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.
James L. Schoff, Associate Director of Asia-Pacific Studies at the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, writes, “Japan’s policy decisions… are beyond Washington’s control, but they are not beyond its influence. Particularly as Japan prepares for a leadership change this fall, now is an opportune time for U.S. policy makers to take stock of current trends and to work with their Japanese colleagues to better incorporate North Korea policy into a larger regional framework that serves our collective long-term goals.”
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Taik-young Hamm, Professor of Political Science at Kyungnam University, writes, “The re-evaluation of the ROK-U.S. alliance is an opportunity for the South to pursue arms control and disarmament on the Korean peninsula, while enhancing its capabilities for strategic planning, intelligence, and operational skill through a series of defense reforms and taking the wartime OPCON of its forces.”
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NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, June 20, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, June 20, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Missile Test 2. Kim Jong-il Military Visits 3. Kim Dae-jung’s DPRK Visit 4. ROK-Japan Trade Relations 5. Japan Iraq Withdrawal 6. Japan on Fissile Material Treaty 7. Taiwan Leadership 8. PRC-Angola Relations 9. US-PRC Military Relations 10. […]
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NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, June 19, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, June 19, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Missile Test 2. Nobel Peace Laureates on DPRK 3. US on DPRK Policy 4. US on DPRK Refugees 5. ROK on DPRK Human Rights 6. Inter-Korean Industrial Talks 7. Inter-Korean Relations 8. DPRK Economic Reforms 9. Japan-ROK […]
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Daniel A. Pinkston, Director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at Monterey Institute of International Studies, writes, “Kim Jong Il and the National Defense Commission will weigh domestic and international factors in deciding whether to conduct the flight test. Kim knows his domestic audience better than anyone else, and he’ll order the launch if the domestic benefits outweigh the international costs.”
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NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, June 15, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, June 15, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Missile Test 2. Inter-Korean Summit Anniversary 3. Inter-Korean Diplomatic Dispute 4. DPRK Asylum Seekers 5. US on DPRK Refugees in the PRC 6. US on Kaesong Worker’s Rights 7. US-ROK Security Alliance 8. Japan Reactor Shutdown 9. […]
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NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, June 14, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, June 14, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Missile Test 2. Inter-Korean Summit Anniversary 3. Kim Dae-jung on DPRK Visit 4. Senator on US DPRK Policy 5. US Senate Delegation’s DPRK Visit 6. ROK-Japan Territorial Dispute 7. Yasukuni Shrine Issue 8. Japan on Iraq Role […]
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NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, June 13, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, June 13, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Missile Test 2. Inter-Korean Diplomatic Tension 3. Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation 4. Japanese DPRK Human Rights Bill 5. Kaesong Media Access 6. ROK-Japan Territorial Dispute 7. Japan Arms Sales 8. PRC Arms Sales 9. PRC, Russia on Iran […]
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Wonhyuk Lim, CNAPS Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution and a Fellow at the Korea Development Institute (www.kdi.re.kr) and Korea National Strategy Institute (www.knsi.org), writes, “negotiations for the KORUS FTA actually run the risk of fueling anti-American sentiment in Korea and anti-Korean sentiment in the U.S.-exactly the opposite of what its proponents intended. This would be a shame, especially in light of the fact that bilateral trade and investment have been the saving grace of the ROK-US relations in recent years.”
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NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, June 12, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, June 12, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Missile Test 2. DPRK on US Spy Flights 3. Ex US Official on Incentives for DPRK 4. Kim Dae-jung’s DPRK Visit 5. Inter-Korean Summit Anniversary 6. Inter-Korean Cultural Cooperation 7. Inter-Korean Broadcasting Cooperation 8. Survey on Korean […]
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