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.
Paik Nak-chung, editor of the South Korean literary-intellectual journal, The Quarterly Changbi, and Professor Emeritus of English Literature, Seoul National University, writes, “In contrast, a gradual, step-by-step process opens up space for civic participation. And where, as in South Korea, civil society possesses both the will and the ability to utilize this space, citizens’ say in determining the timing and the specific contents of a given intermediate stage must continue to increase, and eventually it will not be possible to prevent the sphere of civic participation extending to the entire peninsula.”
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NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, June 14, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, June 14, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Funds Transfer 2. DPRK Missile Test 3. DPRK Food Aid 4. US-ROK Trade Relations 5. US on ROK Iraq Deployment 6. Sino-US Military Relations 7. Sino-Indian Relations 8. PRC Politics Preceding NAPSNet Report I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK […]
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NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, June 13, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, June 13, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Frozen Funds 2. Russia on DPRK Funds 3. US Lawmakers on DPRK Frozen Funds 4. ROK Abductee Families 5. Inter-Korean Naval Clash 6. Pfizer Visit to DPRK 7. US-ROK Trade Relations 8. Japan on the Militarization of […]
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Lee Byong-Chul, Senior Fellow at the Institute for Peace and Cooperation(IPC), a non-partisan policy advisory body based in Seoul, South Korea, writes, “Whatever the scenario might be, it is clear in the minds of many that the stability of the communist regime is more important than anything else; in particular, China and the U.S. could not invoke a regime change in North Korea at their own disposal but certainly want to lead the North in the respective directions that they think it needs to go. At present, the only hope they have is North Korea’s complete, verifiable and irrevocable dismantlement of all the nuclear facilities. In other words, Kim Jong-il as a negotiable partner still seems to be on their mind.”
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NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, June 12, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, June 12, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. US Presidential Candidates on DPRK 2. Inter-Korean Religious Exchange 3. US-ROK Trade Relations and Kaesong Project 4. Cross Strait Relations 5. Tourism in DPRK 6. PRC Secrecy 7. PRC Cultural Heritage and Development 8. PRC Environment Preceding NAPSNet […]
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NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, June 11, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, June 11, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Frozen Funds Issue 2. US on UNDP DPRK Program 3. Inter-Korean Relations 4. DPRK Population Growth 5. USFK Base Relocation 6. Japan Trade Relations 7. Japan-US Missile Defense Cooperation 8. Japan, PRC Military Expenditures 9. Cross Strait […]
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NAPSNet Daily Report Friday, June 08, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Friday, June 08, 2007 I. ROK Weekly Report 1. Introduction 2. Lee Leads Park in Party Polls 3. Hong Poses Challenge to Big Two 4. Pro-Roh Faction Making Moves 5. Ruling Party Unification Stalls 6. Han Announces Candidacy 7. Uri Party Not Ready for Deadline […]
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NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, June 07, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, June 07, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Missile Test 2. DPRK Missile Test 3. DPRK Energy 4. DPRK Humanitarian Situation 5. DMZ Wildlife Preserve 6. US-ROK Relations 7. Japan and Cross Strait Relations 8. Cross Strait Relations 9. Sino-Indian Military Relations 10. PRC Student […]
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Dick K. Nanto, Specialist in Industry and Trade Foreign Affairs, Defense at the Congressional Research Service, and Trade Division, and Emma Chanlett-Avery, Analyst in Asian Affairs Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division at the Congressional Research Service, write, “U.S.-led financial sanctions on North Korea have disrupted that country’s trade. In the six-party talks, economic assistance (including fuel oil) is a major bargaining chip. Economic policy options include increasing or easing economic sanctions, preventing
shipments of illicit cargo, normalizing relations with Pyongyang, negotiating a trade agreement, allowing the DPRK to join international financial institutions, and removing the country from the terrorism list.”
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NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, June 06, 2007 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, June 06, 2007 I. NAPSNet 1. US on DPRK Nuclear Program 2. DPRK Frozen Funds 3. Russia on DPRK Frozen Funds 4. ROK Anti-DPRK Protest 5. Singapore on Kaesong 6. Mongolia on DPRK Refugee-Defectors 7. ROK Media Control 8. Australia-Japan Defense Relations 9. Japan-Russian […]
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