVIP |
07SEOUL2761 | JAPAN-DPRK WORKING GROUP MEETING [...] (C) Summary: A Japanese Embassy contact told us that the September 5-6 Japan-North Korea bilateral meeting in Ulaanbaatar was "better" than the previous meeting in Hanoi, especially the overall atmosphere. One concrete result was that North Korea agreed to have further meetings. Substantive [...] | 2007-09-11 08:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN JP |
07SEOUL2800 | TOP POLITICAL ANALYST SAYS "LUCKY LEE" WILL WIN IN [...] (C) Summary: With just over three months until the presidential election, GNP candidate Lee Myung-bak leads all polls and most political observers predict he will celebrate his birthday, December 19, with a victory. Park Song-min, head of MIN political consultants, a leading political analyst [...] | 2007-09-14 02:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL2845 | THREE-MAN RACE EMERGES AFTER FIRST ROUND IN UNDP [...] (C) Summary: Former Unification Minister Chung Dong-young was the big winner in the United New Democratic Party's four primary elections held over the weekend, placing first in three out of the four races. Former Gyeonggi Province Governor Sohn Hak-kyu came in second, despite his higher poll [...] | 2007-09-17 09:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL2861 | LEE WINS PRIMARY, WHAT NEXT? [...] (C) Summary: Conservative Grand National Party (GNP) presidential candidate Lee Myung-bak has started to revamp the party just three months ahead of the presidential election. After emerging as the GNP candidate on August 20, Lee stated that he would embrace Park Geun-hye's supporters. Howeve [...] | 2007-09-18 06:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL2876 | SENIOR KBS CORRESPONDENTS SEE GNP'S VICTORY [...] (C) Summary: According to two senior Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) correspondents, Lee Myung-bak would be victorious in December, not because of Lee's qualities or performance, but because of three big macro trends in Korean society: less nationalism, more suspicion of North Korea, and m [...] | 2007-09-19 05:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL2886 | CHUNG OVERTAKES SOHN IN POLLS [...] (C) Summary: Chung Dong-young's early victories in the first rounds of the liberal United New Democratic Party's (UNDP) primaries (See reftel) boosted his poll ratings into the double digits for the first time. A September 18 Donga Ilbo newspaper poll also showed a six percent drop for conser [...] | 2007-09-19 08:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL2906 | NSA BAEK: EXPECT NO SURPRISES FROM N-S SUMMIT [...] (C) National Security Advisor Baek Jong-chun told the Ambassador during a September 19 meeting that all potential agenda items for the North-South Summit were now public knowledge. As a result, there would be no surprises at the summit. Baek thought that a joint summit statement would be 1/3 [...] | 2007-09-20 08:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
07SEOUL2940 | FORMER UNIFICATION MINISTER JUNG SE-HYUN ON [...] (C) Summary: In a September 14 meeting with poloff, former Unification Minister (Jan. 2002-Jun. 2004) Jung Se-hyun said that the upcoming October 2-4 North-South summit would focus on the economy. Jung said that a commitment by one of the major ROK chaebols (Samsung, LG, Hyundai, etc.) to in [...] | 2007-09-27 06:20:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL2960 | ADVISOR SAYS GNP CANDIDATE LEE LACKS CLEAR FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Former Foreign Minister Yoo Chong-ha, a senior advisor to Lee Myung-bak, told poloffs on September 26 that Lee's lack of overall foreign policy vision worried him. Since Lee did not have a fixed idea about how Korea should relate to its neighbors, Lee was flexible and open to ide [...] | 2007-09-28 08:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL2974 | SUBJECT: ISSUES TO WATCH AT THE ROK-DPRK SUMMIT, [...] (C) President Roh Moo-hyun and his 300-person entourage of businesspeople, journalists and support staff will drive from Seoul to Pyongyang on the morning of October 2 for the second ROK-DPRK summit meeting with Kim Jong-il. This is the first chance for Roh and Kim Jong-il to meet face to face [...] | 2007-10-01 10:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL |
07SEOUL2990 | ROK-DPRK SUMMIT DAY 1: PAGEANTRY AND PEACE BUT NO [...] (U) Summary: President Roh walked for a few meters across the inter-Korean border and later met Kim Jong-il outside the House of Culture in Pyongyang, allaying the fears of some who feared that Kim would snub his South Korean counterpart on day one of the summit. The day's events were carried [...] | 2007-10-02 08:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KN KS PGOV PREL |
07SEOUL3006 | ROH SURPRISED BY DPRK ATTITUDE, BUT NO SURPRISES [...] (C) While the joint declaration from the North-South Summit contained no major surprises, President Roh was reported as being surprised by the level of suspicion in his meetings with the DPRK. The joint declaration included a DPRK commitment to denuclearization but made no overt mention of th [...] | 2007-10-04 08:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
07SEOUL3007 | ROH SURPRISED BY DPRK ATTITUDE, BUT NO SURPRISES [...] (C) While the joint declaration from the North-South Summit contained no major surprises, President Roh was reported as being surprised by the level of suspicion in his meetings with the DPRK. The joint declaration included a DPRK commitment to denuclearization and a peace regime to replace t [...] | 2007-10-04 09:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN ECON |
07SEOUL3017 | CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE MAKES ONLINE GAINS [...] (C) Summary. In the 2002 presidential election the conservative Grand National Party (GNP) lost the battle for internet supremacy. In an effort to right that wrong, GNP candidate Lee Myung-bak is using the internet to boost visibility among young voters, already a bastion of his political s [...] | 2007-10-05 05:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL3018 | UNDP CHANGES PRIMARY RULES AMID FRAUD ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The United New Democratic Party (UNDP) announced October 3 it would combine the remaining eight primary races into a "one-shot" one-day primary event on October 14. The party hopes to address allegations of voter fraud and generate more voter interest with the change. The singl [...] | 2007-10-05 05:52:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL3024 | MOFAT READOUT OF NORTH-SOUTH SUMMIT: ROH "WENT TO [...] (C) In an October 5 meeting with the Ambassador, Vice Foreign Minister Cho Jung-pyo said that the ROK had reached a comprehensive agreement on the future direction of inter-Korean relations during the North-South Summit. Peace, inter-Korean economic cooperation, and reconciliation were the ma [...] | 2007-10-05 08:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PROG PREL PGOV KS KN |
07SEOUL3025 | INTER-KOREAN SUMMIT: LEADERS COMMENTS ON HEALTH, [...] (SBU) Summary: The second ever inter-Korean summit, held in Pyongyang October-2-4, offered rare glimpses of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's thoughts and preoccupations. KJI made surprisingly many public comments, mostly intended for the South Korean and international audience. KJI's comme [...] | 2007-10-05 08:52:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PINR KS KN |
07SEOUL3026 | ROK-DPRK SUMMIT DECLARATION: AMBITIOUS PLAN WILL [...] (C) The "Declaration on the Advancement of South-North Korean Relations, Peace and Prosperity" that emerged from the October 2-4 summit between President Roh Moo-hyun and the DPRK's Kim Jong-il is a "Sunshine Policy" manifesto: an action plan for peace-building and engagement that progressi [...] | 2007-10-05 10:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS ECON PGOV PREL |
07SEOUL3043 | MOU MINISTER DOWNPLAYS SUMMIT TENSIONS, HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) In an October 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Unification Minister Lee Jae-jung went into detail about the personal dynamics between President Roh Moo-hyun and Kim Jong-il at the October 2-4 Summit, and downplayed the awkward moments between the two. Lee's overall impression of the summit [...] | 2007-10-09 06:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROG KS KN |
07SEOUL3058 | DARK HORSE CANDIDATE MOON KUK-HYUN - DOES HE HAVE [...] (C) Summary: Dark horse independent candidate Moon Kuk-hyun presented himself as a liberal, pro-business alternative to conservative Grand National Party (GNP) candidate Lee Myung-bak. Speaking comfortably in English and Korean before a packed audience at the Seoul Foreign Correspondents Clu [...] | 2007-10-11 02:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL3080 | UNDP PRIMARY PREVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Though the race for the United New Democratic Party (UNDP) candidacy is tightening and allegations of voter fraud persist, former Unification Minister Chung Dong-young is in the lead and could be the UNDP candidate if his strong national organization can get out the vote and hold [...] | 2007-10-12 05:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL3086 | ALL KEY POLITICAL FACTORS FAVOR GNP CANDIDATE LEE [...] (C) Summary: With just 68 days until the presidential election, there is no indication that the liberal camp will be able to overcome Grand National Party (GNP) candidate Lee Myung-bak's lead. (In an October 5 SBS-Hankook Ilbo poll, Lee received 47.6 percent support to 11.3 percent for his cl [...] | 2007-10-12 06:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KN KS |
07SEOUL3117 | MT. KUMGANG SHOWS GROWING ROK FOOTPRINT IN DPRK [...] (C) Summary. Mount Kumgang is sometimes regarded as a one-sided transfer of ROK tourist funds to DPRK coffers without much prospect of influencing the DPRK. The Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC),in contrast, is seen as more beneficial because 16,000 North Korean workers are exposed to South [...] | 2007-10-17 06:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN ECON PREL |
07SEOUL3122 | NEW UNDP CANDIDATE CHUNG BANKS ON NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary: On October 15, the progressive United New Democratic Party (UNDP) announced that former Unification Minister Chung Dong-young is the party's candidate for the December 19 presidential election. Chung won with a comfortable 43.8 percent of all physical, mobile phone, and opinion [...] | 2007-10-17 07:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL3137 | LEE UNVEILS OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN LEADERSHIP TEAM [...] (SBU) Summary: In forming his campaign leadership team, Grand National Party (GNP) presidential candidate Lee Myung-bak tried to combine both party members and outside figures in what he termed a "2 6" leadership formula - two campaign chairmen from within the party plus six co-chairs from ou [...] | 2007-10-19 07:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL3177 | ROK-DPRK SUMMIT FOLLOW-UP: ROK CEOS NOT BULLISH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chief Executives of four of South Korea's largest business groups, all of whom joined President Roh Moo-hyun's delegation to the October 2-4 summit with Kim Jong-il, told the Ambassador at an October 23 meeting that the summit experience reinforced their view that North Korea's s [...] | 2007-10-25 05:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV KN KS PGOV |
07SEOUL3178 | CHUNG DONG-YOUNG ADVISORS: IT'S ALL ABOUT THE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent meeting with Emboffs, members of United New Democratic Party (UNDP) candidate Chung Dong-young's policy advisory team discussed Chung's economic policy, his views on the U.S. and his strategy for overcoming Lee Myung-bak's sizable lead in the final 60 days of the ca [...] | 2007-10-25 07:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL KN KS |
07SEOUL3191 | COURT RULINGS UNDERMINE LEGAL PROGRESS IN FIGHTING [...] (C) Summary: The ROKG has made some progress in addressing sexual harassment, but recent court rulings overturning convictions point to an underlying cultural tolerance for demeaning behavior toward women in the workplace. Ironically, a number of convictions were reversed after the complaina [...] | 2007-10-26 06:59:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL3224 | BLUE HOUSE ADVISORS: WE WILL LOSE IN DECEMBER BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 30, Poloffs met with two working-level Blue House policy advisers. The two, both typical "Roh-sa-mo" supporters who owe their Blue House jobs to their work on the Roh campaign in 2002, were pessimistic about United New Democratic Party (UNDP) Candidate Chung Dong-you [...] | 2007-10-31 07:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KN KS |
07SEOUL3225 | KIM KYUNG-JOON'S EXTRADITION CASE [...] (C) Summary: On October 31, the Ambassador met with former Foreign Minister Yoo Chong-ha, co-chairman of Grand National Party (GNP) candidate Lee Myung-bak's election campaign and one of his main foreign policy advisers. Responding to Yoo's earlier request concerning the BBK extradition case, [...] | 2007-10-31 08:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KN KS |
07SEOUL3256 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MOON KUK-HYUN FOCUSES ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 1 independent presidential candidate Moon Kuk-hyun outlined his platform during breakfast with the Ambassador. Moon's support rate has been hovering just below 10 percent, but he is still optimistic these rates will reach 20 percent by the end of November. Moon's ove [...] | 2007-11-05 01:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | CH KN KS PGOV PINR PREL RS |
07SEOUL3268 | CANDIDATE LEE HOI-CHANG: THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sensing an opportunity that the imminent return of a financial swindle figure could destroy Lee Myung-bak's candidacy, two-time presidential runner-up and former Grand National Party (GNP) Chairman Lee Hoi-chang, 72, is expected to announce a third bid for the presidency in the [...] | 2007-11-06 06:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KN KS |
07SEOUL3269 | CANDIDATE RHEE IN-JAE: STILL RUNNING [...] (C) Summary: Over a November 2 lunch with the Ambassador, Democratic Party (DP) presidential candidate Rhee In-jae explained that if he were elected president, U.S.-ROK relations would improve, he would institute policies that encouraged reform in North Korea, and he would create many quality [...] | 2007-11-06 07:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | CH KN KS PGOV PINR PREL RS |
07SEOUL3285 | THE LEE HOI-CHANG EFFECT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Conservative Lee Hoi-chang's November 7 entry into the 2007 presidential race changes the election dynamics. What many clearly saw as the inevitable landslide win of Grand National Party (GNP) candidate Lee Myung-bak has been cast into doubt. Simply put, the majority of votes for [...] | 2007-11-08 06:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL RS CH KN KS |
07SEOUL3287 | ROH MOO-HYUN: NOT SO LAME DUCK? [...] (C) Summary: President Roh is entering the last 100 days of his presidency determined to avoid the lame duck fate of his predecessors; so far, he has done a credible job. Former Presidents Kim Young-sam and Kim Dae-jung limped through the last months of their presidencies with single-digit a [...] | 2007-11-08 06:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL3297 | ROH PUSHING NORTH KOREAN AGENDA TO BITTER END [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 8, poloffs met with Professor Kim Keun-sik, professor of North Korea studies at Kyungnam University and Blue House advisor on North Korean policy. Kim accompanied Roh to Pyongyang for the October 2-4 summit and is a reliable source on Roh's DPRK policy. While acknow [...] | 2007-11-09 07:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL3312 | UNDP-DP MERGER: DOES 13 PLUS 1.2 EQUAL VICTORY? [...] (C) Summary: On November 12, United New Democratic Party (UNDP) candidate Chung Dong-young and Democratic Party (DP) candidate Rhee In-je announced they would merge their two parties and that a unified presidential candidate would be chosen based on two debates and the results of two rounds of [...] | 2007-11-14 07:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL3323 | ROK OPINION OF CHINA DRIVEN BY GOGURYEO ANXIETY [...] (C) Mt. Baekdu, known in China as Mt. Changbai, is considered in Korea to be a sacred mountain, containing the legendary foundation of the nation. This highest mountain in Korea (and Manchuria) has come to the fore for many South Koreans because they perceive Chinese economic, cultural, and [...] | 2007-11-15 08:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PROG PREL |
07SEOUL3331 | CANDIDATES OFFER NO GOOD SOLUTION TO EDUCATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Education, more specifically the need to get one's child into college, is of great concern to South Korean parents, who spend more than four times the OECD average on education, most of which goes toward private tutoring. The cost and stress of this system make educational reform [...] | 2007-11-16 06:46:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL CH KN KS RS |
07SEOUL3355 | 2007-2008 ROK AND DPRK INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Seoul's submission for the Republic of Korea (ROK) portion of the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report is provided at para 2. Input for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) portion of the INCSR is provided at para 3 with the understandi [...] | 2007-11-21 00:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KS KN |
07SEOUL3357 | 2007-2008 ROK AND DPRK INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Seoul's submission for the Republic of Korea (ROK) portion of the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report is provided at para 2. Input for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) portion of the INCSR is provided at para 3 with the understandi [...] | 2007-11-21 04:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KS KN |
07SEOUL3358 | 2007-2008 ROK AND DPRK INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Seoul's submission for the Republic of Korea (ROK) portion of the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report is provided at para 2. Input for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) portion of the INCSR is provided at para 3 with the understandi [...] | 2007-11-21 04:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KS KN |
07SEOUL3359 | 2007-2008 ROK AND DPRK INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Seoul's submission for the Republic of Korea (ROK) portion of the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report is provided at para 2. Input for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) portion of the INCSR is provided at para 3 with the understandi [...] | 2007-11-21 04:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KS KN |
07SEOUL3361 | WEEK OF DESTINY: ONE MONTH TILL PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: In the next ten days the outcome of the December 19 election will become clearer since after the official candidate registration period November 25-6 the candidates will be confirmed. Grand National Party (GNP) candidate Lee Myung-bak still holds some hope that former GNP Chairm [...] | 2007-11-21 04:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL3366 | UNDP CANDIDATE CHUNG TO JEOLLA: WHERE'S THE LOVE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Jeolla region has historically supported liberal politics and progressive candidates. Overwhelming (over 90 percent) support in the Jeolla provinces helped Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun gain office in otherwise closely contested elections in 1997 and 2002, respectively. Des [...] | 2007-11-23 04:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KN KS |
07SEOUL3385 | ROKG BRIEFS U.S. OFFICIALS IN ADVANCE OF N-S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 26 the U.S.- ROK Senior Working Group, consisting of representatives from MOFAT, MND, UNC/CFC/USFK and the Embassy, met for a briefing on the ROK strategy for the November 27-29 North-South Defense Ministerial. The briefing conducted by BG Moon Sung-mook of MND's No [...] | 2007-11-26 07:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PARM PREL MNUC KN KS |
07SEOUL3408 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SAVES TOUGH ISSUES FOR FUTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the National Assembly (NA) session, which ended on November 23, Korea's parliament approved several controversial bills, but left the KORUS FTA and the Iraq troop deployment extension for later sessions. Possibly the most controversial of the bills passed was a proposal -- ve [...] | 2007-11-28 05:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | CH KN KS PGOV PINR PREL RS |
07SEOUL3410 | UNDP CHUNG DONG-YOUNG'S CAMP FACING UPHILL BATTLE [...] (C) Summary: In designing his campaign leadership team and strategies, United New Democratic Party (UNDP) candidate Chung Dong-young has tried to integrate creative new outreach programs to directly involve the public. Chung's advisors are mainly former staff members from Chung's days in th [...] | 2007-11-28 06:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | CH KN KS PGOV PINR PREL RS |
07SEOUL3414 | SUBJECT: INTER-KOREAN PRIME MINISTERS' AGREEMENT: [...] (C) Summary: The November 14-16 South-North Prime Ministerial talks between the ROK's Han Duck-soo and the DPRK's Kim Yong-il ended with a detailed agreement -- eight pages, eight articles and 48 subsidiary points -- to implement many of the economic engagement projects that President Roh Moo [...] | 2007-11-28 07:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KS KN PGOV PREL |
07SEOUL3424 | THE HEAT IS ON: OFFICIAL PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: The 23-day official presidential campaign period kicked off November 27 with large rallies consisting mostly of yelling, dancing and hugging of voters. Despite the compact campaign period, bubbling scandals, late entries of candidates and intrigue surrounding North Korea, Park Ge [...] | 2007-11-30 06:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL3426 | UNCOVERING THE DJ KIDNAPPING: CLOSING THE DOOR ON [...] (C) Summary: The life of former President Kim Dae-jung, often referred to as Asia's Nelson Mandela, is a microcosm of the turbulent course of post-war Korean politics. Beginning in the 1960s, Kim, a native of the historically repressed Jeolla region, became a vocal pro-democracy activist and [...] | 2007-11-30 07:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL3427 | SCENESETTER FOR NSA BAEK'S TRIP TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) SUMMARY: ROK National Security Advisor Baek Jong-chun will make what he sees as his final visit to Washington in his current position on December 3-4. In a November 28 meeting with the Ambassador, he said that the main reason for the trip was to coordinate on relevant U.S.-ROK issues fo [...] | 2007-11-30 08:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
07SEOUL3428 | DPRK ECONOMY: THE CHINESE "GRAB" FOR MINERAL [...] (C) Generating significant press 'buzz' between the North/South Prime Ministerial and Defense Ministers meetings this November, the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) recently issued a report urging the ROKG to adopt new policies promoting natural resource development in the DPRK. [...] | 2007-11-30 08:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN ETRD PREL PGOV KN KS CH |
07SEOUL3438 | SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL HAWK SALE TO SOUTH KOREA [...] (C) SUMMARY. It is Post's assessment that the Republic of Korea's acquisition of the Global Hawk system is essential to U.S. interests and to the maintenance of the ROK-U.S. Alliance in the years ahead. Key to the success of the Alliance for more than five decades has been our ability to ma [...] | 2007-12-03 09:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR MOPS KS KN |
07SEOUL3463 | UNGA FOLLOW UP DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points on December 4 to MOFAT's Deputy Director of Human Rights and Social Affairs, Jang Hyun-cheol and First Secretary Kim Pil-woo. Jang said that the ROK decision to abstain on the North Korea Human Rights Resolution came only after "painful discussions" withi [...] | 2007-12-05 07:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KS KN |
07SEOUL3464 | LEE MYUNG-BAK CLEARED IN BBK SCANDAL [...] (C) Summary: On December 5, the Prosecutor's Office announced that Lee Myung-bak was clear of suspicion in the BBK stock manipulation scandal. While the United New Democratic Party (UNDP) and others have vowed to continue to fight to unearth Lee Myung-bak's connection to the scandal, the off [...] | 2007-12-05 07:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL3465 | REGIONALISM ALIVE AND KICKING IN SWING PROVINCE OF [...] (C) Summary: Insistence among pundits in Seoul that regionalism is declining falls on deaf ears in the swing provinces of the Chungcheong region. The region is divided into two provinces, North and South Chungcheong, in which Daejeon, with its population of about 1.5 million people, is the l [...] | 2007-12-05 07:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL RS CH KN KS |
07SEOUL3484 | GYEONGSANG: ANTICIPATING THE CONSERVATIVE REVIVAL [...] (C) Summary: The Gyeongsang province has long been associated with strong ties to political conservatism. The area's largest city, Busan, is a shipping hub and its economy is dependent upon industrial and trade-related activities centered around its marine ports. Its profile continues to [...] | 2007-12-09 22:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL3485 | LEE MYUNG-BAK STRETCHES HIS LEAD: KEY CONTACTS SAY [...] (C) Summary: On December 7 poloffs met with several key Assembly contacts to gauge the mood in the National Assembly one day after the first televised presidential debate. All interlocutors from both the GNP and UNDP agreed that the "game was over" and Grand National Party (GNP) candidate Lee [...] | 2007-12-09 22:34:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL3510 | LEE MYUNG-BAK AND MONK MYOCHUNG: TWO PEAS FROM A [...] (C) Grand National Party (GNP) candidate Lee Myung-bak is virtually assured of a victory December 19, but according to a contact who has been covering the Lee camp since summer 2006, a victory December 19 is just the first in a series of goals Lee and his top advisors have laid out. In the Ap [...] | 2007-12-11 07:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL3511 | CHUNG DONG-YOUNG CAMPAIGN MANAGER: CHUNG AND [...] (C) Summary: Over coffee on December 10, former lawmaker and current head of UNDP candidate Chung Dong-young's campaign, Chyung Dai-chul, told the Ambassador that he had no confidence that candidate Chung could mount a serious challenge to frontrunner Lee Myung-bak. If the liberals unified b [...] | 2007-12-11 07:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL3515 | SEOUL 2007 CABLES REGARDING DECEMBER 19 [...] (U) Provided below is a list of post's cables pertaining to the December 17 Presidential election. This list may be useful in answering questions related to the candidates and the election. Paragraph 2 highlights key cables by category (Bio Sketches, Ambassador/Embassy Visitors - Candidate [...] | 2007-12-12 06:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
07SEOUL3525 | BLUE HOUSE AIDES SOMBER, READY FOR THE WORST [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs recently met with working level Blue House policy advisors Jo Su-jeong and Kim Tae-hwan who said that morale in the Blue House was low since the Prosecutor's Office cleared Lee Myung-bak of all charges related to the BBK stock-manipulation scandal December 5, but that ther [...] | 2007-12-13 05:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL3527 | LOOKING IN THE CRYSTAL BALL: LEE MYUNG-BAK'S [...] (C) Summary: Past presidents have traditionally started their tenure by choosing academics or National Assembly members as their first foreign ministers, later replaced by career diplomats. The current bet among our MOFAT and campaign contacts is that Lee Myung-bak might decide to stick wit [...] | 2007-12-13 21:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL353 | DM PARK IN-KOOK ON CONCERNS ABOUT NORTH KOREA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 5 lunch hosted by Park In-kook, MOFAT Deputy Minister for Policy Planning and International Organizations, Park updated the DCM on recent actions the ROK had taken to implement UNSCR 1718 and tighten inspections at the Western Transportation Corridor (TC West) t [...] | 2007-02-06 05:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD MNUC PARM PREL KN KS |
07SEOUL3531 | NORTH KOREA REFUGEES FACE PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA [...] (SBU) This cable is the first in a two-part series about psychological issues facing North Korean refugees. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: As the number of North Korean refugees arriving in the South continues to rise, so too do the accounts of harsh living conditions that North Koreans faced on a day t [...] | 2007-12-14 03:34:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL KS KN |
07SEOUL3535 | SOUTH-NORTH RELATIONS SINCE OCTOBER SUMMIT: HAIL [...] (C) President Roh Moo-hyun's October summit with Kim Jong-il was not the fourth-quarter touchdown that progressives were hoping for. Compared to the euphoria of the first South-North summit in June 2000, the public reaction was tepid, with no discernible effect on the presidential campaign. [...] | 2007-12-14 06:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL ECON EINV |
07SEOUL3538 | NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES: DEALING WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL [...] (SBU) This cable is the second in a two-part series about psychological issues that North Korean defectors are facing. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A small group of doctors, politicians and academics in South Korea are working to bring North Korean defector's psychological challenges, including Post-Tr [...] | 2007-12-14 06:34:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL KS KN |
07SEOUL3539 | FOREIGN MINISTER AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS HANDLING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Song Min-soon told the Ambassador during a December 13 meeting that he wanted to continue close coordination with the USG during the remainder of President Roh Moo-hyun's term, and that he understood the Embassy's need to engage with the president-elect's transiti [...] | 2007-12-14 07:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL ABLD |
07SEOUL3540 | GNP LAWMAKER PARK JIN ON LEE MYUNG-BAK FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In a December 14 meeting with POL M/C and POL Internal Chief, Grand National Party (GNP) lawmaker Park Jin explained that no one in the Lee Myung-bak campaign team was publicly planning for the transition despite the GNP candidate's commanding lead in all polls. However, he allo [...] | 2007-12-14 07:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL3550 | KBS REPORTER: LEE MYUNG-BAK PRAGMATIC, SHY [...] (C) Summary: KBS reporter Min Kyung-wook, Washington correspondent until June 2007, is currently producing a 30-minute documentary on Lee Myung-bak to air December 20 on the national TV station. Recently, Min shared his impressions after a full month researching Lee's life, meeting his old a [...] | 2007-12-17 05:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL3551 | SOUTH KOREA TO VOTE AGAINST DURBAN REVIEW IN UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-17 06:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KS KN |
07SEOUL3552 | POLLSTERS SAY LEE MYUNG-BAK WILL WIN BIG DESPITE [...] (C) Summary: Two days before the Korean presidential election and five days since the prohibition on political polling went into place, two representatives from leading polling firms told POL M/C and POL INT that Lee Myung-bak would convincingly win the December 19 presidential election but m [...] | 2007-12-17 06:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL3555 | BBK TO HAUNT PRESIDENT-ELECT LEE? [...] (C) Summary: It does not look like Lee Myung-bak's political problems will be over with his presidential election victory in two days. On December 17, the National Assembly convened to approve the appointment of a special prosecutor to look into allegations that Lee was involved in BBK's [...] | 2007-12-17 21:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL3561 | "BULLDOZER" LEE MUST LEARN TO PLAY NICE IN [...] (C) Summary: At an open forum discussion on December 13, Professor Hahm Sung-deuk of Korea University talked about how challenges facing the next Korean President differ from those facing past presidents. ROKG decision-making has evolved from an executive-military nexus that prevailed from t [...] | 2007-12-18 03:52:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL3574 | LEE MYUNG-BAK WINS IN A LANDSLIDE [...] (C) Summary: On December 19 former Seoul Mayor and Grand National Party (GNP) candidate Lee Myung-bak handily won South Korea's presidential election, ending 10 years of liberal government in South Korea. Thanks to his landslide victory, Lee Myung-bak now has a mandate from the public, which [...] | 2007-12-19 09:20:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL3575 | WHO IS PRESIDENT-ELECT LEE MYUNG-BAK? [...] (C) SUMMARY: President-elect Lee Myung-bak is a self-made businessman and politician and his successful experience as CEO of Hyundai Construction and Seoul Mayor lead many to believe he will accomplish great things as the seventh President of Korea. The most thoroughly investigated president [...] | 2007-12-19 09:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL3576 | ENGAGING THE NEW ROK LEADERSHIP ON U.S. PRIORITIES [...] (S) SUMMARY: Early results and exit polls show that GNP presidential candidate Lee Myung-bak has won the election with around 50 percent of the vote. His closest rival, the UNDP's Chung Dong-young, garnered around 25 percent. This is an unprecedented margin of victory, but Lee is seriously [...] | 2007-12-19 09:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PGOV PINS MARR KS KN |
07SEOUL3578 | LEE SWEEPS ALL REGIONS EXCEPT JEOLLA [...] (SBU) Summary: December 19, Lee Myung-bak was elected President of Korea with 48.6 percent of the vote. Second place went to Chung Dong-young with 26.3 percent while Lee Hoi-chang came in third with 15.1 percent. Lee Myung-bak was the first conservative candidate since direct elections were [...] | 2007-12-20 06:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL3579 | "ANYTHING BUT ROH" CARRIES THE DAY FOR [...] (C) Summary: GNP candidate Lee Myung-bak won a landslide victory in the December 19 presidential election, winning 49 percent of the votes in a field of ten candiates and carrying all regions except Jeolla Provinces. Among pundits a strong consensus is emerging that Lee's was able to sweep to [...] | 2007-12-20 07:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL3581 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON PRESIDENT-ELECT LEE MYUNG-BAK [...] (C) During a December 20 call on President-elect Lee Myung-bak, the Ambassador congratulated Lee on his decisive election victory, noting that President Bush planned on calling him later in the day. The Ambassador said the USG looked forward to working with Lee and his administration to stre [...] | 2007-12-20 07:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN ECON PINR |
07SEOUL359 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES 6PT, AID, KIC WITH [...] (C) In a February 5 meeting with Unification Minister Lee Jae-joung, the Ambassador noted that if progress were made at the Six Party Talks (6PT),it would be important to coordinate international approaches to synchronize assistance with DPRK actions ondenuclearization and to maintain our le [...] | 2007-02-06 09:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KS KN |
07SEOUL3595 | LEE MYUNG-BAK'S FOREIGN POLICY TEAM: PRESIDENT LEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 24 meeting with President-elect Lee Myung-bak's foreign policy advisors, the Ambassador discussed the alliance, North Korea, Iraq troop extension, the KORUS FTA, Lee's first trip to the U.S., and the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). The team was optimistic that, under Pr [...] | 2007-12-26 06:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL3596 | PARTISAN DIVIDE PRESENTS PROBLEMS FOR KEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Assembly (NA) on December 10 convened an extraordinary session to deal with outstanding legislation for 2007. Among issues likely to be discussed before the end of the year are legislation extending the deployment of troops to Iraq as well as the 2008 budget. Altho [...] | 2007-12-26 06:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL3608 | PRESIDENT-ELECT NAMES TRANSITION LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 26 President-elect Lee Myung-bak formally named Lee Kyung-sook chairperson of his transition team, making her the first Korean woman to serve in that capacity. Lee has named a total of 26 people, filling some key positions. In addition to the Chairperson, Lee Myun [...] | 2007-12-28 06:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
07SEOUL3610 | KOREA AND RUSSIA TO STUDY POSSIBLE GAS PIPELINE [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The governments of Korea and Russia agreed during a December 11-12 meeting in Moscow to jointly conduct a feasibility study for a possible gas pipeline extending from the Russian Far East (RFE) to South Korea. According to the Mini [...] | 2007-12-28 06:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL RS KN KS |
07SEOUL3616 | FREE NK RADIO DIRECTOR KIM SEONG-MIN INDICTED FOR [...] (SBU) The Seoul Southern District Prosecutor's Office on December 12 revealed that Free North Korea Radio Director Kim Seong-min was indicted on charges of fabricating employment documents of North Korean defectors in order to receive government subsidy funding for employing North Korean defec [...] | 2007-12-31 03:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KS KN PREF ELAB |
07SEOUL382 | EAP DAS CHRISTENSEN'S CONSULTATIONS ON CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Christensen met with ROKG officials and academics January 26-27 to discuss North Korean asylum seekers, Six Party Talks (6PT),and China. The DAS told his ROKG interlocutors that the USG appreciated Seoul's cooperation with efforts to resett [...] | 2007-02-08 04:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MNUC PREF KS KN CH |
07SEOUL401 | DEFECTOR RECOUNTS DPRK TORTURE AND "REEDUCATION" [...] (C) North Korean defector Lee Myeong-bok escaped from the DPRK in 1998 was repatriated from China in 2002. He escaped again in 2004 to come to the ROK via Mongolia. In persuading DPRK interrogators that he had contact with neither South Koreans nor missionaries in China -- although he was cl [...] | 2007-02-09 07:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV PINR KS KN |
07SEOUL457 | KOREAS TO HOLD WORKING-LEVEL TALKS ON FEBRUARY 15 [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 14, MOU Director-General for Unification Policy Planning Um Jong-sik told A/DCM that North and South Korea had agreed to hold working-level talks on February 15 at the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC). The main objective was to set a date to resume North-South minist [...] | 2007-02-14 09:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KS KN |
07SEOUL471 | ROKG SEEKS CLOSE COORDINATION ON NEXT STEPS WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-15 08:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KNNP KS KN |
07SEOUL472 | LEE MYUNG-BAK: QUALIFIED, READY AND IN FIRST PLACE [...] (C) Summary: Over a one-on-one lunch with the Ambassador on February 13, former Seoul Mayor and leading presidential contender Lee Myung-bak explained that voters in Korea wanted their next president to be, first and foremost, an effective leader, not focusing on regionalism, but on policies, [...] | 2007-02-15 09:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ABLD KS KN |
07SEOUL489 | PLANS TO COMMEMORATE THE "PYONGYANG REVIVAL" IN [...] (SBU) In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a large number of Protestant Americans came to Korea and found a reception. By 1907, Jang Dae Hyun Church in Pyongyang became the center of what became known as the "Pyongyang Revival," earned it the moniker "Jerusalem of the East." To commemo [...] | 2007-02-20 04:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KN KS PHUM SCUL PREL |
07SEOUL498 | UNIFICATION MINISTER PREVIEWS NORTH-SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a one-on-one breakfast meeting on February 20 with the Ambassador, Unification Minister Lee Jae-joung stressed that the February 13 Beijing agreement on "initial actions" was a good first step, but implementation was now the key. He said that the ROKG at inter-Korean minister [...] | 2007-02-20 08:50:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KS KN |
07SEOUL570 | LAWMAKERS PROPOSE DENUCLEARIZED DPRK BEFORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A resolution introduced by a group of lawmakers opposing wartime OPCON transfer passed the Defense Committee on February 21 and is scheduled for a National Assembly plenary vote in the coming weeks. The leaders of the anti-OPCON coalition, including a former Defense Minister, me [...] | 2007-02-27 08:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ABLD KS KN |
07SEOUL634 | NORTH-SOUTH MINISTERIAL TIES HUMANITARIAN AID TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 5 briefing on the February 27-March 2 inter-Korean ministerial in Pyongyang, Assistant Minister for Unification Policy and Public Affairs Lee Kwan-sei told POL M/C that Seoul had three objectives for the talks: (1) to "normalize" inter-Korean relations stalled followin [...] | 2007-03-06 02:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC EAID KS KN |
07SEOUL659 | SPI 11: U.S.-ROK SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE TALKS [...] (C) The eleventh U.S.-ROK Security Policy Initiative talks (SPI 11) took place February 7-8, 2007 in Seoul. Topics addressed included the transfer of wartime operational command (OPCON),the transition of Armistice Maintenance Responsibilities (AMRs),USFK camp returns, the status of the Yong [...] | 2007-03-06 08:34:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS MARR MNUC PARM PREL KN |
07SEOUL662 | MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TO NORTH KOREA: NGO [...] (C) Chairman of the EugeneBell Foundation Stephen Linton, whose Seoul-based organization has provided over USD 25 million worth of medical and other assistance to North Korea since 1995, said that: -- experience had taught him that the best way to provide such aid was in the form of integrat [...] | 2007-03-07 02:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID KN |
07SEOUL795 | CHARTING OUT INTER-KOREAN COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: At February 27 - March 2 inter-Korean ministerial talks, the Koreas agreed to resume several stalled North-South projects, including: construction of a family reunion center at Mt. Kumgang; video and direct family reunions; Economic Cooperation Promotion Committee and Red Cross t [...] | 2007-03-19 09:12:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON MNUC KS KN |
07SEOUL799 | ROK ATTITUDES ON UNIFICATION: LONG-TERM PLANS VS. [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The February 13 "Initial Actions" agreement has once again brought to the fore the resumption of inter-Korean engagement and the overall relationship between the two Koreas, including reunification. The ROK's constitution and presidential oath call for Korean un [...] | 2007-03-20 02:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC ECON KS KN |
07SEOUL82 | NEW MINISTER OF UNIFICATION VOCAL ON NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) When he replaced Lee Jong-seok as Minister of Unification in mid-December, President Roh Moo-hyun's confidant Lee Jae-joung said that Seoul's engagement policy with the North -- essentially on hold since the July missile launches -- would not change. But since then he has irked conservati [...] | 2007-01-10 23:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KS KN EAID |
07SEOUL849 | ROKG TO RESUME SUSPENDED FLOOD AID [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 22, ROK Vice Unification Minister Shin Eon-sang announced that the ROKG on March 28 would resume shipments of "emergency" aid to North Korea that was pledged following mid-July 2006 floods, but halted after the DPRK's nuclear test in October 2006. The remaining flood re [...] | 2007-03-22 08:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KS KN |
07SEOUL934 | UK EMBASSY PYONGYANG PERSPECTIVE: CHANCE MEETINGS [...] (C) Richard Vowles, DCM at the British Embassy in Pyongyang, told a group of diplomats at a March 28 dinner in Seoul that his Embassy operates largely in an information-free "bubble" in Pyongyang, gaining little from frequent meetings with MFA officials. The four UK officers have almost compl [...] | 2007-03-30 06:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PREL |
07SEOUL959 | ROK RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE [...] On April 2, Poloff delivered reftel non-paper to Hahm Seong-wook, Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Hahm noted that discussions among the relevant ROKG agencies about how UNSCR 1737 measures would be implemented [...] | 2007-04-02 08:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP PARM KN IR KS |
07SEOUL988 | NGO URGES RECOGNITION OF KOREAN WAR ABDUCTEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meeting with the Ambassador on April 3, the president of the Korean War Abductees' Family Union asked that the DPRK Human Rights Report and the Report on Terrorism both be expanded to include the issue of Korean War abductees. KWAFU alleges that the DPRK abducted over 80,000 So [...] | 2007-04-04 09:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV PINR KS KN |
07SHANGHAI110 | POLICY PLANNING STAFFER GREEN SHANGHAI MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: During his meetings with Shanghai Academics on January 17, Policy Planning Staffer James Green engaged academics on East Asian security issues, including North Korea and Taiwan. Academics were pessimistic that there would be any progress on North Korea in the near future. Academ [...] | 2007-02-16 05:23:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH KN TW |
07SHANGHAI416 | SHANGHAI ACADEMIC VIEWS ON NORTH KOREA, SOUTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with Poloffs in mid-June and early July, four Shanghai academics specializing in Korea studies predicted that there would be a long and difficult path of negotiations ahead for the Six-Party talks. Two other academics said, however, that North Korea would react positi [...] | 2007-07-05 08:39:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KS KN CH |
07SHANGHAI43 | SHANGHAI SCHOLARS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary: During a January 19 lunch with PDAS Stephens, Shanghai scholars were pessimistic that there would be progress on North Korea in the near term. One scholar said that while North Korea would continue to participate in the Six-Party Talks, it would never give up its nuclear program. [...] | 2007-01-23 02:53:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH TW JA KN |
07SHANGHAI474 | EAST CHINA'S SOUTH KOREAN COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the establishment of diplomatic relations in August 1992, South Koreans have flocked to Shanghai in search of economic and educational opportunities. More than 110,000 South Koreans live in east China (Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces and Shanghai),with some 70,000 [...] | 2007-07-30 06:46:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD EINV KIRF CH KS KN |
07SHANGHAI529 | SHANGHAI ACADEMIC ON SCO, RUSSIA, IRAN AND NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary: In a lunch discussion with DPO on August 20, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) Academic Pan Guang noted Russia's increased interest in energy coordination at the recent SCO Summit in Bishkek and asserted that this represented a slight shift in Russian policy towards the SC [...] | 2007-08-22 07:13:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG CH RS TI TX UZ KZ IR KN |
07SHANGHAI570 | FUDAN UNIVERSITY ACADEMICS ON TAIWAN AND NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary: During an August 30 lunch discussion with Fudan Center for American Studies Director Shen Dingli and Deputy Director Xin Qiang, the academics predicted that Beijing would not take any military measures in reaction to the referendum on UN membership in Taiwan. However, anger was bu [...] | 2007-09-05 09:19:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR CH TW KN |
07SHANGHAI573 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS WITH SHANGHAI [...] (C) Summary: During a September 3 breakfast hosted by the Ambassador, five leading Shanghai academics spoke positively about U.S.-China relations, which one described as stable and predictable. Shanghai Institute for International Studies Vice President Yang Jiemian expressed concern, however, [...] | 2007-09-06 06:42:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD CH TW KN |
07SHANGHAI759 | SFRC STAFFER JANUZZI READ-OUT OF NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary: Chinese, South Korean and United States academics and officials agreed that North Korea (DPRK) has not yet decided if it will give up its nuclear weapons according to a read-out provided by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Professional Staff Member Frank Januzzi on a November 27 [...] | 2007-11-28 06:00:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KNNP KS KN CH |
07SHENYANG101 | PRC/DPRK: BORDER TRADE AND SOME NEW FRICTIONS (MAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: There continue to be differences between Jilin and Liaoning Provinces in the volume and scrutiny of their trade with North Korea. PRC-DPRK frictions have recently emerged in Ji'an, where Chinese officials have taken the unusual step of publicly criticizing neighboring North Korea [...] | 2007-05-31 02:33:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON KN KS CH |
07SHENYANG102 | PRC/DPRK: SCARLET FEVER, SMUGGLING, BORDER- [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRC authorities in Jilin recently claimed they have taken measures to prevent a scarlet fever outbreak in the DPRK from making its way into China. Though officials would not confirm the outbreak, they privately stressed that they are prepared. South Koreans appear to be playing b [...] | 2007-05-31 02:34:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PINR KN KS CH |
07SHENYANG108 | DPRK NUKE AFTERMATH, UNSCR 1718 ENFORCEMENT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hours after Pyongyang's October 9, 2006 nuclear test, the PLA dispatched a team to Changbai--the PRC border locality closest to the site of the explosion-- to test for contamination, according to Changbai County Communist Party Secretary Miao Chunxiu. Miao said he learned about [...] | 2007-06-05 04:31:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON KN KS CH |
07SHENYANG115 | DPRK-INTERNAL: RASON TURBINES, MORE PUST DELAYS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: DPRK and ROK officials are expected to meet soon in Shenyang to discuss a humanitarian group's proposal to privately finance and install a 750 KW wind turbine in Rason. The opening of Pyongyang's first private university has been pushed back until 2008 as a result of export licen [...] | 2007-06-25 08:32:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV KN KS CH |
07SHENYANG126 | PRC-DPRK: BORDER INSPECTIONS AND TRADE ISSUES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Official Chinese scrutiny of land-based PRC-DPRK cargo/passenger traffic continues to range along the border into mid-2007. Land ports in Nanping (conduit for the many tons of iron ore extracted from North Korea's Musan mine) and Dandong are sites of significant levels of activit [...] | 2007-07-09 02:21:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV ECON KN KS CH |
