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 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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NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, September 20, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, September 20, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. International DPRK Talks 2. PRC on DPRK Sanctions 3. Inter-Korean Financial Relations 4. PRC Aid to DPRK 5. ROK-US Defense Cooperation 6. ROK-US Weapon Sales 7. ROK Economy 8. ROK Travel Advisory to Thailand 9. ROK-Japan Relations 10. […]
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Suh Bohyuk, a former expert advisor at the National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRC) and now instructor of HUFS and other university, writes, “Sino-North Korea relations may be neither strongly attached nor completely broken, standing between such geographical reasons and different political decisions of the two countries. More profound discussions are needed about what significances such two-faced Sino-North Korea relations would have on peace on Korean peninsula.”
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NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, September 19, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, September 19, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. PRC on Six Party Talks 2. International Sanctions on DPRK 3. DPRK Defectors on US-ROK Troop Transfer 4. DPRK Insurance Claims 5. Inter-Korean Relations 6. ROK Terrorism 7. ROK-Canada Free Trade Agreement 8. ROK Rice Imports 9. ROK-Japan […]
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NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, September 18, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, September 18, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Nuclear Talks 2. International Sanctions on DPRK 3. Japan on DPRK 4. US on DPRK Drug Trafficking 5. Kim Jong-il’s Climbing of Kumgang 6. Inter-Korean Cultural Cooperation 7. DPRK Defectors 8. Suicide of Kim Jong-il’s Niece 9. […]
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Lee Jong-won, Professor of International Relations at Rikkyo University, writes, “He [Abe] still tends to invoke China as a threat, and he has been calling for a long-term strategy linking ‘democratic nations’ such as Australia and India together, based on the U.S.-Japanese alliance. Perhaps by intention, Korea – with the most dynamic democracy in the region – is not mentioned in that initiative… Even if the issue of Yasukuni is resolved, there will still be major factors producing instability in the Korea-Japan relationship that will have to be dealt with. Korea’s policy toward Japan needs to be proactive and comprehensive enough to consider the diversity and changes in Japan.”
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