Daily Report Archives

Daily Report Archives

Established in December 1993, the Nautilus Institute’s *N*ortheast *A*sia *P*eace and *S*ecurity *N*etwork (NAPSNet) Daily Report served thousands of readers  in more than forty countries, including policy makers, diplomats, aid organizations, scholars, donors, activists, students, and journalists.

The NAPSNet Daily Report aimed to serve a community of practitioners engaged in solving the complex security and sustainability issues in the region, especially those posed by the DPRK’s nuclear weapons program and the threat of nuclear war in the region.  It was distributed by email rom 1993-1997, and went on-line in December 1997, which is when the archive on this site begins. The format at that time can be seen here.

However, for multiple reasons—the rise of instantaneous news services, the evolution of the North Korea and nuclear issues, the increasing demand for specialized and synthetic analysis of these and related issues, and the decline in donor support for NAPSNet—the Institute stopped producing the Daily Report news summary service as of December 17, 2010.

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Policy Forum 07-073: North Korea’s External Economic Relations

Stephan Haggard, Director of the Korea-Pacific Program (KPP) at the University of California at San Diego, and Marcus Noland, Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute, write, “the transformative effects of engagement on the North Korean economy are more likely to hold with respect to Chinese trade and investment with North Korea, which appears to occur on largely market-conforming terms, than they are with South Korea’s, which contains a very substantial noncommercial component.”

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NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, July 31, 2007

NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, July 31, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, July 31, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. IAEA on Yongbyon Shutdown 2. DPRK on US-DPRK Relations 3. DPRK Nuclear Scientists 4. ROK Hostages in Afghanistan 5. Japan Election 6. Japan SDF Mission in Golan Heights 7. Comfort Women Issue 8. PRC Environment Preceding NAPSNet Report […]

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NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, July 30, 2007

NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, July 30, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, July 30, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Nuclear Program Shutdown 2. Philippines on Six Party Talks 3. DPRK-Philippino Relations 4. Koreas Joint Mining Operation 5. DPRK Local Elections 6. ROK Hostages in Afghanistan 7. Japan Elections 8. Japan Hybrid Technology 9. PRC Military 10. […]

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NAPSNet Daily Report Friday, July 27, 2007

NAPSNet Daily Report Friday, July 27, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Friday, July 27, 2007 1. Introduction 2. General Analysis 3. Setting a Date for Disablement 4. Korean Peninsula Peace Regime 5. Political Electioneering 6. Denuclearization First Step to Regional Peace 7. Moving toward Denuclearization 8. DPRK Adding Conditions Preceding NAPSNet Report 1. Introduction ROK Weekly […]

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Policy Forum 07-055: Ain’t No Sunshine When He’s Gone? The Future of Engagement after the ROK Presidential Election

Scott Bruce, Program Officer at the San Francisco Office of the Nautilus Institute, and Timothy Savage, Deputy Director of the Seoul Office of the Nautilus Institute, write, “If the experience of the last six years teaches anything, it is that the United States cannot carry out an effective policy toward the DPRK without the active participation of the ROK. Future American policymakers thus would be well advised to take note; the ship of engagement has already set sail, and it would be best to ride alongside, rather than be caught in the wake.”

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NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, July 26, 2007

NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, July 26, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, July 26, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. ASEAN on DPRK 2. DPRK on US Nuclear Plan 3. Japan on Pakistan-DPRK Nuclear Cooperation 4. Inter-Korean Military Talks 5. ROK Hostages in Afghanistan 6. Japan Defense 7. Japan Elections 8. PRC Anti-Corruption Measures Preceding NAPSNet Report I. […]

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NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, July 25, 2007

NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, July 25, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, July 25, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Talks 2. ROK Fuel Shipment to DPRK 3. US-DPRK Talks on Family Reunions 4. Inter-Korean Military Talks 5. DPRK Smoking Ban 6. ROK Hostages in Afghanistan 7. Japan Defense 8. Japan Environment 9. Japan Nuclear Plant […]

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Missile Defence Response to the July 5, 2006 North Korean Missile Test by US Naval Vessels Home-Ported at Yokosuka

Umebayashi Hiromichi, Founder and President of Peace Depot, a non-profit organization for peace research and education in Japan, writes, “These operations by US naval vessels homeported in Yokosuka tasked with ballistic missile defence of the US itself is an absolutely new development, one not provided for under the Japan-USA Mutual Security Treaty. This matter must be fully discussed from the point of view of control of military activities by law in both the international and national spheres.”

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NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, July 24, 2007

NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, July 24, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, July 24, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK-Japan Relations 2. Inter-Korean Relations and Humour 3. Fatal Collapse in DPRK 4. ROK Hostages in Afghanistan 5. ROK-US Trade Relations 6. ROK-Russia Trade Relations 7. Japan Nuclear Plant 8. Japan-Australian Defense Relations 9. Japan Elections 10. Cross […]

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NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, July 23, 2007

NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, July 23, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, July 23, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. Kim on Six Party Talks 2. Inter-Korean Military Relations 3. DPRK-Mongolia Relations 4. ROK Hostages in Afghanistan 5. ROK-EU Trade Relations 6. Japan Nuclear Plant 7. Japan Elections 8. Japan Defense 9. Cross Strait Relations 10. Shanghai Cooperation […]

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