07SHENYANG127 | PRC-ROK KOGURYO SPARRING CONTINUES, QUIETLY, IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nearly two years after an August 2005 agreement aimed at shelving their neuralgic political dispute over Koguryo--the kingdom that at various points between 37 BC and 668 AD subsumed parts of modern-day northeast China, North Korea and South Korea--PRC-ROK dueling over ancient hi [...] | 2007-07-09 03:24:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH KN KS |
07SHENYANG128 | PRC-DPRK: NORTH KOREAN BORDER-CROSSERS; DRUGS; NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post contacts report that, at least anecdotally, the numbers of North Korean border-crossers encountered this year are fewer than last, though the overall numbers and reasons for the decline are unclear. Jilin Province's ongoing anti-drug campaign is netting more seizures of illeg [...] | 2007-07-09 03:25:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PINR PGOV KWMN KN KS CH |
07SHENYANG133 | NORTH KOREAN "NEOVIAGRA," MINERALS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: A visit to Dandong's second DPRK Import- Export Commodity Fair in late June highlighted China's interest in North Korean natural resources and the comparatively low wage rates on the North Korean side of the border. But contacts point out that further down the proverbial line, th [...] | 2007-07-13 03:24:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV ECON KN KS CH |
07SHENYANG145 | PRC-DPRK: BORDER OFFICIALS ON MUSAN MINE, RAJIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRC imports of North Korean iron ore from Musan are fueling a surge in activity at China's Nanping Land Port; Chinese truckers collecting the ore comprised over ninety percent of the 50,000 passengers that transited the port last year, local Chinese officials say. Plans to link n [...] | 2007-07-27 07:26:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV ECON PREL KN KS CH |
07SHENYANG175 | LATE AUGUST TRIP TO THE DPRK/CHINA/RUSSIA BORDER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-12 10:07:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PINR PGOV KS KN CH |
07SHENYANG178 | PRC/DPRK: NEW NK BORDER FENCING; INSPECTIONS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent PRC inspections of cross-border PRC- DPRK traffic through Dandong show no change. One Western NGO recently shipping flood-related medical aid to North Korea encountered rather "strict" PRC customs requirements that slowed the shipment by several days. North Korea has star [...] | 2007-09-14 11:06:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ECON PREF KN KS CH |
07SHENYANG184 | AIDING NORTH KOREAN PATIENTS (AND BORDER- [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Dandong-based, Korean-American NGO focused on North Korea continues to ship medical aid into the DPRK, but headaches abound as the group seeks to refine its aid strategy. In a modest hospital near the PRC-DPRK border, the group also discreetly tends to North Korean border-cross [...] | 2007-09-28 08:35:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PINR KWMN KN KS CH |
07SHENYANG205 | PRC-DPRK: NK BORDER-CROSSERS, HUMAN SMUGGLING, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The number of North Korean border-crossers entering China in 2007 thus far looks to be roughly on par with 2005/2006 levels despite the DPRK's agricultural difficulties and natural disasters earlier this year, according to a Liaoning scholar engaged in internal, state- sponsored r [...] | 2007-10-29 05:46:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PINR KWMN KN KS CH |
07SHENYANG216 | PYONGYANG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY [...] (C) Summary: Yanbian University of Science and Technology (YUST) President and Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST) founding President Dr. Kim Chin Kyong, PUST Executive Vice President David Kim, and YUST Director Norma Nichols provided updates on PUST construction progress and [...] | 2007-11-19 07:58:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PINR KWMN KN KS CH SPILL |
07SHENYANG229 | (S) NORTH KOREAN BORDER-CROSSERS: PRC THINKING ON [...] (S) SUMMARY: One of China's leading state-sponsored specialists on North Korean border-crossers foresees no near-term evolution in PRC thinking on the UNHCR and its possible role in northeast China. On a separate issue, the specialist also claimed that foreign activists publicizing their effo [...] | 2007-11-28 04:19:00 | Consulate Shenyang | SECRET | PREF KWMN PINR KN KS CH |
07SHENYANG244 | PRC-DPRK: UPDATE ON NK REPATRIATIONS/ASYLUM- [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRC border officials in Baishan tell us that they continue to apprehend and repatriate North Korean border-crossers in their jurisdiction. Japan's Shenyang Consulate is now home to seven North Korean asylum-seekers, including two young children. North Korean authorities near Si [...] | 2007-12-13 03:56:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PINR KN KS CH |
07SHENYANG78 | NORTH KOREA/CHINA: SMALLER-SCALE SMUGGLING ACROSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite a recent crackdown by PRC and DPRK authorities, Chinese smugglers--often partnering with local North Korean military contacts--reportedly continue to operate near Dandong. A fair amount of smuggling in the area appears to be smaller-scale in nature, though profits can nev [...] | 2007-04-30 10:27:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KN KS CH |
07SHENYANG79 | NORTH KOREA ROUNDUP: PROPAGANDA, REMITTANCES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is a roundup of North Korea-related information collected by Post in recent weeks. Contacts report that nuclear propaganda has recently started disappearing in North Korea's major cities, including Pyongyang. Pyongyang's private university, PUST, appears to be back on track [...] | 2007-04-30 10:29:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PINR PGOV KN KS CH |
07SINGAPORE175 | (S) GOS STILL PURSUING SOKKIA AND MACHINE TOOL [...] (S) Econoff on January 23 delivered ref A talking points and ref B non-paper to Yvonne Ow, Assistant Director, International Organizations, MFA. Ow thanked us for the additional information about the computer numerically controlled machine tools and the Iran, North Korea, Syria Nonproliferat [...] | 2007-01-25 08:55:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET | ETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL SN IR KN |
07SINGAPORE224 | (S) GOS RELEASES PRECISION LATHES TO SHIPPER [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (S/NF) Post was informed at approximately 1:00 pm on January 31 that the GOS had released to the original shipping company (Evergreen) two containers detained at USG request on or around December 16, 2006 (ref C). The containers w [...] | 2007-01-31 11:04:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC SN KN MY |
07SINGAPORE227 | (S) GOS QUESTIONS USG MOTIVES IN LINKING LATHES TO [...] (S/NF) Tan Yee Woan, Director of MFA's International Organizations Directorate, on February 1 requested a meeting with E/P Counselor to provide an update on the status of the precision lathes shipment (ref A). Tan began by saying that it was a USG suggestion that the shipment might violate UN [...] | 2007-02-01 11:01:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET//NOFORN | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC SN MY KN |
07SINGAPORE27 | SINGAPORE ANNOUNCES UNSCR 1718 SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-04 08:46:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC ETRD KFPC KNNP PARM PREL SN KN |
07SINGAPORE314 | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND TALKING POINTS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Econoff on February 13 delivered Ref A talking points and Ref B additional technical data to Yeen Teck HOE, MFA International Organizations Directorate Desk Officer. Hoe said he would pass the additional data to Singapore's technical agencies and inform his colleagues about our request t [...] | 2007-02-14 02:10:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC MCTRE ETTC SN KN |
07SINGAPORE803 | (S) GOS RELEASES DETAINED STEEL PLATES TO SHIPPER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-24 11:01:00 | Embassy Singapore | SECRET//NOFORN | CH ETTC IR KN KNNP MTCRE PARM PK PREL SN |
07SOFIA307 | NO BULGARIAN INFORMATION ON ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) On 19 February, Post delivered ref A information on the additional designations of Iranian entities under E.O. 13382 to Dr. Vasil Kirov, Director of the Bulgarian Financial Agency (FIA). Dr. Kirov is Post's main point of contact for addressing the financial and banking aspects of money [...] | 2007-03-08 09:22:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP KN PARM BU IR |
07SOFIA436 | BULGARIA NOTIFIED OF U.S. DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-05 16:32:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP PARM KN IR BU |
07STATE114443 | ONGOING PROLIFERATION FINANCE ACTIVITIES BY IRAN [...] (SBU) This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. 2. OBJECTIVES: -- Alert host government officials about financial transactions related to entities in their jurisdictions that have previously been involved in proliferation of conventional arms and urge appropriate authorities to [...] | 2007-08-15 15:44:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | IR KN KNNP PARM PREL |
07STATE121863 | NORTH KOREAN USE OF ARAB BANK NETWORK [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S) Washington is increasingly concerned about efforts by North Korea's Foreign Trade Bank to assist Tanchon Commercial Bank to move funds from both Syria and Iran (REF [...] | 2007-08-29 20:05:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | KNNP XB XF PREL PARM KN IR |
07STATE124655 | DPRK FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES IN SWITZERLAND [...] (SBU) This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (S) Washington has information that North Korea may be seeking to establish a new bank in Switzerland similar to one it used in the 1990s to facilitate money laundering and other illicit financial transacti [...] | 2007-09-05 20:44:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC KNNP PREL KN SZ |
07STATE148514 | (S) MILITARY-RELATED GOODS FROM DPRK TO IRAN VIA [...] (S) ACTION REQUEST: Post is requested to approach appropriate Chinese officials and deliver talking points below regarding a shipment of military-related goods from North Korea to Iran via Beijing, China. Post should draw from background and objectives below as appropriate. Post is requeste [...] | 2007-10-24 22:12:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL KNNP ETTC EWWT KN CH |
07STATE149519 | ROK/DPRK RESOLUTION ON PEACE, SECURITY AND [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST - The ROK and DPRK have jointly circulated the text of an UNGA resolution on "Peace, Security and Reunification of the Korean Peninsula," which the General Committee placed on the General Assembly's agenda for consideration on October 31. This text is approximately [...] | 2007-10-26 19:02:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC PARM KN KS |
07STATE150698 | USUN STATEMENT FOR PLENARY VOTE ON KOREAN [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. The UN General Assembly agenda for October 31 will include passage of a resolution jointly introduced by the Republic of Korea and the People's Democratic Republic of Korea, entitled "Peace, Security and Reunification of the Korean Peninsula." USUN was instructed [...] | 2007-10-31 00:10:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KN KS |
07STATE163398 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST: A/S HILL TO BEIJING [...] Department requests country clearance for EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill and his delegation, listed in SIPDIS para 3, to travel to Beijing and Tokyo for consultations related to the Six-Party Talks from December 5-7. Assistant Secretary Hill will not/not overnight in Tokyo. [...] | 2007-12-04 23:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA |
07STATE167247 | (C) COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST: DEC 18-23 TO [...] (C) Department requests country clearance for Office of Korean Affairs Director Sung Kim and NSC Asia Director of Chinese Affairs Paul Haenle to travel to Seoul en route to Pyongyang for consultations related to disablement activities from December 18-23. Travelers will arrive Seoul December [...] | 2007-12-14 19:55:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH |
07STATE19366 | ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Washington requests that addressees notify host government/EU officials not earlier than 10:30 a.m. EST on Friday, February 16, 2007 that the United States is designating three additional Iranian ent [...] | 2007-02-15 23:19:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP KN PARM IR |
07STATE2284 | ADDITIONAL IRAN DESIGNATIONS UNDER E.O. 13382 [...] (SBU) This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Washington requests that addressees provide courtesy pre-notification OOB, Tuesday, January 9 (local time) to host government officials that the United States will designate two additional entities a [...] | 2007-01-09 00:29:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL KNNP KN PARM FR GE IT UK |
07STATE2945 | ADDITIONAL IRAN DESIGNATIONS UNDER E.O. 13382 [...] (SBU) This is an action request, please see paragraph two. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Washington requests that addressees notify host government officials that the United States designated two additional entities and one individual under E.O. 13382 ("Blocking the Property of Weapons [...] | 2007-01-10 01:11:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC IR KN KNNP PARM PREL |
07STATE40909 | DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE INDUSTRIES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Washington requests that addressees notify host government officials not earlier than 10:30 a.m. EST on Friday, March 30, 2007 that the United States is designating Iran's Defense Industries Organi [...] | 2007-03-29 21:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM KN IR |
07STATE84207 | ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Washington requests that addressees notify host government officials that the United States has designated four additional Iranian entities and two individuals under E.O. 13382 ("Blocking the Propert [...] | 2007-06-15 21:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP KN PARM IR EUN |
07STATE98429 | RESPONSE TO JAPANESE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] (U) Action Request: Washington agencies request Embassy Tokyo to deliver the nonpaper in para 4 to Japanese MFA, METI, MOF, and NPA officials. Agencies would also appreciate embassy's efforts to follow up on NPA's offer to obtain information from Komori (ref A) and to reiterate our request (r [...] | 2007-07-16 16:46:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC KN JA |
07STOCKHOLM1008 | THE CASE OF RELIGIOUS PRISONER SON JONG-NAM: [...] (c) Polcouns met August 15 with MFA Special Adviser for the Korean Peninsula Ambassador Paul Beijer regarding Son Jong-Nam. Beijer said that Sweden was aware of the case and had, more than a year ago, intervened bilaterally and through the EU on behalf of Son Jong-Nam. Sweden and various oth [...] | 2007-08-21 14:02:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KN KS EXIM PGOV SW |
07TALLINN117 | ESTONIA: NEW OFAC IRAN DESIGNATIONS DELIVERED ? [...] Econoff delivered reftel points to Jaap Ora, Director of the 1st Division in MFA?s Policy Planning Department - the office responsible for coordinating Terrorist Financing issues for the GOE. There was no immediate response. GOLDSTEIN [...] | 2007-02-23 06:26:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP KN PARM IR EN |
07TALLINN230 | ESTONIA: DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-05 11:22:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP PARM KN IR EN |
07TELAVIV1665 | DOE/NNSA/LLNL TEAM'S VISIT TO ISRAEL SEES PROGRESS [...] (S) From March 13 through March 14, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Team comprised of officials from the DOE-affiliated National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) met with officials from the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC),Israel' [...] | 2007-06-07 15:18:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL KNNP MNUC IR SY KN IS |
07THEHAGUE1986 | NETHERLANDS/DPRK: DUTCH WILLING TO CONSIDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 5, 2007, Deputy Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea, Christian Whiton, briefed Dutch MFA officials on U.S. plans to promote human rights in North Korea, particularly through funding for independent radio broadcasting. The Dutch agreed to consider funding fo [...] | 2007-11-13 12:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL NL UN KN |
07THEHAGUE343 | DUTCH VIEWS ON ADDITIONAL IRANIAN DESIGNATIONS [...] (SBU) Both Foreign Affairs and Finance officials say the Dutch will not sanction additional Iranian entities until the EU completes negotiations over implementing regulations for UNSCR 1737. Huib Mijnarends, Senior Policy Officer responsible for sanction issues, Terrorism and New Threats Unit, [...] | 2007-02-23 15:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL PARM KTFN KN IR NL |
07TOKYO100 | DPRK FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES: JAPAN AWARE OF POSSIBLE [...] (C) Japan is aware that Chinese banks may be involved with North Korea, given their close geographic proximity to the DPRK, MOF International Bureau Legal Office official Shunichi Fukushima told Embassy financial attache January 9 in response to reftel demarche. Fukushima expressed thanks for [...] | 2007-01-10 09:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PARM KNNP PREL PGOV KN CH JA |
07TOKYO1004 | LARGE-SCALE CHOSEN SOREN PROTESTS IN JAPAN: A DPRK [...] (C) Summary. The DPRK-affiliated General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chosen Soren) organized large demonstrations March 3 in Tokyo, Nagoya, and Kobe to protest "unjustifiable (Japanese) political suppression." The protests, orchestrated by Pyongyang as all Chosen Soren activiti [...] | 2007-03-08 08:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KN JA |
07TOKYO1147 | EAP/DAS CHRISTENSEN,S MARCH 2 TOKYO MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: Japan's ties with China have warmed significantly since Prime Minister Abe's October visit to China and both sides are working to achieve a compromise on gas exploration in the East China Sea, MOFA officials, Diet members and academics told EAP/DAS Christensen during separate M [...] | 2007-03-15 09:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG PREL PGOV CH TW KN KS JA |
07TOKYO1251 | SENK ADVISOR DISCUSSES NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: In March 4-5 Tokyo meetings, Christian Whiton, Senior Advisor to Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Jay Lefkowitz, discussed plans to promote North Korean human rights. While citing obstacles to regular U.S. medium-wave broadcasts from Japan to North Korea using Japanes [...] | 2007-03-20 09:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | BBG PGOV PHUM PREF JA KN |
07TOKYO1557 | JAPANESE CONCERNED BY NORTH KOREAN "PROPAGANDA"; [...] (C) Japan is concerned by what it considers an increased volume of North Korean propaganda that asserts Japan has not made apologies for past "criminal" conduct and that Pyongyang has done all it can to address the abductee issue. MOFA Deputy Director for Asian and Oceanian Affairs Junichi Iha [...] | 2007-04-10 05:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KN JA |
07TOKYO1764 | SCENESETTER FOR MICHAEL MASON, EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT [...] (C) You visit as Japan contemplates major changes in its approach to our alliance and Japan's role in the region and the world. We have highlighted specific law enforcement issues separately. This message will identify the broader political and economic framework within which we are advancin [...] | 2007-04-20 09:12:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KN CH JA |
07TOKYO2557 | JAPAN WELCOMES U.S. ADVICE ON DPRK BROADCASTS [...] (C) Summary: Legal and technical constraints prevent the Japanese government from cooperating with foreign organizations to conduct radio broadcasts into North Korea, Japanese government officials reiterated on June 5. Nonetheless, Tokyo will spend USD 1.1 million to undertake shortwave broad [...] | 2007-06-07 09:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV BBG PHUM JA KN KS |
07TOKYO2854 | JAPAN RESPONSE TO ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF [...] (C) Poloff and FINATT delivered designation of Iranian entities information to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2nd Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano and Ministry of Finance, International Bureau, Legal Office Deputy Division Chief Shunichi Fukushima on June 18 and J [...] | 2007-06-25 03:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IR EUN JA KN KNNP |
07TOKYO2971 | JAPANESE ANGST ABOUT RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON NORTH [...] (C) Summary: Most Japanese media, academic and political sources cite A/S Hill,s June 21-22 Pyongyang visit as a first step toward denuclearizing the DPRK. Some observers, however, remain skeptical about the DPRK's intention to shut down its nuclear facilities, and there is widespread wor [...] | 2007-07-01 23:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN JA |
07TOKYO3137 | JAPANESE ABDUCTION GROUPS UNEASY ON U.S. STANCE [...] (C) Summary. Representatives of AFVKN and NARKN, two NGOs dedicated to the return of Japanese nationals abducted by the DPRK, expressed growing concern about the U.S. commitment to resolving the abduction issue in a meeting with political officers on June 27. Motivated by a strong desire to aff [...] | 2007-07-10 05:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | BBG PGOV PHUM PREF JA KN |
07TOKYO3157 | ABDUCTION ADVISOR NAKAYAMA POSITIVE ON U.S. VISIT [...] (C) The Prime Minister's Special Advisor on the Abduction Issue, Kyoko Nakayama, was very satisfied with her May 28-June 2 visit to the U.S., according to Councilor Naoki Fujii in the Office of the Prime Minister. Fujii, Nakayama's deputy on abduction issues, told Embassy political officer o [...] | 2007-07-11 05:52:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JA KN PREF |
07TOKYO3166 | RADIO BROADCASTING TO THE DPRK [...] (C) Summary: Kazuhiro Taguchi, Acting Director of the Policy Planning Division in the Prime Minister's office overseeing abduction issues told Embassy Tokyo on July 5 that the Japanese government would begin short-wave radio broadcasts to the DPRK on July 9. Japanese officials believe the [...] | 2007-07-11 08:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KPAO JA KN |
07TOKYO3168 | JAPAN'S RESPONSE ON DPRK NUCLEAR DISCUSSION LIST [...] (S) Summary: The Japanese Government agrees with the U.S. approach to discussions with North Korea on the nuclear list and subsequent declaration, according to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-Proliferation, Science and Nuclear Energy Division Director Tomiko Ichikawa. In a July 11 m [...] | 2007-07-11 09:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL KNNP KN JA |
07TOKYO3198 | DCM'S JULY 11 MEETING WITH ASSISTANT CHIEF CABINET [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-12 23:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MARR ETRD KNNP PGOV KN JA |
07TOKYO3347 | JAPAN DISPUTES DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT OF CHOSEN [...] (S) Summary: The DPRK is making Japan's actions in regard to the General Association of (North) Korean Residents in Japan into a major bilateral issue, MOFA Director General Sasae told visiting EAP Assistant Secretary Hill on July 13. Sasae insisted that the actions of the Japanese government [...] | 2007-07-20 09:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | EFIN JA KN PGOV PREL |
07TOKYO3479 | RESPONSE TO JAPANESE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON [...] (S) Summary: Post delivered ref A non-paper to Japan,s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA),Ministry of Finance (MOF),Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI),and National Police Agency (NPA). While the meetings revealed ongoing efforts by the Government of Japan to prevent Japan,s Kom [...] | 2007-07-30 22:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC KN JA |
07TOKYO3593 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S COURTESY CALL ON PRIME [...] (C) Prime Ministerial Advisor for Abductions Kyoko Nakayama emphasized the importance of the abduction issue in a meeting with the Deputy Secretary on August 3. She asked for continuing support from the United States in resolving the issue. Councillor Nakayama also asked for understanding o [...] | 2007-08-06 07:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KS KN JA |
07TOKYO3600 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: The Abe Cabinet is committed to moving forward on extending the Anti-Terror Special Measure law despite the LDP's defeat in the Upper House election, Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi told Deputy Secretary Negroponte on August 3. The two agreed that the U.S.-Japan alliance w [...] | 2007-08-06 22:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF PGOV AS CH TW KS KN RS PG JA |
07TOKYO3601 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: The Abe Cabinet is committed to moving forward on extending the Anti-Terror Special Measures law despite the LDP's defeat in the Upper House election, Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi told Deputy Secretary Negroponte on August 3. The two agreed that the U.S.-Japan alliance [...] | 2007-08-06 22:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF PGOV AS CH TW KS KN RS PG JA |
07TOKYO3635 | JAPAN'S REACTION TO N/S KOREA SUMMIT ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (U) Japan has responded positively to news that South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at a summit in Pyongyang August 28-30. Japan hopes dialogue between the two Korean leaders will lead to a "relaxation of tensions," Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told re [...] | 2007-08-08 23:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JA KS KN PGOV |
07TOKYO3682 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi and Ambassador Schieffer, in a meeting on August 9, discussed extension of the Anti-Terrorism Special Measures Law for the JMSDF Indian Ocean mission, strengthening information security, and Japan's next generation fighter aircraft. End summ [...] | 2007-08-10 07:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JA KS KN PGOV MOPS MARR |
07TOKYO374 | S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER MEETS DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 12 meeting with S/P Director Krasner, Director General for North American Affairs Chikao Kawai (since elevated to Deputy Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs for Foreign Policy) explained that Japan cannot, for domestic reasons, provide humanitarian assistance to the D [...] | 2007-01-26 07:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP ZK IN KN KS AS CH RS JA |
07TOKYO4655 | A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH JAPAN VFM YACHI [...] (C) Summary. Japan places the utmost importance on the U.S.-Japan relationship and is firmly committed to the alliance, VFM Yachi told visiting EAP A/S Hill on September 26. New PM Fukuda,s first overseas visit will be to the United States, not to China or South Korea. Yachi expressed disap [...] | 2007-10-04 05:24:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA KN |
07TOKYO4656 | A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH JAPAN PM ADVISOR ON [...] (C) Summary. The DPRK must take concrete steps for the return of the abductees and provide a credible explanation for the purported death of each victim in order to demonstrate progress on the abduction issue, Japan's Special Advisor on the Abduction Issue Kyoko Nakayama told visiting EAP A/S [...] | 2007-10-04 05:28:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA KN |
07TOKYO4703 | MIXED PRESS REACTIONS TO LATEST SIX-PARTY AGREEMENT [...] SUMMARY: Official comments on the six-party accord and the accompanying abduction issue have been generally favorable, with Japan being satisfied that its views were reflected in the final document, namely, that delisting would be considerably difficult unless the nuclear and humanitarian is [...] | 2007-10-06 02:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER OIIP KPAO KMDR KN KS JA |
07TOKYO475 | PM ABE'S MESSAGE TO EUROPE: WE SHARE YOUR VALUES, [...] (C) Summary. During PM Abe's January 9-13 trip to London, Berlin, Brussels and Paris, Abe underscored his desire to strengthen Japan's ties with Europe, including NATO, based on a new values-focused foreign policy. Abe's interlocutors agreed with him that the DPRK nuclear issue must be addres [...] | 2007-02-01 10:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UK FR GM BE KN CH JA |
07TOKYO4769 | JAPANESE DIET MEMBERS TO LOBBY AGAINST DELISTING [...] A group of "more than 10" lawmakers from the nonpartisan Parliamentarian League for Early Repatriation of Japanese Citizens Kidnapped by North Korea are planning to travel to Washington in early December to lobby against removing the DPRK from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, according [...] | 2007-10-11 05:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PGOV KN JA |
07TOKYO486 | YACHI,S CHINA VISIT: NO SURPRISES [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi's January 26-28 visit to China went smoothly and there were no surprises, MOFA China Division Principle Deputy Director Kosei Nomura told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer January 29. Yachi and his Chinese counterpart, Deputy Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo, [...] | 2007-02-02 06:20:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH KN KS ENRG JA |
07TOKYO5020 | JAPAN'S SANCTIONS AGAINST NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary. Japan extended sanctions originally imposed against the DPRK following the DPRK's 2006 missile and nuclear tests by six months on October 10. The sanctions are aimed at limiting trade and financial flows to the DPRK, while sending a strong public message to Pyongyang about the ab [...] | 2007-10-26 09:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PGOV EFIN ETTC EFIS ETRD JA KN |
07TOKYO5034 | NGO'S OUTLINE DEFININTION OF PROGRESS ON ABDUCTION [...] (C) Summary. Japan must receive a clear statement from Kim Jong-il that North Korea will return all the abductees, release some of the victims it still holds, and start negotiations with Japan on the process of accounting for the others in order for Tokyo to achieve "progress" on the abductio [...] | 2007-10-29 08:29:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA KN |
07TOKYO5074 | USMARFORPAC COMMANDER GOODMAN AND MOFA SHARE DPRI [...] (C) The maturing U.S.-Japan security alliance is critical to peace and stability in the region, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) senior officials told Lieutenant General John F. Goodman, Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific and the Ambassador during October 30 office calls. MOFA V [...] | 2007-11-01 08:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PINR PREL JA CH KN |
07TOKYO5096 | MEDIA COVERAGE OF OCTOBER 31 COALITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 31, the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo hosted a briefing for Japanese Diet members focusing on the international nature of OEF Coalition efforts in the Indian Ocean to combat global terrorism, as well as on the importance of Japan's contribution to OEF. Approximately 10 [...] | 2007-11-02 07:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR KN KS JA |
07TOKYO5137 | NORTH KOREA: DIET MEMBERS PRESS FOR ABDUCTIONS [...] (C) Summary: EAP DAS Arvizu met October 31 with eight members of a Diet group dedicated to the return of Japan's abductees. Representative of hardline views in Japan on the issues of negotiating with North Korea and removing the DPRK from the state sponsors of terrorism list, the Diet members [...] | 2007-11-07 07:34:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KN JA |
07TOKYO5278 | SUBJECT: PRC EMBASSY ON BOOSTING JAPAN COOPERATION [...] (C) Despite failure to make progress on the East China Sea energy dispute, Beijing and Tokyo are moving forward with plans for Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda to visit Beijing before year's end, Chinese Embassy Political Officer Zhiwen Chen told Embassy Tokyo on November 16. A significant brea [...] | 2007-11-19 04:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JA BM CH KN |
07TOKYO5303 | S/P GORDON DISCUSSES CHINA/TRILAT POLICY PLANNING [...] (C) Summary. Japan's primary foreign policy planning official, Deputy Vice Minister Kawai, held wide-ranging discussions November 16 on Afghanistan, Iraq, China, the Six-Party Talks, regional architecture, economic and trade policy, and other issues with visiting S/P Director Gordon. Japan pro [...] | 2007-11-20 08:57:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA KN |
07TOKYO537 | JAPAN-CHINA JOINT HISTORY PROJECT: AN EFFORT TO [...] (C) Summary. Historians from Japan and China will meet a second time in March to address differences in how they view their shared history. Neither side expects to resolve contentious issues, but hope to narrow gaps in understanding, according to Professor Shinichi Kitaoka, who chairs the J [...] | 2007-02-06 04:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH KN KS JA |
07TOKYO5451 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the December 7, 2007 visit to Japan by Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill and EAP Special Assistant Christopher Klein. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Political Officer Scott Hansen. He can be reached at: Office pho [...] | 2007-12-05 04:26:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA |
07TOKYO696 | JAPAN WELCOMES SIX-PARTY AGREEMENT, REMAINS UNEASY [...] (C) Summary. Japanese reaction to the Six-Party Talks (6PT) agreement is mixed. Popular reaction to the 6PT agreement is shaped by the strong and passionate view the Japanese public has on the abduction issue. PM Abe, who holds deep personal views on the abductions, shares the public view t [...] | 2007-02-16 10:22:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN JA |
07TOKYO799 | ADDITIONAL E.O. 13382 DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN [...] (SBU) Embassy officers delivered reftel demarche to counterparts in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Finance (MOF). MOF officials stated they were already aware of reftel designations from their regular monitoring of Treasury,s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) website. 2. [...] | 2007-02-26 04:04:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL KN IR JA |
07TUNIS408 | DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE INDUSTRIES [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-02 14:38:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM KN IR TS |
07ULAANBAATAR105 | Mongolia Welcomes Six Party Talks Agreement [...] DCM conveyed reftel points to MFA. In response, an MFA official called attention to a statement which MFA released on February 14 (para 2). 2. Begin text: Statement by the Spokesman of Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia applauds the initial actio [...] | 2007-02-16 03:13:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP EAID KN MG |
07ULAANBAATAR106 | Mongolia Welcomes Six Party Talks Agreement [...] DCM conveyed reftel points to MFA. In response, an MFA official called attention to a statement which MFA released on February 14 (para 2). 2. Begin text: Statement by the Spokesman of Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia applauds the initial actio [...] | 2007-02-16 03:13:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP EAID KN MG |
07ULAANBAATAR107 | Mongolia Welcomes Six Party Talks Agreement [...] DCM conveyed reftel points to MFA. In response, an MFA official called attention to a statement which MFA released on February 14 (para 2). 2. Begin text: Statement by the Spokesman of Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia applauds the initial actio [...] | 2007-02-16 03:14:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP EAID KN MG |
07ULAANBAATAR310 | Scope Paper and Issues for Assistant Secretary Hill's June [...] (SBU) SCOPE: Assistant Secretary Hill's visit to Mongolia fulfills the dual purposes of: 1) reinforcing the strong U.S.-Mongolia relationship and, 2) attendance at the Asia Society's June 15-18 Williamsburg conference (the conference is covered in a separate memo). This visit fulfills a lon [...] | 2007-05-29 06:46:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF MARR EAID KMCA MG IZ KN |
07ULAANBAATAR335 | Trade and Economic Issues Briefing for Assistant Secretary [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia's economy grew 8% in 2006 (yielding GDP of US$2.7 billion) and is projected to reach 7.5% in 2007. Mining (copper, coal and gold),cashmere, tourism, and small retail trade were the primary economic drivers, coupled with high world commodity prices. Mining prospects im [...] | 2007-06-12 23:31:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF MARR EAID KMCA MG IZ KN |
07ULAANBAATAR349 | A/S HILL'S MEETINGS WITH MONGOLIAN OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill met on June 15 with Mongolia's President, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. None of the officials revealed their thinking on the pending decision on whether to send an 8th rotation of troops to Iraq, but President Enkhbayar noted that [...] | 2007-06-18 04:10:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EAID SCUL MG IZ KN |
07ULAANBAATAR479 | MONGOLIAN PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER DESCRIBES TIES WITH NORTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tsogtbaatar Damdin (protect),Foreign Policy Advisor (FPA) to Mongolia's President, shed light August 21 on his country's relationship with North Korea. Joined by officials from the MFA, Tsogtbaatar told USG officials that Mongolia is trying to reduce North Korea's sense of isol [...] | 2007-08-24 06:58:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI ECON MG KN KS |
07ULAANBAATAR693 | IOM'S ENGAGEMENT WITH MONGOLIA INCREASING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charles Harns, Regional Representative for the International Organization for Migration (IOM),called on the DCM and E/P Chief on December 13, described IOM's increasing activity in Mongolia and said the country had informed the IOM of its intention to join the organization in Jun [...] | 2007-12-14 09:01:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM ECON MG KN |
07USEUBRUSSELS1043 | U.S. - EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON DISARMAMENT AND [...] (C) The U.S.-EU Troika disarmament and nonproliferation consultations under the German presidency demonstrated many common interests and a willingness to engage frankly but cordially. They did not hide, however, the well known divergence of views on how to approach these key issues. In parti [...] | 2007-03-28 09:26:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KNNP PARM PREL EUN PTER KN IR IN CH |
07USUNNEWYORK10 | U.S. TO BRING UNDP'S DPRK PROGRAM TO THE BOARD [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-10 17:08:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KN KUNR UNDP EAID PREL PINR |
07USUNNEWYORK1019 | UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Speaking Oct. 31 in the annual debate on promotion and protection of human rights in the UN General Assembly's Third Committee, Ambassador Khalilzad emphasized the value the United States places on human rights, described the important role these rights play in building societies, cited exa [...] | 2007-11-15 14:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PHUM BM CU KN SY CH |
07USUNNEWYORK1082 | COUNTRY-SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED [...] SUMMARY: On November 20-21, the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly adopted four country-specific resolutions addressing the human rights situations in North Korea, Burma, Iran and Belarus, despite attempts to derail the process through no-action motions on the last three resolutions. [...] | 2007-11-28 19:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PHUM IR KN BM BO |
07USUNNEWYORK11 | USUN RECEIVES "SMOKING GUN" E-MAIL ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-10 18:28:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | EAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNR PINR PREL UNDP |
07USUNNEWYORK125 | AMBASSADOR WALLACE MEETS WITH UNFPA EXECUTIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-12 22:55:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNR PINR PREL UNDP UNFPA |
07USUNNEWYORK142 | (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: UNDP ADMITS TO POSSESSION OF [...] (SBU) This is an action request (see para 3). In the most recent communication between USUN and UNDP regarding the DPRK country programme (reftels),dated February 15, 2007, UNDP Associate Administrator Ad Melkert admits UNDP possession of counterfeit U.S. currency received directly from the [...] | 2007-02-20 22:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNC PINR PREL UNDP |
07USUNNEWYORK172 | UNDP SUSPENDS OPERATIONS IN NORTH KOREA [...] USUN has received a note from UNDP Administrator Kemal Dervis informing Executive Board Members that UNDP has suspended operations in North Korea due to North Korea's refusal to accept the Executive Board decision of January 25, 2007 on the continuation of its country program. Mission will p [...] | 2007-03-02 23:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN UNDP KN |
07USUNNEWYORK23 | UNDP CONFIDENTIAL AUDITS EXPOSE SYSTEMATIC [...] This is an action request. See para 4. 2.(C) Summary. Ambassador Wallace led a USUN MR team to visit UNDP on January 11, 2007. At the meeting, UNDP made available three internal audits from the years 1999, 2001 and 2004, for USUN's on site review. Per reftel, USUN was allowed access to the i [...] | 2007-01-13 00:08:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNR PINR PREL UNDP |
07USUNNEWYORK35 | GOJ SEEKS DISCONTINUATION OF UNDP DPRK PROGRAM AND [...] This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) On January 19, 2007, Ambassador Wallace hosted a meeting requested by Japanese Ambassador Koji Tsuriola (Director General for Global Affairs) and Minister Kazuo Sunaga regarding the DPRK. Ambassador Tsuriola explained the GOJ position as a p [...] | 2007-01-22 15:15:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNR PINR PREL UNDP |
07USUNNEWYORK4 | MEETING AND DISCUSSION WITH UNDP ON DPRK:UNDP [...] This message contains an action request. See para. 19. 2.(S) Summary. Per reftels A and B, as a follow-up to the demarche delivered to UNDP Administrator Kemal Dervis by Ambassador Wallace on December 19, Ambassador Wallace and USUN/MR Officers met with Mr. Dervis and a team of UNDP official [...] | 2007-01-05 16:28:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | EAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNR PINR PREL UNDP |
07USUNNEWYORK40 | HANDLING THE DPRK AT THE UNDP EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] This is an action request. See para 9. 2.(C) Ambassadors Wolff, Wallace and Miller met with UNDP Administrator Kemal Dervis and his senior management team Monday to discuss the way forward on DPRK. We have tentative agreement, subject to Department approval, on a package that in principle s [...] | 2007-01-23 00:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNR PINR PREL UNDP |
07USUNNEWYORK50 | UNDP ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR AD MELKERT PROVIDES [...] In a letter dated January 21, 2007, UNDP Associate Administrator Ad Melkert responded to Ambassador Mark Wallace's letter of January 16, 2007. In this letter, the latest in a string of formal communication between USUN and UNDP, Associate Administrator Melkert attempts to explain away USG con [...] | 2007-01-24 16:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNR PINR PREL UNDP |
07USUNNEWYORK510 | UN/DPRK SANCTIONS: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ADOPTS [...] (U) On June 20 the Committee concerning the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea (DPRK),established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006),convened for a formal meeting to adopt Committee Guidelines (see full text in para 3 below). Italian PermRep and Chairman of the Committee Marcello Sp [...] | 2007-06-22 22:56:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC PHUM ETTC MCAP KN |
07USUNNEWYORK55 | ACTION REQUEST:USUN PROPOSED COMMENTS TO UNDP ON [...] Per reftels, UNDP has delivered correspondence to USUN and made public statements on the UNDP DPRK country program. USUN proposes to respond with the letter below from Ambassador Mark Wallace to UNDP Associate Administrator Ad Melkert at opening of business on January 25, prior to the UNDP Ex [...] | 2007-01-24 18:06:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNC PINR PREL UNDP |
07USUNNEWYORK605 | DPRK ATTEMPTS TO INSCRIBE AN ANTI-JAPAN ITEM ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY (UNGA) DECIDED, ON JULY 24, NOT TO INSCRIBE A NEW ITEM ENTITLED, "CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF XENOPHOBIA" ON ITS CURRENT AGENDA. ADDITION OF THE ITEM HAD BEEN REQUESTED BY THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF KOREA (DPRK) WHICH SUBMITTED A MEMO CLAIMING THAT A NE [...] | 2007-07-24 22:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KN JA |
07USUNNEWYORK7 | THREE LETTERS SENT TO AMBASSADOR WALLACE FROM UNDP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-10 01:26:00 | USUN New York | SECRET | EAID KFPC KN KNNP KUNR PINR PREL UNDP |
07USUNNEWYORK947 | KOREAN PENINSULA RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY CONSENSUS [...] (U) Summary. On October 31, 2007, the General Assembly adopted by consensus a resolution on "Peace, Security, and Reunification in the Korean Peninsula," co-sponsored by the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Ambassador Khalilzad delivered the U.S. [...] | 2007-11-01 20:11:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KN KS UN |
07VATICAN55 | CARITAS COMMITTED TO DPRK OPERATIONS [...] (C) The Holy See's aid and development agency, Caritas International, is committed to its programs in North Korea. Caritas South Korea has assumed control of the program from Caritas Hong Kong and is slowly overcoming transition problems. Since 1995, some US$33 million has been spent on Caritas [...] | 2007-03-15 14:12:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI KN KS XB PHUM KIRF VT |
07VIENTIANE25 | NEW INFORMATION ON NORTH KOREANS DETAINED IN LAOS: [...] (C) Summary: South Korean Embassy Counsellor Lee told Poloffs January 11 that five North Korean refugees detained almost a month in northern Laos had been released by local authorities. The five are on their way to Vientiane from where the South Korean Embassy expects them to depart quietly t [...] | 2007-01-11 08:45:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KN KS LA PHUM PREF PREL SMIG |
07VIENTIANE296 | MISDIRECTED MAIL COMPLICATES NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) Summary: South Korean Counsellor Miyon Lee told DCM April 9 that she was hopeful that three North Korean asylum seekers who have been detained in Laos since November 2006 would be released in the next day or two. The situation took a "tricky" turn, she said, when the Lao police misdirec [...] | 2007-04-09 11:04:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM LA KN KS |
07VIENTIANE323 | LAO GOVERNMENT MEETING ON NORTH KOREAN CHILDREN [...] (C) Summary: South Korean Embassy Counsellor Miyon Lee told us on April 19 that senior Lao government officials would soon meet to decide on the fate of three North Korean children who have been detained in Laos since November 2006. She said that the Lao have made it a condition of the chi [...] | 2007-04-19 10:15:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM PGOV LA KN KS JA |
07VIENTIANE329 | NORTH KOREAN CHILDREN: INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION [...] (S) Summary: The South Korean Embassy continues to press the Lao government for the release of the three North Korean children detained in November. They are seeking a meeting with the Director General for Consular Affairs at the Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who has expressed hope for a [...] | 2007-04-23 10:28:00 | Embassy Vientiane | SECRET | CASC PREF PGOV PHUM KN KS KPAO LA |
07VIENTIANE337 | NORTH KOREAN CHILDREN IN SOUTH KOREAN EMBASSY [...] (S) Summary: The South Korean Embassy confirmed that the three North Korean children who have been detained since November 2006 are in their custody and will leave Laos on the evening of April 25. It was the South Koreans, quiet efforts, rather than the NGO-generated flurry of publicity, t [...] | 2007-04-25 09:46:00 | Embassy Vientiane | SECRET | PREF PHUM PGOV KN KS LA |
07VIENTIANE366 | NEW GROUP OF NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES ARRESTED IN [...] (S) Summary: Activists from the Human Rights Without Frontiers organization confirmed the presence to EmbOff of a new group of nine North Koreans in detention in Vientiane. The activists were able to deliver food and medicine to the detainees. The South Korean Embassy says resolving the case [...] | 2007-05-07 07:43:00 | Embassy Vientiane | SECRET | PREF PHUM PGOV KN KS LA |
07VIENTIANE416 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL; HMONG ISSUES; ARF [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador used the opportunity of a farewell call on one of MFA's more sophisticated Vice Ministers, and the Lao Senior Official for ASEAN and ARF affairs, to present the most recent Department demarche on ARF issues. VFM Bounkeut expressed support for the USG ISM proposals, [...] | 2007-05-21 08:27:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KNNP LA PINR PREF PREL PTER ARF |
07VIENTIANE508 | READOUT FROM JAPANESE DCM ON LAO PRIME MINISTER'S [...] (C) Summary: Japanese DCM Kazuhiro Fujimura provided the Charge with an overview of the mid-May summit in Tokyo between the Lao and Japanese prime ministers. He said that the Japanese had pressed the Lao unsuccessfully at a meeting before the summit to support the UNGA human rights resolutio [...] | 2007-06-18 09:39:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LA JA KN |
07VIENTIANE829 | SOUTH KOREAN DCM DISCUSSES NORTH KOREAN PREMIER'S [...] (C) Summary: The South Korean DCM told the DCM on November 9 that Lao officials had described the November 4-7 visit of North Korean Premier Kim Yong Il as very successful. The Lao Prime Minister praised North Korea's handling of Korean peninsula issues. Lao officials described Premier Kim [...] | 2007-11-09 11:10:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EINV LA KN KS |
07VIENTIANE888 | DPRK CITIZENS ENTER SWEDISH EMBASSY COMPOUND IN [...] (C//NF) On Friday, December 7, 2007, at approximately 1230 hrs. (Vientiane Time) Consular Officer Michael Scharding received a telephonic message from the Administrative Counselor at the Swedish Embassy in Vientiane - Birgitta Holmstrom. Ms. Holmstrom informed Mr. Scharding that, at approxim [...] | 2007-12-10 09:33:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL LA KN |
07VIENTIANE893 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SWEDISH CHARGE TO DISCUSS [...] (U) This is an action request: please see paragraph 14. 2. (C//NF) Summary: According to Swedish diplomats, the two North Koreans continue to insist that their intent is to seek asylum in the United States. While the ROK Embassy is prepared and able to assist them to travel to South Korea, [...] | 2007-12-11 11:49:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC PREL LA KN SW |
