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.
Kim Tae Kyung, reporter at OhMyNews.com, writes “the expectation that the Chinese leadership would feel burdened by throwing money down the North Korean hole is fading when one considers that China has been the world’s sixth largest economy since last year. Moreover, in order to avoid throwing money “into a bottomless pit,” China is stressing — almost forcing — North Korea to reform and open up. Ultimately, the argument of U.S. neo-cons that China would abandon North Korea is becoming a dream or “fantasy” that can never come true.”
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NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, February 02, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, February 02, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. ROK on DPRK Counterfeiting 2. US on DPRK Counterfeiting 3. US on DPRK Nuclear Program 4. US on Solution to DPRK Nuclear Program 5. US on DPRK Nuclear Threat 6. Experts on DPRK-PRC Relations 7. Kim Dae-jung’s Trip […]
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NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, February 01, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, February 01, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. ROK on Six Party Talks 2. US-ROK Military Cooperation on DPRK 3. Bush State of the Union Address 4. Inter-Korean Railroad Chief’s Visit to DPRK 5. ROK on PSI 6. Japan on UNSC Reform 7. Japan SDF Role […]
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Ruediger Frank, Professor of East Asian Political Economy at the University of Vienna, writes, “the neglected agricultural sector experienced serious difficulties that led to a severe famine in the mid 1990s. These events were so threatening that they convinced the leadership to embark on perfection measures that go well beyond earlier attempts without, so far, violating Kornai’s combined principles of Communist party power monopoly and state ownership of means of production. However, the development of North Korea is an ongoing process. Turning back a decade from now, we might find that agriculture provided the momentum to lead North Korea into a post-socialist future.”
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Bruce Klingner, Korea analyst for Eurasia Group, the world’s largest political-risk consultancy firm, writes “even if China could achieve a resumption of six-party talks – most likely by having Pyongyang agree to distinguish between the illegal actions of ‘rogue’ North Korean companies and the government – the nuclear negotiations would remain deadlocked.”
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NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, January 31, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Tuesday, January 31, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK on Nuclear Weapons Program 2. US Nuclear Intelligence Device 3. DPRK-Iranian Cooperation on Nuclear Weapons 4. DPRK-US Relations 5. Kim Dae-jung’s Trip to DPRK 6. Indonesia to Facilitate Inter-Korean Talks 7. DPRK-Japanese Relations 8. Expert on DPRK […]
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NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, January 30, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Monday, January 30, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. DPRK Nuclear Threat 2. ROK on DPRK Nuclear Accord 3. ROK-US Relations over DPRK 4. Inter-Korean Military Talks 5. DPRK-Japanese Bilateral Talks 6. DPRK Corruption 7. DPRK Defectors 8. Return of Kim Jong-il’s Brother in Law 9. US-ROK […]
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Steve Noerper, who teaches Asia Today at New York University and was a Fulbright Senior Scholar to the National University of Mongolia, writes “the downfall of Mongolia’s coalition government late Friday marks a relapse for freedom’s progress in a country that until recently had been held out as a harbinger for new democracies in the region.”
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NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, January 26, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Thursday, January 26, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. US on DPRK Counterfeiting 2. Inter-Korean Unification Festival 3. UNICEF Humanitarian Action Report 2006 on DPRK 4. DPRK Defectors 5. DPRK Industry 6. DPRK Burial Ban 7. US – ROK Security Alliance 8. US on Tensions with ROK […]
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NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, January 25, 2006 NAPSNet Daily Report Wednesday, January 25, 2006 I. NAPSNet 1. PRC on Six Party Talks 2. ROK on US Sanctions on DPRK 3. US on DPRK Counterfeiting 4. Inter-Korean Excavation Project 5. ROK-US Cooperation on DPRK 6. ROK on DPRK-US Relations 7. DPRK Military First Policy 8. DPRK […]
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