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.
NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, October 02, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, October 02, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. Six Party Talks Diplomacy 2. Weapons Buildup on Korean Peninsula 3. Inter-Korean Military Talks 4. Inter-Korean Relations 5. DPRK UN Mission 6. US-ROK Security Alliance 7. ROK Missile Defense System 8. Ban Ki-moon UNSG Candidacy 9. US-Japan Missile […]
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Marcus Noland, Senior Fellow at the Institute for International Economics (IIE), writes “In short, the economic implications of a nuclear test for the region while not catastrophic, would not be benign. However, the likelihood of adverse economic repercussions is unlikely to pose a significant constraint on North Korean actions, and it is not difficult to come up with a scenario in which North Korean behavior does indeed convey large negative economic spillovers to its neighbors. This simply underscores the importance of cooperation to deter provocative behavior on the part of North Korea.”
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Shen Dingli, Executive Dean of Institute of International Studies, and Director of Center for American Studies at Fudan University, Shanghai, and Tatsujiro Suzuki, Visiting Professor of Graduate School of Public Policy at University of Tokyo, Japan, write, “The history issue is an important issue of justice but should not hold the relationship hostage. As a former brutal colonizer, Japan has the moral responsibility to be sensitive and behave honestly while Beijing needs to develop a firm policy that is not subject to nationalism.”
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NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, September 28, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, September 28, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. US on Six Party Talks 2. ROK on Six Party Talks 3. PRC Visit to ROK on Six Party Talks 4. PRC – DPRK Relations 5. US Funds Radio Broadcasts to DPRK 6. DPRK on US Annual Religious […]
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NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, September 27, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, September 27, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK on Japan Elections 2. Inter-Korean Relations 3. Change of DPRK Representation to the UN 4. UN Special Rapporteur on DPRK Human Rights 5. DPRK International Film Festival 6. Japan Constitution Revision 7. Sino-Japanese Relations 8. Japan-ROK Relations […]
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NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, September 26, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, September 26, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. US on Six Party Talks 2. Armitage on DPRK Nuclear Test 3. ROK Opposition on Plan to Build Up DPRK Infrastructure 4. Inter-Korean Economic Ties Strained 5. Economic Growth at Kaesong 6. Musharraf on DPRK Nuclear Technology 7. […]
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Nathaniel Aden, researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, writes, “Whereas North Korean coal and electricity exports are sold at sub-market ‘friendship prices,’ Chinese coal and oil products have been sold to North Korea at premium prices? Chinese Customs data suggest that Beijing is taking a pragmatic, market-oriented approach to trade with its reclusive neighbor, while the increasingly asymmetrical energy embodiment of bilateral trade may reflect dilapidation of North Korea’s non-military industries.”
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NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, September 25, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, September 25, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK on Six Party Talks 2. US on Six Party Talks 3. Rice on DPRK at Asean 4. US Navy General on DPRK Weapons Capabilities 5. Inter-Korean Economic Talks 6. ROK FM Seeks Top UN Post 7. RO […]
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Robert Carlin, former Chief of the Northeast Asia Division in INR at the State Department, presented this speech given by DPRK First Vice Foreign Minister Kang Sok Ju to a meeting of North Korean diplomats held in Pyongyang over the summer. The speech states, “On the nuclear question, the guidance is quite clear and you will stick to it, no matter how often you are pestered. Whether or not we will test is not for us to know. I can tell you this-the situation in Pyongyang is where we never wanted it to be. We have no standing at all, no weight, no credibility any longer to influence the decision.”
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NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, September 21, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, September 21, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Nuclear Test Site 2. International Talks on DPRK 3. Libya on DPRK Nuclear Talks Mediation 4. DPRK-US Trade 5. Kaesong Industrial Complex 6. ROK Missile Arsenal 7. ROK on Thailand Military Coup 8. IMF on ROK Job […]
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