07VIENTIANE896 | UPDATE ON DPRK CITIZENS AT SWEDISH EMBASSY [...] (U) This cable includes an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary: Swedish Charge Aberg told the Ambassador that she and her colleague had met with a senior MFA official who suggested, as long as the North Koreans left Laos, that his government was not concerned about their [...] | 2007-12-12 10:04:00 | Embassy Vientiane | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KN LA PREL SW |
07VILNIUS123 | ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel list of entities designated under E.O. 13382 to Donatas Ziugzda, Head of the Arms Control, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Division of the MFA. Ziugzda once again thanked the USG for providing this information in a timely basis. He assured post that the list wou [...] | 2007-02-22 14:14:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP KN PARM IR LH |
07VILNIUS233 | POINTS DELIVERED TO LITHUANIA ON DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-03 08:22:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KNNP PARM KN IR LH |
07WARSAW395 | POLAND (QUIETLY) ENDING NORTH KOREAN LABORER [...] (C) On February 16, Poloff met with Piotr Mierecki, Director of the Department of Migration Policy at the Ministry of Interior. Mierecki indicated that the GOP has taken a decision internally to end the North Korean work program, under which 25 North Korean welders are working at the Gdansk S [...] | 2007-02-21 09:12:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ELAB EZ KN PL |
07WELLINGTON686 | NEW ZEALAND: ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S MEETINGS [...] (U) Assistant Secretary Hill has cleared this message, which was drafted by ConGen Auckland and approved by Embassy Wellington. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Assistant Secretary Hill's New Zealand interlocutors emphasized the need to ensure that, as New Zealand approaches national e [...] | 2007-09-19 04:04:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD PARM KNNP NZ XV AF KN FJ TT |
07WELLINGTON785 | A/S HILL REVIEWS REGIONAL AND BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (S) Summary. During an October 19 stopover in Auckland, EAP A/S Christopher R. Hill met MFAT Secretary Simon Murdoch to review regional and bilateral issues. They agreed that the Pacific Islands Forum had produced good results, holding the line on elections in Fiji and RAMSI in the Solomons. P [...] | 2007-10-30 00:22:00 | Embassy Wellington | SECRET | PHUM PREL KN NZ US |
08ABUDHABI1306 | UAE STILL NOT ENTHUSIASTIC TO PRESS HUMAN RIGHTS AT UNGA [...] (C) POL Chief pressed ref A points with MFA Director for International Organizations Yacub al-Hosani on November 13, emphasizing the need for a principled stand against "no action" motions that prevent a vital review of human rights violations and the need to address the severe human rights ab [...] | 2008-11-13 13:42:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IR MB KN AE |
08ADDISABABA87 | (C) DEFENSE OFFICIALS IMPOSE LAST-MINUTE [...] (S/NF) Despite Prime Minister Meles' apparent receptivity to discussing Ethiopia's arms supply relationship with North Korea (Ref A) as well as discussion with the Secretary during her visit, Ethiopia's Chief of Defense Staff (CHOD),General Samora Yonus, adamantly opposes U.S. scrutiny of Ethi [...] | 2008-01-14 04:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM MARR PREL KN ET |
08ADDISABABA952 | NORTH KOREA: ETHIOPIA REQUESTS ALTERNATE SUPPLIER [...] (S/NF) Ambassador Yamamoto delivered reftel demarche on Ethiopia's procurement of rocket fuel and oxidizer to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in a one-on-one meeting April 3. Without either confirming the veracity, or otherwise substantively commenting, on the arrangement, Meles noted simply that [...] | 2008-04-07 14:20:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | ET ETTC KN MARR MASS MCAP PARM PREL |
08AITTAIPEI1374 | TAIWAN INVESTIGATION OF EXPORT CONTROL CASES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 11, the EXBS Advisor met with officials of the Taiwan Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB) to get an update on export control enforcement activities. MJIB officials stated that, since the beginning of 2008, they referred six (6) cases to the prosecutor's [...] | 2008-09-18 23:30:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC KNNP KSTC TW IR KN MY CH |
08AMMAN1029 | HRC NORTH KOREA SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR MANDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-08 13:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL JO KN |
08ANKARA199 | TURKEY CONSIDERING REQUEST TO INSPECT SYRIA BOUND [...] (S) We delivered reftel paper to MFA Deputy Director General for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Ahmet Muhtar Gun, and Head of Department for Aviation Affairs Hamit Olcay on February 4. Both Gun and Olcay expressed appreciation for the advanced notification and the detailed information regar [...] | 2008-02-04 15:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC TU IR KN |
08ANKARA263 | TURKEY WILL CONDITION OVERFLIGHT CLEARANCE FOR AIR [...] (S) We delivered ref a demarche to MFA Department Head for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Elif Ulgen on February 11. Given the likelihood that the cargo contained in this flight may be in violation of UNSCR 1718, Ulgen said the MFA had decided to require an inspection of the aircraft and carg [...] | 2008-02-12 15:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC EAIR TU IR KN |
08ANKARA418 | TURKEY CONFIRMS AIR KORYO OVERFLIGHT REQUESTED AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-03 15:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC EAIR TU IR KN |
08ANKARA438 | TURKEY CONFIRMS AIR KORYO OVERFLIGHT REQUESTED AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-06 08:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC EAIR TU IR KN |
08ANKARA632 | TURKEY WILL MAINTAIN AIR KORYO OVERFLIGHT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-03 14:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC EAIR TU IR KN |
08ASHGABAT520 | TURKMENISTAN: UPDATED SCHEDULE OF FLIGHT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-25 10:34:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PARM PREL KNNP KN SY |
08ASTANA1004 | KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COOPERATION [...] (S) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel points thanking Kazakhstan for its cooperation regarding an Air Koryo flight of proliferation concern to MFA Americas Department head Talgat Kaliyev on May 29. Kaliyev was appreciative, and remarked that this is the type of cooperation clearly envisioned by [...] | 2008-05-29 07:14:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC KZ KN |
08ASTANA1286 | KAZAKHSTAN SHARES INFORMATION ON POSSIBLE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-18 10:01:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC KN KZ |
08ASTANA797 | (S) KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UPDATED [...] (S) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche regarding the latest schedule of a North Korean flight of proliferation concern to MFA Americas Department head Talgat Kaliyev on April 25. Kaliyev said he would immediately relay the information to the appropriate Kazakhstani government agencies. [...] | 2008-04-25 06:07:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | KNNP PREL PARM KZ KN SY IR |
08ASTANA849 | KAZAKHSTAN DENIES OVERFLIGHT TO FLIGHT OF [...] (S) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Advisor for International Security Faizrakhmam Kassanov told Poloff on April 29 that Kazakhstan denied overflight to the North Korean airliner subject of reftel C. According to Kassanov, North Korea presented the Government of Kazakhstan a diplomatic note reque [...] | 2008-04-29 12:20:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | KNNP PREL KZ KN SY IR |
08BEIJING107 | JANUARY 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: A/S HILL VISIT, SENIOR [...] Key points at the January 10 MFA Press Briefing: -- The MFA announced that EAP A/S Hill was to meet with VFM Wu Dawei that afternoon in Beijing and stated that, regarding the Six-Party Talks, Second-Phase Actions are "moving along smoothly." -- The Fifth U.S.-China Senior Dialogue will take [...] | 2008-01-10 09:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY CH TW XY XW ZU XI RM SZ MI IN KN |
08BEIJING1141 | STAFFDEL JANUZZI DISCUSSES NONPROLIFERATION, IRAN, [...] (C) Current bilateral cooperation on arms control, nonproliferation and export control is "remarkable," MFA Department of Arms Control Director General Cheng Jingye told Staffdel Januzzi March 24. Nevertheless, there is a "perception" that the United States counts on China's support on nonprolifera [...] | 2008-03-26 09:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KNNP MNUC KN CH IR |
08BEIJING1142 | AFM HE YAFEI DISCUSSES SIX-PARTY TALKS, TIBET, [...] (C) Senate Staffel members urged Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei to help convince DPRK leaders that if they fulfill their obligations under the Six-Party Talks framework, the United States stands ready to do the same. The DPRK must disclose information on its uranium enrichment program and [...] | 2008-03-26 09:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM IN KS KN RS JA TW CH PK |
08BEIJING1144 | STAFFDEL JANUZZI DISCUSSES NONPROLIFERATION, IRAN, [...] (C) Current bilateral cooperation on arms control, nonproliferation and export control is "remarkable," MFA Department of Arms Control Director General Cheng Jingye told Staffdel Januzzi March 24. Nevertheless, there is a "perception" that the United States counts on China's support on nonpro [...] | 2008-03-26 11:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KNNP MNUC KN CH IR |
08BEIJING1170 | CHINESE ACADEMIC VIEWS ON A NORTHEAST ASIA PEACE [...] (C) Many Chinese academics view the eventual establishment of a North East Asia Peace and Security Mechanism (NEAPSM) as a "natural outgrowth" of the Six-Party Talks. While there is no agreement among scholars on what a future NEAPSM will look like, many believe that it will start with the Six [...] | 2008-03-27 09:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KN CH |
08BEIJING1263 | (S) SHIELD S06-08/S18-05/S26-06: CHINA URGED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-03 09:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC CH KN |
08BEIJING1264 | (S) PRC INFORMED OF UPDATED SCHEDULE OF AIR KORYO [...] (S) PolOff informed MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Acting Deputy Director He Yi on April 3 of the scheduled change from March 11 to April 11 of a planned Air Koryo charter flight from North Korea to Syria with a stop in Iran. PolOff reminded He Yi that we suspect [...] | 2008-04-03 09:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL KNNP KN XB XG ZK ZL XD XF CH IR |
08BEIJING1280 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR A/S HILL TO BEIJING APRIL 9 [...] (SBU) Embassy Beijing welcomes and grants country clearance for EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill and his delegation to Beijing on April 9 for consultations related to the Six-Party Talks. 2. (SBU) Control Officer: Nancy Leou, Political Officer Tel: (86-10)6532-3831 x6040 Cell: [...] | 2008-04-07 08:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA |
08BEIJING1311 | (S) CHINA URGED TO INVESTIGATE MISSILE-RELATED [...] (S) PolOff urged China to take immediate steps to investigate the transfer of missile-related material by a Chinese company to Syria, including via a North Korean intermediary, in a meeting with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on April 8. [...] | 2008-04-08 08:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH KN SY |
08BEIJING1473 | CHINA INFORMED OF STEEL SHIPMENTS OF PROLIFERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-17 05:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL MTCRE KNNP CH KN |
08BEIJING150 | JANUARY 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MALAWI, TAIWAN, OLYMPICS, [...] Key points at the January 15 MFA Press Briefing: -- China and Malawi on December 28 after "friendly consultations and negotiations" established diplomatic relations. -- Some organizations with "ulterior political motives" use the Olympics to "tarnish China's image" and "exert pressure" on t [...] | 2008-01-15 22:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY PHUM CH TW NL KS KN MI FJ IN FR |
08BEIJING1550 | APRIL 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HARASSMENT OF CHINESE STUDENT, [...] Key points at the April 22 MFA press briefing were: -- Domestic and Overseas Chinese demonstrations are "spontaneous" expressions of patriotism that are "encouraging and touching." -- A "U.S. State Department official" ignored Chinese opposition, violated "basic norms of international relat [...] | 2008-04-22 12:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KOLY CH FR KS KN JA RS HK XG |
08BEIJING1600 | APRIL 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: ZIMBABWE ARMS SHIPMENT, [...] Key points at the April 24 MFA press briefing were: -- A Chinese cargo ship will return to China with arms intended for Zimbabwe. -- An EU resolution critical of China's involvement in Africa is "irresponsible" and "groundless." -- The Syria-DPRK nuclear issue should not affect the Six-P [...] | 2008-04-24 11:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY CH FR KN JA SY PA XG ZI |
08BEIJING1653 | PRC WILL INVESTIGATE DPRK MISSILE PARTS SHIPMENT [...] (S) PolOff urged MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Third Secretary He Yi to investigate reftel shipment of missile parts transiting China from the DPRK to Syria. PolOff told He Yi that we believe the shipment is still in Ningbo, but is likely to depart for Syria ver [...] | 2008-04-29 07:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC CH KN SY |
08BEIJING1662 | APRIL 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Torch Relay, Dalai Lama, [...] Key points at the April 29 MFA press briefing were: -- Chinese students who attended the torch relay in Seoul intended to defend the dignity of the torch. -- China's willingness to meet with the Dalai Lama's representatives shows China's "consistent policy" and "forgiveness." -- Seven Ch [...] | 2008-04-29 11:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY PTER CH KS KN JA PK GM BB |
08BEIJING1727 | DPRK FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO CHINA: BILATERAL [...] (C) DPRK Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun's April 26-29 visit to Shanghai and Beijing was a reciprocal visit for PRC Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi's visit to North Korea last July, said MFA Asian Affairs Department Korea Division Deputy Director Fang Kun. Pak met with Vice President Xi Jinping, St [...] | 2008-05-06 09:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KN CH |
08BEIJING1731 | MAY 6 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, TIBET, VISAS, BURMA, [...] Key points at the May 6 MFA press briefing were: -- Iran enjoys the right to peaceful nuclear energy use, but also should show a sense of "responsibility." -- Central Government policy toward the Dalai Lama is "consistent and clear-cut" and the "door for contact is always open." -- China [...] | 2008-05-06 22:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KOLY MARR CVIS TW CH KS KN JA |
08BEIJING178 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S DINNER WITH CHINESE [...] (U) January 16, 2008; 7:45 p.m.; Beijing, Ambassador's Residence. 2. (U) Participants: UNITED STATES The Deputy Secretary Mrs. Diana Negroponte Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr. Mrs. Sarah Randt Dennis Wilder, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Asian Affairs, NSC [...] | 2008-01-18 05:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER CH TW KN KS IR IZ PK RS |
08BEIJING1815 | MFA DG TALKS TAIWAN, NEAPSM, DALAI LAMA WITH EAP [...] (C) In a wide-ranging discussion with visiting EAP DAS Thomas Christensen May 10, MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Director General Zheng Zeguang emphasized the importance President Hu places on his relationship with President Bush and China's willingness to work cooperatively with the [...] | 2008-05-12 14:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PHUM KOLY CH TW IR KN |
08BEIJING2012 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR A/S HILL TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Beijing welcomes and grants country clearance for EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill and his delegation to Beijing on May 27-29 for consultations related to the Six-Party Talks. 2. (SBU) Control Officer: Nancy Leou, Political Officer Tel: (86-10)6532-3831 x6040 Cell [...] | 2008-05-27 01:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA |
08BEIJING2030 | May 27 MFA Press Briefing: Upcoming South Korean President [...] Key points at the May 27 MFA Press Briefing: -- South Korean President Lee arrives in China for a state visit May 27 and both countries aspire to bring their relationship to a "new level." -- VFM Wu Dawei will meet chief Six-Party Talks negotiators this week and China hopes "other relevant [...] | 2008-05-27 10:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KS KN CH |
08BEIJING2086 | MAY 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points at the regular May 29 MFA press briefing: -- Current bilateral negotiations within the framework of the Six-Party Talks will help build mutual trust and understanding. Dates have not yet been set for the next round of the Six-Party Talks, nor for the submission of North Korea's [...] | 2008-05-29 09:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KOLY CH JA KN KS NP IN |
08BEIJING2143 | JUNE 3 MFA Press Briefing: Human Rights, Sichuan [...] Key points at the June 3 MFA Press Briefing: -- China believes there is a "new opportunity" in the Six-Party Talks and hopes the relevant parties will show "flexibility" in overcoming differences. -- The U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue was "candid," "positive" and "constructive," helping [...] | 2008-06-03 23:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR EAID IN JN KS KN CH |
08BEIJING2179 | JUNE 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Security Dialogue, Tibet, [...] Key points at the June 5 MFA press briefing were: -- The Security Dialogue held in Beijing was pragmatic and conducive to the development of security relations. -- Tibet is stabilizing "gradually." -- China has taken note of Australian Prime Minister Rudd's proposal for an Asia Pacific [...] | 2008-06-05 10:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY PTER PHUM KS ZI KN MG SA YM QA |
08BEIJING2247 | JUNE 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DIAOYU ISLANDS COLLISION, [...] Key points at the June 10 MFA press briefing were: -- China is gravely concerned and "strongly dissatisfied" by the Japanese Coast Guard's "illegal" activities near the Diaoyu Islands. -- China hopes the talks between the DPRK and Japan "promote the normalization of bilateral relations." [...] | 2008-06-10 22:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY PTER PHUM KS KN JP SU FR UN |
08BEIJING2281 | U.S.-CHINA SECURITY DIALOGUE - MORNING SESSION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-11 23:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR MCAP MNUC CH TW KN KS JA RS |
08BEIJING2304 | JUNE 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Iran, Arms Sales to Taiwan, [...] Key points at the June 12 MFA press briefing are: -- AFM Liu Jieyi will join EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and representatives from Russia, France, Germany and the UK on June 14 in delivering a "talk resumption plan" to Iran. -- China requests that the United States honor the commi [...] | 2008-06-12 10:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY ENVR PHUM KS KN JP FR UN RS XU XV |
08BEIJING2372 | JUNE 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: EAST CHINA SEA, DIAOYU ISLANDS, [...] Key points at the June 17 MFA press briefing were: -- China and Japan are currently discussing the details of an agreement on East China Sea gas exploration. -- The Diaoyu Islands are an inseparable part of China and Japan's actions there are "illegitimate." -- Vice President Xi Jinping [...] | 2008-06-17 09:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY PHUM KS KN SA JP |
08BEIJING2389 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR A/S HILL AND DELEGATION TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Beijing welcomes and grants country clearance for EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill and his delegation to Beijing on June 20-27 for consultations related to the Six-Party Talks. 2. (SBU) Control Officer: Nancy Leou, Political Officer Tel: (86-10)6532-3831 x6040 Cel [...] | 2008-06-18 09:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA RS |
08BEIJING2415 | JUNE 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: EAST CHINA SEA [...] Key points at the June 19 MFA press briefing were: -- Vice Foreign Miniter Wu Dawei briefed journalists on the East hina Sea agreement. The agreement does not undermine China's sovereignty claims over the East China Sea, nor does it recognize a median line. China and Japan will work to mak [...] | 2008-06-19 12:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY ENRG PHUM KS KN SA JP CH |
08BEIJING2486 | JUNE 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, ZIMBABWE [...] Key points at the June 24 MFA press briefing were: -- The spokesman would not speculate on the timing of the North Korea nuclear declaration. -- China is "concerned" about the situation in Zimbabwe and calls on all parties to carry out the Presidential election peacefully. -- The spokes [...] | 2008-06-24 08:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN JP ZA |
08BEIJING2528 | JUNE 26 MFA STATEMENT ON DPRK NUCLEAR DECLARATION [...] PRC Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei held a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 26, 2008 to announce that the DPRK "will submit" its nuclear declaration to the Chinese on June 26 and that the United States will "implement its obligations" to remove the designation of the D [...] | 2008-06-26 10:26:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN |
08BEIJING2529 | JUNE 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, ENGINEERS TO [...] Key points at the June 26 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- The DPRK has not yet released a declaration of its nuclear programs, said the MFA spokesman. -- The "remaining portion of Chinese military engineers" will deploy in mid-July to assist in infrastructure projects. -- In spite [...] | 2008-06-26 10:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY PHUM KS KN JP ZI RS TH CY SU |
08BEIJING261 | JANUARY 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DARFUR, OLYMPICS, [...] Key points at the regular January 24 MFA press briefing: -- China is playing a constructive role in Darfur and any attempt to link the Olympics and Darfur "goes against the Olympic spirit." -- The Dalai Lama is not a religious or spiritual leader but someone who seeks to undermine Chinese [...] | 2008-01-24 10:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KN VT KS IR SU TW CH |
08BEIJING2666 | JULY 8 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, DALAI LAMA [...] Key points at the July 8 MFA press briefing were: -- A Six Party Talks Heads of Delegation meeting will convene on July 10, as will both the Denuclearization and the Energy and Economic Cooperation Working Groups. -- China protects human rights and freedom because that commitment is enshr [...] | 2008-07-08 10:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY PHUM KIRF KS KN JP SU CH |
08BEIJING2701 | JULY 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DEPORTED UK CITIZEN, OLYMPICS, [...] Key points at the July 10 MFA press briefing were: -- Dechen Pemba, a UK citizen deported from Beijing July 8, is a leading member of the Tibetan Youth Congress, a "separatist organization." -- The issue of a "verification mechanism" will be discussed during this week's Six-Party Talks He [...] | 2008-07-10 10:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY PHUM PTER MNUC KS KN JP SU CH FR |
08BEIJING2753 | JULY 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SUDAN AND INTERNATIONAL [...] Key points at the July 15 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China is "gravely concerned" over the charges filed in the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir. -- China is in consultations with other nations regarding a potential U.N. resolution pro [...] | 2008-07-15 22:55:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY PHUM KS KN JP RS SU |
08BEIJING2840 | JULY 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: OLYMPICS AND FREEDOM, KUNMING [...] Key points at the July 22 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- All athletes should promote friendship while in China, said the spokesmen when asked to respond to President Bush's comments that athletes should be ambassadors of freedom. -- The MFA continues to "urge all relevant department [...] | 2008-07-22 23:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER KOLY PHUM KN VM ZI LI |
08BEIJING2891 | CHINESE ACADEMIC DISCUSSES PRC OIL EXPORTS TO [...] (C) Ninety percent of the oil consumed in North Korea, including a large portion of the DPRK's jet fuel, is supplied by China, according to a Beijing University expert. China, through state-owned Sinopec, provides North Korea with approximately half a million tons of oil annually "for the sak [...] | 2008-07-25 07:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EPET PARM ENRG PGOV KN CH |
08BEIJING2964 | JULY 31 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Bush Visit, Bush Meeting with [...] Key points at the July 31 MFA Press Briefing: -- President Bush will meet with Premier Wen Jiabao, President Hu Jintao, and Vice-President Xi Jinping during the Olympics to hold discussions to develop bilateral ties, Liu said. They will discuss "many different issues" of mutual interest. [...] | 2008-07-31 11:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KOLY OVIP FR EZ RS KN KS BU HU JA |
08BEIJING3047 | PRC INFORMED OF DPRK-TO-IRAN FLIGHT OF [...] (S/NF) PolOff conveyed reftel flight information regarding an August 7 Air Koryo charter flight from North Korea to Iran to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on August 6 and delivered non-paper the morning of August 7. Noting the suspicious [...] | 2008-08-07 06:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL MTCR MNUC BG BM IN IR KN CH |
08BEIJING3109 | AUGUST 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BUSH VISIT, DRUM TOWER [...] Key points at the August 13 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- Asked to provide a reaction to President Bush's comments regarding religious freedom, the spokesman said that the Chinese government safeguards the rights of its citizens, including religious freedom. -- China expressed its [...] | 2008-08-13 11:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY PHUM CH KN JA GG RS PK |
08BEIJING317 | JANUARY 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, KIM [...] Key points at the January 29 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China considers progress made so far on the Six-Party Talks to be "hard-won" and "worth treasuring," and parties should show patience and implement Six-Party agreements. -- The spokesperson had no information or comments on Kim Jong I [...] | 2008-01-29 10:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR KOLY CH TW JA ID KS KN RS |
08BEIJING3387 | SEPTEMBER 2 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: FUKUDA RESIGNATION, INDIA [...] Key points at the September 2 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- The resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda is an internal matter of Japan, but the spokesperson noted Fukuda's "great contributions to bilateral relations." -- China "hopes the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) will f [...] | 2008-09-02 23:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY MNUC PARM EAID PTER EFIN CH KN JA |
08BEIJING3427 | SEPTEMBER 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: KOREA DENUCLEARIZATION, [...] Key points at the September 4 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- Relevant parties should "join hands" to solve the recent problems in the Korean denuclearization process. -- China has submitted a report on its military expenditures to the UN which is more complete than the report subm [...] | 2008-09-04 09:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KOLY MNUC PARM EFIN CH KN GG RS |
08BEIJING3500 | SEPTEMBER 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: JOINT COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE [...] Key points at the September 9 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- Vice Premier Wang Qishan will visit the United States next week to discuss bilateral trade issues with U.S. officials as part of the Sino-U.S. Joint Committee on Commerce and Trade (JCCT). -- Vice Foreign Minister Wu Daw [...] | 2008-09-09 23:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETRD PARM MNUC CH KN TW IN PK EC |
08BEIJING3542 | SEPTEMBER 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: KIM JUNG-IL, JOINT [...] Key points at the September 11 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China has received no reports from the DPRK on the health of Kim Jung-il. -- China hopes the upcoming Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade will help the United States and China solve their disputes through "equal dial [...] | 2008-09-11 09:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETRD PARM MNUC CH JA VE KN |
08BEIJING356 | JANUARY 31 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TAINTED DUMPLINGS, [...] Key points at the regular January 24 MFA press briefing: -- China is taking a "responsible attitude" regarding tainted dumplings that were exported to Japan, and Chinese authorities have issued a recall to distributors of the dumplings. -- The spokesperson could not confirm that EAP/K Dire [...] | 2008-01-31 10:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETRD JA SU KN KS |
08BEIJING3585 | SEPTEMBER 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN AND IAEA, KIM [...] Key points at the September 16 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China "hopes that Iran will keep up cooperation with the IAEA for the early settlement" of the Iran nuclear issue, however, "sanctions are not the way to resolve the issue." -- China and the United States "do not have co [...] | 2008-09-16 09:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETRD PARM VE CH KN NZ IN |
08BEIJING3591 | BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON KIM [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 ambassadors in Beijing September 12, German DCM Hans Carl Von Werthern said that it is possible German doctors are in Pyongyang to assist Kim Jong-il. Japanese Ambassador Miyamoto reported that PM Fukuda raised the issue of poisoned dumplings in his recent bi [...] | 2008-09-17 02:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KOLY PHUM CH FR JA GM UK KN KS ZI |
08BEIJING3614 | SEPTEMBER 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TAINTED MILK SCANDAL, [...] Key points at the September 18 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China "will be responsible and will seriously handle the issue" of contaminated milk. -- China "firmly opposes" food smuggling to the DPRK and will continue to provide food assistance to the DPRK. -- China "supports t [...] | 2008-09-18 10:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAGR VE CH GG KN |
08BEIJING3677 | SEPTEMBER 23 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHAVEZ CHINA VISIT, MILK [...] Key points at the September 23 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China's relationship with Venezuela is a "normal state to state relationship" which is "not based on ideology or directed against any other country." -- China has taken a "responsible attitude" regarding the milk scanda [...] | 2008-09-23 09:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAGR VE CH KN JP NZ |
08BEIJING3679 | CORRECTED COPY (PARA 9: ASEM DATES) SEPTEMBER 23 MFA PRESS [...] Key points at the September 23 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China's relationship with Venezuela is a "normal state to state relationship" which is "not based on ideology or directed against any other country." -- China has taken a "responsible attitude" regarding the milk scanda [...] | 2008-09-23 09:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAGR VE CH KN JP NZ |
08BEIJING3729 | SEPTEMBER 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHAVEZ VISIT, MILK [...] Key points at the September 25 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China did not discuss military cooperation with President Chavez during his recent visit, despite claims by Chavez that such cooperation was discussed. The two sides signed energy and trade agreements during the visit. [...] | 2008-09-25 10:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ENRG EAGR PHUM TSPA CH VE KN JP |
08BEIJING3836 | October 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TAIWAN ARMS SALES, SIX-PARTY [...] Key points at the October 7 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- The United States' arms sale to Taiwan has "contaminated the atmosphere" of U.S.-China relations, "gravely jeopardized China's security" and "created obstacles to exchanges and cooperation" with the United States. --"The Si [...] | 2008-10-07 10:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAGR PHUM PTER CH KN JP KS TW |
08BEIJING3874 | October 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TAIWAN ARMS SALES, FINANCIAL [...] Key points at the October 7 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China hopes that the two U.S. presidential candidates will understand the importance of properly handling the Taiwan issue, adhere to the "One China" policy, abide by the three Sino-U.S. Joint Communiques, and oppose Taiwan in [...] | 2008-10-09 11:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAGR EFIN PHUM PTER CH KN JP KS TW |
08BEIJING3875 | CORRECTED COPY: October 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TAIWAN ARMS [...] Key points at the October 9 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China hopes that the two U.S. presidential candidates will understand the importance of properly handling the Taiwan issue, adhere to the "One China" policy, abide by the three Sino-U.S. Joint Communiques and oppose Taiwan ind [...] | 2008-10-09 11:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAGR EFIN PHUM PTER CH KN JP KS TW |
08BEIJING3911 | October 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: President Zadari's Visit, [...] Key points at the October 14 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China welcomes Pakistani President Zadari and looks forward to "in-depth discussions" and the signing of several "deals." -- China regains control of half of Heixiazi Island from Russia. -- China will "communicate and c [...] | 2008-10-14 10:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM PINR CH KN KS EC CS PK HK MC |
08BEIJING3941 | FM YANG AND SENATOR HAGEL DISCUSS THE FINANCIAL [...] (C) Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) that the current global economic crisis "demands global leadership" and U.S.-China cooperation to overcome the lack of confidence in financial markets. He said that China will "do its best" to ensure a smooth transition of U.S.- [...] | 2008-10-16 07:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL MASS PTER PGOV TW PK KN KS CH |
08BEIJING4030 | SWISS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR IN NORTH KOREA [...] (C) North Korea recently concluded its first population census in fifteen years, with technical guidance and support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and financial assistance from the ROK and Swiss Governments, according to a Swiss contact familiar with the project. Our contact [...] | 2008-10-23 09:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EAID KN CH |
08BEIJING4078 | OCTOBER 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SUDAN HOSTAGE CRISIS, SYRIA [...] Key points at the October 28 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China condemns the killing of five kidnapped Chinese citizens in a rescue attempt by the Sudanese government. -- China "opposes any deed which harms another country's sovereignty and territorial integrity," said the spoke [...] | 2008-10-28 22:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM PTER ECON EFIN SU SY KN |
08BEIJING4090 | P-1 CABLE: NORTH KOREAN REQUESTS RESETTLEMENT IN [...] (S) The North Korean asylum seeker currently living in the U.S. New Embassy Compound (NEC) has requested resettlement in the United States. Post submits the North Korean's biographical and life history information below to facilitate CLASS and SAO processing as well as OPE and DHS interviews. [...] | 2008-10-29 09:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREF PREL KN KS CH |
08BEIJING4101 | 10/30 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SUDAN HOSTAGE CRISIS, FINANCIAL [...] Key points at the October 30 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- In the case of kidnapped Chinese workers in Sudan, four of whom were killed October 27, a Chinese delegation will urge the Sudanese Government to "spare no effort to rescue the missing workers, bring the criminals to justic [...] | 2008-10-30 08:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PARM MNUC ECON EFIN KN KS SU |
08BEIJING4145 | ASEM IN CHINA: GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS, CLIMATE [...] (C) The seventh Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit, in Beijing October 24-25, focused on the current global financial crisis but also covered climate change, Iran, the DPRK and Burma. ASEM leaders reached consensus on increasing regulation and transparency in global financial markets, as well [...] | 2008-11-06 06:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD GM RU AF KN BM IR CH |
08BEIJING4155 | 11/6 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S. ELECTION/WHITE HOUSE [...] Key points at the November 6 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China's leaders have congratulated President-elect Obama on his victory and China will work to help ensure smooth bilateral relations during the transition to the next administration. -- Taiwan is the most sensitive of th [...] | 2008-11-06 23:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN PHUM KIPR KS KN BM RU BG IN |
08BEIJING4208 | NOVEMBER 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: G-20 SUMMIT, SIX-PARTY [...] Key points at the November 13 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China hopes the upcoming G20 Financial Summit will "send the positive message that countries are united." -- China had taken note of North Korea's comments that it will not allow sampling of its nuclear sites, but hopes the [...] | 2008-11-13 22:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON EFIN KS KN BG IN TW CH |
08BEIJING4223 | HIGHLIGHTS OF WORKSHOP ON SIX-PARTY TALKS [...] (C) Participants in an October 24 mixed government-academic-think tank workshop in Beijing on the Six-Party Talks generally viewed the Six-Party Talks as a useful mechanism to solve the nuclear issue, although some criticized North Korea-specific agreements that appear to be at odds with inter [...] | 2008-11-14 06:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MNUC KN CH KS |
08BEIJING4325 | EAP DAS ARVIZU DISCUSSES PRC TIES WITH NORTHEAST [...] (C) ROK Deputy Chief of Mission Lee Hyun-ju told EAP DAS Alex Arvizu that China and the DPRK have a "traditional and neighborly" relationship, but observed that contact between Chinese and North Korean mid- and low-level military officers and officials is rare. The ROK Government has made repe [...] | 2008-11-25 09:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MNUC KN CH KS JP |
08BEIJING4355 | PRC: EAP DAS ARVIZU DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...] (C) MFA's Policy Planning Department Deputy Director-General Le Yucheng told EAP DAS Alex Arvizu that, despite serious economic and political risks in the East Asia region, the development of multilateral arrangements continues to move forward. DDG Le noted progress in the Six-Party process b [...] | 2008-11-26 11:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON MNUC KN CH KS JP |
08BEIJING4637 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL: U.S. EXPERTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-23 05:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH |
08BEIJING620 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EAP/K DPRK [...] (SBU) Embassy Beijing welcomes and grants country clearance February 23 - 25, 2008, for EAP/K DPRK Unit Chief Yuri Kim to Beijing en route to Pyongyang. 2. (SBU) Political Control Officer: Nancy Leou, Political Officer Tel: (86-10)6532-3831 x6040 Cell: (86)139-1023-4347 Fa: (86-10)6532-64 [...] | 2008-02-21 06:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH |
08BEIJING659 | AFM HE YAFEI REVIEWS CHINA'S KEY ISSUES FOR THE [...] (C) In a February 22 meeting requested by the Chinese, PRC Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei reviewed for the Ambassador China's key issues to be raised during the Secretary's visit to Beijing February 26-27. On North Korea, SIPDIS AFM He said that China's top leaders are prepared to have [...] | 2008-02-22 14:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PTER EINV MNUC BM IR KN CH |
08BEIJING721 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR EAP/K SUNG KIM, [...] (SBU) Embassy Beijing welcomes and grants country clearance February 29 - March 2, 2008, for EAP/K Director Sung Kim and NSC Asia Director Paul Haenle to Beijing for consultations related to the Six-Party Talks. 2. (SBU) Political Control Officer: Nancy Leou, Political Officer Tel: (86-10 [...] | 2008-02-29 03:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH |
08BEIJING791 | MARCH 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PENTAGON REPORT ON PRC [...] Key points at the March 4, 2008 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China dismissed the Pentagon report on the Chinese military as "a serious distortion of facts" and accused the United States of adopting a "Cold War mentality." -- China does not encourage Chinese hackers to launch cyber-attacks o [...] | 2008-03-04 11:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR ETRD CH JA RS IR KN |
08BEIJING83 | CHINESE REACTION TO ROK ELECTION: MINIMAL IMPACT [...] (C) While Lee Myung Bak's election as South Korea's next president ushers in a more conservative government, the election will not have a major impact on Sino-ROK relations, predicted one Chinese MFA official. Lee's foreign policy will be more pragmatic and will focus on the PRC-ROK economic [...] | 2008-01-08 08:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KN KS CH JP |
08BERLIN1300 | (S) RESULTS OF M/V ANTARES I COMPLIANT BOARDING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-22 11:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MNUC PARM PREL SY LI KN GM |
08BERLIN875 | NORTH KOREA DEMARCHE: GERMAN RESPONSE [...] (C) PolOff delivered the paper to Ellen Goelz, desk officer for Nuclear Arms Control and Non-Proliferation at the German MFA on June 30. Goelz noted her appreciation for the comprehensive information and promised to share it with other Korea Watchers within the GoG. While noting that the con [...] | 2008-07-03 09:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KN KNNP GM |
08BERLIN898 | (C) GERMANY PLANNING TO PRESENT PAPERS ON IRAN AND [...] (C) On June 26, Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck. Reck said Germany is planning to present three papers on the following topics: Iranian procurement networks; a case study on a five-axis laser machining center for t [...] | 2008-07-08 15:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA AU IR KN |
08BERLIN915 | (S) GERMANY COMPLIMENTS THE U.S. HANDLING OF THE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. (S) On July 11, Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche to German MFA Deputy Head of Export Control Division Christof Pollmeier in regards to the U.S. boarding of the Antares I. Pollmeier expressed appreciation for the nonpape [...] | 2008-07-11 14:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MNUC PARM PREL SY LI KN GM |
08BERLIN976 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRISL [...] (S) Global Affairs Officer delivered reftel demarche to German Finance Ministry Officer Kristina Wogatzki. She expressed appreciaton for the refetl information. 2. (S) Wogatzki said she is unaware of any German exporters using IRISL or Iran Air, but will continue to be alert to indicati [...] | 2008-07-22 10:18:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR PREL KN |
08BRASILIA1486 | BRAZIL WILL OPEN AN EMBASSY IN PYONGYANG [...] (C) Summary. Brazil will open an embassy in Pyongyang next year, and has already selected an experienced diplomat as ambassador, an Itamaraty official told poloff on November 4. Downplaying the opening's significance, the diplomat said the timing was "spontaneous" but fulfills a long-standi [...] | 2008-11-14 18:04:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PARM PHUM BR KN ZO |
08BRASILIA1559 | BRAZILIANS, KOREANS SAY RELATIONS GOOD, GETTING [...] (C) Summary. The four-day visit to Brazil by Korean President Lee Myung-bak reaffirmed an already positive relationship characterized by a rapidly growing but unbalanced trade relationship, plans for modest exchanges in agricultural and mining technology, and very different views on UN refor [...] | 2008-12-04 16:11:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINV ETRD BR KS KN |
08BRUSSELS1824 | U.S.-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON DISARMAMENT AND [...] (C) Acting Assistant Secretary Patricia McNerney of the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN) led the U.S. delegation to the semi-annual U.S.-EU Troika consultations on disarmament and nonproliferation (CODUN/CONOP). The discussions covered a wide range of subjects in th [...] | 2008-12-02 18:36:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP EUN IR KN SY RS CH MY |
08BRUSSELS356 | U.S.-EU TROIKA DISCUSSIONS ON EAST ASIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Glyn Davies led the U.S. side in the East Asia session of the U.S.-EU COASI Troika meetings on February 20. The EU side was led by Ambassador Janez Premoze, Director for Asia in the Slovenian MFA, [...] | 2008-03-07 14:21:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN CH KN KS BM XB |
08BRUSSELS729 | U.S.-EU NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-16 09:59:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL EUN PTER KN IR IN CH |
08CAIRO2341 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PASSING THE RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-12 13:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM IR BM KN EG |
08CHIANGMAI185 | THE NORTH KOREA-THAILAND REFUGEE PIPELINE: A TALE OF TWO [...] (C) The number of North Koreans seeking resettlement to a third country via Thailand is expected to continue to rise, despite a drop in the number of North Koreans arrested in early 2008, according to officials in Chiang Rai Province, which borders both Laos and Burma. Though these same inter [...] | 2008-12-04 07:09:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM PINR BM LA CH KS KN TH |
08COLOMBO1044 | MALDIVES WILL VOTE WITH U.S. IN UNGA THIRD [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Ahmed Shaheed reported to Ambassador that Maldives would vote against the no-action resolutions on Burma and DPRK and vote in favor of the resolutions. However, citing a common stand taken by the Organization of Islamic Countries, Shaheed said Maldives would not be abl [...] | 2008-11-19 09:03:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNGA BM KN IR MV |
08DHAKA1172 | BANGLADESH POSITION ON THIRD COMMITTEE HUMAN [...] (C) On November 9, PolOff met with the Senior Assistant Secretary for the UN and Human Rights Wing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to encourage the Government of Bangladesh's (GOB) support on human rights resolutions pending before the Third Committee of the 63rd session of the UN General [...] | 2008-11-12 11:30:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | BG BM IR JA KN PGOV PHUM PREL |
08DHAKA838 | (S) BANGLADESH DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AIR KORYO [...] (S/NF) Political/Economic Counselor delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Ministry Director General Americas and Pacific Wing Shabbir Ahmed Chowdhury August 6. We noted the urgency and importance of this issue and underscored Bangladesh's obligations to comply with UN Security Council Resolu [...] | 2008-08-06 11:17:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL MNUC BG IR KN |
08DUSHANBE191 | FLIGHT OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN FROM NORTH KOREA [...] (S) Emboff delivered reftel demarche to Ismatulloh Nasreddinov, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for European and American Affairs (Assistant Secretary Equivalent) on February 4. Mr. Nasreddinov assured us he would raise this matter immediately with his superiors. He also checked with th [...] | 2008-02-04 12:28:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | PARM PREL KN TI |
08HANOI869 | DPRK FOREIGN MINISTER IN HANOI [...] (U) After visiting Singapore for the ASEAN Regional Forum, DPRK Foreign Minister Pak Ui-chun will visit Hanoi July 25 - 27 before travelling on to Iran for a ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement. According to Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Dung, on July 26 Minister Pak will meet Viet [...] | 2008-07-25 09:18:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM CB KN VM |
08HANOI905 | DPRK FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS HANOI: NO FIRM PLAN [...] (C) Summary: On July 26, DPRK Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun held official meetings in Hanoi with Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary Nong Duc Manh and Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem. The two Vietnamese leaders reportedly told their North Korean guest that Hanoi [...] | 2008-08-05 07:14:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | CB KN PGOV PHUM PREL VM |
08HONGKONG575 | HONG KONG TID ON SPECIALTY STEEL TO NK AND [...] (S) Econ Unit Chief met March 27 with Billy Au, Trade Officer at Hong Kong Trade and Industry Department (HK TID) to hear an update on Hong Kong investigations of B & F International (suspected of shipping Ti-DSS to North Korea (ref A)) and Hong Kong Most Group (suspected of selling aluminum p [...] | 2008-03-28 09:58:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL KN HK IR CH MTCRE |
08JAKARTA2066 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE -- SEEKING INDONESIAN SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM urged a key GOI official to oppose no-action motions on UN General Assembly (UNGA) Third Committee resolutions dealing with Burma, Iran and North Korea. He also urged Indonesia to support the three resolutions so as to highlight the severe human rights problems in those [...] | 2008-11-07 10:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA ID BM IR KN |
08JAKARTA866 | SYRIAN CLANDESTINE NUCLEAR PROGRAM -- REVIEWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed reftel points regarding Syria's clandestine nuclear facilities with the Department of Foreign Affairs. GOI contact basically took our points on board, but expressed concerns about Israeli actions. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On April 29, Poloff reviewed reftel poi [...] | 2008-04-30 08:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP ID SY KN |
08KUWAIT101 | ROK AMBASSADOR: MINIMAL NORTH KOREAN INFLUENCE IN [...] (C) On January 7, CDA met with South Korean Ambassador to Kuwait Keun Ho Song to discuss Republic of Korea (ROK) - Kuwait relations and North Korean (DPRK) influence in Kuwait. DPRK has an embassy in Kuwait and the Kuwait MFA lists eight officials at the embassy. AMB Song noted that there are [...] | 2008-01-27 13:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ELAB KU KN KS |
08KUWAIT1114 | NORTH KOREAN LABORERS VIE FOR EMPLOYMENT [...] (C) In response to rumors that North Korean laborers -- a group with a small silhouette on the Kuwaiti landscape -- were particularly vulnerable to human trafficking, Embassy queried local Korean and MFA sources about the status of those workers. The sources claim that the approximately 4000 [...] | 2008-11-06 10:55:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KTIP KU KN ZO |
08LJUBLJANA298 | SLOVENIA EU PRESIDENCY WELCOMES US ACTIONS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-01 09:00:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KN KNNP EUN SI |
08MOSCOW1028 | DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN ENERGY ASSISTANCE TO NORTH [...] (C) We delivered April 14 reftel demarche to Oleg Davydov, MFA Korea Desk Senior Counselor and GOR representative to the Six-Party Economy and Energy Cooperation Working Group. Davydov reaffirmed Russia's continued commitment to the Six - Party Process and provided the following official res [...] | 2008-04-15 13:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ENRG KNNP PARM KN RS |
08MOSCOW1374 | SIX PARTY: HFO TO DPRK AND RAKHMANIN TO BRUSSELS [...] (C) Oleg Davydov, MFA Korea Desk Senior Counselor and one of the GOR representatives to the Six-Party Talks, told us May 16 that Russia would complete the current tranche of Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) shipments to North Korea by the end of May. According to Davydov, the GOR has purchased a little [...] | 2008-05-16 11:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ENRG KNNP PARM KN RS |
08MOSCOW1490 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR A/S CHRISTOPHER R. HILL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to A/S Christopher R. Hill, Special Assistant Christopher Klein, Director, Office of Korean Affairs Sung Y. Kim and Director, Chinese Affairs, National Security Council Paul T. Haenle the proposed visit to Moscow from May 29-31. 2. Control Of [...] | 2008-05-28 06:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC CN JA KN RS |
08MOSCOW2033 | MOSCOW VIEWS ON KOREA [...] (C) Summary. The GOR expressed satisfaction with the latest round of Six-Party meetings, with chief negotiator Aleksey Borodavkin confirming Russia's continued commitment to its Six-Party obligations. Most analysts thought that the success of the process depended on the U.S., the only Six-Pa [...] | 2008-07-16 18:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KN KS JA RS |
08MOSCOW2239 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RUSSIAN ROLE IN ENERGY [...] (C) On August 1 PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA First Asia Department Second Secretary Dmitriy Kulkin, a Russian delegation member at Six-Party meetings. Kulkin emphasized that Russia continues to support the "action for action" principle outlined by the Six-Party Talks Economy and E [...] | 2008-08-01 13:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | EAID ENRG KNNP PARM PREL RS KN JA CH KS |
08MOSCOW26 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR A/S CHRISTOPHER R. HILL [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to A/S Christopher R. Hill, Special Assistant Christopher Klein, Director, Office of Korean Affairs Sung Y. Kim and Director, Chinese Affairs, National Security Council Paul T. Haenle the proposed visit to Moscow from January 11-12, 2008. 2. [...] | 2008-01-09 08:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC CN JA KN KS RS |
08MOSCOW2856 | GOR SILENCE ON KIM JONG IL'S HEALTH SIGN OF [...] (C) Summary. Moscow has had little to say about the reported illness of North Korean leader Kim Jong IL. Russian experts believe this is due to the fact that Russia no longer has real influence over or interest in the DPRK beyond the six-party talks. North Korea watchers here are divided on [...] | 2008-09-24 14:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS CH KS KN |
08MOSCOW3020 | RUSSIAN-SOUTH KOREAN RELATIONS BECOME STRATEGIC [...] (C) Summary: During South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's September 28-30 state visit, Russia and South Korea agreed to upgrade their bilateral relationship, continue to consider joint gas pipeline and railway projects that would pass through North Korea, and increase cooperation on a wide [...] | 2008-10-10 12:06:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS KS KN |
08MOSCOW3025 | CORRECT COPY: RUSSIAN-SOUTH KOREAN RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: During South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's September 28-30 state visit, Russia and South Korea agreed to upgrade their bilateral relationship, continue to consider joint gas pipeline and railway projects that would pass through North Korea, and increase cooperation on a wide [...] | 2008-10-10 13:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS KS KN |
08MOSCOW3130 | RUSSIAN DFM BORODAVKIN ON NORTH KOREA, AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary. In an October 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksey Borodavkin provided a readout of North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun's October 15 meeting with FM Lavrov and expressed concern that the North Korean interpretation of the October 3 verif [...] | 2008-10-24 03:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM RS KN AF |
08MOSCOW3210 | WATCHING NORTH KOREA FROM VLADIVOSTOK [...] (C) Summary. North Korea experts in Vladivostok see small signs of economic reforms in North Korea but believe Pyongyang needs more confidence in its regime survival before being willing to take further steps to alleviate the poverty situation in the country. The experts hold varying views [...] | 2008-10-31 13:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS KS KN |
08NEWDELHI822 | INDIA WILL LIKELY SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS RAPPORTEUR [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MEA Director (United Nations Economic and Social) Dinesh Patnaik on March 17, seeking India's support for the extension of the mandate for the UN's Special Rapporteur for the human rights situation in North Korea. Patnaik noted that the GOI has supporte [...] | 2008-03-19 12:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KN IN |
08OSAKAKOBE33 | GREEN PASSPORTS, RED HEARTS? KOREANS IN JAPAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Ethnic Korean permanent residents in Japan are increasingly switching from GOJ-issued travel documents to ROK passports. The ease with which ethnic Koreans can change nationality makes it difficult to assess ties to the DPRK and apply visa clearance requirements. As this tren [...] | 2008-02-12 07:27:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS PREL KN KS JA |
08OTTAWA1523 | SECRETARY RICE-FOREIGN MINISTER CANNON LETTER [...] (SBU) Post delivered text of reftel letter to the office of Foreign Minister Cannon on December 5. 2. (SBU) Charge followed up with a phone call the same day to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Assistant Deputy Minister for Asia and Africa Ken Sundquist (U/S equ [...] | 2008-12-05 21:05:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OPDC KN CA |
08OTTAWA1532 | FM CANNON LOOKING FOR WAYS TO HELP ON DPRK FUEL OIL [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. . (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Assistant Deputy Minister for Asia and Africa Ken Sundquist confirmed to DCM on December 8 that he had briefed Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon on a possible Canadian contribu [...] | 2008-12-08 22:31:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KN CA |
08OTTAWA590 | CANADIAN REACTION TO SYRIA'S CLANDESTINE NUCLEAR [...] (C) The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Director General for the Middle East and North Africa Gordon Venner on April 25 expressed appreciation to PolMinCouns for reftel points, as well as for an April 24 briefing (septel). (Poloff separately provided reftel points to [...] | 2008-04-25 15:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN SY CA |
08PARIS2134 | P3 CONSULTATIONS ON NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT IN PARIS [...] (C) Summary. On November 7, Acting U/S John Rood met in Paris with his French and British counterparts Jacques Audibert and Mariot Leslie, respectively, to discuss a broad range of nonproliferation, arms control, and disarmament issues. Topics included regional issues (Iran, North Korea, and Syria) [...] | 2008-11-21 08:21:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PARM MARR KACT FR UK CH RU KN SY IR |
08PARIS403 | MAKING THE KOREAN DMZ A WORLD HERITAGE SITE [...] The Belgian Embassy assembled United States, Canadian, Australian, Luxembourg, and South Korean diplomats March 3 to listen to a proposal by Baron Simon-Pierre Nothomb, head of Belgium's association of Korean War Veterans. Nothomb suggested that a fitting memorial to the Korean War dead would b [...] | 2008-03-05 16:33:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | UNESCO SCUL TBIO KS KN |
08PHNOMPENH316 | (C) TWO NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES HEADED TO THE U.S., [...] (C) Summary: Two North Korean refugees in Cambodia have been approved for U.S. resettlement and are scheduled to depart for the U.S. on April 16. Police Commissioner Hok Lundy granted exit permission for the two individuals on April 9, after receiving the request only a few days before. Of th [...] | 2008-04-09 05:10:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KS KN CB |
08PHNOMPENH375 | P-1 SUBMISSION OF REFUGEE REFERRAL [...] (SBU) Post submits the following name of a North Korean individual for consideration for resettlement to the U.S.: Choi Chun-Hui (alternate spellings: Choi Chun-Hee, Coi Cun Hui) - (F) - DOB: 11 June 1969 - POB: Hamgyung Buk-Do, Moosan-Gun, Moosan. MUSSOMELI [...] | 2008-05-06 08:54:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF ASEC PREL PHUM KN KS CB |
08PHNOMPENH927 | P-1 SUBMISSION OF REFUGEE REFERRAL [...] (SBU) Post submits the following names of North Korean individuals for consideration for resettlement to the U.S.: EOM Kwang-Hyeok, male, DOB: May 4, 1988, POB: Namsan-Eup, Musan-Gun, Hambuk, DPRK; SONG Soo-Ryeon, female, DOB: May 1991 (exact date unknown),POB: unknown location, DPRK [...] | 2008-11-14 09:59:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF ASEC PREL PHUM KN KS CB |
08RANGOON901 | BURMA: VISIT OF DPRK VICE FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Yong-il reportedly met with the SPDC's number four official, Lt. General Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo, Foreign Minister Nyan Win, and others during his November 6-10 visit to Burma, signing an agreement on visas and discussing trade, economic, and [...] | 2008-11-19 09:40:00 | Embassy Rangoon | SECRET | MARR MCAP PGOV PREF PREL PARM KN KS BM |
08SANAA835 | ROYG QUESTIONED ON YEMENI DELEGATION MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-13 12:43:00 | Embassy Sanaa | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL KN YM |
08SANTIAGO849 | CHILE SUPPORTS HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA AT UNGA [...] (C) Summary. Chile supports U.S. and other efforts to advance human rights at the UN General Assembly and is likely to once again support country-specific resolutions expressing concern about conditions in Iran, Burma, and North Korea. Officials at the MFA's Office of Human Rights were recept [...] | 2008-09-17 16:40:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IR BM KN ZI SU CI |
08SEOUL1 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 8 VISIT TO [...] (C) Madam Secretary, We at Embassy Seoul are delighted that you are able to make this visit. Foreign Minister Yu is eager to see you, especially as he had to cancel his visit to Washington last month due to key National Assembly hearings. President Lee Myung-bak wants to thank you and the Pre [...] | 2008-12-31 05:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL1000 | POLITICAL PUNDIT ON PRESIDENT'S PLUMMETING POLLS [...] (C) Summary: At a meeting with a group of foreign diplomats, political consultant Park Sung-min provided his insights on the controversy surrounding the reopening of the Korean market to U.S. beef and his perspective on the recent precipitous drop in President Lee Myung-bak's approval ratings [...] | 2008-05-16 01:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1004 | WORLD VISION KOREA WELCOME IN NORTH KOREA [...] (C) SUMMARY: DPRK officials are rolling out the welcome mat for World Vision Korea, according to Park Chang-min, the North Korea Division Director who has managed its North Korean projects since 2001. After resisting expansion of the NGO's potato-seed project last year because it would requir [...] | 2008-05-16 01:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV |
08SEOUL1010 | ROK CHURCH FOUNDATION HELPING NORTH KOREANS START [...] (U) SUMMARY: In an effort to provide essential job training and employment for North Korean refugees who have been resettled in South Korea, a local church group formed the "Merry Year Foundation" in 2007. The Foundation is funded by donations from congregation members who generously donated [...] | 2008-05-16 08:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF ELAB KS KN |
08SEOUL102 | PRESIDENT-ELECT ASKS FOR SENATORS' SUPPORT ON FTA, [...] (C) Summary. On September 16, President-elect Lee Myung-bak met with Senators Inouye and Stevens and the Ambassador at the President-elect's office. He talked in a relaxed manner about the alliance, ending Korea's ban on U.S. beef imports, the KORUS FTA, and the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). [...] | 2008-01-17 07:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
08SEOUL1020 | UK AMBASSADOR TO DPRK: NORTH KOREA IS CHANGING [...] (C) SUMMARY: UK Ambassador to Pyongyang, John Everard, told the DCM and Poloffs on May 16 that the there has been slow but noticeable change in North Korea during the two years that he has been serving there. North Korean elites were more openly flaunting their wealth in Pyongyang where it w [...] | 2008-05-20 01:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI KNNP EAID KS KN |
08SEOUL1039 | SOUTH-NORTH STANDOFF WORRIES CONSERVATIVE ACADEMICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Conservative academics criticized former President Roh Moo-hyun's North Korea policy as too accommodating. Now they worry that President Lee Myung-bak's lack of dialogue with the North means that the ROK will lose its influence, while U.S.-DPRK relations improve. END SUMMARY. [...] | 2008-05-21 05:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
08SEOUL1045 | LEE HOI-CHANG LOOKS FOR BEEF SOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador's May 20 lunch with three-time Presidential candidate Lee Hoi-chang focused primarily on possible solutions to the controversy surrounding the reopening of the Korean market to U.S. beef. Lee also talked about the "balancing and checking" role that his minority con [...] | 2008-05-22 00:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1058 | FORMER FM SONG: PHASED APPROACH FOR BEEF IS THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 22 luncheon meeting with the Ambassador, National Assembly member-elect (and former Foreign Minister) Song Min-soon said that it was up to the U.S. to find a way out of the current beef situation and recommended a phased opening of the beef market (as the Roh administrati [...] | 2008-05-23 07:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL1061 | PREVIEW OF ROK-PRC SUMMIT, JOINT STATEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the May 27-30 Summit with PRC President Hu Jintao in Beijing, President Lee Myung-bak will agree to upgrade the Korea-China relationship from the current "Comprehensive Cooperative Partnership" to one of "Strategic Cooperative Partnership," said Noh Kyu-duk, Director of MOF [...] | 2008-05-23 07:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS PGOV PREL CH KN |
08SEOUL1086 | NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION RELUCTANTLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 28 meeting with POL M/C, National Human Rights Commission Commissioner Yoo Nam-young and colleagues explained that the Commission is complying with a Blue House request to complete a study of human rights conditions in North Korea by the end of the year, after largely ig [...] | 2008-05-28 23:52:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PHUM |
08SEOUL1087 | LEE SANG-DEUK ON BEEF, PRESIDENT LEE'S MISSTEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over a lunch of U.S. beef, the Ambassador and Vice Speaker Lee, who is President Lee Myung-bak's elder brother, discussed solutions to the continuing controversy over the planned reopening of the Korean market to U.S. beef. Vice Speaker Lee and recently reelected lawmaker Chun Yu [...] | 2008-05-29 02:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL1107 | THE 2009 ROK DEFENSE BUDGET IMPLICATIONS FOR [...] (C) Summary. The Won 621 trillion (about USD 620 billion) plan to transform the South Korean defense establishment inked in 2005 is under intense pressure from President Lee Myung-bak,s austerity measures. Just as President Lee is trimming all spending, the economic forecasts completed in 200 [...] | 2008-05-30 06:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL111 | WHAT TO EXPECT: HOW WILL PRESIDENT LEE CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: The Korean people have sky-high expectations for President-elect Lee Myung-bak. He will take office as the seventeenth president of Korea on February 25 and carries with him a long to-do list for his government and for the country. For insight on what Lee's administration will l [...] | 2008-01-18 07:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1113 | CANADIAN READOUT ON MAY 7-9 PYONGYANG MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: DPRK Foreign Minister Pak Ui-chun told a Canadian delegation on May 8 that the DPRK was expecting to move forward on denuclearization if the USG took appropriate actions and that relations with South Korea were "alarmingly strained," according to an official at the Canadian Embass [...] | 2008-06-02 06:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV CN |
08SEOUL112 | KEY LEE MYUNG-BAK ADVISERS BELIEVE NEW PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: At lunch with the Ambassador on January 17, Lee Myung-bak advisers Choi Shee-joong and Hyun In-taek expressed optimism about Korea's future under President-elect Lee Myung-bak's leadership. Choi, a long-time political mentor to Lee and one his closest advisers, said that this yea [...] | 2008-01-18 08:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL1120 | ROK'S 17TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WINDS DOWN: A ROUNDUP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 17th National Assembly, which officially ended, was characterized by the prominent role of 386er representatives (those born in the 60s that led the democratization movement in the 80s),its left-leaning ideology, the increased number of women, and intense partisan politics. [...] | 2008-06-03 07:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL1142 | KOREA COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SIX-PARTY ECONOMY AND [...] (U) Embassy Seoul welcomes and grants country clearance for the official visit to Seoul of the Six-Party Economy and Energy Working Group (EEWG) during June 10-11, 2008. The EEWG includes National Security Council Director of Asian Economic Affairs Kurt Tong, U.S. Department of Energy Office [...] | 2008-06-05 07:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA RS |
08SEOUL1144 | GNP DEFEAT IN BY-ELECTIONS REFLECTS PUBLIC ANGST [...] (SBU) Summary: The ruling Grand National Party's (GNP) poor showing in the June 4 by-election -- on the same day as President Lee Myung-bak's 100th day in office - is largely a reflection of public dissatisfaction with the new administration. The GNP party won only nine of the 52 local seat [...] | 2008-06-05 08:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1145 | GNP LEADERSHIP REACHES OUT TO U.S. ON BEEF [...] (C) Summary: On June 6 the Ambassador met with leaders of the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) to discuss ongoing public outcry over the U.S.-ROK agreement to lift the Korean ban on U.S. beef imports. GNP chairman Kang Jae-sup, who requested the meeting earlier in the week, said the party w [...] | 2008-06-05 08:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1149 | KOREA COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EAP/K SUNG KIM AND [...] (U) Embassy Seoul welcomes and grants country clearance for the official June 9-12, 2008 visit of Sung Kim, Director of the Office of Korean Affairs and Chuck Lutes, NSC Director for Counter-Proliferation. The purpose of the visit is to travel to Seoul en route to Pyongyang for consultations [...] | 2008-06-08 23:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA |
08SEOUL1153 | PROTESTS CONTINUE AS BLUE HOUSE STRUGGLES TO FIND [...] (C) Summary: Throughout the June 6-8 holiday weekend, protesters continued to call for a renegotiation of the agreement to reopen the Korean market to U.S. beef, a ban on imports of beef from cattle over 30-months-old, and President Lee Myung-bak's removal from office. The protests, which oc [...] | 2008-06-09 08:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1172 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH KIM SOOK: A NUMBER OF [...] (C) Summary: In a June 9 meeting, Kim Sook, the newly appointed ROK representative to the Six-party Talks, told the Ambassador that he had been treated with respect during his first meeting with his North Korean counterpart, Deputy FM Kim Kye-gwan (KKG),and that KKG had listened intently when [...] | 2008-06-11 07:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL1174 | PROTESTS PAST PRIME? LEE VOWS "FRESH START" [...] (C) Summary: The June 10 anniversary of the 1987 pro-Democracy protests drew record numbers of crowds demanding a renegotiation of the agreement to lift the ban on imports of U.S. beef. The demonstrators remained peaceful, heeding the pleas of the ROKG and former Presidents Roh Moo-hyun and [...] | 2008-06-11 08:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL1187 | GENERAL SHARP'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON DEFMIN LEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: General Walter "Skip" Sharp, the new Commander UNC/CFC/USFK, paid an introductory call on the ROK Minister of National Defense Lee Sang-hee on June 10. General Sharp, accompanied by Ambassador Vershbow, stated that his predecessor had done much to strengthen the U.S.-ROK Allianc [...] | 2008-06-13 01:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PINS KN KS |
08SEOUL1204 | TURBULENT TIMES FOR PRESIDENT LEE: CAN HE RECOVER? [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Lee Myung-bak is only four months into his five-year term in office and already he has hit historically low popularity ratings of around 10 percent. Lee's first 100 days have been a crash course in political reality. The public's disappointment with the new administrat [...] | 2008-06-16 10:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1244 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JUNE 26-27 VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your visit to Korea comes at a particularly sensitive time in U.S.-ROK relations. Since your last visit in February, the optimism that accompanied President Lee Myung-bak's inauguration has been replaced by growing public discontent with the Lee Administration and its policies. [...] | 2008-06-23 08:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1245 | KOREA COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EAP/K SUNG KIM AND PAUL [...] (U) Embassy Seoul welcomes and grants country clearance for the official June 24-30, 2008 visit of Sung Kim, Director of the Office of Korean Affairs and Paul Haenle, NSC Director of Chinese Affairs. The purpose of the visit is to travel to Seoul en route to Pyongyang for consultations related [...] | 2008-06-23 23:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA |
08SEOUL126 | WHAT TO EXPECT: HOW WILL PRESIDENT LEE CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: If South Korean President-elect Lee Myung-bak has his way, his five-year term in office will see a dramatic increase in Korea's economic performance, international competitiveness, and cooperation in multinational fora. Lee intends to achieve these ambitious goals through even m [...] | 2008-01-22 07:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL127 | LEE MYUNG-BAK TRANSITION TEAM: ONE MONTH LEFT [...] (C) Summary: President-elect Lee Myung-bak's Transition Team has had a busy first month. Charged with laying the blueprint for Lee Myung-bak's presidential term, they are now submitting legislation to begin to "pull the weeds" from the Roh and Kim Dae-jung administrations. Lee brings a diffe [...] | 2008-01-22 07:59:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1280 | UPDATE FOR THE SECRETARY'S JUNE 26-27 VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Developments on beef and North Korea issues create an opportunity to get the Koreans -- up until now completely paralyzed by the beef crisis -- to reengage on our bilateral and international agenda. This cable provides an update to our earlier scenesetter, and suggests some prio [...] | 2008-06-26 08:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1292 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 26 meeting with the Ambassador, National Security Advisor Kim Sung-hwan, in office less than a week, said that it was a shame that, because of the protests over American beef, President Bush's July 9-11 visit had to be postponed. President Lee looked forward to resch [...] | 2008-06-27 07:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1319 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - June 2008 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-01 23:34:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD SENV SOCI KS KN |
08SEOUL1354 | WEB PORTALS AID "SMART MOB," STYMIE KOREAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the ongoing protests about U.S. beef, new means of disseminating information and networking internet users created what is being called a "smart mob." These new capabilities allowed protestors to use their cellphones to instantaneously upload video, pictures, and inform [...] | 2008-07-08 07:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1370 | GNP, DP ELECT NEW LEADERSHIP, NA SET TO OPEN [...] (C) Summary: In early July both the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) and the main opposition party, the newly renamed Democratic Party (DP),selected their party leadership in a move that should end the stalemate over convening the National Assembly. The election of Park Hee-tae to lead th [...] | 2008-07-09 07:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL139 | A/S HILL'S JANUARY 9 MEETING WITH GNP'S PARK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an upbeat January 9 lunch, former GNP Chairperson Park Geun-hye and EAP A/S Hill discussed the latest developments in North Korea and prospects for the future of U.S.-ROK relations. EAP A/S Hill said he hoped that North Korea would make a complete and correct declaration of i [...] | 2008-01-24 00:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PROG PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL1391 | ROKG INCLINED TO SUPPORT REVISITING HRF ECOSOC [...] (C) PolOff conveyed to MOFAT reftel talking points in support of according the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) ECOSOC consultative NGO status. The MOFAT Human Rights and Social Affairs Division responded that the ROKG did not have enough information about the HRF at this time to commit to suppo [...] | 2008-07-11 05:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV AORC UN NGO PHUM |
08SEOUL140 | PRESIDENT ROH DISCUSSES KIM JONG-IL, THE SIX-PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 9 meeting with Assistant Secretary Hill, Roh thanked President Bush, Secretaries SIPDIS Powell and Rice, and A/S Hill for their efforts with respect to the bilateral alliance and in keeping the Six Party Talks (6PT) on track, and said he remained encouraged about t [...] | 2008-01-24 01:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PROG PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL1417 | MT. KUMGANG SHOOTING AND ITS AFTERMATH BODE POORLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: ROK Unification Minister Kim Ha-joong told the Ambassador that growing anger in South Korea about the DPRK response to the Mt. Kumgang shooting incident could produce further deterioration in North-South relations and perhaps even affect the Six-Party Talks. He urged the U.S. [...] | 2008-07-15 07:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV |
08SEOUL1427 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OPENS, BUT NOT FOR BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The 18th National Assembly finally opened on July 10, ending the main opposition party's five week boycott. Pundits cited negative public opinion about the political paralysis, the need to prepare for the 60th anniversary of the Constitution on July 17, and the worsening econo [...] | 2008-07-16 07:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL1448 | SCENESETTER FOR JULY 23 S MEETING WITH ROK FM YU [...] (C) With two weeks to go before President Bush's visit to Seoul, most Koreans see the Lee Myung-bak government -- particularly its foreign policy -- as rudderless. Hence, the ROKG is a friend in need. Your meeting with Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan comes as Korea is simultaneously dealing w [...] | 2008-07-21 09:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL1490 | GNP LEADERS REVIEW BEEF, FTA RATIFICATION, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 23 the Ambassador met with National Assembly Speaker Kim Hyung-oh and newly-elected Grand National Party (GNP) Chair Park Hee-tae. The amicable meetings focused on the beef issue and the KORUS FTA. Both Kim and Park expressed appreciation for U.S. efforts to defuse the [...] | 2008-07-29 03:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ETRD KN KS |
08SEOUL1524 | DP CHAIRMAN CHUNG SE-KYUN ON FTA, BEEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador made a July 23 courtesy call on newly elected Democratic Party (DP) Chairman Chung Se-kyun. During the cordial meeting, conducted entirely in English, the two discussed prospects for ratification of the KORUS FTA. Chung said the DP was prepared to support FTA rat [...] | 2008-08-01 07:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL1525 | DP CHAIRMAN CHUNG SE-KYUN ON FTA, BEEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador made a July 23 courtesy call on newly elected Democratic Party (DP) Chairman Chung Se-kyun. During the cordial meeting, conducted entirely in English, the two discussed prospects for ratification of the KORUS FTA. Chung said the DP was prepared to support FTA rat [...] | 2008-08-01 07:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL1526 | DP CHAIRMAN CHUNG SE-KYUN ON FTA, BEEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador made a July 23 courtesy call on newly elected Democratic Party (DP) Chairman Chung Se-kyun. During the cordial meeting, conducted entirely in English, the two discussed prospects for ratification of the KORUS FTA. Chung said the DP was prepared to support FTA rat [...] | 2008-08-01 07:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL1527 | FM YU PLEASED WITH SUMMIT PREP, SAYS "ALL'S WELL [...] (C) On July 31 Ambassador Vershbow paid an office call on Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan to confer on preparations for President Bush's August 5-6 visit to the Republic of Korea (ROK). During their meeting they agreed that plans for the visit were proceeding smoothly and reviewed the most lik [...] | 2008-08-01 08:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL PGOV MARR KS KN JA |
08SEOUL1528 | DPRK FOOD AID VISIT: GOOD BEGINNING [...] (C) During a June 30-July 5 visit to the DPRK to observe the beginning of the U.S. food aid program, USAID and Embassy Seoul officers met with World Food Program (WFP) and U.S. NGO representatives who said cooperation with DPRK authorities on launching the program was good. The WFP and NGOs ha [...] | 2008-08-01 09:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS EAID PGOV |
08SEOUL1532 | ALLIANCE SCHOLARS CAUTION AGAINST MAINTAINING THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a series of recent discussions with top Korean experts, including former ministers and ambassadors, a common theme emerged: although the U.S.-ROK Alliance has brought Korea peace, stability, and prosperity for the last half-century, North Korea no longer poses the military thre [...] | 2008-08-04 02:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV KS KN |
08SEOUL155 | LEE MYUNG-BAK ADVISERS DEFINE RECIPROCITY [...] (C) Summary: During a January 17 dinner with the Charge, Nam Sung-wook and Suh Jae-jean, two close advisers to President-elect Lee Myung-bak, commented on the incoming administration's reciprocity-based criteria for engaging the North and their dim outlook for progress in the Six-Party Talks. [...] | 2008-01-25 03:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1570 | VISIT TO RURAL DPRK: AGRARIAN, ORDERLY, QUIET [...] (C) During a June 30-July 5 visit to North Korea to evaluate the beginnings of the U.S. food aid program (ref A),Poloff and USAID officers spent three days in Pyongyang and also traveled to two port cities to the southwest--Nampo and Songrim--and four agricultural towns farther north--Hyangsan [...] | 2008-08-10 23:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN EAGR ECON PGOV PINR SOCI ELTN MARR |
08SEOUL1581 | BLUE HOUSE OFFICIAL HOPEFUL OF IMPROVED ROK-DPRK [...] (C) Assistant Secretary to the President for Unification Yu Joon-ha (protect) told poloff August 7 that the Lee administration is committed to improved ties with the DPRK, but does not expect any movement until next year. The ROKG is determined to establish reciprocity as part of the ROK-DP [...] | 2008-08-11 07:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID KS KN |
08SEOUL1606 | ROK RELIEVED DPRK NOT MAKING ISSUE OF COLLISION OF [...] (C) At 2:25 a.m. on August 12, the 658 ton "Dongi No.1," a South Korean barge, collided with an unnamed North Korean fishing vessel in North Korean territorial waters approximately 8 km northeast of Jangjon, a port on the DPRK's eastern cost. The ten crewmen of the South Korean barge admitte [...] | 2008-08-14 05:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PHSA PINS MARR KS KN |
08SEOUL162 | LIKELY MINISTERIAL APPOINTEES [...] (C) Summary: The Presidential Transition Committee is expected to announce the ministerial nominations as early as January 26 for discussion in the National Assembly session that starts January 28. Though speculation is rife, a few names have started to rise to the top. Han Seung-soo, Speci [...] | 2008-01-25 06:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1620 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: POLITICAL PARALYSIS PREVAILS [...] (C) Summary: Major South Korean political parties have yet to resolve differences over formation of the standing committees, a necessary step in order to get the National Assembly up and running for the start of the regular session in early September. An agreement was reached on August 11 o [...] | 2008-08-18 06:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL163 | KOREA'S MARITIME MINISTRY GETS SINKING FEELING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although Lee Myung-bak's transition team is garnering headlines in Seoul for its proposed merger of the Ministry of Unification under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, it is the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (MOMAF) that is the hot topic in Busan. Followi [...] | 2008-01-25 07:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF KN KS EIAID |
08SEOUL1663 | MT. KUMGANG: HYUNDAI ASAN WAITING ON ROKG TO TAKE [...] (C) Summary: Hyundai Asan Senior Vice President Jang Whan-bin told poloff August 13 that only the ROKG could resolve the stalemate with the DPRK over the Mt. Kumgang shooting incident. He does not believe financial incentives will compel the North Koreans to negotiate, saying the matter had [...] | 2008-08-20 23:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID KS KN |
08SEOUL1676 | KEY NA COMMITTEES LIKELY COOPERATIVE [...] (C) Summary: The Grand National Party (GNP) now controls both the Foreign Affairs, Trade and Unification Committee and the National Defense Committee -- good news for U.S.-relevant legislation. In addition to the chairs, the committees are stacked with other pro-U.S. lawmakers, though the pro [...] | 2008-08-22 06:51:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1681 | ROKG ON CHINA: U.S. ALLIANCE IS VITAL [...] (C) Summary: In a round of August 18 meetings on the state of ROK-PRC relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) officials, the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses (KIDA),the Korea Research Institute for Strategy (KRIS),and academics told poloffs that 1) the U.S.-ROK alliance [...] | 2008-08-25 04:54:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN ZO |
08SEOUL1696 | KIM YOUNG-SAM PESSIMISTIC ON OUTLOOK FOR PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a farewell meeting with the Ambassador, former President Kim Young-sam freely voiced his opinions on the current administration's woes and on prospects for improved Korea-Japan relations; he was pessimistic about both. Kim said that current President Lee Myung-bak's problems [...] | 2008-08-27 05:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1700 | ROK-PRC SUMMIT MEETING: NORTH KOREA ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: In an August 26 meeting with POL M/C, MOFAT Director General for Northeast Asian Affairs Cho Tai-young said that Presidents Lee and Hu held extensive discussions on North Korea during the August 25 ROK-PRC summit meeting. Lee requested Hu's assistance in persuading the North to r [...] | 2008-08-27 06:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN CH |
08SEOUL1710 | LEE MYUNG-BAK'S OLYMPIC MOJO: POLL INCREASES [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent opinion polls conducted by various ROK media agencies show that President Lee Myung-bak's approval rating is recovering, reaching between 24 to 31 percent in various polls taken from August 23. Pundits note that the recent increase was mainly due to Korea's success at [...] | 2008-08-28 06:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1719 | ROKG BIDING ITS TIME ON SOUTH-NORTH RELATIONS [...] (C) -- Six months into the Lee Myung-bak Administration, the ROKG appears increasingly resigned to having no dialogue with North Korea this year, expecting the North to come to the table sometime in 2009. -- Minister of Unification (MOU) Kim Ha-joong, who helped launch "Sunshine Policy," i [...] | 2008-08-29 06:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
08SEOUL1768 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE: ROK WILL GIVE RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: While officially taking a non-committal stance toward the reftel Third Committee resolutions, Korea is likely at least to oppose no-action motions and defamation of religion resolutions. Korea is not taking a position on country-specific actions until draft resolutions are circul [...] | 2008-09-08 05:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL178 | HAN SEUNG-SOO TAPPED AS LEE MYUNG-BAK'S FIRST [...] (SBU) Summary: President-elect Lee Myung-bak officially announced the nomination of Han Seung-soo, UN Special Envoy on Climate Change, as the first Prime Minister for his government. Lee is said to have taken into account Han's extensive experience with state affairs and his credentials as a [...] | 2008-01-28 07:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL1795 | KIM JONG-IL ILL HEALTH RUMORS [...] (C) Rumors that Kim Jong-il (KJI) may be gravely ill or worse are circulating in Seoul, fueled by various leaked intel and his failure to appear at the September 9 Pyongyang parade celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of the DPRK. The ROKG initial reaction is cautious, seeking fac [...] | 2008-09-10 09:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
08SEOUL1819 | UNIFICATION MINISTER AND MOFAT: CALM APPROACH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 11 meeting with DASD for Asia David Sedney and EAP/K Director Kurt Tong, Minister of Unification (MOU) Kim Ha-joong said that: -- the ROKG was being careful to respond to rumors of Kim Jong-il's (KJI) August stroke in a calm manner, to maintain South Koreans' sen [...] | 2008-09-12 05:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
08SEOUL1831 | PLENTY TO FIGHT ABOUT IN 18TH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: The 18th National Assembly's regular session began on September 1 after nearly three months of deadlock. Though the opposition Democratic Party (DP) finally ended its boycott, this session is unlikely to be smooth sailing for the Grand National Party(GNP),despite its significant [...] | 2008-09-16 05:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1841 | DASD SEDNEY MEETING WITH ROK DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the end of SPI-19 (septel),DASD David Sedney and Ambassador Vershbow met with ROK Minister of National Defense Lee Sang-hee. The Ambassador delivered reftel points on the pending announcement by the Government of Iraq regarding reductions in Coalition forces that would [...] | 2008-09-17 07:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PHSA PINS MARR KS KN |
08SEOUL1844 | SPI CLOSED SESSION: IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, BURDEN [...] (CO) SUMMARY: DASD David Sedney met with MND Deputy Minister Jeon on September 10 for a closed meeting of the U.S.-ROK Security Policy Initiative (SPI). The discussed the following four issues: -- DASD Sedney informed DM Jeon of the reftel A decision that would result in the drawdown in I [...] | 2008-09-17 07:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PHSA PINS MARR KS KN |
08SEOUL1845 | DASD SEDNEY MEETING WITH MOFAT NORTH AMERICA DG [...] (CO) SUMMARY: On September 11, DASD David Sedney and EAP/K Director Kurt Tong paid an office call on MOFAT North American Affairs DG Chang Ho-jin. They agreed that the September 10 Security Policy Initiative talks had gone well, but that several issues -- camp returns and the SMA burden-shar [...] | 2008-09-17 07:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PHSA PINS MARR KS KN |
08SEOUL1865 | GNP IN DISARRAY, LEGISLATIVE PROGRESS UNLIKELY [...] (C) Summary: The ruling Grand National Party (GNP) is facing a crisis in party cohesion. Once merely split by two powerful factions -- one led by President Lee Myung-bak (MB) and the other by long-time party leader Park Geun-hye -- the GNP is increasingly plagued by divisions within the pro- [...] | 2008-09-19 03:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL1869 | FORMER FM YOO ON NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Summary: Former FM Yoo Chong-ha told poloffs September 18 that President Lee Myung-bak had not yet come up with a formula for conducting successful foreign policy. Yoo said he was personally committed to helping Lee get it right since he felt, as one of the co-chairs of the election comm [...] | 2008-09-19 06:20:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL1884 | 6PT: ROKG READOUT ON SEPTEMBER 19 ENERGY MEETING [...] (S) On September 22, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) North Korea Nuclear Negotiation Division Director Kim Gunn debriefed embassy representatives from Russia, Japan, China and the United States on the September 19 Energy and Economic Working Group (EEWG) bilateral meeting with N [...] | 2008-09-23 08:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | ENRG KN KS PREL |
08SEOUL1912 | ROK PLANS TO UPGRADE RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: MOFAT's European Affairs DG Kim Eun-joong asked for a meeting with POL M/C on September 25 to discuss the status of negotiations with Russia over the joint statement to be announced by Presidents Lee and Medvedev in connection with their summit next week. In particular, DG Kim w [...] | 2008-09-26 08:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN RU |
08SEOUL1946 | US-ROK CONSULTATIONS ON INTER-KOREAN POLICY AND [...] (C) At the first of three scheduled consultation sessions between a U.S. delegation led by DAS Alex Arvizu and a ROKG delegation led by MOFAT DG for Korean Peninsula Peace Regime Huh Chul on September 24, Huh noted that the ROKG policy goal toward North Korea remained essentially the same as th [...] | 2008-10-06 03:10:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL1947 | US-ROK CONSULATIONS ON NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS: [...] (C) In the third and final consultation session between delegations headed respectively by EAP DAS Alex Arvizu and MOFAT Director General for Korean Peninsula Peace Regime Huh Chul on September 25, ROK officials said that they discerned no significant improvement in the human rights situation i [...] | 2008-10-06 03:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PHUM |
08SEOUL1956 | OCT 2 INTER-KOREAN MILITARY WORKING LEVEL TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY The 37th inter-Korean military working level, Colonel-level talks were held at Panmunjom on Thursday, 2 Oct. This was the first North/South official meeting since Lee Myung-bak took office. The last military meeting was held on January 25, 2008. Colonel Lee Sang Chul of the ROK Mi [...] | 2008-10-06 09:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL1957 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ROK PRESIDENT LEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a thirty-minute meeting immediately upon concluding the presentation of credentials ceremony, President Lee warmly welcomed the Ambassador, telling her that she was in a position to bring Americans and Koreans even closer together. Lee said that he took pride in restoring trus [...] | 2008-10-06 10:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL1960 | ROK VICE FOREIGN MINISTER KWON ON NORTH KOREA, [...] (C) Summary: In his meeting with the Ambassador on October 2, First Vice Foreign Minister Kwon Jong-rak expressed concern about the North Korean nuclear issue and said further progress would require strong determination on the part of all involved parties. It was critical that there be a time [...] | 2008-10-07 05:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PREL PGOV PINR |
08SEOUL20 | PRESIDENT-ELECT LEE'S ADVISORS REPUDIATE SUNSHINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Providing what might be a preview of President-elect Lee Myung-bak's North Korea policy during a KBS roundtable broadcast on January 1, 2008, two of Lee's foreign policy advisors, Park Jin, foreign policy lead on the transition team, and North Korea specialist Nam Sung-wook decl [...] | 2008-01-04 04:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PROG PREL ECON KS KN |
08SEOUL2000 | US-ROK CONSULTATIONS ON DPRK HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) Summary: At the second of three meetings between a U.S. delegation led by DAS Alex Arvizu and a ROKG delegation led by MOFAT DG for Korean Peninsula Peace Regime Huh Chul on September 24, Huh said the ROK would consider additional contributions of food aid or fertilizer to the DPRK only a [...] | 2008-10-10 07:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL2029 | LEE STIRS [...] (C) Over the past few weeks, President Lee Myung-bak has taken action to try to improve his still lackluster popularity. At the cabinet meeting on October 7, the Lee Administration announced 100 policy priorities the government will seek to address in the coming years. On October 13, Lee he [...] | 2008-10-15 07:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL2034 | SCENESETTER FOR THE 40TH US-ROK SECURITY [...] (C) Since your June visit to Seoul, the South Korean domestic political scene has largely returned to normal. President Lee has escaped from the morass that was the beef controversy, but still has much work to do before his government regains the trust and support of the Korean public. The s [...] | 2008-10-15 08:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV PINS KS KN JA |
08SEOUL2035 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER KIM [...] (C) Summary: In an October 10 meeting with National Assembly Speaker Kim Hyung-o, the Ambassador and the Speaker discussed the current state of North Korean affairs and the support of both governments for a denuclearized North Korea. Turning to the KORUS FTA, which the government submitted to [...] | 2008-10-15 09:02:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL2037 | ROK UNIFICATION MINISTER ASSESSES INTER-KOREAN [...] (C) Summary: Unification Minister Kim Ha-joong gave the Ambassador an assessment of the current state of inter-Korean relations during a courtesy call October 13. The DPRK's harsh rhetorical attacks on the Lee administration continued, Kim said, as did its refusal to meet to discuss implement [...] | 2008-10-16 02:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL2048 | FORMER PRESIDENT ROH MOO-HYUN: ACTIVE AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Former President Roh Moo-hyun's recent activities on the internet and in public have sparked speculation that he is vying to re-enter the political stage after six months of relative calm in his rural hometown near Gimhae. Initial speculation began when Roh officiated at a we [...] | 2008-10-17 05:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL2052 | SENATOR HAGEL MEETS ROKG OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE),in a round of October 15 meetings with ROKG officials including President Lee Myung-bak (septel),the Prime Minster, the Minister for Unification, the Minister for Trade, and the opposition Democratic Party Leader, discussed a range of bi-lateral and i [...] | 2008-10-17 07:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON OREP ETRD KS KN |
08SEOUL2067 | SENATOR HAGEL MEETS PRESIDENT LEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Korean President Lee Myoung-bak received visiting Senator Chuck Hagel, accompanied by Ambassador Stephens, October 15 for a lengthy, cordial meeting that exceeded the allotted 30 minutes. NSA Advisor Kim also participated. President Lee was interested in hearing Senator [...] | 2008-10-21 08:20:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON OREP ETRD KS KN |
08SEOUL2072 | KOREA COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JEAN SLUTSKY [...] (U) Embassy Seoul welcomes and grants country clearance to Jean Slutsky, Director, Center for Outcomes and Evidence, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Public Health Service for her official visit to South Korea on the dates of November 8-13, 2008. The purpose of the visit is to partic [...] | 2008-10-22 03:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBI KSCA OTRA KN KS |
08SEOUL2075 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FORMER PRESIDENT KIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former President Kim Young-sam told the Ambassador on October 21 that he was still struggling from the "shock" of his father's death on September 30 and wondering how to comfort his daughter since her husband had recently suffered a stroke and would not recover. The Ambassador r [...] | 2008-10-22 08:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL2078 | AMBASSADOR HOSTS SCHOLTE TO CONGRATULATE ON SEOUL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador hosted a luncheon in honor of the 2008 Seoul Peace Prize recipient and North Korean human rights activist Suzanne Scholte on October 11, 2008. Scholte reflected on her twelve years of experience working to improve the human rights of North Koreans and highlighted [...] | 2008-10-23 05:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL2082 | PATIENT LEE STILL STUCK ON THE RUNWAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Political consultant Park Sung-min told poloffs over a recent lunch that President Lee Myung-bak was in dire straits. Neither President Lee nor his staff understood the reasons behind Lee's flagging popularity (stuck around 25 percent in recent polls) and had no idea what to d [...] | 2008-10-23 06:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL2109 | AMBASSADOR AND FORMER PRESIDENT KIM DAE-JUNG [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 22 courtesy call by the Ambassador, former President Kim Dae-jung said that she had come to Korea at an important point in the relationship. Relations were good, but there was still much work to be done on North Korea. After recounting his meeting with Kim Jong-il [...] | 2008-10-28 04:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL2119 | POLICY PLANNING BILATERALS: ROK FM YU EMPHASIZES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Director of Policy Planning David Gordon met with ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan and senior Blue House, MOFAT, and Ministry of Unification officials in Seoul on October 27. FM Yu told Gordon that trilateral U.S.-ROK-Japan policy consultations were important to both regional r [...] | 2008-10-29 08:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN JA KS KN AF |
08SEOUL2120 | FATU COMMITTEE DELIBERATES ON NORTH KOREA POLICY, [...] (SBU) Summary: In the first parliamentary audit of the 18th National Assembly by the Foreign Affairs, Trade and Unification (FATU) Committee, the Grand National Party (GNP) and the Democratic Party (DP) butted heads over North Korea policy. The parties struggled to reconcile former President [...] | 2008-10-30 01:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL2154 | 19TH SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE PLENARY [...] (C) The 19th Security Policy Initiative (SPI-19) talks were held in Seoul on September 10, 2008. The U.S. Delegation was headed by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia (DASD) David Sedney. Ministry of National Defense Deputy Minister (DM) for Policy Jeon Jei-guk led the ROK D [...] | 2008-11-04 06:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS MARR KS KN |
08SEOUL2176 | AMBASSADOR AND LABOR MINISTER DISCUSS ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: In a cordial November 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Labor Minister Lee Young-hee commented on the need to stabilize labor-management relations, workers' concerns about the recent economic downturn, and its potential impact on the KORUS FTA. Minister Lee refuted the common perc [...] | 2008-11-06 08:25:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL2178 | LEAFLET DROPS IN NORTH KOREA TO CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: Park Sang-hak, President of Fight for Free North Korea, an NGO active in promoting democracy and human rights for North Korea, said he had sent 1.8 million anti-Kim Jong-il (KJI) leaflets by balloon into North Korea this year and would not heed ROKG calls to stop. The DPRK has t [...] | 2008-11-07 04:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PROP PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL2203 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH GNP LEADER PARK GEUN-HYE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging conversation on Nov. 6, the Ambassador and GNP legislator Park Geun-hye discussed North Korea, the future of the U.S.-ROK relationship, domestic political trends in Korea, the FTA, and camp returns. Exchanges on policy issues were interwoven with historical ane [...] | 2008-11-13 06:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL2206 | ROKG'S CALM REACTION TO DPRK BORDER-RESTRICTION [...] (C) Summary: DPRK authorities announced on November 12 that "rigid limits and blockages" would be placed on land border crossings between South and North Korea as of December  [...] | 2008-11-13 09:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL221 | FEUDS UNLIKELY TO SIGNIFICANLTY DIMINISH GNP GAINS [...] (C) Summary: The conservative Grand National Party (GNP) -- out of power for the last decade -- is poised to win big in the April 9 National Assembly elections, giving them control over both the parliament and the Blue House. The progressive United New Democratic Party (UNDP) is still flound [...] | 2008-02-01 09:06:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL2218 | ROK PM HAN: PREPARED TO WAIT ON FTA, INTERNAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: ROK Prime Minister Han Seung-soo told the Ambassador during a courtesy call on November 13 that the ROKG was prepared to wait for the U.S. to take up the matter of its ratification of the KORUS FTA, but would encourage ratification of the accord by the National Assembly in the mea [...] | 2008-11-14 06:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EFIN ECON KS KN |
08SEOUL2231 | IRAN FM MOTTAKI: COOPERATION ON AFGHANISTRAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings on November 13 in Seoul with ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan and Prime Minister Han Seung-soo, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki suggested that cooperation with the U.S. on Afghanistan and Iraq might be possible, but would depend on whether the U.S. was "s [...] | 2008-11-18 08:08:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR KS KN AF IZ |
08SEOUL2270 | ROKG REACTION TO DPRK'S RATCHETING UP PRESSURE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- On November 24, the DPRK announced that it would further restrict South-North economic cooperation as of December 1 by stopping Kaesong City tours and reducing ROK managers entering the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) by half. -- A Foreign Ministry official said the ROKG, [...] | 2008-11-25 11:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL2275 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO GWANGJU: POLITICALLY [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's November 18-19 visit to Gwangju, it became clear that, politically, not much has changed in Korea's southwest region in the past ten years. Through discussions with various local leaders, it was evident that the region remained politically left of center, [...] | 2008-11-26 04:47:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL2282 | ROK MINISTRY OF UNIFICATION ON DPRK BORDER [...] (C) Summary: The DPRK's November 24 announcement of measures to restrict economic exchange activity and border crossings continued to reverberate in Seoul. On November 26, ROK Unification Minister Kim Ha-joong reported to the National Assembly on the state of affairs, pointing out that restri [...] | 2008-11-26 11:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL2285 | ANTI-DPRK LEAFLET DROPPING WILL CONTINUE, VOWS NGO [...] (C) Summary: On November 26, POL M/C met with Fighters For Free North Korea Chair Park Hak-Sang, responsible for sending anti-DPRK leaflets, triggering mounting tensions in South-North relations. Park said he was facing increasing pressure to stop, including the Ministry of Unification and f [...] | 2008-11-28 06:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PROP PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL2305 | HELP FOR NORTH KOREAN DEFECTORS: PRIVATE CHARITY [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff visited two government supported and two private institutions for helping student-age North Korean defectors: Hanawon, the re-education center where all defectors spend two months on arrival; Hangyerae School, where 220 students live and study; the Heavenly Dream School, [...] | 2008-12-02 09:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV KS KN |
08SEOUL2306 | NEW NGO REVEALS ABUSE AT PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN DPRK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the November 18 inaugural gathering of Campaign for North Korean Freedom (NK Freedom),Yonsei University Associate Professor of Law Hong Seong-phil explained that the group's founding was based on the notion that defectors needed to take ownership of the North Korean human r [...] | 2008-12-02 22:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PGOV PROP KTIP KS KN |
08SEOUL2335 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS DISAGREE ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Four National Assembly members evinced frustration with worsening South-North relations in separate December 2-3 meetings, but disagreed on the causes and possible solutions. They saw close coordination with the USG as crucial. All were pessimistic about KIC's future, though the [...] | 2008-12-05 07:48:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL2336 | ROKG FOREIGN AND UNIFICATION MINISTERS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan told the Ambassador in a December 4 meeting that he did not know whether the DPRK would take further steps that would result in the complete closure of the Kaesong Industrial Complex, but that the ROKG was ready for that eventuality. The Foreign Mi [...] | 2008-12-05 10:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL2340 | PRESIDENT LEE UNPOPULAR, OPPOSITION EVEN MORE SO [...] (C) Summary: President Lee Myung-bak is suffering from entrenched low popularity that is affecting his ability to govern effectively. Even some Blue House insiders worry that if he does not turn things around in 2009, he could spend the remainder of his term powerless, overshadowed by jockeyi [...] | 2008-12-08 07:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL2382 | NORTH KOREAN DEFECTOR INTELLECTUAL SAYS ELITE KEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kim Heung-kwang of North Korea Intellectuals Solidarity, a group of predominantly elite North Korean defectors formed in June, and North Korea Reform Radio Representative Kim Seung-chul met with poloff on December 3 to describe plans to target elite North Koreans with messages an [...] | 2008-12-12 06:45:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL2389 | REGULAR SESSION PASSES 7.5 PERCENT OF BILLS; MORE [...] (C) Summary: The 18th National Assembly's first regular session came to a close on December 9 without passing the 2009 budget bill or much legislation at all. To address the budget and other outstanding bills, a 30-day temporary session opened on December 10 but it is not likely many laws wi [...] | 2008-12-12 08:11:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL2390 | NORTH KOREAN DEFECTOR UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION SEEKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloffs met with leaders of the Association of North Korean Defector Organizations (ANKDO),an umbrella organization representing 28 smaller NGOs that support North Korean defectors. Chairman Han Chang-kweon said it would be important to empower the defector community, and st [...] | 2008-12-12 08:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PROP PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL2400 | CHOI JANG-JIP: KOREA NOT YET MATURE DEMOCRACY [...] (C) Summary: Legendary political scientist and Korea University emeritus Choi Jang-jip told poloff on December 11 that he thought Korea had not fully democratized and that the main hurdle to this goal was an overly strong central government. Choi, a college classmate of President Lee Myung-b [...] | 2008-12-15 08:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL2402 | DAY IN LIFE OF NORTH KOREAN DEFECTORS IN SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff attended the second annual group wedding for four North Korean defector couples organized by a South Korean NGO. The couples were grateful for the ceremony, which they postponed because of lack of funding. Poloff also met with two of the brides to discuss their experien [...] | 2008-12-15 08:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL2403 | 2009 BUDGET PASSES NA; MORE CLASHES TO COME [...] (C) Summary: On December 13, the ruling GNP along with the conservative Liberty Forward Party (LFP) passed the annual budget bill while the opposition Democratic Party (DP) and Democratic Labor Party (DLP) members boycotted the vote. Most pundits and Assembly sources note that the ruling party [...] | 2008-12-15 08:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL2408 | NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (U) DPRK Bond Prices Low and Falling: Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported November 7 by quoting Exotix Limited, a United Kingdom-based investment bank, regarding North Korean bond prices -- "The price has fallen since July this year. The market then was in the mid 20 cents, but it is now in the te [...] | 2008-12-16 05:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN |
08SEOUL2409 | ROKG TO MAINTAIN FIRM STANCE TOWARDS DPRK [...] (C) Summary. During a December 15 luncheon meeting with the DCM, Dr. Kim Tae-hyo, a principal advisor to ROK President Lee Myung-bak, indicated that President Lee would maintain his firm policy stance toward the DPRK despite internal politics. The DPRK is finding fewer friendly media outle [...] | 2008-12-16 06:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KN KS |
08SEOUL243 | (S) ROK INVESTIGATION REVEALS ROK COMPANY DID NOT [...] (S) On December 7, poloff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper to Kim Jae-woo, Deputy Director, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. On February 5, Kim conveyed the results of the ROKG investigation of the South Korean company Cheonun Preci [...] | 2008-02-05 04:33:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC KS KN |
08SEOUL2446 | ROK EXPERT ON NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Professor Yoon Yeosang, President of NKDB (Database Center for North Korean Human Rights),in a December 9 meeting with Poloff, said DPRK authorities seemed recently to be adhering to two points of the North Korean criminal code they had previously ignored: limiting detention peri [...] | 2008-12-22 00:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL2457 | BLUE HOUSE ADVISOR SAYS FTA, MAJOR LAWS WILL PASS [...] (C) Summary: Ze Seung-wan, advisor to President Lee for civil affairs, told poloff December 22 that the KORUS FTA, along with other major legislation currently on hold due to physical opposition from the Democratic Party (DP),would be passed during the current 30-day special session set to en [...] | 2008-12-22 07:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL2458 | YOUNGNAM: GNP LOYALTY AND REGIONALISM STILL REIGN [...] (C) Summary: On 17-18 December, poloff traveled to Daegu and Busan to gauge the popularity of President Lee Myung-bak and the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) in the conservative stronghold of Youngnam -- traditional nomenclature for the south-eastern area of Korea comprised of North and Sout [...] | 2008-12-23 05:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL2485 | COOL GANGWON: GOVERNOR KIM ON TOURISM, NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over dinner on December 22, Gangwon Province governor Kim Jin-sun and the Ambassador discussed the need for better North-South relations, the importance of tourism to Gangwon Province, and cooperating on climate change. Kim, a three-term governor who will step down in 2010, said [...] | 2008-12-30 04:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL2502 | SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 8 VISIT TO [...] (C) Madam Secretary, We at Embassy Seoul are delighted that you are able to make this visit. Foreign Minister Yu is eager to see you, especially as he had to cancel his visit to Washington last month due to key National Assembly hearings. President Lee Myung-bak wants to thank you and the Pre [...] | 2008-12-31 05:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL262 | BLUE HOUSE SENIOR SECRETARIES ANNOUNCED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 10, the Presidential Transition Committee announced the lineup for the Blue House Senior Secretaries. Notably, GNP lawmaker Park Jae-wan was named SIPDIS Senior Presidential Secretary for Political Affairs, and Korea University Professor Kim Byung-kook Senior Secr [...] | 2008-02-11 07:14:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL297 | CABINET REFORM PLAN AT A STANDSTILL [...] With the Cabinet reform bill set to cut the number of ministries from 18 to 14 stalled at the National Assembly, the Transition Team and the GNP are planning to announce the Cabinet lineup February 15. The list is said to be almost final, although there may be some additions depending on how [...] | 2008-02-14 08:01:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL327 | REPATRIATED NORTH KOREANS' FATE HIGHLIGHTS ROKG'S [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 18, the Grand National Party (GNP) called for an inquiry into whether 22 North Korean's were sent home against their will following unconfirmed reports that they were executed upon repatriation. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) has said publicly that the No [...] | 2008-02-19 08:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL329 | SETTING THE RIGHT COURSE: TRANSITION TEAM [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 19, Transition Team Chairwoman Lee Kyung-sook and National Security Advisor-designate Kim Byung-kook met with the Ambassador to discuss preparations for the planned April U.S.-ROK summit, the Transition Team's performance, and the best way to kick off President-elect [...] | 2008-02-20 06:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL343 | SCENESETTER: LEE MYUNG-BAK PROMISES A BETTER [...] (C) Madam Secretary, the election of Lee Myung-bak, his appointment of pro-American advisors, and the likelihood that his party will secure a commanding majority in the National Assembly elections in April, provide an excellent opportunity to build a more substantial U.S.-ROK partnership for t [...] | 2008-02-21 03:27:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MNUC KN KS OVIP |
08SEOUL347 | COMPROMISE REACHED: GOVERNMENT DOWNSIZING BILL SET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 20 the United Democratic Party (UDP) and the Grand National Party (GNP) broke a month-long deadlock and came to a compromise on Lee Myung-bak's government reform plan. The compromise includes the survival of the Unification and Gender Equality Ministries. The refo [...] | 2008-02-21 07:52:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL365 | ROH MOO-HYUN'S TURBULENT TERM: HISTORIANS MAY BE [...] (C) Roh Moo-hyun ends his presidency a deeply disappointed man. According to Blue House contacts, Roh has been moody and morose since the presidential election in December which resulted in a lopsided victory for the conservative candidate Lee Myung-bak. Not helping Roh's mood is the piling [...] | 2008-02-25 08:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL37 | PRESIDENT-ELECT LEE MEETS FORMER USG OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: During a January 4 meeting with former Secretary of Defense William Perry and other former senior SIPDIS USG officials, President-elect Lee Myung-bak said that: -- The DPRK government was feeling "tremendous uncertainty" after Lee's election and consequently had a wait-and-s [...] | 2008-01-07 08:30:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
08SEOUL390 | LESS EUPHORIA OVER NEW ROK PRESIDENT LEE MYUNG-BAK [...] (C) Summary: Lee Myung-bak's transition period, which ended with his inauguration on February 25, was plagued by weeks of political wrangling within the Grand National Party (GNP) over nominations for the April 9 National Assembly elections and intense debate with the United Democratic Party [...] | 2008-02-27 07:20:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL392 | POLITICAL BATTLES CONTINUE, PRIME MINISTER NOT YET [...] (C) Summary: The Blue House and the National Assembly are in a staring match and it appears the UDP has no reason to blink. With nothing to lose, the UDP has delayed putting the PM-designate Han Seung-soo's nomination to a vote in the plenary and they have the necessary 150 votes (141 seats p [...] | 2008-02-27 08:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL43 | 2020 VISION OF A MORE VIABLE AND STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: For more than half a century, the U.S.-ROK Alliance has served the interests of both our countries, while significantly contributing to the overall security of Northeast Asia. In recent years, however, the Alliance has experienced significant change. South Korea has changed, th [...] | 2008-01-08 09:29:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS MARR MASS KN KS |
08SEOUL45 | 2020 VISION OF A MORE VIABLE AND STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In our previous message (ref A),we described the impact that changes in and around the Korean Peninsula are having on the U.S.-ROK Alliance and argued that the mission and footprint of our military presence must adapt to meet those changes. We pointed out that while many aspec [...] | 2008-01-09 04:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS MARR MASS KN KS |
08SEOUL453 | ELECTION RUNUP: GNP GOING STRONG; LIBERAL LOSS [...] (C) Summary: Despite recent stumbles by the Grand National Party (GNP) and President Lee Myung-bak, continued attacks on Lee's appointees, and record low support for a president days after inauguration (49 percent in a March 1 Hankyoreh poll),the GNP still holds the pole position heading int [...] | 2008-03-07 08:13:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL454 | NEW MOU MINISTER KIM HA-JOONG: OLD MOFAT HAND, [...] (C) Kim Ha-joong, the current ROK Ambassador to China and a career diplomat, has been named Lee Myung-bak's first Unification Minister. Resistance to his nomination from the opposition United Democratic Party is unlikely to be strong; he was one of the architects of the Sunshine Policy when he [...] | 2008-03-07 10:42:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PROG PREL PINR |
08SEOUL455 | NEW DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS DEFINING COMMON INTEREST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador held his first official meeting on March 7 with Lee Sang-hee, the new ROK Minister of National Defense. They engaged in a one-hour discussion that focused on the strategic importance and future role of the U.S.-ROK Alliance. -- The Ambassador congratulated Minst [...] | 2008-03-07 12:04:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | MARR PGOV PINS PREL KN KS |
08SEOUL459 | UNIFICATION MINISTRY OFFICIAL SEES SOUTH-NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Unification's (MOU) Assistant Minister for Planning and Coordination Park Chang-bong, a veteran MOU official who criticized the Sunshine Policy, expects President Lee Myung-bak's government to make clear to the DPRK that most economic assistance, including fertili [...] | 2008-03-10 08:05:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL MNUC |
08SEOUL488 | NSA KIM FORECASTS PRODUCTIVE SUMMIT, ADVOCATES [...] (C) Summary: Over a cordial lunch with the Ambassador on March 12, National Security Adviser Kim Byung-kook said that he was sure President Bush and ROK President Lee Myung-bak would get along well in their April summit meeting. Kim is planning a trip to the U.S. March 17-19 to meet with seni [...] | 2008-03-12 09:09:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL499 | SOUTH KOREAN NGOS' UPHILL STRUGGLE IN NORTH KOREA [...] (SBU) In early March, DPRK officials faxed a request to their ROK counterparts at Mt. Kumgang saying that South Korean aid workers should "temporarily" halt visits to Mt. Kumgang and Kaesong, but noting that aid would still be accepted, with no further explanation. The message encapsulated No [...] | 2008-03-13 06:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KS KN ECON EAID |
08SEOUL513 | SOHN PLAYS UDP'S LOSING HAND WELL [...] (C) Summary: The United Democratic Party's (UDP) resounding defeat in the December presidential election left the party struggling to get out from under the shadow of unpopular former President Roh Moo-hyun. Moreover, the new party chief, former Grand National Party (GNP) member Sohn Hak-kyu [...] | 2008-03-17 06:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL530 | GNP NOMINATIONS CUT RECORD NUMBER OF INCUMBENTS [...] (C) Summary: The political spotlight is fixed on the April 9 National Assembly elections, overshadowing even President Lee and the current financial shocks Korea is experiencing. The UDP fired off the first surprise blast by excluding all applicants from the nomination process with past conv [...] | 2008-03-18 07:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL555 | A STOIC PARK GEUN-HYE DISCUSSES GNP PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 18 lunch meeting with the Ambassador, Park Geun-hye discussed Grand National Party (GNP) party politics and policy toward North Korea. Though she seemed relaxed, Park confessed to being disturbed by the party's nominations process (reftel) and said the decision to cut [...] | 2008-03-20 05:38:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL561 | ROK SUPPORTS HRC SPECIAL MANDATES FOR NORTH KOREA, [...] (C) In a March 19 meeting with poloff, Jang Hyun-cheol, MOFAT Deputy Director for Human Rights, said that the ROK will vote to extend the special mandate for the Special Rapporteur for North Korean Human Rights in the U.N. Human Rights Council. Furthermore, the ROK also supported the continua [...] | 2008-03-20 07:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN BM PGOV PHUM PREL |
08SEOUL566 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VFM KWON JONG-RAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on March 19, Vice Foreign Minister Kwon Jong-rak discussed a wide range of topics including the upcoming summit in Washington and the associated joint statement. Paralleling statements made by NSA Kim Byung-kook, who was then in Washington discussi [...] | 2008-03-20 08:03:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL575 | MINISTER HAN SEUNG-JOO SLAMS LMB'S FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In remarks delivered at the monthly dinner meeting of DCMs in Seoul on March 19, former Foreign Minister and Ambassador to the U.S. Han Seung-Joo presented a surprisingly negative assessment of the foreign policy direction of the new Lee Myung-bak Government. While acknowledging t [...] | 2008-03-21 08:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KS KN |
08SEOUL592 | SCENESETTER: MARCH 26 MEETING WITH ROK FOREIGN [...] (C) Madam Secretary, the main reason for Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan's March 26-27 visit to Washington is to set the stage for a successful April 18-19 summit meeting at Camp David between President Lee Myung-bak and the President. Since your meeting with FM Yu on February 25, political in [...] | 2008-03-25 05:56:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR MNUC KN KS OVIP |
08SEOUL596 | FM YU DISCUSSES 6PT, ROK-PRC DIALOGUE DURING PRC [...] (C) On March 24 MOFAT officials briefed us on Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan's March 20-21 trip to Beijing, his first overseas visit as FM. Yu met with Premier Wen Jiabao, State Councilor Dai Bingguo, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, and Wang Jairui, Chief of the International Liaison Department [...] | 2008-03-25 22:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PROG PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL616 | KIC EXPULSION SIGNALS DPRK DISCONTENT [...] (C) On March 27 at 1 a.m. Seoul time, 11 South Korean officials stationed at the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) were expelled by the DPRK. According to the South Korean Ministry of Unification (MOU),the DPRK cited Unification Minister Kim Ha-joong's comments linking denuclearization with e [...] | 2008-03-27 09:00:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
08SEOUL617 | ROK PRESIDENT LEE DELIVERS NUANCED STATEMENT ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his visit to the Unification Ministry on March 26, ROK President Lee Myung-bak made extensive comments on North Korea, especially the importance of denuclearization. Lee stressed that peace and prosperity in North Korea could be achieved only through denuclearization. H [...] | 2008-03-27 09:41:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL62 | CHUNG MONG-JOON: DELEGATION LEADER, PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 21-23 National Assembly member and presidential aspirant Chung Mong-joon will lead a Presidential Transition Committee delegation to Washington, DC. A similar delegation visited in 2003 on behalf of then President-elect Roh Moo-Hyun and met with the Secretary of State [...] | 2008-01-11 02:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
08SEOUL622 | ROK OFFICIALS, ACADEMICS AND NGOS SEE SERIOUS DPRK [...] (C) Summary: In March 17-18 meetings with INR analyst Mark Phelan and poloff, ROK observers cited reasons for serious concern about the DPRK's food situation this year: -- ROK observers expected decreased DPRK crop production because of 2006 and 2007 flood damage in the 'rice bowl' surround [...] | 2008-03-28 05:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN ECON EAID EAGR PGOV |
08SEOUL623 | ROKG DOWNPLAYS NORTH KOREAN STYX MISSILE TEST [...] (C) The Republic of Korea Ministry of National Defense (MND) has confirmed Korean media reports that the North Korean People's Army (KPA) test fired three Russian-made Styx anti-ship missiles into the West Sea (Yellow Sea) at approximately 10:30 a.m. local time on Friday March 28. (Note: Due [...] | 2008-03-28 07:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MNUC PINS PREL KN KS JA |
08SEOUL629 | CAMPAIGN SEASON BEGINS FOR ROK NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 13-day official campaign period for the April 9 general election began March 27, 2008. The short campaign period, coupled with a nomination process tainted by political infighting, makes it virtually impossible for any meaningful policy debate to take place. Voter turnout i [...] | 2008-03-31 07:21:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL636 | ROKG'S CALM RESPONSE TO DPRK RHETORIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice Foreign Minister Kwon Jong-rak told the Ambassador on March 31 that recent DPRK rhetoric was an effort to test the new government's dedication to denuclearization, but that the ROKG would "respond calmly" without backing down. Assistant Minister of Unification Park Chang-bo [...] | 2008-03-31 10:36:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
08SEOUL645 | CONGRESSMAN ROHRABACHER'S MEETINGS IN SEOUL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, met separately with ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan and members of the National Assembly on March 25 to advocate several proposed initiatives. Foremost on the list was the Congressman's propos [...] | 2008-04-01 04:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR ENRG KNNP PHUM KS KN IRAQ |
08SEOUL67 | NEVER SAY DIE -- UNIFICATION MINISTER ARGUES FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Unification Minister Lee Jae-jung stressed the need for a three-party summit between the U.S., DPRK and ROK, to declare an end to the Korean War and provide the necessary incentive for Kim Jong-il to give up his nuclear weapons. Lee list [...] | 2008-01-13 22:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PROG PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL68 | FOREIGN MINISTER HOPEFULS DISCUSS OPCON, NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a relaxed January 10 lunch with the Ambassador, National Assembly member and chief of the Presidential Transition Committee's foreign affairs team Park Jin and Lee Myung-bak adviser and former Ambassador to both Kenya and Ireland Kwon Jong-rak discussed OPCON transfer, North K [...] | 2008-01-13 23:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
08SEOUL682 | FINAL POLLS POINT TO GNP MAJORITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: With general elections less than a week away, the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) is poised to secure a significant majority in the National Assembly. The latest polling data ) the last to be released before April 9 according to election law stipulations ) revealed that of the [...] | 2008-04-04 08:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KN KS PGOV PINR PREL |
08SEOUL7 | DPRK VIEWS FAMILY REUNIONS AS QUID PRO QUO FOR AID [...] (C) SUMMARY: While the recent increase in family reunions between separated North Korean and South Korean families suggests that such reunions are becoming normalized, it is likely that such reunions have reached a peak for the near future. Choi Young-woon, the head of the Inter-Korean Cooper [...] | 2008-01-02 04:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROG KS KN |
08SEOUL706 | GNP HEADED FOR VICTORY LANE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Koreans go to the polls tomorrow, April 9, to choose their National Assembly representatives. Coming less than four months after the presidential elections, interest is low and the outcome, despite all the media chatter, not really in question: the conservative Grand Nati [...] | 2008-04-08 08:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL707 | NSA KIM ON NORTH KOREA, SUMMIT AND ALLIANCE ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over an April 8, 2008 luncheon meeting with the Ambassador, ROK National Security Advisor Kim Byung-kook said that President Lee's position on North Korea had not changed despite the heated rhetoric from Pyongyang. Lee wanted "sincere and substantive" dialogue with the North, d [...] | 2008-04-08 09:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL719 | APRIL 9 ROK NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: GNP EKES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With 97 percent of votes counted, Lee Myung-bak's Grand National Party (GNP) won 151 of 299 seats, giving them a much slimmer majority than expected. The opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) did better than anticipated, winning 82 seats. Lee Hoi-chang's Liberal Forward Pa [...] | 2008-04-09 14:07:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL728 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTION: COSTLY WIN FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the April 9 general elections, in which voters threw in their ballot for all 299 seats in the National Assembly, the ruling Grand National Party (GNP) gained a small majority with 153 seats. Nevertheless, the GNP majority combined with the surprisingly good showing by indep [...] | 2008-04-10 09:37:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL737 | FORMER FM FRETS: MB'S TEAM UP TO THE TASK? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a frank April 11 lunch meeting, former Foreign Minister Yoo Chong-ha gave poloffs his view of Lee Myung-bak and said he hoped Lee would play it safe during the April 18-19 summit with President Bush. Yoo said he would continue to advise President Lee whenever called, as he was [...] | 2008-04-11 07:31:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL773 | PRESIDENT LEE GETS SPECIAL SESSION TO DISCUSS [...] (C) On April 15 the floor leaders for the Grand National Party (GNP) and United Democratic Party (UDP) decided to convene a special National Assembly session for one month beginning on April 25. The term of the current progressive-dominated 17th National Assembly does not end until May 29, a [...] | 2008-04-16 07:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KS KN |
08SEOUL774 | PRESIDENT LEE'S NORTH KOREA POLICY: ESTABLISHING [...] (C) Lee Myung-bak won the presidency on a conservative platform, emphasizing a new approach toward North Korea. Candidate Lee repeated over and over that ten years of Sunshine Policy had yielded nothing. During that time, the North, with newly acquired nuclear weapons, had become more dangero [...] | 2008-04-16 08:35:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV EAID PREL |
08SEOUL776 | LEE MYUNG-BAK WEATHERS POLITICAL STORM; AWAITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Korea's political landscape is in transition -- in the last two months President Lee Myung-bak was inaugurated, a new National Assembly was elected, new parties were formed; in the coming two months leaders for the two main parties are set to change. The ruling Grand National Pa [...] | 2008-04-17 08:44:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL80 | LEE KYUNG-SOOK DISCUSSES TRANSITION TEAM PRIORITIES [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador, Presidential Transition Committee Chair Lee Kyung-sook discussed the political realities of the transition team's agenda and President-elect Lee Myung-bak's personal management style. Lee Kyung-sook, who is clearly one of the president-elect [...] | 2008-01-15 00:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
08SEOUL806 | KOREA COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EAP/K SUNG KIM AND [...] (U) Embassy Seoul welcomes and grants country clearance for the April 21 through April 25, 2008 visit of Sung Kim, Director of the Office of Korean Affairs; Paul T. Haenle, Director of Chinese Affairs and Six Party Talks, National Security Council; Douglas Frank, Program Manager, Pacific North [...] | 2008-04-21 07:26:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA |
08SEOUL831 | THE DPRK ECONOMY: UPDATE ON KAESONG INDUSTRIAL [...] (C) Most of the South Korean firms operating in the DPRK's Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) remain satisfied with business conditions there, according to ROKG officials and company representatives. Newly arriving companies also seem confident about their investment plans over the longer term. [...] | 2008-04-25 06:55:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL856 | SPI 17: U.S.-ROK 17TH SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE [...] (S) The 17th Security Policy Initiative (SPI) talks were held in Seoul on April 8, 2008. The U.S. Delegation was headed by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) for East Asia David Sedney, with Ministry of National Defense (MND) Deputy Minister of Defense for Policy Jeon Jei-guk leadin [...] | 2008-04-28 07:57:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | MARR MNUC PARM PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL857 | SPI 17: U.S.-ROK 17TH SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-28 07:58:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | MARR MNUC PARM PREL KS KN |
08SEOUL862 | FORMER PRESIDENT KIM YOUNG-SAM STAYS RELEVANT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over lunch on April 25, former President (1993-98) Kim Young-sam told the Ambassador that Lee Myung-bak needed to do better in handling domestic political issues and find a way to accept former Grand National Party (GNP) lawmakers recently elected as independents or under the Pro [...] | 2008-04-29 01:28:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL877 | REQUEST TO DOWNGRADE CABLE CLASSIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-29 08:16:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KNNP SY KS KN |
08SEOUL881 | NORTH KOREA STRUGGLES WITH SHORTAGE OF MEDICINE AND [...] (SBU) Famine, natural disaster, mismanagement, a lack of safe drinking water, and shortages of essential drugs and vaccines have left the population of the Democratic Peoples' Republic (DPRK) vulnerable to infectious diseases, despite the existence of an adequately-trained corps of medical per [...] | 2008-04-30 01:53:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAID PINR ECON SOCI KN |
08SEOUL896 | ROK REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES: NEAPSM AND NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 30, POL M/C met with MOFAT Director General for the Korean Peninsula Peace Regime Bureau, Huh Chul, to discuss regional issues including a Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism (NEAPSM) and North Korean refugee policy. On NEAPSM, DG Huh said there had been very li [...] | 2008-05-01 07:18:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KS KN |
08SEOUL9 | REGIONAL APPROACH TO ENERGY COOPERATION IN NORTHEAST ASIA [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Korea hosted a meeting of the Senior Officials Committee on Energy Cooperation in North-East Asia (SOC) on Jeju Island, December 13-14. The group approved efforts spearheaded by South Korea to produce a set of energy outlook repor [...] | 2008-01-02 06:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL ESCAP ZO RS MG JA KN KS |
08SEOUL903 | SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 7-8 [...] (C) Your visit to Korea falls between the April 18-19 Camp David Summit and the Secretary's expected stop in Seoul at the end of June. Secretary Gates will also be coming for the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) change-of-command ceremony on June 3. These visits will be followed by a second U.S.-ROK [...] | 2008-05-01 08:24:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PREL PGOV PINS KN KS CH JA |
08SEOUL919 | KOREA-JAPAN POST SUMMIT: LOOKING FORWARD BUT NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since his inauguration in February, ROK President Lee Myung-bak has consistently said that he intends to focus on the future of relations with Japan and not dwell on past issues. Holding two summits with Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda already within his short time in office is [...] | 2008-05-02 08:32:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JP KS KN |
08SEOUL926 | KOREA COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EAP/K SUNG KIM AND [...] (U) Embassy Seoul welcomes and grants country clearance for the May 7 through May 11, 2008 visit of Sung Kim, Director of the Office of Korean Affairs; Douglas Frank, Program Manager, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Chuck Lutes, NSC Director for Counter-Proliferation; and Richard Klein, [...] | 2008-05-06 07:17:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA |
08SEOUL952 | PARK GEUN-HYE AND GNP LEGISLATORS ON BEEF [...] (C) Summary: Over lunch with Grand National Party (GNP) leader Park Geun-hye, the Ambassador discussed the current controversy over the re-opening of the Korean market to U.S. beef and made the strong case that U.S. beef was safe, telling Park that we rely on leaders like her to calm the situ [...] | 2008-05-09 04:41:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SEOUL96 | UNDP GOING DOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT [...] (C) In a meeting that started off in front of a crowd of cameras and reporters, newly-selected United New Democratic Party (UNDP) chair Sohn Hak-kyu gave the Ambassador his assessment of North Korea's delay in providing a full declaration of its nuclear programs and (after the press left) his [...] | 2008-01-17 00:49:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PGOV PREL PINR |
08SEOUL976 | MINISTER OF UNIFICATION: ROKG STEADFAST ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 9 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Unification (MOU) Kim Ha-joong described ROKG policy as "steadfast" on its principle that significant economic assistance to the DPRK would require progress on denuclearization, but also "flexible" in terms of seeking dialogue a [...] | 2008-05-13 08:15:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | KS KN PGOV PREL |
08SEOUL977 | OPPOSITION LAWMAKER KIM BOO-KYUM ON BEEF, FTA, UDP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recently re-elected to a third term, United Democratic Party (UDP) lawmaker Kim Boo-kyum told poloff over a May 13 lunch that he believed controversy surrounding the reopening of the Korean market to U.S. beef would blow over. Also, he explained that there were several non-binding [...] | 2008-05-13 08:19:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KN KS |
08SHANGHAI134 | SOCCER DIPLOMACY IN SHANGHAI [...] (U) Summary: In late March 2008, North Korea played South Korea in a World Cup Qualifier that ended in a draw. The mostly South Korean crowd gave each team a standing ovation at the end of the match. In Early March, the Los Angeles Galaxy played the Chinese All-Star team, although Chinese fan [...] | 2008-04-02 05:40:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI OEXC OIIP KPAO CH KS KN |
08SHANGHAI218 | SHANGHAI ACADEMICS SEE MEASURED PROGRESS ON NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Shanghai academics concur that the Six-Party Talks are resulting in real, sustained progress, although, in moving forward, the pace of progress may not fully meet U.S. expectations. While the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) seeks friendlier bilateral relations with the United [...] | 2008-06-16 09:25:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KN CH |
08SHANGHAI273 | (C) SIX-PARTY TALKS: SHANGHAI ACADEMICS COUNSEL SHORT-TERM [...] (C) Summary: Several Shanghai academics believe the Six-Party Talks can produce continued movement by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) toward denuclearization and regional dialogue, but counsel patience since any progress is likely to be gradual. It is unclear whether North Ko [...] | 2008-07-22 08:41:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH ECON JA KN PGOV PREL |
08SHANGHAI410 | THE CONSUL GENERAL DISCUSSES BILATERAL RELATIONS, [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the successful Beijing Summer Olympic Games, international economic stability is now Beijing's top priority, according to Shanghai scholars. They regard U.S. actions leading up to and during the Olympics as having provided a psychological boost to bilateral relatio [...] | 2008-09-22 08:57:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON CH KN RS TW |
08SHANGHAI422 | SHANGHAI SCHOLARS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER DELAY IN SIX-PARTY [...] (S/NF) Summary: xxxxx are concerned about the current impasse in the Six-Party Talks, but each varies in his diagnosis of its causes and prescriptions for U.S. policy. xxxxx claims that a debate has emerged within the Chinese leadership over the merits of quick U.S. delisting, as a result of Pyongy [...] | 2008-09-26 06:40:00 | Consulate Shanghai | SECRET//NOFORN | CH KN PGOV PHUM PREL |
08SHENYANG103 | PRC-DPRK BORDER TIGHTENS PRE-OLYMPICS: DPRK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local officials confirm they have taken measures to "strengthen control" of the PRC-DPRK border region during the Olympics. New checkpoints have been established outside some sensitive border cities. The PRC "through diplomatic channels" requested that the DPRK stem border-cross [...] | 2008-07-29 05:40:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV PREF ASEC KN CH |
08SHENYANG109 | PRC-DPRK: BORDER-CROSSERS AND THEIR OFFSPRING; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts along the PRC-DPRK border report smaller-than-usual numbers of North Korean border-crossers this summer. Civil Affairs officials in one key border city screen detained border-crossers for infectious diseases and arrange for medical care pending repatriation. Children bor [...] | 2008-08-06 06:13:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV PREF KN CH |
08SHENYANG116 | PRC-DPRK BORDER DEFENSE, BORDER-CROSSERS, NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The PRC has made some progress in PRC-DPRK border security in recent years, but advances ought not be overestimated, say northeast China experts. Although new investment, infrastructural improvements and modern technologies have enhanced defense capacity, the border remains porou [...] | 2008-08-20 05:20:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV PREF ASEC KTIP SNAR KN CH |
08SHENYANG12 | NORTH KOREAN BORDER-CROSSERS: MORE PRC THINKING; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The small group of specialists researching North Korean border-crossers for the PRC government largely endorses Chinese policy on the issue, even if small differences exist. One researcher said a PRC "transit corridor" permitting North Koreans to quietly traverse Chinese territor [...] | 2008-01-18 00:38:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PINR GTIP KN KS CH |
08SHENYANG123 | POOR DPRK ATTENDANCE, SOME SHIPPING NEWS, AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pyongyang's delegation to the Northeast Asia Investment and Trade Expo, held last week in Jilin Province, appeared smaller that last year's. North Korean diplomats at the expo privately praised China's grain harvest, with one claiming the DPRK's crop was also "good." In a keynote [...] | 2008-09-09 23:51:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EWWT ENRG KN KS JA RS CH |
08SHENYANG13 | PRC: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM A MIXED PICTURE IN YANBIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Religious freedom is enjoying modest improvement in a key ethnic minority enclave of Jilin Province, near the PRC-DPRK border. Christianity is making inroads among local Chinese, migrant workers, and North Korean border-crossers. "House churches," many with links to official chu [...] | 2008-01-24 01:25:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI PREF KN KS CH |
08SHENYANG14 | CHINA'S DPRK-BOUND FOOD AID, AG EXPORTS CONTINUE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Contrary to ROK press reports, PRC food aid and agricultural exports to the DPRK have not been suspended as a result of increased export tariffs on grain and other agricultural commodities imposed by Beijing in a bid to counter domestic inflation. New export regulations and a dro [...] | 2008-01-24 02:15:00 | Consulate Shenyang | SECRET | PINR PGOV ECON ETRD EAGR KN KS CH |
08SHENYANG150 | PRC-DPRK: NORTH KOREAN DIPLOMATS; FOOD SECURITY; [...] (C) SUMMARY: North Korean diplomats in northeast China did not, contrary to rumor, receive orders from Pyongyang restricting their travel in October, and trade officials recently recalled to Sinuiju reported no changes given them in policy direction, say contacts. PRC security posture appears [...] | 2008-11-04 05:29:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF EAGR KN KS CH |
08SHENYANG151 | PRC-DPRK: NORTH KOREAN DIPLOMATS; FOOD SECURITY; [...] (C) SUMMARY: North Korean diplomats in northeast China did not, contrary to rumor, receive orders from Pyongyang restricting their travel in October, and trade officials recently recalled to Sinuiju reported no changes given them in policy direction, say contacts. PRC security posture appears [...] | 2008-11-04 05:30:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF EAGR KN KS CH |
08SHENYANG152 | PRC-DPRK: NORTH KOREAN DIPLOMATS; FOOD SECURITY; [...] (C) SUMMARY: North Korean diplomats in northeast China did not, contrary to rumor, receive orders from Pyongyang restricting their travel in October, and trade officials recently recalled to Sinuiju reported no changes given them in policy direction, say contacts. PRC security posture appears [...] | 2008-11-04 05:30:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF EAGR KN KS CH |
08SHENYANG185 | NORTH KOREA: RAJIN PORT FRICTIONS; CHINESE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese commercial concerns have been focusing on the North Korean port of Chongjin since Pyongyang recently terminated a Chinese company's lease rights at the DPRK port of Rajin and awarded those privileges to a state-owned Russian firm. One Chinese scholar claims the move is fu [...] | 2008-12-24 02:50:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EWWT KN KS CH |
08SHENYANG189 | PRC-DPRK: CHINA'S COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1718 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two years on, PRC compliance with the spirit of UN Security Council Resolution 1718's luxury- goods provisions appears limited at best. Dandong and other border officials tell us privately that while they are implementing military-related provisions of UNSCR 1718, they are not en [...] | 2008-12-30 23:51:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ETRD KN KS CH |
08SHENYANG19 | SENIOR HEILONGJIANG OFFICIALS ON STABILITY-RELATED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Inflation is a pressing concern for senior Heilongjiang officials, who are implementing a full range of countermeasures not always made public in order to avoid a panic. Along with new export taxes, the policy of supplying grain and coal nationwide to cover excess domestic demand [...] | 2008-02-13 02:58:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ECON EIND ETRD CH KN RS |
08SHENYANG30 | PRC/DPRK: IMPACT OF PRC EXPORT RESTRICTIONS; [...] (C) SUMMARY: NEW PRC EXPORT RESTRICTIONS ARE DELAYING, IN SOME CASES BY MANY WEEKS, SHIPMENTS OF KEY CHINESE COMMODITIES TO NORTH KOREA VIA DANDONG. IN LIMITED CASES, BEIJING IS GRANTING TEMPORARY WAIVERS FOR PRC FIRMS WITH LARGE, PREEXISTING CONTRACTS IN THE DPRK. PYONGYANG IS DISPLEASED, [...] | 2008-03-03 06:00:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV ECON ETRD KN KS CH |
08SHENYANG37 | NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN PRC-DPRK BORDER TRADE [...] (C) SUMMARY: New PRC export restrictions are complicating some PRC-DPRK trade and contractual relationships, according to more Chinese trade officials. North Korean businessmen have been sent abroad recently on grain "purchasing" missions, essentially requesting free "donations" in places like [...] | 2008-03-21 02:10:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV ECON ETRD PREF KN KS CH |
08SHENYANG38 | NORTH KOREAN BORDER-CROSSERS: PRC OLYMPICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two Chinese provincial governments hosting Olympics events this summer have enlisted Korea specialists to investigate potential contingencies involving North Korean border-crossers or activists that support them. Scholars in Liaoning and Shandong have told us they are keeping a cl [...] | 2008-03-21 08:04:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PINR PGOV KN KS CH |
08SHENYANG48 | MORE INTERNAL PRC RESEARCH ON NK BORDER-CROSSERS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Northeast China is home to 10,000-20,000 North Koreans, according to the internal research of another one of the few Chinese specialists studying North Korean border-crosser issues for the PRC Government. PRC policy toward North Korean border-crossers shifted in 2002 in part beca [...] | 2008-04-10 01:12:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PINR PGOV PREL PHUM KN KS CH |
08SHENYANG51 | LIAONING AND SHENYANG PARTY CHIEFS ON GOVERNANCE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a meeting with the Ambassador in Shenyang, Liaoning Province's new Party Secretary, Zhang Wenyue, explained that high-level attention from Beijing, a booming economy and growing revenue expansion are bankrolling Liaoning Province's efforts to address key social-stability issues [...] | 2008-04-15 07:36:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PREF ECON KN CH |
08SHENYANG67 | NORTH KOREA: PRICE WOES, SQUEEZED AID GROUPS, PRC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent returnees from Pyongyang, Sinuiju and Rason point to sharply surging food prices in the DPRK. North Korean laborers employed by one aid group in Rason have complained that food-inflation has eviscerated their purchasing power. Customs officials in Yanbian are strictly enfo [...] | 2008-05-22 00:10:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV PREF EAGR KN KS CH |
08SHENYANG68 | DPRK FOOD TROUBLES AND PRC-DPRK RESPONSES: VIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRC-DPRK border contacts agree that the DPRK's food situation is more dire than in recent years, but remain divided on the question of severity, with some contending conditions are "not as extreme as being reported in the West." North Korean diplomats and other officials have ack [...] | 2008-05-29 05:33:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV PREF EAGR KN KS CH |
08SHENYANG7 | PRC-DPRK: TRILATERAL RAILWAY HANG-UPS; MUSAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Unreported DPRK-related obstacles appear likely to delay the implementation of a late December PRC- DPRK-Russian agreement that aims to link the Greater Tumen region by railway; Chinese contacts are pessimistic that the new Tumen-Tumangang-Khasan cargo-transport corridor, even if [...] | 2008-01-16 02:25:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV ECON KN KS CH |
08SHENYANG71 | PRC-DPRK: BORDER-CROSSERS, RELIGIOUS TROUBLES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The PRC appears to have tightened internal security in the PRC-DPRK borderlands in recent months, though border-crossers continue to trickle into China. Border residents report increased official scrutiny of some religious activities. Yanji officials warned religious leaders that [...] | 2008-05-30 06:56:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV PREF PHUM KIRF KN KS CH |
08SHENYANG76 | DPRK: RASON THROUGH THE EYES OF AN AID WORKER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rason, in northeastern North Korea, is home to a variety of foreign-assistance ventures, involving everything from agriculture and animal husbandry to power generation, transportation and pharmaceuticals, according to a Westerner involved in several projects there, but tensions ha [...] | 2008-06-13 00:20:00 | Consulate Shenyang | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF KN KS CH |
08SINGAPORE1019 | DASD SEDNEY HEARS OF SINGAPORE'S MALAYSIA [...] (C) Summary: Singapore perceives a distinct possibility of racial conflict in Malaysia, Bilahari Kausikan, MFA Second Permanent Secretary told David Sedney, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia September 15. Kausikan offered his view that if racial conflict provoked ethnic Chin [...] | 2008-09-18 10:09:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEAN SN MY BU ID IN TH KN |
08SINGAPORE1337 | STAFFDEL LUSE HEARS MFA'S VIEW OF ASIAN CHALLENGES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Singapore MFA Second Permanent Secretary Bilahari Kausikan urged continued strong U.S. engagement in East Asia during a wide-ranging conversation with Staffdel Luse and the DCM on December 5. He urged the United States to focus on reviving its own economic growth while using to [...] | 2008-12-23 04:18:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SN CH KN PK |
08SINGAPORE618 | MANAGE CHINA'S RISE CAREFULLY, FM YEO TELLS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo told Senator Joseph Lieberman May 30 that strong U.S. engagement in the Asia-Pacific was essential to managing China's peaceful rise. Absent a strong U.S. presence, China's near neighbors might fear its expansionism. In Southeast Asia, coun [...] | 2008-06-02 07:02:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR OVIP CH JA SN KN |
08SINGAPORE648 | ALLEGATIONS THAT SINGAPORE FIRM BROKERED SALE OF [...] (U) In April, local media reported on a story that first appeared in the Japanese press that North Korea had exported multiple rocket launchers to Burma through a Singaporean trading company. 2. (SBU) The allegations that a local trading company was involved in the sale of rocket launcher [...] | 2008-06-06 09:25:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC PREL BM KN SN |
08STATE105786 | (U) Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister?s [...] (U) Classified by EAP Acting Assistant Secretary Glyn Davies, Department of State. Reason 1.4 (b),(d),(h). 2. (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Aso?s foreign policies will remain consistent with those of Fukuda and Abe, assured Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae during back-to-back meet [...] | 2008-10-02 22:02:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL AF KS KN PK JA MARR |
08STATE107520 | (S) EFFORTS BY NORTH KOREA TO PROCURE CONTROLLED [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Bern, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background: On several occasions, we have raised with Swiss officials exports of machine tools by the Swiss firm Schaublin Machines that posed potential proliferation concerns (Reftels). In response, Swiss autho [...] | 2008-10-07 21:07:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SZ CH KN |
08STATE116100 | AUTHORIZATION FOR P-1 NORTH KOREAN REFERREAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-30 22:26:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | CH KN KS PREF PREL |
08STATE123035 | AUGUST 2008 VISIT TO NORTH KOREA BY A UAE [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Abu Dhabi, please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background/Objective: In July 2008, the U.S. raised with the UAE information indicating that North Korea's primary weapons trading firm, the Korea Mining Development Corporation (KOMID),was working to acqui [...] | 2008-11-19 22:16:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL IR AE KN |
08STATE124032 | (S) PSI: NORTH KOREAN VESSEL OF POSSIBLE [...] (S//REL Singapore) We have information that a North Korean-flagged vessel, the M/V SO HUNG 1, will arrive at Singapore's Outer Port Limits for bunkering on or around 24 November. Our information indicates that the Singapore-based firm Seabridge Bunkering PTE Ltd may provide bunkering servic [...] | 2008-11-22 00:49:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL MNUC SN KN |
08STATE126045 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST: A/S HILL AND [...] Department requests country clearance for EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill and his delegation, listed in para 3, to travel to Tokyo and Singapore from December 2-6 for consultations related to the Six-Party Talks. Department thanks posts for assistance. 2. Please arrange accomm [...] | 2008-11-28 21:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC CH JA KN RS SN KS |
08STATE126248 | FOLLOW-UP ON ATTEMPTS BY NORTH KOREA'S KOMID TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Tokyo, please see paragraph 2. 2. (S) Background and Action Request: In September 2008, we advised the GOJ that in July 2008, North Korea's primary weapons trading firm, Korea Mining Development Corporation (KOMID),was working with the Chinese comp [...] | 2008-12-01 15:10:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | BM CH ETTC JA KACT KN KSCA MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL |
08STATE16171 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST: A/S HILL TO BEIJING, [...] Department requests country clearance for EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill and his delegation, listed in SIPDIS para 3, to travel to Beijing, Seoul, and Tokyo from February 18-21 for discussions with officials in each capital in advance of Secretary Rice's upcoming visit, includi [...] | 2008-02-15 23:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA |
08STATE17302 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST: EAP/K DPRK UNIT CHIEF [...] Department requests country clearance for Office of Korean Affairs DPRK Unit Chief Yuri Kim to travel to Beijing en route to Pyongyang to support the New York Philharmonic's visit to North Korea February 25-27. Ms. Kim will then travel to Seoul for consultations. Ms. Kim will arrive Beijing [...] | 2008-02-20 22:53:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH |
08STATE17864 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR A/S HILL TO ROK [...] Department requests country clearance for EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill and Special Assistant SIPDIS Christopher Klein to travel to Seoul February 24 to attend the inauguration of ROK President-elect Lee Myung-bak. A/S Hill will also participate in related events and meetings [...] | 2008-02-21 23:40:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL KN KS |
08STATE20266 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST: EAP/K SUNG KIM, NSC [...] Department requests country clearance for Office of Korean Affairs Director Sung Kim and NSC Asia Director of Chinese Affairs Paul Haenle to travel to Beijing for consultations related to the Six-Party Talks from February 29 - March 2. 2. Department requests that Embassy Beijing arrange ac [...] | 2008-02-28 15:59:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA |
08STATE30297 | SUPPLEMENTAL GUIDANCE FOR USG PERSONNEL IN THE [...] (U) This cable provides supplemental guidance for U.S. contractors traveling to and/or assuming temporary duty (TDY) in the DPRK for the purpose of implementing denuclearization measures pursuant to Six-Party and other related agreements (''Contractors''). This guidance supplements guidance p [...] | 2008-03-24 17:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP MNUC AMGT AMED KN CH |
08STATE34278 | (S) UPDATED SCHEDULE OF FLIGHT OF PROLIFERATION [...] (S/Rel China, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan) Posts are instructed to immediately approach appropriate host government officials to alert them to a rescheduling of this flight from March 11 (Ref A) to April 11 and request that they continue to [...] | 2008-04-02 21:33:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL PARM KNNP KN XB XG ZK ZL XD XF |
08STATE35440 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST: A/S HILL TO SINGAPORE, [...] Department requests country clearance for EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill and his delegation, listed in SIPDIS para 3, to travel to Singapore and Beijing from April 7-9 for consultations related to the Six-Party Talks. Department thanks post for all assistance. 2. FOR EMBA [...] | 2008-04-04 22:15:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA |
08STATE35673 | CHINESE FIRM SUPPLYING MISSILE-RELATED MATERIALS [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: The USG has information indicating that the China-based firm Shenyang Huali Economic Trading Company recently supplied to Syria consignments of steel, as well as vibration test equipment controlled by the Missile Techn [...] | 2008-04-07 14:06:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH KN |
08STATE40151 | SHIPMENTS OF STEEL MATERIALS FROM CHINESE COMPANY [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Beijing, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background: The USG has information indicating that in February 2008, the China Dandong Zhong Lian Petrochemical Limited Company was making arrangements to send two shipments of steel materials - suitable for [...] | 2008-04-16 20:53:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL KN KNNP CN |
08STATE41405 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST: APRIL 21-25 TO SEOUL, [...] Department requests country clearance for Office of Korean Affairs Director Sung Kim and delegation members listed in para 3 to travel to Seoul en route to Pyongyang for consultations related to the Six-Party Talks from April 21-25. Travelers will arrive Seoul April 21, travel to Pyongyang ov [...] | 2008-04-18 23:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA |
08STATE43685 | YEMENI DELEGATION MARCH 2008 VISIT TO MEET WITH [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Sanaa, please see paragraph four. 2. (S) Background: The USG has information that in early March 2008, a Yemeni delegation was planning to travel to North Korea to meet with representatives from the Korea Mining Development Corporation (KOMID) - N [...] | 2008-04-24 20:05:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL KN YM |
08STATE43804 | (S) UPDATED SCHEDULE OF FLIGHT OF POSSIBLE [...] (S/Rel Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan) Posts are instructed to immediately approach appropriate host government officials to alert them to a rescheduling of a previously discussed Air Koryo flight from April 11 (Ref A) to April 28 and request that they [...] | 2008-04-24 23:53:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | KNNP PREL PARM KN SY |
08STATE44906 | SHIPMENT OF NORTH KOREAN PARTS WITH MISSILE [...] (S) ACTION REQUEST: Post is requested to approach Chinese officials at an appropriate level regarding a cargo of North Korean electronic relays possibly trans-shipping through Chinese ports en route to Syria. Post may draw from objectives, background, and non-paper below as appropriate. - [...] | 2008-04-29 00:56:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC CH KN SY |
08STATE55838 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST: A/S HILL TO BEIJING, [...] Department requests country clearance for EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill and his delegation, listed in para 3, to travel to Beijing and Moscow from May 27-31 for consultations related to the Six-Party Talks. 2. Please arrange accommodations in Beijing and Moscow with beginning [...] | 2008-05-23 21:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC CN JA KN RS |
08STATE56959 | AUTHORIZATION FOR NORTH KOREAN REFUGEE REFERRAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-28 17:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CB KN KS PHUM PREF PREL |
08STATE60290 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST: SIX-PARTY ECONOMY AND [...] Department requests country clearance for the following U.S. government officials participating in the Six-Party Talks Economy and Energy Working Group meeting in Seoul and Panmunjom June 10 and 11 respectively. Traveler information is listed in para 2. Please designate a control officer and a [...] | 2008-06-04 23:33:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG OTRA AMGT KNNP MNUC PREL KN KS CH JA RS |
08STATE65280 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST: A/S HILL AND [...] Department requests country clearance for EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill and his delegation, listed in para 3, to travel to Tokyo and Beijing from June 19-27 for consultations related to the Six-Party Talks. 2. Please arrange accommodations in Tokyo and Beijing with beginning [...] | 2008-06-17 23:53:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC CN JA KN RS |
08STATE69020 | ANOUNCEMENT OF ACTIONS ON SIX-PARTY TALKS SECOND [...] OBJECTIVE: The following background points should be used in responding to host government or press inquiries regarding actions taking place June 26, 2008, related to the Six-Party Talks "Second-Phase Actions for the Implementation of the Joint Statement." Posts are encouraged at their discre [...] | 2008-06-26 20:53:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KN KNNP |
08STATE69934 | PRESS STATEMENT ON STEPS TO END DPRK NUCLEAR [...] ACTION REQUEST - USUN is instructed to support and vote for in the Council meeting of Monday, June 30 the text in para 2 below of a UNSC press statement on latest steps towards securing denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. End of action request. 2. Begin text of press statement: T [...] | 2008-06-30 14:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP MNUC USNC KN |
08STATE69979 | NORTH KOREAN FIRM,S EFFORTS TO PROCURE [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Tokyo, please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Background/Objectives: We have information that as of April 2008, a North Korean weapons trading firm was working to procure a variety of electronics from Japan's Secolo Corporation for an end-user in Syria. Th [...] | 2008-06-30 15:29:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | MTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA SY KN |
08STATE70827 | UNSC 1718 INFORMAL MEETING, JULY 2, 2008 [...] Mission should draw upon the statement below in July 2 UNSC informal consultations on UNSCR 1718 on nonproliferation in North Korea. 2. The Security Council meets today to discuss events concerning the DPRK and the implementation of UNSCR 1718 concerning nuclear nonproliferation. I am ve [...] | 2008-07-02 00:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC KN |
08STATE73774 | (S) M/V ANTARES I: SUCCESSFUL COMPLIANT BOARDING [...] (S) Posts are requested to approach appropriate-level host nation officials to express our appreciation for a recent successfully concluded compliant boarding of the M/V ANTARES I. Posts may draw from objectives, background, and talking points/non-paper below, as appropriate. The vessel is Li [...] | 2008-07-09 21:23:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | GM KN LI MNUC PARM PREL SY |
08STATE7837 | GUIDANCE FOR USG PERSONNEL IN THE DPRK [...] (U) This cable provides guidance for all U.S. personnel traveling to and/or assuming temporary duty (TDY) in the DPRK for the purpose of implementing denuclearization measures pursuant to Six-Party and other related agreements ("USG personnel"). The Department appreciates the excellent, vital [...] | 2008-01-25 14:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP MNUC AMGT KN |
08STATE82164 | FOLLOWING UP WITH TAIWAN ON TRANS MERITS (S) [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-30 20:02:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | KN MTCRE PARM PREL TW |
08STATE84151 | (S) AIR KORYO FLIGHT OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-05 23:19:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL MNUC BG BM IN IR KN PK |
08STATE8769 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST: EAP/K SUNG KIM AND NSC [...] Department requests country clearance for Office of Korean Affairs Director Sung Kim and NSC Asia Director of Chinese Affairs Paul Haenle to travel to Seoul and Beijing en route to Pyongyang for consultations related to the Six-Party Talks from January 29 - February 3. Travelers will arrive Se [...] | 2008-01-29 00:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH |
08STATE99667 | M/V ANTARES I: RESULTS OF COMPLIANT BOARDING [...] (S//REL Germany) On 13 June 2008, a boarding team from the USS Bulkeley boarded and searched the M/V ANTARES I, a Liberian-flagged, German-owned cargo vessel, on 13 June in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The boarding was conducted in accordance with our bilateral Proliferation Security Initi [...] | 2008-09-17 21:29:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM PREL GM LI KN SY |
08TAIPEI1579 | TAIWAN CAUTIOUS ON DPRK HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: During recent meetings with a visiting U.S. envoy, Taiwan government and NGO officials displayed little understanding or concern about human rights issues in North Korea. While willing, in principle, to expand cooperation with the United States, local thinktank Taiwan Foundation [...] | 2008-11-07 08:50:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | CH KN KS PGOV PHUM PREL |
08TASHKENT496 | (S) UZBEKISTAN - DEMARCHE ON FLIGHT OF [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the updated information concerning the North Korean flight of proliferation concern to MFA Americas Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev on April 25. Fayzullaev said that the information would be relayed to other GOU agencies, and asked whether the Government of [...] | 2008-04-28 07:31:00 | Embassy Tashkent | SECRET | KNNP PREL PARM KZ KN SY IR UZ |
08TELAVIV1693 | U/S ROOD DIALOGUE WITH ISRAEL: NON-PROLIFERATION [...] (U) On July 16, Acting Under Secretary John Rood held a Strategic Affairs Dialogue with members of the GOI, including MFA, Israeli Defense Intelligence (IDI),and the Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC). This is the last of three cables covering the dialogue, focusing on non-proliferation and ar [...] | 2008-08-04 12:22:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP ROOD JOHN PREL PTER KNNP MNUC MCAP KN |
08TOKYO1003 | JAPAN EXTENDS DPRK SANCTIONS BY SIX MONTHS [...] (C) The Japanese Government announced April 11 that it had decided to extend economic sanctions against the DPRK for an additional six months. In making the announcement, Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura said that "We can end part or all of the measures against the DPRK at any time i [...] | 2008-04-11 06:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KN JA |
08TOKYO1029 | ROK FM YU TOKYO VISIT CONFIRMS SHUTTLE DIPLOMACY, [...] (C) Summary. Japan and South Korea confirmed plans to resume "Shuttle Diplomacy" and pledged to make a "New Era" in Tokyo-Seoul relations a reality during ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan's April 3-6 visit to Tokyo. During detailed discussions on North Korea, the two sides called on the DPRK [...] | 2008-04-15 08:05:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD JA KS KN |
08TOKYO105 | ROK ENVOY VISIT POINTS TO IMPROVING JAPAN-ROK [...] (C) Summary. ROK President-elect Lee's special envoy Lee Sang-deuk's January 15-18 visit to Tokyo should contribute to creation of "better bilateral relations" between the two countries, contacts tell Embassy Tokyo. Lee's message will likely contain "meaningful differences" from that of outgoi [...] | 2008-01-11 09:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA KN |
08TOKYO1150 | LEE MYUNG-BAK VISIT A "GREAT SUCCESS" [...] (C) Foreign Ministry and ROK Embassy contacts hailed South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's April 20-21 Tokyo visit as a "great success," as both leaders sought to expand Japan-Korea relations into a "mature partnership" aimed at addressing international issues, and to open a "New Era" in Tokyo [...] | 2008-04-25 06:18:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD JA KS KN |
08TOKYO1238 | SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 08-11 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-08 05:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | ECON EFIN JA IZ KN KGHG PGOV PREL |
08TOKYO1272 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S DINNER WITH JAPANESE DIET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Six Party Talks, the abductees problem, China, Afghanistan, and Iraq were the focus of discussions over dinner between Deputy Secretary Negroponte and a cross section of Japanese Diet members May 9 in Tokyo. Diet members underscored the political importance of addressing the ab [...] | 2008-05-10 07:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA KN CH AF IZ MOPPS |
08TOKYO1527 | PARLIAMENTARY GROUP STRONGLY DISCOURAGES DE-LISTING [...] (C) Independent lawmaker Takeo Hiranuma, Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Diet member Keiji Furuya and the Democratic Party of Japan's (DPJ) Hiroshi Nakai told the Ambassador June 3 that the &unprincipled8 de-listing of North Korea before the abductee issue is resolved might adversely affect U.S [...] | 2008-06-04 08:45:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR JA KN |
08TOKYO1548 | JAPAN-DPRK: "INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS" TO TAKE PLACE [...] (S) Summary: MOFA Asia DG Saiki will meet Ambassador Song Il-ho in Beijing on June 7 for an "informal exchange of views" that will focus on abductions and other issues, Chief Cabinet Secretary Machimura and Foreign Minister Koumura announced June 6. Previewing these announcements earlier in t [...] | 2008-06-06 07:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL JA KN |
08TOKYO1571 | JAPAN-DPRK: TALKS TO TAKE PLACE JUNE 11-12 [...] (C) Summary: Japan and the DPRK held informal discussions June 7 and will meet formally in Beijing June 11-12 to discuss abductions and other outstanding bilateral issues. MOFA Asia DG Saiki and DPRK Ambassador Song Il-ho agreed on the importance of both sides' achieving results, MOFA told Emb [...] | 2008-06-09 09:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JA KN |
08TOKYO1605 | JAPAN-ROK STRATEGIC DIALOGUE FOCUSES ON ROADMAP [...] (C) Summary. Tokyo and Seoul called for Six-Party Talks (6PT) participants to develop a roadmap for DPRK denuclearization during the June 5 Japan-ROK Strategic Dialogue discussions in Tokyo. Both sides agreed on the difficulty of persuading the DPRK to submit a complete declaration. The ROK [...] | 2008-06-12 06:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL ETRD JA KN KS |
08TOKYO1606 | JAPAN-RUSSIA DISCUSS POSSIBLE PUTIN VISIT TO TOKYO [...] (C) Summary. Japan and Russia discussed, but did not set dates for, a possible Tokyo visit by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during a June 3 Deputy Foreign Ministers' meeting in Tokyo. During discussions designed to set a positive tone for the July 7-9 G-8 meeting at Hokkaido's Lake Toya, the [...] | 2008-06-12 06:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD JA RS XH KN |
08TOKYO164 | JAPAN-ROK STRATEGIC DIALOGUE: TOKYO OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Summary. During the recent Japan-ROK Strategic Dialogue, former VFM Shotaro Yachi told his South Korean counterpart that PM Yasuo Fukuda places great importance on balancing the strength of the United States-Japan alliance with Japan,s Asian diplomacy, MOFA contacts told Embassy Tokyo on J [...] | 2008-01-22 09:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA KN |
08TOKYO165 | JAPAN, ROK SPECIAL ENVOYS PUSH FOR CLOSER TIES [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Fukuda,s special envoy (and former Prime Minister) Yoshiro Mori expressed Tokyo's desire for a "new-age" bilateral relationship and invited President-elect Lee to visit Japan, during a January 10-11 visit to Seoul. A Deputy Foreign Minister who accompanied Mori sai [...] | 2008-01-22 09:56:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA KN |
08TOKYO1668 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the June 19-20, 2008, visit to Japan by Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill, EAP Special Assistant Chrisotpher Klein, EAP/K Director Sung Kim, and NSC Director for Chinese Affairs Paul Haenle. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will [...] | 2008-06-18 01:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA |
08TOKYO1729 | D/SENK DISCUSSES BROADCASTING INTO THE DPRK [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings June 19, Deputy Special Envoy for North Korea Christian Whiton urged Diet, Prime Minister's Office and MOFA interlocutors to expand U.S.-Japan cooperation in broadcasting medium-wave from Japan to the DPRK or helping to financially support independent groups [...] | 2008-06-24 04:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KN JA |
08TOKYO1737 | PM FUKUDA TO PUBLIC: NO GAP WITH U.S. ON DELISTING [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda stressed to the press June 24 that he is in full agreement with the United States on the importance of resolving the North Korea nuclear issue. If removing North Korea from the state sponsors of terror list leads to nuclear progress, then "it should be [...] | 2008-06-25 02:40:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KN JA |
08TOKYO1741 | ABDUCTEES' FAMILIES SEEK CONTINUED ATTENTION TO [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the abductees' families passed a letter to Embassy Tokyo June 25 urging the G8 to take up the cause of abductions during the upcoming Foreign Ministerial and Summit meetings. The representatives also expressed "shock" and "disappointment" about the possible U. [...] | 2008-06-25 06:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KN JA |
08TOKYO1755 | ABE, YAMASAKI SPAR OVER DPRK POLICY [...] (C) Summary: The war of words between rival Diet groups on both sides of the DPRK issue is heating up again. Former LDP Vice President Taku Yamasaki is pitted against former Prime Minister Abe; both are joined by several dozen like-minded Diet members. Days after the June 13 announcement that [...] | 2008-06-26 04:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KN JA |
08TOKYO1778 | FUKUDA ATTEMPTS DAMAGE CONTROL AS PRESS CRITICIZE [...] (C) Summary: Public statements from senior Japanese officials to the decision to delist the DPRK as a state sponsor of terrorism have been largely positive, tempering negative media editorial opinion. Prime Minister Fukuda and other senior officials have assured the public that Japan and the [...] | 2008-06-27 08:36:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV JA KN |
08TOKYO1985 | TOKYO DECISION TO INCLUDE TAKESHIMA IN TEXTBOOKS [...] (C) Summary. ROK Embassy diplomats describe Japan's decision to mention the Liancourt Rocks in educational documents as "explosive." Officials in Seoul felt "betrayed" by the move, especially after ROK President Lee Myung-bak directly appealed to Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda to "hold back" on [...] | 2008-07-17 06:41:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA KN |
08TOKYO2186 | REES-CAMPONOVO JAPAN MEETINGS ON APDP AND HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Strengthening and expanding the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) initiative will help achieve the shared goals of the United States and Japan of promoting universal values, human rights, and democracy in Asia, Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees and DRL Senior Advisor Christoph [...] | 2008-08-08 08:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MG IR KN BM JA |
08TOKYO2227 | JAPAN-DPRK REACH AGREEMENT ON ABDUCTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Japanese and North Korean negotiators have agreed to the basic outlines of a plan to move forward on resolution of the abduction issue and possible normalization of diplomatic ties. The agreement spells out the DPRK's commitment to conduct a full investigation into the fate of J [...] | 2008-08-13 09:08:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV JA KN |
08TOKYO2281 | RIGHT-WING VISIT TO DPRK CITED AS SIGN OF WARMING [...] (C) Summary: Just prior to Japan's talks with the DPRK in June, North Korea granted permission for representatives of a Japanese right-wing group to make an unusual - perhaps unprecedented - visit to the DPRK for discussions on collecting and repatriating the remains of Japanese veterans from [...] | 2008-08-19 05:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV JA KN |
08TOKYO232 | JAPAN PM FUKUDA SHIFTING "SLIGHTLY" ON ABDUCTION [...] (C) Summary. The newly-established LDP Subcommittee on Korean Peninsula Issues, created by senior LDP members Taku Yamasaki at the behest of Prime Minister Fukuda, reflects the PM,s "slight" shift to a dialogue-oriented approach to resolving the nuclear, missile, and abduction issues, Diet co [...] | 2008-01-29 08:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA KN |
08TOKYO2533 | BROADCASTING TO NORTH KOREA FOLLOW-UP [...] (C) Post delivered reftel BBG paper on September 16 to MOFA Northeast Asia Director Shigeo Yamada. Acknowledging that the paper included new technical and other information, Yamada pledged to pass it on to the appropriate authorities and respond as soon as possible. On the subject of a possi [...] | 2008-09-16 09:10:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | BBG PHUM PGOV KN JA |
08TOKYO2534 | ABDUCTIONS: MOFA NOT COUNTING ON A DPRK RESPONSE [...] (C) Soon after Prime Minister Fukuda's sudden resignation announcement on September 1, the DPRK informed the Japanese that it will delay standing up its abductions reinvestigation committee until after it "can confirm the policy of the new Japanese administration," Foreign Minister Koumura anno [...] | 2008-09-16 09:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KN JA |
08TOKYO27 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the December 7, 2007, visit to Japan by EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill, EAP/K Director Sung Kim, NSC China Director Paul Haenle, and EAP Special Assistant Chrisotpher Klein. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Politic [...] | 2008-01-07 00:06:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT JA KN KNNP MNUC OTRA PREL CH |
08TOKYO2714 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 4, 2008, visit to Japan by Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill, Special Assistant Yuri Kim, Director EAP/K Sung Y. Kim, NSC Director of Chinese Affairs Paul Haenle, and ISN DAS C.S. Eliot Kang. 2. (U) Control Officer for t [...] | 2008-09-30 02:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA AMGT KNNP PREL MNUC KN CH JA |
08TOKYO2808 | ABDUCTEES' FAMILIES DISCUSS CURRENT POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of abductee family groups described their high expectations for how Prime Minister Aso will address the abduction issue and contrasted PM Aso's likely approach with that of former PM Fukuda, during a meeting with Embassy Tokyo October 3. In addition, they welcomed [...] | 2008-10-08 06:59:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KN JA |
08TOKYO283 | DPRK-AFFILIATED CHOSEN SOREN FACING "CRISIS" IN [...] (C) Summary. The DPRK-backed Chosen Soren faces a "crisis," with its income-generating network of financial institutions and schools showing cracks, contacts tell Embassy Tokyo. CS membership continues to decline and rank-and-file members provide less support for Pyongyang-backed political c [...] | 2008-02-04 09:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA KN |
08TOKYO2882 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ABDUCTEES' FAMILIES [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met October 16 with two prominent representatives of the abductees' family association -- Chairman Shigeo Iizuka and Shigeru Yokota (the father of Megumi Yokota, the best known abductee) -- to discuss the recent delisting of the DPRK as a state sponsor of terror. [...] | 2008-10-16 09:01:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KN JA |
08TOKYO2883 | DPRK: PM'S ABDUCTIONS ADVISOR TAKES HEART FROM [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with Embassy Tokyo October 14, Prime Minister Aso's Special Advisor on the Abductions Issue Kyoko Nakayama expressed relief that, although the United States lifted the DPRK's terror designation, ongoing sanctions will continue to require the United States to vote against IM [...] | 2008-10-16 09:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KN JA |
08TOKYO2980 | INR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FORT CONSULTS WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a visit to Tokyo October 7, INR Assistant Secretary Randall Fort consulted with counterparts from MOFA's Intelligence and Analysis Service, the Prime Minister's Cabinet and Intelligence Research Office (CIRO),the Ministry of Justice's Public Security Information Agency (PS [...] | 2008-10-24 08:37:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PINR PREL CH KN GG PK RS JA |
08TOKYO305 | JAPAN-DPRK: DIET STEPS UP INVOLVEMENT [...] (C) LDP faction leader and long-time North Korea watcher Taku Yamasaki believes that North Korean denuclearization must be achieved this year through the Six Party talks. Delisting the DPRK as a state sponsor of terror should also be effectively leveraged for the goal of denuclearization. Yama [...] | 2008-02-05 08:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KN JA |
08TOKYO3100 | JAPAN ON RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN, BURMA, AND THE DPRK [...] (C) Japan sees "eye to eye" with the United States on UNGA Third Committee resolutions on Iran, Burma, and the DPRK, and will vote with us on them, Deputy Vice Minister for Foreign Policy Koro Bessho told DCM Jim Zumwalt November 7. He assured DCM that Japan opposes "no action" motions on pri [...] | 2008-11-07 08:23:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA IR BM KN JA |
08TOKYO3115 | S/P GORDON'S TRILATERAL POLICY TALKS WITH JAPAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: North Korea was a major topic of discussion at Trilateral Policy Planning talks held in Tokyo October 28-29 by S/P Director David Gordon and his Japanese and South Korean counterparts, Deputy Vice Foreign Minister for Foreign Policy Koro Bessho, and Deputy Minister for Planning and [...] | 2008-11-10 06:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KS KN JA |
08TOKYO3135 | DPRK BROADCASTING FROM JAPAN "VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE" [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-11 07:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | BBG PGOV PHUM KN JA |
08TOKYO3205 | RUSSIA FM CRITCIZES JAPAN'S ROLE IN G8 REGARDING [...] (C) Summary. Russian FM Lavrov leveled pointed criticisms and expressed displeasure with Tokyo's policies toward Russia during a November 4-5 visit to Japan. The Russian said Moscow sees little advancement in bilateral relations ) a fact for which Tokyo is solely responsible, he charged. Lav [...] | 2008-11-19 09:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON JA RS KN |
08TOKYO3215 | DPRK: JAPANESE EXPERT RECOUNTS RODONG SINMUN [...] (S) DPRK expert Hajime Izumi recently recounted for Embassy Tokyo his late October meetings with Lee Yong, Beijing Bureau Chief for North Korea's Rodong Sinmun. During their discussions, Lee stressed that it would be unacceptable for a non-Six Party participant to provide energy assistance to [...] | 2008-11-21 05:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR KN JA |
08TOKYO3257 | AMBASSADOR AND FM NAKASONE DISCUSS DPRK, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-28 08:15:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EAID JA AF AS KS KN |
08TOKYO3333 | ASO AND MEDVEDEV DISCUSS NORTHERN TERRITORIES [...] (C) Summary. Japan PM Aso expressed concern with the pace of working-level discussions on the Northern Territories during talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on the margins of the November 22-23 APEC Summit in Lima, Peru. Medvedev said a solution would require strong political will by [...] | 2008-12-08 08:07:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JA RS KN |
08TOKYO3416 | JAPAN-CHINA-KOREA TRILATERAL SUMMIT FOCUSES ON [...] (U) Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso hosted Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak at a one-day summit in Dazaifu, Fukuoka on December 13. The three leaders issued joint statements that focused on "future-oriented comprehensive cooperation" in economic, political, [...] | 2008-12-16 07:47:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PARM CH KS KN JA |
08TOKYO475 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is very much looking forward to the Secretary's visit to Asia the week of February 25 and is SIPDIS anticipating fruitful discussions on strengthening the U.S.-Japan alliance, MOFA Director General for North American Affairs Nishimiya told EAP Assistant Secretary Christop [...] | 2008-02-22 09:09:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EAID XA XE CH AS KS KN IN JA |
08TOKYO516 | JAPAN MULTI-PARTY DIET DELEGATION FINDS IMPROVED [...] (C) Summary. A Japanese multi-party Diet delegation that visited the ROK on February 11 discovered that Tokyo-Seoul relations continue to improve and that ROK President Lee Myung-bak appears ready to develop bilateral ties in a "future-oriented manner," a leading Diet official told Embassy To [...] | 2008-02-27 05:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA KN |
08TOKYO547 | PM FUKUDA AND PRESIDENT LEE MARK "NEW ERA" IN [...] (C) Summary. Japan Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and ROK President Lee Myung-bak marked a "new era" in bilateral relations and agreed to resume "Shuttle Diplomacy" during a February 25 summit in Seoul. The two sides tentatively agreed that Lee would visit Tokyo April 20-21. The two leaders of [...] | 2008-02-29 09:39:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA KN |
08TOKYO839 | LEGISLATORS EXPRESS HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR 6PT, LEE [...] (C) Summary. LDP elder statesmen Taku Yamasaki and Koichi Kato discussed DPRK policy with A/S Hill during a roundtable at the Tokyo American Center on February 21. In addition to Yamasaki and Kato, the meeting included other leaders of a Diet league on Korean Peninsula issues. The discussion [...] | 2008-03-27 02:53:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KN JA |
08TOKYO98 | JAPAN NEW ABDUCTEE NGO CHAIRMAN HOPES FOR SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary. The newly-appointed chair of Japan's leading abduction NGO expressed appreciation for the letter sent by President Bush to DPRK leader Kim Jong-il in December, which NGO members believe would "raise the hurdle for the DPRK on the nuclear and abduction issues." He expressed hope tha [...] | 2008-01-11 07:25:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV JA KN |
08ULAANBAATAR202 | JAPANESE EMBOFFS EXCHANGE VIEWS ON RECENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese DCM Kobayashi met with the Charge on May 1 for an exchange of views across the full array of Mongolian domestic and bilateral issues. On Mongolia,s June 29 Parliamentary elections, Japan believes that the post-election Parliament will look a lot like it does at present. [...] | 2008-05-01 09:14:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG KCOR ECON MG JP KN KS |
08ULAANBAATAR44 | MONGOLIA OFFERS TO HOST 6-PARTY PEACE AND SECURITY [...] (U) This is an action cable. See action requested in para 3. 2. (C) Mongolian Foreign Ministry Advisor to the Foreign Minister Ambassador B. Doljintseren invited the DCM in January 23 to note that Mongolia wants to be helpful in the peace process in Northeast Asia and that last year Mong [...] | 2008-01-24 09:14:00 | Embassy Ulaanbaatar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNUC MARR KS KN MG |
08UNVIEVIENNA215 | IAEA: HAYWARD DELEGATION TOUR D,HORIZON WITH SENIOR AGENCY OFFICIALS Classified By: Ambassador Gregory L. Schulte for reasons 1.4 b,d and h Summary -------- [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-16 10:30:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM AORC IAEA KNPP IR KN |
08UNVIEVIENNA284 | IAEA: U/S ROOD TOUR D,HORIZON WITH DG ELBARADEI [...] (C) In a series of meetings with IAEA Director General ElBaradei and Secretariat officials May 6, Acting U/S for Arms Control and International Security John Rood discussed priority issues on the U.S. agenda: nuclear safeguards in the DPRK and India; reliable access to nuclear fuel (RANF) and [...] | 2008-05-19 08:23:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC PARM ENRG TRGY KNPP KN |
08UNVIEVIENNA373 | IAEA: U/S BURNS DISCUSSIONS WITH DG ELBARADEI [...] (S) Summary: IAEA DG ElBaradei told U/S Burns June 23 that he would encourage Iran to take advantage of the P5 1 offer. ElBaradei focused almost exclusively on the freeze element of the P5 1 way forward paper, in the hope that it would help re-start negotiations. U/S Burns cautioned that th [...] | 2008-07-03 13:23:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC PARM MNUC TGRY KNPP KN SY IR |
08UNVIEVIENNA395 | IAEA: DG CONCERNED ABOUT INDIA AGREEMENT; SEEKS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Responding to ref A demarche, IAEA DG ElBaradei assured Ambassador Schulte on July 14 that he will continue to support the India safeguards agreement and hoped for consensus at the August 1 Board of Governors but indicated Pakistan could be problematic. He urged the U.S. to high [...] | 2008-07-14 15:43:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC PARM MNUC TGRY KNPP KN SY IR IN |
08UNVIEVIENNA411 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO VIENNA FOR A/S HILL AND [...] (S) The forthcoming visits by A/S Hill on July 25 and Acting ISN A/S McNerney on July 27 provide an opportunity to lay to rest concerns expressed by Director General ElBaradei and the Secretariat on the IAEA's role in the upcoming verification work in the DPRK (ref A). The IAEA has a consi [...] | 2008-07-22 12:13:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | AORC IAEA KN KNNP |
08UNVIEVIENNA565 | IAEA/GC: GENERAL DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-21 14:44:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY IR KN SY LY IN |
08UNVIEVIENNA583 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES ELBARADEI ON EARLY REPORT ON [...] (S) In an October 31 meeting with IAEA Director General Mohammed ElBaradei, Ambassador Schulte reiterated the U.S. request for a written report to the IAEA Board of Governors, under a Syria-specific verification agenda item, detailing the Agency's ongoing investigation into Syrian clandestine [...] | 2008-11-03 06:52:00 | UNVIE | SECRET | KNNP IAEA AORC IR SY KN |
08UNVIEVIENNA612 | IAEA/SYRIA: MULTIPLE SMOKING GUNS IN DG REPORT ON [...] (SBU) The Director General's report on the Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement in the Syrian Arab Republic (GOV/2008/60),released on November 19, provides a compelling case for continued investigations into the existence of an undeclared reactor at Al Kibar (referred to in the re [...] | 2008-11-19 17:58:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP |
08UNVIEVIENNA639 | IAEA: NOVEMBER 2008 BOARD WRAP-UP [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-04 14:07:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY IR KN SY |
08USUNNEWYORK1018 | 63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY FOUR AND [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its thematic debate on other weapons of mass destruction on October 17. The Chair of the Panel of Governmental Experts on the issue of missiles in all its aspects and the Chair of the 2008 Meeting of States P [...] | 2008-11-05 13:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK1138 | UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: On November 21, the UN General Assembly Third Committee passed by vote draft resolutions on the human rights situations in Iran, Burma, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Delegations opposing the draft resolutions argued that the Human Rights Council, rather than the Gen [...] | 2008-12-05 14:49:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL AORC UNGA IR BM KN |
08USUNNEWYORK902 | KOREAN VIEWS ON 63RD UNGA PRIORITY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Khalilzad and Korean Permanent Representative Ambassador Park In-kook led first-time bilateral consultations between the U.S. and Korean missions on October 1. The consultations, which focused on priority issues in the 63rd UNGA, are a part of a Mission initiative to [...] | 2008-10-03 16:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNGA ECON BM KN |
08USUNNEWYORK965 | 63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY ONE AND TWO [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on International Security and Nuclear Disarmament conducted its general debate from October 6 to October 14. This summary comprises statements from Days 1 and 2 (October 6 and 7) of the debate. The following spoke on Day 1: Sergio Duarte, High Representativ [...] | 2008-10-22 22:04:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA CD |
08USUNNEWYORK994 | 63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC):DAY FIVE, SIX AND [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its general debate from October 6 to October 14. This summary comprises statements from Days 5, 6 and 7 (October 10, 13 and 14) of the debate. The following states spoke on Day 5: Belarus, Philippines, Israel [...] | 2008-10-31 21:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK996 | 63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY ONE, TWO AND [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its thematic debate on nuclear weapons from October 14 to 16. This summary comprises statements from all three days (October 14, 15 and 16) of the debate. On Day 1, representatives from the following states [...] | 2008-10-31 21:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | CD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA |
08VLADIVOSTOK109 | SOUTH KOREA TO IMPORT RUSSIAN GAS THROUGH NORTH KOREA [...] Gazprom and Korean Gas Corporation signed a letter of understanding outlining a thirty-year, USD 90 billion deal to bring Russian natural gas to the Republic of Korea via a pipeline through North Korea. Construction of the pipeline is scheduled to begin in 2011 for completion in 2015. North [...] | 2008-10-08 06:56:00 | Consulate Vladivostok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EPET KS KN RS |
08WARSAW1104 | POLAND/DPRK - GROWING INTEREST IN PROMOTING HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Polish Government is very interested in the humanitarian and human rights situation in North Korea (DPRK). MFA officials told Deputy Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea Christian Whiton that they are exploring ways to take effective action. The Poles expressed inte [...] | 2008-09-23 05:51:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PHUM PREL KN PL |
09ABIDJAN410 | IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 AND INFORMATION ON [...] DCM delivered demarches in reftels and nonpaper in reftel B to Ambassador Idrissa Bayo, Director of the Americas division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Bayo thanked DCM for the demarche and pledged the Government of Cote d'Ivoire's support in implementing UNSCR 1874. Ambassador B [...] | 2009-07-06 12:24:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP ECON EFIN MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL KN IV |
09ABUDHABI547 | UAE: NORTH KOREA POINTS DELIVERED [...] (S) Pol Chief discussed reftel points on North Korea with Acting Director of MFA's Office of International Organizations Mohammed al-Absi on May 31, stressing the dangers of dealing with designated North Korean entities intent on pursuing programs contrary to the goals of UNSCR 1718. Al-Absi [...] | 2009-06-02 11:44:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL EFIN ETTC KNNP PARM KN AE |
09ABUJA640 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NORTH KOREAN TD-2 [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on U.S. response to the North Korean launch of a TD-2 missile to Maria Laose, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs First U.N. Division on April 17. Any substantive comments will be reported septel. SANDERS [...] | 2009-04-17 10:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP KN NI |
09ACCRA477 | UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK ENTITIES [...] (C) Per reftel, PolOff delivered the demarche to Dr. Kojo Assan, Director, International Organizations and Multilateral Bureau at the Ghana MFA. Assan said that to his knowledge no financial institutions related to the DPRK have a presence in Ghana. Poloff identified the three new DPRK entities [...] | 2009-05-21 16:24:00 | Embassy Accra | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC GH KN KNNP PARM PREL XE ZO |
09ADDISABABA1553 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 ON [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Minelik Alemu, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Director General for International Law and Consular Affairs, on July 1. Minelik was aware of the provisions of UNSCR 1874, and stated that the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) was prepared to comply with t [...] | 2009-07-02 12:36:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ECON EFIN PARM PREL KN ET |
09AITTAIPEI584 | UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK ENTITIES [...] (S) Post delivered non-paper per reftel. Taiwan,s Financial Supervisory Commission has promised to implement the provisions of the U.N. resolution according to Taiwan law and regulation and will report any findings or actions taken. YOUNG [...] | 2009-05-15 08:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN ETTC KN KNNP PARM PREL XE ZO |
09AITTAIPEI736 | TERRORISM FINANCE: UN DESIGNATION OF ABDUL HAQ, AKA [...] Per Ref A and B, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched and found the following two foreign exchange (FX) transactions with one entity whose names coincided with one of the three Democratic People's Republic of KOREA (DPRK) entities subject to the Presidential Statement (PRST) issued [...] | 2009-06-19 09:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KN KNNP PARM PREL ECON XE ZO TW |
09AITTAIPEI749 | TERRORISM FINANCE: UN DESIGNATION OF ABDUL HAQ, AKA [...] Per Ref A and B, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched and found the following two foreign exchange (FX) transactions with one entity whose names coincided with one of the three Democratic People's Republic of KOREA (DPRK) entities subject to the Presidential Statement (PRST) issued [...] | 2009-06-22 09:42:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KN KNNP PARM PREL ECON XE ZO TW |
09AITTAIPEI786 | DELIVERY OF UNSCR 1874 DEMARCHES [...] (C) Pol Chief delivered the points in ref A to MOFA North American Affairs Division Director General Harry Tseng on June 25. Tseng noted that, although Taiwan is not a UN member or party to key non-proliferation regimes, it makes every effort to comply with relevant resolutions and standards. [...] | 2009-06-30 01:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN TW |
09AMMAN1337 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN JORDAN ON UNSC 1718 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-14 11:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PREL PARM KNNP KN JO |
09ANKARA510 | TURKEY SUPPORTS CONDEMNATION IN UNSC OF NORTH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-06 05:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | UNSC PREL KNNP KN TU |
09ANKARA742 | TURKEY CONDEMNS DPRK NUCLEAR TEST [...] MFA issued a statement on May 25 condemning North Korea's announcement of a nuclear test and urging the DPRK to comply with its obligations. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF PRESS STATEMENT (UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION): We condemn the nuclear test announced by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on 25 Ma [...] | 2009-05-26 07:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MNUC KN TU |
09ASHGABAT442 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON RESPONSE TO NORTH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-08 12:52:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PREL PARM KNNP KN TX |
09ASHGABAT805 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1874 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-26 12:38:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN TX |
09ASTANA982 | KAZAKHSTAN: CHINESE AMBASSADOR COMMENTS ON KEY FOREIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 5, Chinese Ambassador Cheng Guoping hosted the Ambassador for dinner at the restaurant on the 23rd floor of a striking new hotel built in Astana and owned by the Chinese National Petroleum Company. During a fascinating, wide-ranging, three-hour tour d'horizon, the Chinese Amb [...] | 2009-06-08 10:08:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EPET AF GG RS IR KN ZK KZ |
09ASUNCION651 | PARAGUAY: THIRD COMMITTEE VOTES WILL ALIGN WITH USG POSITION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 19:32:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA PA IR BM KN |
09ATHENS1637 | GREEK RESPONSE: PROPOSED NORTH KOREAN ENTITIES AND [...] (SBU) On November 12, PolOffs delivered reftel points to Paulina Chotzoglou of the MFA's A10 Directorate, North Korea desk. Poloffs underscored the importance of sharing information and designating entities and individuals associated with DPRK proliferation efforts and expressed hope that the [...] | 2009-11-17 13:45:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PARM KN ETTC EUN UNSC GR KNNP |
09ATHENS1675 | Greek Response to DPRK Universal Periodic Review Demarche [...] (SBU) On December 4, Poloff discussed ref points on U.S. views on the DPRK Universal Periodic Review with Elias Photopoulos, Director of the MFA D4 Directorate of Human Rights. Photopoulos said Greece fully agreed with U.S. views and that he had instructed the Greek mission to the UN to ask s [...] | 2009-12-04 13:24:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL UN GR KN |
09ATHENS509 | GREECE -- RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG 2 LAUNCH [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel points and presidential statement to LouQsokos, Second Counselor in the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),D1 Directorate, on April 6, on the issue of the North Korean Taepo-Dong 2 Launch. Tsokos expressed thanks for the information but made no substantive res [...] | 2009-04-07 07:43:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL PARM KNNP KN GR |
09ATHENS515 | GREECE - RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG 2 LAUNCH [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel points and presidential statement to Loukas Tsokos, Second Counselor in the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),D1 Directorate, on April 6, on the issue of the North Korean Taepo-Dong 2 Launch. Tsokos expressed thanks for the information but made no substantive [...] | 2009-04-07 12:06:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL PARM KNNP KN GR |
09ATHENS935 | UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK ENTITIES SUBJECT TO [...] (S) On May 21, EconOff delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance; Ioannis Papadakis, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG); and Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos, Director of Monetary Policy of Banks of the Bank of Greece. EconOff fol [...] | 2009-06-02 10:33:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM XE ZO KN GR |
09BANGKOK1290 | THAI MFA ISSUES STATEMENT ON DPRK NUCLEAR TEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) issued a statement May 26 condemning the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) May 25 nuclear test and expressing support for continued Six-Party Talks. Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya attended the Asia-Europe (ASEM) m [...] | 2009-05-28 09:26:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV TH KN |
09BANGKOK1500 | THAILAND TO ENFORCE UNSCR 1874 [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador stressed to MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul the importance of Thailand fully implementing UNSCR 1874 during a June 22 meeting. The RTG would implement the resolution, and relevant Thai agencies had already met to discuss the resolution and determine legal [...] | 2009-06-23 09:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC KN TH |
09BANGKOK1545 | THAI POSITION ON DPRK CARGO SHIP KANG NAM 1 [...] (C) We raised June 29 reftel points on UNSCR 1874 with Pattarat Hongtong, Deputy Director of the MFA's Peace, Security and Disarmament Division. Pattarat said she would share the U.S. position with other agencies involved in enforcing the resolution and would work with the MFA's ASEAN and Eas [...] | 2009-06-29 10:11:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC KN TH BM |
09BANGKOK1572 | THAILAND TO ENFORCE FINANCIAL MEASURES OF UNSCR 1874 [...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel A talking points June 29 to Ms. Pattarat Hongtong, Deputy Director of the Peace, Security, and Disarmament Division; Department of International Organizations; Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Hongtong stated the Royal Thai Government (RTG) has established an inter [...] | 2009-07-02 06:46:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PARM PREL MNUC KNNP KN TH |
09BANGKOK1842 | THAILAND: FM KASIT EXPLAINS ASEAN AND ARF RESULTS, [...] (C) Summary: Thai FM Kasit invited the diplomatic corps to an ASEAN Ministerial and ASEAN Regional Forum readout session July 30. His comments covered ASEAN aspirations going forward as a "community of peoples," global challenges facing the region, and security challenges, specifically North K [...] | 2009-07-30 11:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ARF TH BM KN |
09BANGKOK2182 | AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG DELEGATION MEETINGS IN BANGKOK [...] (C) Summary. During meetings with the Thai Ministry of Foreign Relations and the Bank of Thailand, Ambassador Philip Goldberg and delegation stressed the importance of full implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1874 and 1718. Thai Foreign Ministry officials reiterated [...] | 2009-08-28 10:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC EFIN KNNP UNSC TH KN |
09BANGKOK3129 | THAILAND: THAI AUTHORITIES SEIZE PLANE WITH NORTH [...] (C) Summary: Thai Immigration and Customs Police seized a cargo plane carrying 35 tons of weapons from North Korea at a Bangkok airport late on December 11. Thai officials leaked information about the action to the Thai media late December 12, crediting the U.S. for providing information leadi [...] | 2009-12-14 08:38:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | ETTC KOMC MARR PINR PREL TH KN |
09BANGKOK3234 | THAI PUBLIC OPINION SWINGS IN FAVOR OF DPRK [...] (C) Public commentary regarding the Thai government's December 11 seizure of a cargo plane carrying 35 tons of weapons from North Korea at a Bangkok airport has turned markedly positive after some initial media coverage and statements from the political opposition that questioned the interdict [...] | 2009-12-23 07:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PREL TH KN |
09BANGKOK906 | THAILAND: STILL DRAFTING OFFICIAL RESPONSE TO [...] (C) We spoke to MFA Peace, Security and Disarmament Division Deputy Director Pattarat Hongtong April 8 to underscore reftel U.S. response to North Korea's missile launch and the President's statement, which we had shared with FM Kasit's personal aide and the Director of the North American Divi [...] | 2009-04-08 10:35:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN TH |
09BANGKOK952 | THAILAND STATEMENT CALLS NORTH KOREAN LAUNCH A [...] (U) Following Embassy engagement with the MFA April 8 (Ref B),the Royal Thai Government subsequently released a statement expressing concern regarding North Korea's missile launch. The statement expressly states that Thailand believes the launch was in contravention of UNSCR 1718. 2. (U) [...] | 2009-04-10 10:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP KN TH |
09BEIJING1012 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED CONCERNING DESIGNATION OF GOODS [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel A points concerning designation of goods and entities under UNSCR 1718 to Ambassador for Korean Peninsula Issues Yang Houlan in a pull-aside following his meeting with Senior East Asia Advisor for the Democratic staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Frank [...] | 2009-04-16 09:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | UNSC PARM KN CH KNNP |
09BEIJING1013 | APRIL 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA, HOLBROOKE VISIT, [...] Key points at the April 16 MFA press briefing: -- China has "taken note" of reports that International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors have been expelled from North Korea. -- Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke "exchanged views on issues of common interest [...] | 2009-04-16 22:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM KNNP KWBG IAEA EFIN AMED CH KS KN |
09BEIJING1026 | CHINESE STILL STUDYING U.S.-PROPOSED DESIGNATIONS [...] (S) MFA International Organizations and Conferences UN Affairs official Yang Zhiyu told PolOff on April 17 that China was "still studying" the U.S.-proposed designations of goods and entities under UNSCR 1718 conveyed to the MFA on April 15 (ref A). A response, if any, to the U.S. proposal wo [...] | 2009-04-17 08:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | UNSC PARM KN CH KNNP |
09BEIJING103 | JANUARY 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MIDDLE EAST, EU, INTERNET [...] Key points at the January 13 MFA press briefing: -- China is "gravely concerned" that UN Security Council resolution 1860 is "not being implemented" in Gaza. -- China "attaches great importance" to its relationship with the EU -- China calls on France to create conditions for the improv [...] | 2009-01-13 09:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH TW IS XG RW UG BR KN MI SF CB |
09BEIJING1094 | APRIL 23 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Yasukuni Shrine, Dalai Lama, [...] Key points at the April 23 MFA press briefing: -- A "correct and proper handling" of historic issues is the bedrock of Sino-Japanese relations, and Japan should take appropriate steps to safeguard the relationship following Prime Minister Taro Aso's sending an offering to the Yasukuni Shrine. [...] | 2009-04-23 09:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF CH JA FR KN KS |
09BEIJING1095 | CNO ADM ROUGHEAD DISCUSSES MIL-MIL TIES, PIRACY, [...] (S) In an April 18 meeting with Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Admiral Gary Roughead, Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei said China adhered to the principle of peaceful development and noted that the PLA Navy (PLAN) had been expanding to safeguard China's sovereignty and territorial integrity. AD [...] | 2009-04-23 09:57:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS PBTS PHSA CH KN |
09BEIJING1170 | APRIL 30 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK, Visas, Japan, Visits [...] Key points at the April 30 MFA press briefing: -- China hopes that all parties involved can safeguard the Six-Party Talks. China and Japan are both willing to increase communication and coordination for peace and prosperity in East Asia and the world. -- Foreign reports that China is tigh [...] | 2009-04-30 09:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MNUC CH JA FR KN KS SP MX |
09BEIJING1176 | XXXXXXXXXXXXDISCUSSES G-20, DPRK, [...] (C) Taiwan's participation as an observer at the upcoming May World Health Assembly (WHA) meetings demonstrated what could be achieved based on "one China, very broadly interpreted," XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX working lunch hosted by the Charge d'Affaires. XXXXXXXXXXXX said he would ask for approp [...] | 2009-04-30 13:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL ECON EFIN PARM PHUM KUNR CH TW KN KS |
09BEIJING1275 | MAY 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CONTINENTAL SHELF, SRI LANKA, [...] Key points at the May 12 MFA press briefing: -- China has submitted information to the UN on the outer limits of its continental shelf. -- The work of Chinese companies in building a port in Sri Lanka is "a normal business action" and reports that it is otherwise are "distortions" and "gro [...] | 2009-05-12 13:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AMED MCAP CH KN |
09BEIJING1299 | MAY 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: H1N1, DEFENSE POLICY, [...] Key points at the May 14 MFA press briefing: -- China continues to work to monitor and contain H1N1 influenza, dismissing as "irresponsible" allegations that the United States and Canada have not taken sufficient measures to contain the virus's spread. -- Regarding press reports of a USG o [...] | 2009-05-14 23:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV CH FR AS KN PK BR CA MX |
09BEIJING1353 | MAY 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S. AMBASSADOR TO CHINA, BOC [...] Key points at the May 19 MFA press briefing: -- -- China "hoped the new U.S. Ambassador to China would play a positive role in promoting friendship between the two countries." -- China "welcomed the verdict" convicting two former Bank of China employees who "committed embezzlement and then [...] | 2009-05-19 11:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH FR AS KN PK BR IN KS XG BM RS |
09BEIJING1397 | MAY 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK Nuclear Test, Tiananmen [...] Key points at the May 26 MFA press briefing: -- The Chinese government is "firmly opposed" to North Korea's nuclear test and "strongly urges" the DPRK to honor its commitments, stop moves that edge it closer to isolation, and return to the Six-Party Talks. -- Apologizing for the "political [...] | 2009-05-26 11:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH BM TT MY PK KN KS LT NP |
09BEIJING1398 | PRC/DPRK: CHINESE MFA ON UNSC RESOLUTION RE DPRK [...] (C) China wanted any UN Security Council resolution responding to the DPRK's May 25 nuclear test to be measured, be made in the interest of peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, and support the denuclearization of the Peninsula and the Six-Party Talks, MFA North American Affairs DG Zheng [...] | 2009-05-26 13:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP MOPS KN KS CH |
09BEIJING1428 | CODEL PELOSI MAY 27 MEETING WITH PRC PRESIDENT HU [...] (C) Summary: In a May 27 meeting with CODEL Pelosi, Chinese President Hu Jintao noted that China hoped that the developed world would take the lead on climate change by providing financial assistance and technical support to developing countries but admitted the developing countries had a res [...] | 2009-05-29 09:03:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PARM MNUC PBTS PTER PGOV CH KN |
09BEIJING1429 | CODEL KERRY MEETING WITH NPC VICE CHAIRMAN LU [...] (SBU) China "resolutely opposed" the latest North Korean nuclear test and wanted to work with the international community to push North Korea back to the Six Party Talks said National People's Congress Vice Chairman Lu Yongxiang in a meeting with Senator John Kerry on May 26. On climate chan [...] | 2009-05-29 09:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG CH KN KS |
09BEIJING1432 | CODEL KERRY MEETING WITH PRC NPC FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (SBU) Chinese National People's Congress (NPC) Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Li Zhaoxing and Senator John Kerry (D-MA) May 27 both noted multiple avenues for cooperation on climate change at the December 2009 UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen. Twenty-nine pieces of environment [...] | 2009-05-29 09:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG KGHG CH KN KS |
09BEIJING1434 | PRC/DPRK: CHINA RESPONDS WITH SPECIFICITY TO U.S. [...] (C) China supported adoption of a new UN Security Council Resolution that would respond appropriately to the May 25 DPRK nuclear test, MFA Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei told Charge d'Affaires May 31. The resolution would demonstrate the international community's seriousness in safeguarding th [...] | 2009-05-31 13:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP MOPS KN KS CH |
09BEIJING1468 | JUNE 2 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA RELATIONS, PSI, [...] Key points at the June 2 MFA press briefing: -- Asked about reports that China canceled official exchanges with North Korea, the spokesperson said that China and North Korea "always have normal people to people exchanges." -- Asked whether China and North Korea remained allies, Qin repeated [...] | 2009-06-02 23:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH KN KS JP BR |
09BEIJING147 | CHINA'S SEVEN-POINT ROADMAP FOR BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's January 15 farewell call, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi expressed gratitude for the President's support for strong bilateral relations and asked the Ambassador to deliver a seven-point message to Washington: -- Appreciation for President Bush's pe [...] | 2009-01-16 09:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR EFIN PK IN KN KS TW IR |
09BEIJING1495 | JUNE 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECRETARY CLINTON'S TIANANMEN [...] Key points at the June 4 MFA press briefing: -- China calls Secretary Clinton's message on the twentieth anniversary of the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen Square massacre "groundless accusations" in contravention of the U.S.-China Joint Communiqus and international norms. China believes the Secreta [...] | 2009-06-04 23:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN ETRD SENV CH KN KS JP BR IN |
09BEIJING1549 | JUNE 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK, CENSORSHIP SOFTWARE, NEW [...] Key points at the June 9 MFA press briefing: -- China hoped all parties would "proceed from the interests of denuclearization and strengthening peace and stability" on the Korean Peninsula to avoid a deterioration of the situation. -- Asked directly whether the Treaty of Friendship, Coopera [...] | 2009-06-09 23:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH KN KS BR GB RS LO |
09BEIJING1579 | JUNE 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK, CLIMATE CHANGE, GITMO [...] Key points at the June 11 MFA press briefing: -- The UN Security Council (UNSC) should adopt a "responsible and balanced resolution" to promote the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and safeguard peace and stability in the region. -- China had a "positive and responsible attitude" to [...] | 2009-06-11 09:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AF CH GJ JA KN KS SENV |
09BEIJING1626 | JUNE 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: USS JOHN MCCAIN, KIM JONG-IL [...] Key points at the June 16 MFA press briefing: -- China had "taken note" of media reports regarding a June 11th collision between a Chinese submarine and a sonar array trailed by the destroyer USS John McCain. -- The spokesperson said China was "not aware of the relevant situation" when ask [...] | 2009-06-16 09:58:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AF CH GJ JA KN KS SENV |
09BEIJING1634 | CDA AND MFA ASIAN AFFAIRS ON DPRK [...] (C) In a June 16 luncheon in honor of visiting Hong Kong CG Joe Donovan hosted by the Charge, XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX said that China liked a U.S. proposal described by Ambassador Bosworth here on June 5 to put all issues related to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula into a package for [...] | 2009-06-17 06:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV CH KN KS |
09BEIJING164 | January 20 MFA Press Briefing: Wen Jiabao Visit to Europe, [...] Key points at the January 20 MFA Press Briefing: -- Premier Wen Jiabao will visit EU headquarters, Switzerland, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom from January 27-February 2. Wen plans to attend the upcoming World Economic Forum in Davos. -- As President-elect Obama prepares to take offi [...] | 2009-01-20 10:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN CH SZ UK SP GM EU TW |
09BEIJING1663 | JUNE 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, SUB COLLISION, GREEN DAM, [...] Key points at the June 18 MFA press briefing: -- MFA Spokesman Qin Gang stated that China "respected the choice of the Iranian people" in recent elections. -- Despite controversy over the "Green Dam" internet filtering software China had a responsibility to protect Chinese youth from "bad [...] | 2009-06-18 23:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EINT CH CN KN KS TX UZ IR IN |
09BEIJING1710 | JUNE 23 MFA PRESS BREIFING: DPRK VESSEL, H1N1, IRAN [...] Key points at the June 23 MFA press briefing: -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Qin Gang stated that China was aware of relevant reports of a DPRK vessel transporting munitions but emphasized that any related inspections must abide by the provisions of UNSC 1874. -- Qin asserted [...] | 2009-06-23 11:43:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHSA AO BM CH JA IR KN KS SW TW |
09BEIJING1761 | PRC/DPRK: CHINESE SCHOLARS ON UNSCR 1874 AND [...] (C) Chinese scholars in recent conversations with PolOff said that Pyongyang's response to UNSCR 1874 had been "tepid" so far and that North Korea's domestic political situation did not appear to be tense. The DPRK had not anticipated such a strong reaction to its nuclear test from the internation [...] | 2009-06-26 07:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM KNNP MOPS EFIN KN KS CH |
09BEIJING1804 | JUNE 30 MFA PRESS BREIFING: ASEAN+3, FIVE PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points at the June 30 MFA press briefing: -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Qin Gang stated that China would continue to "play a constructive role" through the ASEAN+3 and Regional Security Forum and, given that the international security and economic situation was "changing ra [...] | 2009-06-30 23:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM MARR PHSA AO BM CH JA IR KN KS SW |
09BEIJING1838 | JULY 2 MFA PRESS BREIFING: WU DAWEI, G-8, GREEN DAM, [...] Key points at the July 2 MFA press briefing: -- Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei began his visit to Russia, the United States, Japan and South Korea on July 2, and will "exchange views with relevant parties" on the situation on the Korean Peninsula as well as issues relating to Northeast Asia. [...] | 2009-07-01 10:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PARM ECIN CH JA KN KS ZI RS IT TW |
09BEIJING1839 | WFP Scaling Back DPRK Operations [...] (SBU) Summary: The WFP is scaling back its work in North Korea because of lower than expected donor support as well as new restrictions imposed by the North Korean government, according to World Food Program (WFP) North Korea Country Representative Torben Due. The WFP is refocusing their eff [...] | 2009-07-01 12:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID PREL CH KN |
09BEIJING1843 | WFP Scaling Back DPRK Operations [...] (SBU) Summary: The WFP is scaling back its work in North Korea because of lower than expected donor support as well as new restrictions imposed by the North Korean government, according to World Food Program (WFP) North Korea Country Representative Torben Due. The WFP is refocusing their eff [...] | 2009-07-04 23:11:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID PREL CH KN |
09BEIJING1845 | INTERAGENCY UNSCR 1874 MEETING WITH CHINESE [...] (S) Chinese MFA Director General for International Organizations Wu Hailong, leading an interagency delegation made up of representatives of all Chinese agencies tasked with implementing UNSCR 1874, told Ambassador Philip Goldberg in a 3 hour 45-minute meeting on July 2 that China was committe [...] | 2009-07-05 02:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC CH JA KN KS |
09BEIJING1847 | INTERAGENCY UNSCR 1874 MEETING WITH CHINESE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-05 02:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC CH JA KN KS |
09BEIJING1848 | INTERAGENCY UNSCR 1874 MEETING WITH CHINESE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-05 02:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC CH JA KN KS |
09BEIJING200 | January 22 MFA Press Briefing: President Obama's Inaugural [...] Key points at the January 22 MFA Press Briefing: -- MFA Spokesperson was "not aware" of President Obama's inaugural speech having been censored when broadcast on Chinese media, adding that the media in China enjoyed their "own editing right." -- China hopes the "relevant parties" will adher [...] | 2009-01-22 10:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD CH KN FR IR XF BM |
09BEIJING201 | CHINA GIVEN ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON CHINA'S SHENYANG [...] (S) After noting continued "unavailability" of MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department officials to meet with PolOffs since the October 3 announcement of U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, the Charge shared reftel information providing additional details about a Chinese company's assistance to Nor [...] | 2009-01-22 10:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL MTCRE ETTC SY KN CH |
09BEIJING2080 | CHINA INFORMED OF POSSIBLE WEAPONS-RELATED [...] (S) On July 21, Poloff conveyed reftel points and non-paper regarding the possible transfer through Beijing on July 9 of torpedo batteries and technical personnel from North Korea to Iran to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Chemical/Biological Weapons Division Deputy Director Yang Y [...] | 2009-07-21 09:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC CH IR KN |
09BEIJING2149 | CHINA/UNSCR 1874: U/S LEVEY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PEOPLE'S BANK OF CHINA AND CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK [...] (S) Summary. Treasury U/S for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey on July 8 queried People's Bank of China (PBoC) Vice Governor Su Ning about Chinese actions to enforce UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1874 given China's complex financial relationship with North Korea. Gove [...] | 2009-07-28 06:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN PTER CH KN |
09BEIJING2490 | SEPTEMBER 1 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BURMA BORDER, NORTH KOREA, [...] Key points at the September 1 MFA press briefing: -- China hoped that the Burmese Government would properly handle its domestic issue and guarantee the safety of Chinese citizens and their property in that country. -- The Burmese Government had apologized to China for Chinese casualties, t [...] | 2009-09-01 10:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS CO KN TU |
09BEIJING2526 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FM YANG JIECHI: [...] (C) Summary: In his first meeting with Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, the Ambassador expressed his and President Obama's hope to keep the U.S.-China relationship moving in a positive direction and focused on major issues of mutual concern. FM Yang noted the positive tone set by Presidents Hu [...] | 2009-09-02 10:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EFIN MARR SENV CH KN IR |
09BEIJING2535 | SEPTEMBER 3 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: VISA POLICY, AMBASSADOR [...] Key points at the September 3 MFA press briefing: -- In regards to the denial of visas to the producers of a film regarding the earthquake in Sichuan, China stated the importance of an individual country's sovereign right to determine its own policy of visa issuance. -- U.S. Special Repres [...] | 2009-09-03 12:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS CO KN TU |
09BEIJING254 | CHINESE ACADEMICS COMMENT ON KOREAN PENINSULA [...] (C) In conversations with PolOff preceding recent international media reports of increasingly fiery DPRK rhetoric, Chinese scholars predicted that North Korea would seek to manufacture a crisis in order to gain the attention of the new U.S. administration. In view of the disappointing conclus [...] | 2009-02-03 09:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KN CH KS |
09BEIJING255 | FEBRUARY 3 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S.-CHINA BILATERAL [...] Key points at the February 3 MFA Press Briefing: -- China is ready to work with the United States to promote bilateral relations. -- China is a friend of both India and Pakistan and hopes the two countries will "proceed from the interests of regional stability and promote the peace process [...] | 2009-02-03 09:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD CH KN XG IN PK KS RP UK SA |
09BEIJING2570 | XINJIANG STABILITY, ISRAEL SETTLEMENTS, PAKISTAN, INDIA [...] Key points at the September 8 MFA press briefing: -- The Chinese Government was capable of dealing with the situation in Xinjiang and would handle the issue according to law. -- China hoped that Israel would "be prudent and take measures to facilitate the early resumption of talks" with Pal [...] | 2009-09-08 09:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MNUC SENV CH KN KS JP IN IR AE IS PK TW |
09BEIJING2596 | SEPTEMBER 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: GUANTANAMO UIGHURS, INDIA [...] Key points at the September 10 MFA press briefing: -- China opposes any country accepting Uighur detainees after their release from Guantanamo. The individuals should be repatriated to China as soon as possible. -- China and India were making joint efforts to "safeguard peace and tranquili [...] | 2009-09-10 23:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MNUC CH AS KN IR IN JP LG UP MP YI |
09BEIJING2597 | SEPTEMBER 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: GUANTANAMO UIGHURS, INDIA [...] Key points at the September 10 MFA press briefing: -- China opposes any country accepting Uighur detainees after their release from Guantanamo. The individuals should be repatriated to China as soon as possible. -- China and India were making joint efforts to "safeguard peace and tranquili [...] | 2009-09-10 23:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MNUC CH AS KN IR IN JP LG UP MP YI |
09BEIJING2646 | SEPTEMBER 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK TRIPS, TIBET ISSUE, [...] Key points at the September 15 MFA press briefing: -- The spokesperson had no information about reported trips to the DPRK by either State Councilor Dai Bingguo or Premier Wen Jiabao. -- China firmly opposed foreign officials meeting with the Dalai Lama and opposed the Dalai Lama's engageme [...] | 2009-09-15 09:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PBTS MNUC CH KN IR IN JP AF |
09BEIJING2660 | AMBASSADOR BADER AND FM YANG DISCUSS THE [...] (C) Summary: In a September 15 meeting with NSC Senior Director for Asian Affairs Ambassador Jeffrey Bader, Foreign Minister Yang was upbeat on the overall trend in U.S.-China relations. Ambassador Bader outlined his expectations for the planned November travel of President Obama to China, o [...] | 2009-09-16 15:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EFIN MARR SENV CH KN IR |
09BEIJING2670 | SEPTEMBER 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NIS REPORT, NORTH [...] Key points at the September 17 MFA press briefing: -- Regarding the 2009 National Intelligence Strategy report, China urged the United States to drop its "Cold War mentality," which could undermine mutual trust and mislead the American public. -- On North Korea, China remained committed to [...] | 2009-09-17 23:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PBTS MNUC CH KN KS IR JP AF RS SF |
09BEIJING2693 | SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Mister Deputy Secretary, your trip to Beijing comes as a simultaneously prosperous and stable yet anxious and brittle China prepares for its 60th birthday October 1. Thirty years of double-digit economic growth have brought a measure of stability and prosperity to many, yet numerous politi [...] | 2009-09-18 12:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR CH KN AF PK TW |
09BEIJING2720 | SEPTEMBER 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: UIGHUR LEADER, JOURNALITS [...] Key points at the September 22 MFA press briefing: -- Dolkun Isa, the Uighur leader recently refused entry into South Korea, was suspected of various crimes and wanted by Chinese and international police -- The MFA passed along the concerns of Kyodo journalists who said they had been beate [...] | 2009-09-22 23:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM MNUC PARM SENV CH KN KS JP RS |
09BEIJING2730 | REFCOORD MEETING WITH MFA: REFUGEE LEGISLATION, [...] (C) Summary: China has worked to pass domestic refugee legislation for the past 10 years, but "technical issues" and differences among interested ministries have prevented the legislation from being codified into law, according to an MFA official. Reiterating the well-known PRC position on No [...] | 2009-09-23 10:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PINR PHUM PREL CH KN KS |
09BEIJING2794 | SEPTEMBER 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, NORTH KOREA, BURMA, [...] Key points at the September 29 MFA press briefing: -- China supported the maintenance of the nuclear nonproliferation program and resolving the Iran issue through negotiation. -- During his visit to North Korea, Premier Wen Jiabao would exchange ideas on bilateral and regional issues of mut [...] | 2009-09-29 23:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM MNUC PARM CH KS KN RS IR ZK BM AF |
09BEIJING280 | ROKS BRIEFED ON CCP OFFICIAL WANG JIARUI'S VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee International Liaison Department (CCID) Director Wang Jiarui met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il for five hours during his January 21-24 visit to Pyongyang and reports Kim appeared well, according to ROK Embassy contacts who wer [...] | 2009-02-05 08:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH KN KS |
09BEIJING2812 | NORTH KOREA: UPDATE ON UNDP AND WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] (C) The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is preparing to restart its program in North Korea, a World Food Program (WFP) official in Beijing told Econoffs (the UNDP office here declined to confirm this report),and Chinese officials have, for the first time ever, asked WFP for briefing [...] | 2009-10-03 00:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EAGR ECON PREL KN CH |
09BEIJING2847 | OCTOBER 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK MISSILES, NOBEL PRIZE, [...] Key points at the October 13 MFA press briefing: -- North Korea's recent short-range missile test would not affect the improving situation on the Korean Peninsula. -- China congratulated President Obama on being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. -- During his visit to China, A/S Campbell wo [...] | 2009-10-13 11:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PARM CH KS KN RS IR AF IN PK UK |
09BEIJING2868 | PRC/BURMA: A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH ASIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: In an October 13 meeting with EAP A/S Kurt Campbell, MFA Asian Affairs Department Director General Yang Yanyi said that China saw many positive aspects in the U.S. review of its Burma policy and suggested proceeding based on its conclusion, despite PRC concern over continuing sanc [...] | 2009-10-14 10:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PHUM PGOV PARM BM KN CH |
09BEIJING287 | FEBRUARY 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HUMAN RIGHTS, IRAN, DPRK, [...] Key points at the February 5 MFA Press Briefing: -- China "attaches great importance" to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) upcoming review of China's human rights record. -- China hopes the P5-plus-1 countries will "stick to diplomatic negotiations" and show "creativity" to resolve the Ir [...] | 2009-02-05 23:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM SENV CH CA IR KN |
09BEIJING2870 | PRC: A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH VFM HE YAFEI [...] (S) Summary: China appreciates that President Obama plans to spend three days in China and hopes the visit will produce concrete results, China's Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei told EAP A/S Campbell October 13. China also hopes for a joint statement that will send a positive message that the [...] | 2009-10-14 11:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR KNNP MNUC SENV APEC KN KS CH |
09BEIJING2897 | READOUT OF PRC-JAPAN-ROK TRILAT SUMMIT [...] (C) The Second PRC-Japan-ROK trilateral summit held in Beijing on October 10 focused primarily on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and a pledge to work towards a successful Copenhagen climate change conference, according to our contacts at the Japanese and ROK embassies in Beijing. [...] | 2009-10-16 09:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC SENV CH JA KN KS |
09BEIJING2912 | OCTOBER 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PIRATES, CHINA-INDIA, NORTH [...] Key points at the October 20 MFA press briefing: -- The Chinese Government attached great importance to the safety of the Chinese crew members taken hostage on their cargo ship, the Dexinhai. -- China-India relations had enjoyed "good momentum" and Chinese efforts to obtain resources from [...] | 2009-10-20 23:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PARM CH KS KN RS IR AF IN PK UK |
09BEIJING2924 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 29, 2009 [...] (SBU) September 29, 2009; 4:45 pm; Great Hall of the People; Beijing 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rear Admiral Charles Leidig, Joint Chiefs of Staff A [...] | 2009-10-22 03:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL PGOV MNUC CH KN |
09BEIJING2964 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S XXXXXXXXXXXX MEETING WITH XXXXXXXXXXXX [...] (SBU)xxxxx 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rear Admiral Charles Leidig, Joint Chiefs of Staff Amb. Joseph DeTrani, Mission Manager for North Korea, DNI Amb. xxxxx De [...] | 2009-10-26 00:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL MNUC SN CH KN |
09BEIJING2968 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPT 29, 2009 [...] (SBU) September 29, 2009; 2:30 p.m.; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Beijing 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rear Admiral Charles Leidig, Joint Chiefs of S [...] | 2009-10-26 00:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL MNUC ECON KS KN |
09BEIJING3000 | NSC'S BADER AND ROSS TALK IRAN, DPRK, MIL-MIL WITH [...] (C) Communist Party International Department Vice Minister Liu Jieyi, in an October 26 meeting with NSC Senior Directors Jeffrey Bader and Dennis Ross, stressed China's efforts to support a dual track approach to Iran. Responding to Ross' calls for the P5-plus-1 to maintain unity and keep pre [...] | 2009-10-30 09:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC OVIP PGOV MARR CH KN IR |
09BEIJING302 | ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON CCP OFFICIAL WANG JIARUI'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-06 12:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH KN JA KS |
09BEIJING3060 | SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO CHINA [...] (C) Mr. President, China's leaders view your upcoming travel to Shanghai and Beijing as the single most important visit to China by a foreign leader this year. As we have heard repeatedly, President Hu Jintao and the senior leadership are committed, as are we, to making your meetings and prog [...] | 2009-11-05 11:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CH ECON IR KN MARR MNUC OVIP PARM PHUM |
09BEIJING3061 | NOVEMBER 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MILITARIZATION OF SPACE, [...] Key points at the November 5 MFA press briefing: -- China's position on the militarization of outer space remains unchanged. China opposes the militarization of outer space and will not engage in any arms race in outer space. -- China will continue to take "effective measures" to combat c [...] | 2009-11-05 23:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PARM MOPS KGHG TSPA CN CI SO KN |
09BEIJING3138 | NOVEMBER 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: OPPOSITION TO JEWISH [...] Key points at the November 19 MFA press briefing: -- China opposes Israel's plans to build new Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem, viewing the move as likely to undermine trust and security in the region. -- The decision not to accept journalist questions following the meeting between P [...] | 2009-11-19 11:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PHSA CH IS KN AF IN VM JA |
09BEIJING3163 | NOVEMBER 24, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: LIANG GUANGLIE'S DPRK [...] Key points at the November 24 MFA press briefing: -- The PRC views Liang Guanglie's visit to the DPRK as a "normal exchange" between the two militaries. -- The PRC supports U.S.-DPRK dialogue in advance of U.S. Ambassador Bosworth's trip to the DPRK. -- The PRC states that India's ballis [...] | 2009-11-24 10:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SENV PHSA CH IN KN RP |
09BEIJING3211 | DECEMBER 1, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: COPENHAGEN [...] Key points at the December 1 MFA press briefing were: -- At the 12th China-EU Summit in Nanjing, President Hu met with EC President Jose Manuel Barroso and other EU leaders and discussed climate change, sustainable development, and joint responses to the financial crisis. -- China believes [...] | 2009-12-01 11:40:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SENV PHSA CH EUN KN RP XK |
09BEIJING3276 | DECEMBER 8, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AMBASSADOR BOSWORTH [...] Key points at the December 8 MFA press briefing were: -- China supports U.S.-DPRK dialogue and hopes Ambassador Bosworth's talks with the DPRK lead to the resumption of the Six-Party Talks. -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will attend the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen at the invit [...] | 2009-12-08 23:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PARM MNUC KNNP SENV CH CB RS KN DA |
09BEIJING3294 | NORTH KOREA: UPDATE ON UNDP AND WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: The UN's World Food Program (WFP) Beijing-based North Korea coordinator on December 9 told Econoffs that North Korea's "middle class" would be the worst hurt by Pyongyang's recent currency revaluation. Furthermore, despite official North Korean estimates that the 2009 harvest was [...] | 2009-12-10 10:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EAGR ECON PREL KN CH |
09BEIJING3297 | DECEMBER 10, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AMBASSADOR BOSWORTH [...] Key points at the December 10 MFA press briefing were: -- Ambassador Bosworth will be arriving in Beijing December 11 following his visit to North Korea. -- At the Copenhagen Conference, China hopes the concerns of developing countries are addressed. -- Xi Jinping will visit ROK, Japan, [...] | 2009-12-11 00:13:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PARM MNUC KNNP SENV CH CB RS KN DA |
09BEIJING3313 | UNDER SECRETARY BURNS MEETING WITH CCID DIRECTOR [...] (C) Under Secretary Burns met with Director of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee International Liaison Department (CCID) Wang Jiarui December 9 to discuss U.S.-China cooperation on North Korea and Iran. Wang said that the "ideal outcome" of Special Representative for North Korea Polic [...] | 2009-12-11 10:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC PGOV KN IR CH |
09BEIJING3338 | DECEMBER 15, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA CARGO [...] Key points at the December 15 MFA press briefing were: -- It is up to the UN Security Council to consider the cargo plane detained in Thailand for suspected arms smuggling. -- Western criticism of China's persecution of Charter 08 signer Liu Xiaobo is "unacceptable." -- The 22 Uighurs se [...] | 2009-12-15 08:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PARM MNUC KNNP SENV CH KN CB TH JP CA |
09BEIJING3380 | DECEMBER 17, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: COPENHAGEN TALKS, XI [...] Key points at the December 17 MFA press briefing were: -- China supports cooperative efforts to reach a "fair, reasonable, balanced, and achievable" result at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. -- During a visit to South Korea, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping met with Presid [...] | 2009-12-17 11:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM SENV ETRD CH KS KN CB |
09BEIJING3397 | TENSE RELATIONS BETWEEN UNHCR BEIJING AND THE PRC: [...] (C) UNHCR Beijing's already delicate relationship with the MFA was "stretched to its limit" due to incidents involving asylum seekers unrelated to UNHCR Beijing, according to a UNHCR Beijing official. The MFA strongly objected to what it perceived was UNHCR Beijing's direct involvement in effo [...] | 2009-12-18 09:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PINR PHUM PREL CH KN KS CB |
09BEIJING3477 | CHINA INFORMED OF CHINESE FIRM'S ACTIONS TO [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper notifying China of Maanshan Huntian Equipment Ltd. Company's efforts to supply controlled steel to a North Korean weapons trading firm to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Chemical and Biological Division Officer Zhao Kun on December [...] | 2009-12-28 11:01:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM MTCR ETTC PREL CH KN |
09BEIJING3489 | DECEMBER 29, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AMCIT IN NORTH KOREA, [...] Key points at the December 29 MFA press briefing were: -- China hopes the U.S. will uphold the larger issue of stability on the Korean Peninsula when addressing US citizen Robert Park's detention in North Korea. -- The execution of UK citizen Akmal Shaikh for drug smuggling, despite claims [...] | 2009-12-29 10:51:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PARM PHSA PTER CH BM KN IS |
09BEIJING398 | FEBRUARY 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECRETARY OF STATE VISIT, [...] Key points at the February 17 MFA Press Briefing: -- China hopes to "increase mutual trust" and promote "the sound and stable development" of relations "in the new era" during the Secretary of State's visit. -- China hopes that North and South Korea will "increase mutual trust" and "solve [...] | 2009-02-17 09:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN IN PK CB VM VT |
09BEIJING469 | February 24 MFA Press Briefing: Clinton Visit, DPRK Missile [...] Key points at the February 24 MFA press briefing: -- Secretary Clinton's first visit to China achieved "positive results." The two sides reaffirmed their desire to "maintain their close dialogue" and will expand areas of common interest in this "new era." -- China "takes note" of a possib [...] | 2009-02-24 10:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN EU RS JA SW PK IN CH |
09BEIJING499 | February 26 MFA Press Briefing: Human Rights Report, [...] Key points at the February 26 MFA press briefing: -- Responding to a question on the U.S. Department of State Human Rights Report, the MFA spokesman said China "attached great importance" to human rights, had made "constant progress" on human rights and "fully protected religious freedom." C [...] | 2009-02-26 09:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN EU RS JA SW PK IN CH |
09BEIJING545 | March 3 MFA Press Briefing: Bosworth Visit, Afghanistan, [...] Key points at the March 3 MFA press briefing: -- U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Amb. Bosworth will meet both FM Yang Jiechi and VFM Wu Dawei this week. China hopes to exchange views on issues of common interests. The spokesperson reiterated China's hope that recent diffi [...] | 2009-03-03 10:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN AF FR EU IN CH |
09BEIJING57 | DASD SEDNEY'S MEETING WITH COMMUNIST PARTY [...] (C) Vice Minister of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee International Department (CCID) Zhang Zhijun told Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) David Sedney December 18 that China "treasures" its relationship with the United States and considers the U.S.-China relations [...] | 2009-01-08 09:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS CH AF XD SO RS TW KN IZ XA |
09BEIJING58 | PRC: DASD SEDNEY DISCUSSES MIL-MIL, IRAN, TAIWAN [...] (S) In a December 19 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense David Sedney emphasized the need for improving U.S.-China military-to-military relations and stressed that single issues should not interfere with dialogue between the United States an [...] | 2009-01-08 09:49:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS PARM PTER CH TW IR PK IN KN |
09BEIJING607 | FOREIGN MINISTER YANG JIECHI HOLDS NPC PRESS CONFERENCE [...] Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi outlined China's foreign policy priorities in a March 7 press conference held on the margins of the ongoing National People's Congress (NPC). U.S.-China relations are "off to a good start" under the new Obama administration, Yang said, noting there currently is an [...] | 2009-03-09 12:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON ETRD EFIN PHUM ENRG CH TW XA RS KN KS |
09BEIJING666 | PREMIER ADDRESSES FINANCIAL CRISIS, TIBET, TAIWAN, [...] (SBU) Premier Wen Jiabao set the tone for his annual press conference at the conclusion of the National People's Congress (NPC) by noting on March 13 that this year's NPC session had been convened in the midst of the global financial crisis and therefore had focused on China's financial stimul [...] | 2009-03-13 18:14:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL EFIN CH TW KN KS FR |
09BEIJING713 | March 19 MFA Press Briefing: The Impeccable, AmCits on the [...] Key points at the March 19 MFA press briefing: -- The United States violated Chinese and International Law by conducting activities in China's Exclusive Economic Zone. -- China is investigating the incident involving American Citizens on the DPRK border. -- Ambassador Wu Sike, the Chines [...] | 2009-03-19 23:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EFIN MARR MASS PHUM CH KS KN FR JA ES |
09BEIJING765 | JAPANESE DEFENSE TALKS WITH CHINA [...] (C) Summary: The Japanese Embassy in Beijing expressed satisfaction with the March 20-21 visit to China by Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada, even though the visit "accomplished little of substance." According to a Japanese Embassy readout, Hamada urged China to show greater transparency in i [...] | 2009-03-24 09:29:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV CH KN JA |
09BEIJING767 | MARCH 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK MISSILES, AMCITS IN DPRK, [...] Key points at the March 24 MFA press briefing: -- China is "very concerned about the situation on the Korean Peninsula," and "hopes that all parties will be restrained and calm so as not to complicate the situation." -- Regarding the U.S. citizens detained by North Korea, Qin said that "th [...] | 2009-03-24 23:10:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA PE RP RS AF |
09BEIJING780 | DPRK PREMIER'S VISIT TO CHINA: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] (C) DPRK Premier Kim Yong-il made the rounds of China's top leaders during his March 17-21 visit and addressed "regional and international issues," according to an MFA readout. Post-visit official platitudes highlighted both countries' aspirations to "achieve more progress" in the Six-Party [...] | 2009-03-25 10:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KN CH KS |
09BEIJING807 | MARCH 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MILITARY POWER REPORT, TIBET, [...] Key points at the March 26 MFA press briefing: -- The recently released China Military Power Report "contains gross distortions of fact" and China has expressed its "resolute opposition" and "made representations" to the United States. -- The "Dalai Clique premeditated and coordinated" the [...] | 2009-03-26 10:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA RS AF FR TW |
09BEIJING855 | EAP DAS NORRIS AT MFA: G20, DPRK, HUMAN RIGHTS, [...] (S) It is important that our two Presidents show consensus on combating the global economic crisis following their April 1 meeting on the margins of the London G20 summit, MFA Director General for North American Affairs Zheng Zeguang told EAP DAS John Norris March 31. China continues to "work [...] | 2009-03-31 11:33:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PARM ECON KGHG MARR PHUM CH KN KS SU AF |
09BEIJING856 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DPRK LAUNCH [...] (S) On March 31, visiting EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary John Norris delivered ref A points pressing China to support meaningful UN Security Council action in response to a DPRK rocket launch to MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Zheng Zeguang (see ref B for ful [...] | 2009-03-31 11:37:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL UNSC PARM MNUC CH RU KNNP KN KS |
09BEIJING858 | MARCH 31 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HACKING, NORTH KOREAN ROCKET, [...] Key points at the March 31 MFA press briefing: -- China "resolutely opposes the damaging of computer networks including through hacking." -- "Relevant parties should stay calm, exercise restraint and do more to ensure peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in East Asia." -- Afg [...] | 2009-03-31 23:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA AF FR IN AS NZ VE |
09BEIJING885 | APRIL 2 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S.-CHINA SUMMIT, DPRK [...] Key points at the April 2 MFA press briefing: -- President Hu Jintao "explained China's principled position" on the March 8 USNS Impeccable incident in the South China Sea to President Barack Obama. Both sides were committed to promoting continued development of bilateral military-to-militar [...] | 2009-04-03 00:04:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN JA FR IN VE |
09BEIJING923 | APRIL 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA LAUNCH, SOMALI [...] Key points at the April 7 MFA press briefing: -- The UN Security Council should "make a prudent response" to the North Korea rocket launch and a satellite launch is "different than a missile launch or nuclear test." -- China has been "working to rescue the crew" of a ship from "Chinese Tai [...] | 2009-04-07 11:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN JA FR VE TW |
09BEIJING951 | CHINESE ACADEMICS DISCUSS DPRK LAUNCH, MILITARY [...] (C) Senior Chinese foreign policy scholars March 31 predicted to visiting EAP DAS John Norris that the PRC would be unable to support a UN Security Council resolution condemning North Korea's "satellite" launch. Based on the "surprising" timing of the USNS Impeccable incident in the South Chin [...] | 2009-04-09 09:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PREL ECON EFIN CH KN |
09BEIJING952 | PRC/DPRK: POST-LAUNCH ENGAGEMENT WITH CHINESE [...] (C) The Chinese are telling the P-3 countries, Japan and the ROK the same thing about the DPRK's missile launch: it might have been a satellite launch (technical data are ambiguous) and therefore we cannot conclude that it was a UNSCR violation, pass another resolution or apply additional or e [...] | 2009-04-09 11:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN KS CH |
09BEIJING953 | APRIL 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK LAUNCH, IRAN DIALOGUE, [...] Key points at the April 9 MFA press briefing: -- China believes "pressure will not help" the situation in North Korea, "diplomatic efforts" need to be continued and all parties should "exercise calmness, restraint and caution." -- China "takes note of" North Korea's announcement of having [...] | 2009-04-09 23:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PARM EFIN KNNP KCRM CH KS KN FR IR |
09BEIJING97 | CHINA-JAPAN DISPUTE OVER EAST CHINA SEA UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Although Japan disputes China's assertion of its right to develop the Tianwaitian gas field in the East China Sea and has raised concerns at the highest level, the dispute is unlikely to derail Sino-Japanese relations, according to a Japanese Embassy contact in Beijing. Our sour [...] | 2009-01-13 06:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET ECON CH KN KS JA |
09BEIJING973 | CHINESE OFFICIAL ON DPRK, AF/PAK, SNED [...] (C) Summary: A senior MFA official claimed the UNSC's Presidential Statement responding to the DPRK's missile launch as a win for Sino-U.S. cooperation and said China would play up the fact that it was not a resolution in discussions with the North Koreans on the need to rejoin the Six-Party T [...] | 2009-04-13 10:38:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UNSC PTER KN KS JA AF PK CH |
09BEIJING983 | APRIL 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA, THAILAND, HUMAN [...] Key points at the April 14 MFA press briefing: -- China has "taken note" of North Korea's statement that it will boycott the Six-Party Talks. All parties should work together to promote the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. -- China is "closely following the situation" in Thailand, [...] | 2009-04-14 10:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN JA IN PK PE FI |
09BEIJING996 | PRC/DPRK: AMBASSADOR YANG HOULAN DISCUSSES [...] (C) Ambassador for Korean Peninsula Issues Yang Houlan told Staffdel Jannuzi April 15 that China was happy with its close coordination with Washington in the UN Security Council and the Six-Party Talks. Beijing sent several messages to Pyongyang trying to dissuade North Korea from conducting a [...] | 2009-04-15 10:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN KS CH |
09BERLIN1258 | MEDIA REACTION: DPRK, AFGHANISTAN, IMF, ECONOMIC, HONDURAS, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (DPRK) U.S. Relations 3. (Afghanistan) Future U.S. Strategy 4. (Economic) IMF/World Bank Meeting in Istanbul 5. (Economic) U.S. Labor Market Policy 6. (Honduras) Power Struggle 7. (Economic) Weakness of The Dollar 8. (U.S.) Obama A [...] | 2009-10-07 12:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO KN AF EFIN ELAB HO US EU |
09BERLIN1483 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, MIDDLE EAST, IRAN, DPRK, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) President Karzai's Inauguration 3. (Middle East) Israeli Settlement Policy 4. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 5. (DPRK) Obama Warning 6. (U.S.-Asia) Obama Trip 7. (EU) EU Top Jobs 8. (Environment) Copenhagen Conference à [...] | 2009-11-23 07:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO AF XF IR KN US EU KGHG |
09BERLIN1566 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, IRAQ, CLIMATE, MIDEAST, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Climate Change: EPA on CO2 3. Terror Attacks in Iraq 4. Bosworth in North Korea 5. Afghanistan: Gates Visit 6. Mideast: EU Ministerial on Jerusalem 7. Iranian Clashes  [...] | 2009-12-09 11:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR AF IR KN KGHG IZ XF |
09BERLIN276 | MEDIA REACTION: KOREA, AFGHANISTAN, NORTHERN IRELAND, HUMAN [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. North Korea 3. Western Strategy on Afghanistan, Elections 4. Northern Ireland Attacks 5. Human Rights 6. Financial Crisis 7. Stem Cell Research 8. Iran  [...] | 2009-03-10 12:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM KN AF UK IR |
09BERLIN324 | MEDIA REACTION: AIG, EU, PAKISTAN, NATO, KOREA, POPE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. AIG Controversy 3. EU Summit 4. Financial Crisis 5. U.S. Strikes in Pakistan 6. French Return to NATO Command 7. Climate Protection 8. North Korean Missile Test 9. Papal Visit to Africa  [...] | 2009-03-19 12:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM XG US KN PK FR VT |
09BERLIN339 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, FINANCE, ISRAEL, NORTH KOREA [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. POTUS Nowruz Message to Iran 3. Bank Stabilization Plan 4. AIG Bonus Payments 5. Formation of New Israeli Government 6. North Korean Satellite Launch  [...] | 2009-03-23 12:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IS KN |
09BERLIN417 | NORTH KOREA TAEPO-DONG 2 LAUNCH: GERMAN RESPONSE [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel points to Nikolai von Schoepff, head of the Nuclear Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Division at the German MFA, and Hans Koeppel, who directly follows the North Korea issue, on April 6. Both stated that the GoG shares U.S. concerns about the incident and hoped [...] | 2009-04-07 15:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PREL PARM KN KNNP GM |
09BERLIN562 | GERMANY'S RESPONSE TO UNSC 1718 DESIGNATIONS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-15 06:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM XE ZO KN GM |
09BERLIN631 | MEDIA REACTION: NUCLEAR TEST, GITMO, AFPAK, IRAN, RUSSIA, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. North Korean Nuclear Test 3. Guantnamo Detainees 4. Pakistan, Afghanistan 5. Iran and the Middle East 6. EU-Russia Meeting 7. New French Base in UAE Â [...] | 2009-05-26 11:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US KN PK AF IR XF RS FR AE |
09BERLIN637 | MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, SUPREME COURT, MIDEAST, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. North Korean Nuclear Threat 3. Supreme Court Nomination 4. Israeli Settlements 5. Climate Protection 6. New French Base in UAE Â [...] | 2009-05-27 11:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM KN US IS XF FR AE |
09BERLIN713 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, GITMO, NORTH KOREA, ISRAEL, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iranian Presidential Elections 3. Guantnamo Prisoners 4. New North Korean Threats 5. Israeli PM Netanyahu Address 6. Troop Re-enforcements in Afghanistan 7. Zimbabwe  [...] | 2009-06-15 15:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR KN IS AF ZI |
09BERLIN791 | GERMAN MFA SUPPORTS U.S. EFFORTS ON IMPLEMENTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The German MFA supports the U.S. effort to mobilize the international community to fully implement UNSCR 1874. In this regard, the Germans suggest that we focus our efforts on new EU president Sweden, which they say remains skeptical about enhanced sanctions against North Korea. [...] | 2009-07-01 12:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP ECON EFIN EUN KN GM |
09BERLIN800 | GERMANY REVIEWING UNSCR 1874 BANKING PROVISIONS [...] (SBU) German Finance Ministry Officer Kristina Wogatzki confirmed to Econoff that her ministry is already aware of the reftel request and that the GOG is reviewing the next steps through its interagency process. When informed that the Embassy had also delivered reftel points to the German M [...] | 2009-07-02 08:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP JP KN GM |
09BERLIN803 | MEDIA REACTION:NORTH KOREA, IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, MIDEAST, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. UNSC Sanctions on North Korea 3. Iranian Protests 4. Afghanistan 5. Mideast Settlement Policy 6. Aftermath of Coup in Honduras 7. Run-Up to Obama-Medvedev Meeting 8. EU Presidency, Constitutional Court on Lisbon Treaty 9. Croatian Premier St [...] | 2009-07-02 13:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR KN AF XF HO XG |
09BOGOTA1543 | COLOMBIA: DELIVERY OF DPRK DESIGNATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-15 15:03:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KNNP AADP PREL PARM KN CO |
09BRASILIA453 | BRAZIL HAS NO RESPONSE ON NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG [...] (U) Charge delivered demarche (ref A) on April 8 to Ambassador Roberto Jaguaribe, Under Secretary for Political Affairs in the Ministry for External Relations, who made no specific response on the North Korean rocket launch. Jaguaribe shared Brazil's views on North Korea in general and Brazi [...] | 2009-04-14 20:33:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KNNP KN BR |
09BRASILIA657 | UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK ENTITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-22 19:55:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN ETTC PREL PARM KN BR |
09BRASILIA667 | BRAZIL POSTPONES OPENING PYONGYANG EMBASSY OVER [...] (U) Summary. In response to the May 25 DPRK nuclear test, Brazil is indefinitely postponing sending its Ambassador-designate to Pyongyang to open the Brazilian embassy (reftels). The Ministry of External Relations (MRE) issued an uncharacteristically strong note in which it "vehemently con [...] | 2009-05-26 20:17:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM MNUC MCAP KN BR ZN |
09BRASILIA694 | NORTH KOREAN FOREIGN MINISTER MAKES "GENERIC" [...] (C) Summary and comment. Brazilian diplomatic sources assert that the May 9-13 visit of the North Korean Foreign Minister to Brazil had only a "generic political significance," the Koreans were not well prepared to discuss energy, one of their top priorities, and there was little substance t [...] | 2009-06-04 10:17:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ENRG BR KN |
09BRASILIA844 | BRAZIL PLEDGES COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1874 [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered demarche (ref A) on June 29 to First Secretary Ricardo Portugal in Asia and Oceania Division II of the Ministry of Foreign Relations, who stated that Brazil was already working on complying with inspection-related provisions of UNSCR 1874. Portugal confirmed that Brazil [...] | 2009-07-02 10:54:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN BR |
09BRUSSELS1118 | PERSPECTIVES FROM NEW DEPUTY PERMREP TO BELGIUM'S [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs and Polintern met on August 5 with Thomas Lambert, Belgium's new Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN in New York. Lambert has just left a position as Deputy Chief of the Cabinet of former Minister of Foreign Affairs Karel De Gucht. Based on his insider's view of B [...] | 2009-08-12 09:44:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BE IS KN IR UNSC |
09BRUSSELS525 | BELGIUM CONDEMNS NORTH KOREA MISSILE LAUNCH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-07 15:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP KN BE |
09BRUSSELS721 | BELGIUM: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Embassy political officer and economic officer separately delivered the non-paper from reftel to officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and at the Government of Belgium's financial intelligence unit (CTIF) under the Ministry of Finance. The CTIF official had no immediate knowled [...] | 2009-05-22 13:43:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM XE ZO KN BE |
09BRUSSELS903 | DPRK: EU TO IMPLEMENT STRONG INSPECTION MEASURES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-30 15:43:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP MNUC MTCR KN EUN |
09BUCHAREST754 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROPOSED NORTH KOREAN [...] (U) DCM and PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to MFA DirGen for Bilateral Affairs Gheorghe Magheru (supervising all regions but North America and Europe) and MFA DirGen for Strategic Affairs Calin Stoica (supervising North America),during a previously planned meeting to discuss EU-North Korea [...] | 2009-11-09 14:23:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ETTC EFIN KNNP UNSC KN RO |
09BUCHAREST762 | ROMANIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROPOSED EU DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-13 10:31:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PARM UNSC KNNP KN RO |
09BUDAPEST288 | NORTH KOREAN DIPLOMATIC ENGAGEMENT ON MISSILE [...] (S) During a meeting on April 9 unrelated to reftel, MFA Asia and Pacific Department Deputy Director Laszlo Kuti told PolOff that he met with the Vienna-based North Korean Deputy Chief of Mission on April 8 to discuss the recent missile launch. Kuti stated that the North Korean diplomat was un [...] | 2009-04-10 09:16:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | PREL PARM KNNP KN HU |
09BUDAPEST474 | UNSCR 1874 DEMARCHES DELIVERED TO HUNGARIANS [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarches to the MFA Asia/Pacific Department's Deputy Director General Laszlo Kuti on June 30. Kuti commented that the information was in line with Hungary's position vis-a-vis North Korea. He stated that Hungary fully supported the EU's statement on the issue a [...] | 2009-07-01 16:16:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP EFIN PARM PREL MNUC KN HU |
09BUENOSAIRES772 | ARGENTINA ACCEPTS OBLIGATIONS UNDER UNSCR 1874 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-02 13:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN AR |
09CAIRO1260 | DISCUSSION WITH EGYPTIAN MONEY LAUNDERING UNIT [...] (C) Per reftel A instructions, we have informed the relevant Egyptian government authorities of UNSCR 1874, shared with them the associated non-paper, and urged the necessary actions be taken. Dr. Samir el Shehad, the Director of the Egyptian Money Laundering Combating Unit (EMLCU),told us h [...] | 2009-07-02 13:22:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | ECON EFIN ETTC KN KNNP PARM PREL EG |
09CAIRO1960 | AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA WITH MFA [...] (C) Key Points: -- During an October 4 meeting with Ambassador Goldberg, Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister for Disarmament Khalid Shamma said Egypt supports the implementation of UNSCR 1874 and Six-Party talks aimed at denuclearizing North Korea. -- He noted that MFA shares information on [...] | 2009-10-14 14:55:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PTER EFIN ECON PARM KN IR EG |
09CAIRO1976 | TREASURY DAS DANIEL GLASER,S MEETINGS WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-19 07:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KN PTER ECON PGOV EG |
09CAIRO993 | DEMARCHE REGARDING NORTH KOREAN ENTITIES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-01 12:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KN KNNP PARM PREL XE ZO |
09CANBERRA348 | NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCH: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO [...] (U) We delivered reftel talking points and the President's April 5 statement, and drew from the "if asked" points, in an April 6 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation John Sullivan and Director for Counter-Proliferation Gerry McGuire of the Department of F [...] | 2009-04-06 07:36:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN AS |
09CANBERRA376 | DFAT READOUT OF FM SMITH'S DISCUSSIONS IN CHINA [...] (C/NF) Summary: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) North Asia First Assistant Secretary Graham Fletcher told Polcouns on April 8 that Foreign Minister Stephen Smith's talks with Chinese officials on his recent trip to that country went well. He noted that the March 24-27 visit [...] | 2009-04-14 03:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AS CH JA KN PK PREL |
09CANBERRA457 | AUSTRALIAN SANCTIONS IN PLACE ON UNSC 1718 [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered non-paper and points contained in reftel to Gerald Thomson, Director for Korea, and Wendy Walsh, Director for Arms Control, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on May 14. Thomson undertook to pass the paper to other interested GOA offices, including DFAT's Sa [...] | 2009-05-14 08:04:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KNNP PARM PREL XE ZO KN AS |
09CHISINAU392 | US RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-27 09:42:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN MD |
09CHISINAU395 | MOLDOVA WILL CHECK FOR NORTH KOREAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-28 14:15:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM XE ZO KN MD |
09CONAKRY285 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel demarche to Balamoussa Camara, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on May 20. She thanked the DCM for the information, but was noncommittal. She said she would communicate the USG's message to the Guinean delegation in New York. 2. (SBU) [...] | 2009-05-20 16:08:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM XE ZO KN GV |
09COTONOU136 | BENIN - RESPONSE TO TAEPO-DONG 2 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-08 12:14:00 | Embassy Cotonou | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KN BN |
09DHAKA1039 | WILLING TO PLAY BALL: BANGLADESH FOREIGN SECRETARY [...] (C) In a wide ranging meeting with the Ambassador on November 15, Bangladesh,s No. 2 diplomat, Foreign Secretary Mohamed Mijarul Quayes, emphasized the importance of close ties with the United States and discussed the potential for some movement on UN- related concerns and recognition of Kosov [...] | 2009-11-17 08:51:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN KVIR PINR BM KN BG |
09DHAKA1071 | BACK TO THE FUTURE? BANGLADESH SWITCHES UN VOTE [...] (C) In a return to the position of the previous democratically elected government, the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) chose to abstain on a UN General Assembly (UNGA) resolution condemning the human rights situation in North Korea. By doing so, the Government reversed the stance taken by t [...] | 2009-11-25 07:58:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN PINR BM KN BG IR |
09DILI104 | TIMOR-LESTE "DEEPLY CONCERNED" BY NORTH KOREAN MISSILE [...] (SBU) Following up on an April 8 diplomatic note to Timor-Leste's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Charge, together with his Japanese counterpart, met April 9 with MFA Acting Secretary General Constancio Pinto to convey our concern over North Korea's April 5 missile launch. Drawing on reftel, we s [...] | 2009-04-09 15:22:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP KS KN JA TT |
09DJIBOUTI545 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF DPRK ENTITIES [...] (SBU) PolOff discussed reftel points with GODJ Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Multilateral Relations Mariam Ahmed Goumaneh May 20. 2. (C) Goumaneh had no immediate response, but promised to convey the information to appropriate GODJ authorities such as the Djibouti [...] | 2009-05-20 09:28:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM XE ZO KN DJ |
09GABORONE336 | BOTSWANA FM BRIEFS ON ZIM, MADAGASCAR, LESOTHO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Skelemani invited a select group of resident diplomats to a briefing at the Ministry on April 24. Skelemani clarified recent press reports regarding GOB financial assistance to Zimbabwe, explaining that the only support Botswana could offer would be loan guarante [...] | 2009-04-27 13:11:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EFIN KN MA LT ZI BC |
09HANOI215 | WHAT USE ARE LIPS AND TEETH? VIETNAM'S AMBIVALENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam's foreign policy, normally pragmatic to a fault, betrays a certain tension when it comes to North Korea. Influential voices in the Party speak of ideological affinity and historical bonds, while others in Vietnam's foreign policy establishment advocate a more sober asses [...] | 2009-03-10 09:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON UNSC CH KS KN VM |
09HANOI310 | VIETNAM ON PLANNED DPRK MISSILE LAUNCH [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In an April 2 meeting, the MFA Americas Deputy Director General shared Vietnam's views on promoting peace and stability in Northeast Asia. He said Vietnam has approached the DPRK directly to express concerns about its planned missile launch, but did not have informati [...] | 2009-04-02 09:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PARM VM |
09HANOI324 | DPRK MISSILE LAUNCH: VIETNAM'S UN POSITION REMAINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite early indications that it would simply hew to China and Russia's line, Vietnam's position on a possible UN Security Council resolution in fact remains undecided. In an April 8 conversation, the MFA's International Organizations Official responsible for Security Council m [...] | 2009-04-08 10:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP UNSC PGOV KN VM |
09HANOI337 | DPRK DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GVN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-13 10:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KN UNSC VM |
09HANOI372 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: VIETNAM CONSIDERS DPRK [...] (C) In an April 21 meeting with VFM Pham Binh Minh, the Ambassador urged Vietnam to work with the United States at the DPRK Sanctions Committee and to support a U.S.-proposed list of goods/entities connected to the DPRK's ballistic missile program. Per ref A, he emphasized the importance of [...] | 2009-04-21 10:47:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL UNSC KNNP ECON KN VM |
09HANOI450 | DEMARCHE - VIETNAM AFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR NEW 1718 DPRK [...] (SBU) On May 13, Deputy PolCouns met with the MFA International Organization Department's lead official on nonproliferation-related UNSC issues, Pham Hai Anh, to provide information, per reftel, on the three DPRK entities designated by the UNSC 1718 Sanctions Committee pursuant to the Security [...] | 2009-05-15 01:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM KN VM |
09HANOI545 | DPRK DRAFT RESOLUTION - VIETNAM LIKELY TO SUPPORT, [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director General for International Organizations Le Hoai Trung June 12. Vietnam shares our concerns about DPRK actions, Trung said. He complained, however, that the MFA had received the draft resolution only 24 hours before and required approval [...] | 2009-06-12 09:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV UNSC KN VM |
09HANOI571 | VIETNAM WILL SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF RESOLUTION [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to MFA Americas Director General Nguyen Ba Hung on June 22. Hung said Vietnam will honor its commitments to implementation of the Resolution, but did not commit specifically to supporting an ASEAN statement. Vietnam continues to engage the DPRK in an eff [...] | 2009-06-22 10:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | KN MNUC PARM VM |
09HANOI823 | INSTITUTIONAL RAMIFICATIONS OF THE 2011 PARTY CONGRESS: A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Persistent talk among Vietnam's political elite of a China-style "fused executive" notwithstanding, the January 2011 Party Congress could leave power at the apex of Vietnam's Party-state system less centralized. Most political observers believe the Eleventh Party Congress may res [...] | 2009-09-23 04:00:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON CH KN VM |
09HANOI829 | North Korean Asylum Seekers Enter Danish Embassy [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-24 09:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF VM KN |
09HANOI843 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 27, 2009 CONVERSATION [...] (SBU) September 27, 2009; 3:30 pm; Home of Dr. Pham Hong Son; Hanoi 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak, U.S. Embassy, Hanoi Scot Marciel, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Christian Marchant, Political Officer (Notetaker) VIETNAM ------ [...] | 2009-09-29 08:04:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KN VM |
09HANOI845 | Deputy Secretary Steinberg's September 27, 2009 Conversation [...] (SBU) September 27, 2009; 10:40 am; The Office of Government; Hanoi 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Rear Admiral Charles Leidig, Jo [...] | 2009-09-29 08:07:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD KN CH VM |
09HANOI847 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 27, 2009 MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) September 27, 2009; 2:15 p.m.; The Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Hanoi. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michalak Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scot Marciel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, EAP Rear Admiral Ch [...] | 2009-09-30 08:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ASEAN KN BM VM |
09HANOI851 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 27, 2009 MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) September 27, 2009; 2:15 p.m.; The Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Hanoi. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michalak Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scot Marciel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, EAP Rear Admiral Ch [...] | 2009-09-30 09:40:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD ASEAN BM KN VM |
09HANOI897 | Deputy Secretary Steinberg's September 27, 2009 Luncheon [...] (U) September 27, 2009; 12:30 p.m.; The Ambassador's Residence; Hanoi 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Rear Admir [...] | 2009-11-10 04:37:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KPAO KN VM |
09HANOI925 | Vietnam's 2010 ASEAN Chairmanship [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam considers its turn as ASEAN chair to be the leading foreign policy priority for 2010. Substantively, Vietnam's leadership wants to be seen as a responsible member of the international community -- professional and well-briefed, acting as an "honest broker" when possible - [...] | 2009-12-11 07:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECIN ASEAN SENV KFLU BM KN VM |
09HONGKONG1016 | DELTA ASIA CREDIT: HONG KONG GOVERNMENT FIGHTS BACK [...] (C) Summary: Econ Unit Chief and Econ Officer delivered the newly declassified version of the 2005 non-paper on Banco Delta Asia (originally delivered in September 2005) to Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Banking Supervision Department Executive Director Nelson Man on June 4. Man is confid [...] | 2009-06-05 06:40:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON KN MC HK |
09HONGKONG1204 | UNSCR 1874: HONG KONG AWAITS BEIJING'S GUIDANCE [...] (SBU) On June 30, EconOffs conveyed reftel A and B points to Wendy Chung, Principal Assistant Secretary, and Anna Chor, Assistant Secretary, at the Hong Kong Government's (HKG) Commerce and Economic Development Bureau (CEDB). Chung confirmed that CEDB will take the lead in drafting the HKG's [...] | 2009-06-30 10:56:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL ECON EFIN MNUC KNNP KN HK MC |
09HONGKONG1266 | UNSCR 1874: TREASURY U/S LEVEY DISCUSSION WITH [...] (S) Summary: At a July 9 working lunch, Treasury U/S for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey presented Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Chief Executive Joseph Yam with specific examples of North Korean efforts to use HK-based banks, trading companies and individuals to circumv [...] | 2009-07-10 08:41:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC HK CH JA KN KS |
09HONGKONG1267 | HK BANKS PROMISE COOPERATION TO LIMIT NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) Summary: Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey discussed with Hong Kong banks the risks posed by North Korean deceptive financial conduct and the financial provisions of United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCR) 1718 and 1874 in meetings [...] | 2009-07-10 09:38:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM PGOV ECON EFIN MNUC HK CH JA KN KS |
09HONGKONG1296 | U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA WITH GUANGDONG [...] (S) Summary: Treasury Undersecretary Levey discussed with Guangdong Development Bank (GDB) President Michael Zink concerns regarding North Korean illicit activity and deceptive financial practices. Zink allowed that GDB's wide branch network may have been used by North Korean entities, but p [...] | 2009-07-16 04:00:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM PGOV ECON EFIN MNUC HK CH JA KN KS |
09HONGKONG1297 | UNSCR 1874: TREASURY U/S LEVEY MEETING WITH HONG [...] (S) Summary: Hong Kong Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau Undersecretary Julia Leung told Treasury U/S Levey on July 10 that the Hong Kong government (HKG) values its cooperative relationship with the USG on North Korea-related issues. She said the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) h [...] | 2009-07-16 04:01:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC HK CH JA KN KS |
09HONGKONG1637 | HK BANKS DELIVER ON COOPERATION TO LIMIT NORTH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Economic Unit Chief and Economic Officer met August 27 with representatives of three Hong Kong banks briefed by U.S. Treasury Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey in July 2009; HSBC, Hang Seng Bank, and Wing Hang Bank (reftel). The representatives [...] | 2009-08-28 09:23:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM PGOV ECON EFIN MNUC KS CH JA KN HK |
09HONGKONG918 | BANCO DELTA ASIA SUES MACAU AND HONG KONG [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraphs 3 and 5. 2. (C) Summary: The Macau and Hong Kong governments are facing judicial challenges to the actions they took against the Banco Delta Asia (BDA) and its Hong Kong-based subsidiary, Delta Asia Credit (DAC). Macau and Hong Kong severely [...] | 2009-05-19 09:27:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON KN MC HK |
09JAKARTA1023 | INDONESIA CONDEMNS NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia condemns North Korea's recent nuclear test and calls on Pyongyang to return to the Six Party Talks, a senior GOI nonproliferation official told us on June 15 in response to our points on this issue. President Yudhoyono is following the matter closely and plans to send [...] | 2009-06-17 08:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KNNP UNSC ID KN |
09JAKARTA1050 | NORTH KOREA -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has underscored the importance of vigorous enforcement of UN Security Council Resolution 1874 on North Korea's nuclear program to senior contacts in the President's office and the Department of Foreign Affairs. Our contacts reiterated Indonesia's commitment to enforcing [...] | 2009-06-22 09:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP MNUC ID KN |
09JAKARTA1183 | POSSIBLE INDONESIAN DELEGATION VISIT TO NORTH KOREA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has confirmed to us that it continues to review whether to send a delegation to North Korea in a bid to assist the negotiation track. The ROK Pol/C told us that his government had discussed the matter with the GOI and believed that the effort could potentially be constr [...] | 2009-07-14 09:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP ID KS KN |
09JAKARTA1204 | AMBASSADOR, DIRECTOR GENERAL RETNO ASSESS PROGRESS [...] (U) Action request in Para 5. 2. (SBU) On July 16, Ambassador and DCM met with Department of Foreign Affairs Director General for America and Europe, Amb. Retno Marsudi, to provide updates on elements of the developing comprehensive partnership between the United States and Indonesia. They [...] | 2009-07-17 00:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ID KN PGOV |
09JAKARTA624 | NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG 2 LAUNCH -- INDONESIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has conveyed the U.S. response to North Korea's missile launch (ref B) and the official White House statement to officials in the President's office and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). On April 5, DEPLU's official press spokesman expressed Indonesia 's concer [...] | 2009-04-06 10:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP ID KN |
09KATHMANDU617 | NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-10 03:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP KN NP |
09KATHMANDU618 | NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTING UN [...] (U) On July 7, Emboff delivered the reftel demarche and talking points to Madan Bhattarai, Joint Secretary of the Foreign Ministry's UN and International Organizations Division, seeking the cooperation of the Government of Nepal (GON) in carrying out the inspection-related provisions of UN Sec [...] | 2009-07-10 03:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN NP |
09KHARTOUM177 | INFORMING SUDAN OF U.S. CONCERNS REGARDING MISSILE [...] (S) Charge d'Affaires Fernandez delivered talking points and non-paper (reftel) on February 8 to MFA Undersecretary Mutriff Siddiq. Siddiq had no specific response to the demarche except to note that he would pass the information on to the appropriate channels, and that Sudan has no aggressiv [...] | 2009-02-08 12:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL KN SU |
09KINGSTON390 | JAMAICA: UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-19 14:20:00 | Embassy Kingston | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM XE ZO KN JM |
09KINGSTON966 | JAMAICA: WILL OPPOSE "NO ACTION" AND IRAN RESOLUTIONS, [...] (U) Per reftels, on November 13 Charg???? delivered demarche to Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) regarding upcoming UNGA human rights resolutions on Iran and Burma. At that time, Charg???? received assurances that the GOJ's Permanent Represent [...] | 2009-11-19 13:30:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA JM XL KN BM IR |
09KINSHASA345 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN TAEPO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-09 07:32:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KNNP CG KN |
09KINSHASA67 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN SHIPMENT [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on January 21 to Valentin Matungul, the MFA's Cabinet Director, underscoring USG concerns with respect to the Bi Ro Bong's apparent visit to DRC territory. PolOff urged the GDRC to either deny docking to the ship or require it to submit to an inspection. [...] | 2009-01-22 10:33:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC CG KN |
09KUALALUMPUR258 | MALAYSIA: NO OFFICIAL RESPONSE YET TO NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) The Ambassador conveyed the President's statement and additional reftel points on North Korea's April 5 missile launch to Malaysian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Rastam Mohd Isa on April 6. Rastam has yet to respond and in follow-up with MFA contacts in the East Asia, Americas and Mu [...] | 2009-04-08 08:43:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PARM PGOV PREL KNNP KN MY |
09KUALALUMPUR409 | MALAYSIA "CONCERNED" ABOUT DPRK NUCLEAR TEST [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak expressed "concern" about the DPRK nuclear tests to reporters on May 26, saying that "North Korea's display of nuclear capability will further heighten the tension in the Korean peninsula and affect the whole East Asian region." Najib hoped that the issue [...] | 2009-05-27 09:25:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP KNNP UNSC KN MY |
09KUALALUMPUR503 | URGING MALAYSIA TO IMPLEMENT UNSCR 1874 [...] (C) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche, urging Malaysia and ASEAN members to fully implement UNSCR 1874 and transparency in North Korea transactions, to Foreign Ministry Under Secretary (Multilateral Political Affairs) S. Ganeson on June 23. Polcouns recalled Prime Minister Najib's strong st [...] | 2009-06-23 09:03:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE ASEAN KN MY |
09KUALALUMPUR537 | INTERAGENCY UNSCR 1874 POLITICAL MEETINGS WITH [...] (S) In July 6 meetings with senior officials at the Malaysian Foreign Ministry and the Prime Minister's Office, UNSCR 1874 Implementation Coordinator Goldberg stressed Malaysia's developing partnership with the U.S., its prominent role in ASEAN, and the GOM's expertise on international financ [...] | 2009-07-06 13:55:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | ECON KN KNNP MNUC MY PARM PGOV PREL |
09KUALALUMPUR538 | AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG AND DELEGATION'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (S) In July 6 meetings with senior officials at the Malaysian Foreign Ministry and the Prime Minister's Office, UNSCR 1874 Implementation Coordinator Goldberg stressed Malaysia's developing partnership with the U.S., its prominent role in ASEAN, and the GOM's expertise on international financ [...] | 2009-07-06 14:21:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | ECON KN KNNP MNUC MY PARM PGOV PREL |
09KUALALUMPUR549 | GOLDBERG DELEGATION'S MEETINGS WITH MALAYSIAN [...] (C) Summary: On July 6, UNSCR 1874 Implementation Coordinator Goldberg and an inter-agency team including Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Glaser met with senior GOM officials from the central bank, Ministry of Finance, and other agencies to consult on implementation of UN Security Counci [...] | 2009-07-08 23:41:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC EFIN MY KN KS |
09KUWAIT345 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT SHARES USG CONCERNS [...] (C) POLCOUNS on April 9 raised reftel points concerning North Korea's April 5 launch of a Taepo-Dong missile over Japan with Meshal Al-Dabbous of MFA's Asia Department and also provided him with a copy of the President's April 5 statement condemning the launch. Dabbous responded that the GOK [...] | 2009-04-08 14:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN KU |
09KUWAIT540 | GOK CONCERNED ABOUT NORTH KOREA TESTS [...] (C) During a May 28 call on MFA's International Organization's department (and pending receipt of formal demarche instructions),PolCouns queried acting department chief Rashed Al-Saleh about GOK reaction to North Korea's May 24 nuclear test and its May 25-26 reported missile tests. Saleh conf [...] | 2009-05-28 13:59:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KU KN |
09KUWAIT632 | KUWAIT IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Econcouns met with MFA Asia Department Counselor (number 2) Rashed Al-Hajri on June 25 to seek GoK cooperation in enforcing the terms of UNSCR 1874. Al-Hajri stated, unequivocally, that Kuwait understood its responsibility under UNSCRs and would abide by them fully, adding that "UNSCRs [...] | 2009-06-25 13:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC KN KU |
09LAPAZ977 | BOLIVIA: DPRK DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) As per reftel, PolOff on June 29 demarched Bolivian MFA Americas Section Desk Officer Yuri Arce regarding threats posed by North Korea's nuclear weapon, ballistic missile, WMD, and conventional weapons programs. PolOff informed Arce of the resolution and that purchase of all weapons system [...] | 2009-06-30 20:58:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PARM MNUC MTCRE KN BL |
09LISBON385 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S 12 JULY 2009 MEETING [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Deputy Secretary James Steinberg met on 12 July with Yu Myung-hwan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade for the Republic of Korea (South Korea). The meeting lasted 30 minutes; it took place on the margins of the Community of Democracies Ministerial conference in Lisbon. Min [...] | 2009-07-20 15:03:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR PO KN |
09LISBON583 | PORTUGAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON EU DESIGNATION FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-20 08:40:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP EFIN PARM KN ETTC EUN UNSC PO |
09LONDON2198 | U/S TAUSCHER’S MEETINGS WITH FS MILIBAND AND OTHER [...] (S/NF) Summary: Under Secretary Tauscher held meetings in London on September 2-4 on the margins of the P5 Conference on Confidence Building Measures Towards Nuclear Disarmament with Foreign Secretary David Miliband, Simon McDonald, Head of the Foreign and Defence Policy Secretariat at the Cabinet [...] | 2009-09-22 14:13:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM KNNP PREL CH EG FR IN IR IZ JA KN PK |
09LONDON2214 | U/S TAUSCHER’S BILATERAL MEETINGS IN LONDON WITH [...] (S/NF) Summary: U/S for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher and Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation Ambassador Susan Burk held bilateral consultations in London September 3-4, on the margins of the P5 Conference on Confidence Building Measures Towards Nuclear Disa [...] | 2009-09-23 16:24:00 | Embassy London | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM KNNP CH EG FR IN IR KN PK RS UK |
09LONDON2680 | DPRK: AMB BOSWORTH'S DEC 2 MEETINGS WITH UK [...] (C/NF) Summary. Foreign Office junior minister Ivan Lewis and Asia Pacific Director Scott Wightman told Special Representative for North Korea Policy Ambassador Stephen Bosworth in separate December 2 meetings that the UK and EU want to support the USG's efforts to see North Korea return to multil [...] | 2009-12-02 15:48:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINR PGOV ECON SOCI KN CH KS FR UK |
09LONDON843 | UK CONDEMNS DPRK MISSILE LAUNCH; SUPPORTS STRONG [...] (C/NF) Summary. HMG convoked DPRK ambassador to express strong concern over the April 5 North Korean missile launch; supports a strong response to North Korea's violation of UNSCR 1718 to deter other proliferators; and believes Russia may be open to a new UNSCR. FCO contact indicated that DPR [...] | 2009-04-08 13:06:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM KNNP UK RU KN EU |
09MANAMA385 | BAHRAIN: IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1874 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-25 13:53:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN BA |
09MANILA1112 | STRONG PHILIPPINE REACTION TO DPRK NUCLEAR TEST [...] (SBU) Summary: Echoing President Obama's condemnation of North Korea's latest nuclear test as a reckless threat to the world's peace and security, the Philippine government reacted strongly in the wake of a May 25 nuclear test by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK),pressing the [...] | 2009-05-26 08:13:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | KN KS PARM PGOV PREL PTER RP |
09MANILA1128 | PHILIPPINE FOREIGN SECRETARY ON NORTH KOREA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a free-ranging private discussion over breakfast May 28, Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo underscored to the Ambassador the gravity with which his government views recent provocative moves by North Korea, and he indicated that Philippine President Gloria Macapagal [...] | 2009-05-28 08:47:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ETRD PARM PGOV PREL PTER RP KN |
09MANILA1317 | PHILIPPINES ON IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 [...] (C) Per reftel, Ambassador and other Embassy staff engaged in a robust outreach effort June 22 to senior-most levels of the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) regarding the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1874 on North Korea. In the absence of Philippine Foreign [...] | 2009-06-22 08:50:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | KN MNUC PARM PGOV PREL RP |
09MANILA1337 | PHILIPPINES MOVING TO IMPLEMENT UNSCR 1874 ON [...] (C) In a followup conversation June 23 with Acting Foreign Secretary Franklin Ebdalin, the Ambassador stressed that North Korea's nuclear testing represented a major threat to the region and to our respective countries, and that it was vital that all concerned partners move rapidly to impleme [...] | 2009-06-24 08:03:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | KN MNUC PARM PGOV PREL RP |
09MANILA1521 | PHILIPPINES PUSHES ASEAN ON NORTH KOREA, BURMA [...] (C) In a frank private July 20 discussion over breakfast with the Ambassador, Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo expressed dismay at ASEAN's timid stance on issues pertaining to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Burma. Secretary Romulo related his impression of an [...] | 2009-07-20 07:57:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PHUM PREL RP KN BM |