Daily Report Archives

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.

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NAPSNET Weekly Review 16 April, 2004

United States 1. Pakistan on DPRK Nuclear Devices Abdul Qadeer Khan, the Pakistani scientist who sold nuclear technology around the world, has told his interrogators that during a trip to the DPRK five years ago he was taken to a secret underground nuclear plant and shown what he described as three nuclear devices, according to […]

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NAPSNet Daily Report 16 April, 2004

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. Iraq Japanese Hostage Recovery
2. ROK Parliamentary Election
3. US on DPRK Nuclear Program
4. ROK-US Relations
5. DPRK Japan Abduction Reunion
6. Hong Kong Democratic Reform
7. DPRK British Brewery

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NAPSNet Daily Report 14 April, 2004

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. Iraq Japan Abductions
2. ROK Domestic Politics
3. PRC on Taiwan Presidential Elections
4. US-Taiwan Relations
5. Cheney PRC Visit
6. PRC-Canada Relations
7. DPRK PRC Human Rights
II. Japan 1. Japan Iraq Troops Dispatch
2. MSDF Minesweeping Drills
3. Japan-US Radiation Study
4. Japan New UN Envoy
5. Japan-US SOFA Revision
6. Japan Constitutional Revision
7. Japan’s Congested Airspace

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NAPSNet Daily Report 13 April, 2004

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. Pakistan on DPRK Nuclear Devices
2. US Cheney PRC Arrival
3. Iraq Japanese Hostage Situation
4. Iraq PRC Hostage Release
5. US-DPRK Joint MIA Search
7. Russia on DPRK Railway Link
8. DPRK Domestic Politics
9. PRC Nuclear Materials Export
10. US DMZ Presence

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NAPSNet Daily Report 12 April, 2004

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. Japan Hostage Situation in Iran
2. PRC on Iraq PRC Hostages
3. DPRK-Libya Arms Deal Termination
4. DPRK Working Level Talks
5. PRC on US Taiwan Relations Act
6. PRC-US Relations
7. Hong Kong Democracy Protests
8. Taiwan New Foreign Minister Appointment
9. US-Japan Relations
10. DPRK on ROK Politics
11. Inter-Korean Railway
12. DPRK Kim Jong-il PRC Visit
13. DPRK on Japan Port Ban Bill
14. PRC Domestic Economy

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NAPSNet Daily Report 09 April, 2004

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. Japan’s Response to Iraq Abductions
2. US-ROK-Japan on DPRK Working Groups
3. DPRK-US Relations
4. US Cheney Asia Visit
5. ROK Presidential Impeachment Hearing
6. ROK Presidential Impeachment Hearing
7. ROK Iraq Troop Dispatch
8. DPRK-US Relations
9. DPRK Food Economy
10. DPRK Trade Minister Appointment
11. US-DPRK Joint Recovery Teams
12. US Missile Error

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NAPSNet Daily Report 08 April, 2004

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. DPRK on US Military Threat
2. Iraq Japanese Hostages
3. US-ROK-Japan DPRK Working Groups
4. DPRK-Japan Relations
5. Japan-DPRK Trade Relations
6. DPRK Human Rights
7. DPRK Missing in Action Recovery Team Deployment
8. PRC Energy Shortages
9. PRC Democratization
II. Japan 1. Japan Anti-Terror Measures
2. Japan Constitutional Revision
3. Japan Defense Program Outline Revision
4. Japan-US SOFA Revision
5. US Missile Defense in the Sea of Japan
6. Japan Anti-WMD Smuggling Drills
7. Racism Against Foreigners
8. Japan Constitutional Revision
9. Japan Anti-Terror Measures
10. Japan Iraq Troops Dispatch
11. Japan-PRC Slave Labor Trial
12. US Bases in Japan

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NAPSNet Daily Report 07 April, 2004

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. Japan-ROK-US DPRK Talks
2. PRC on DPRK Working Groups
3. PRC on Hong Kong “Political Reform”
4. US Taiwan Diplomat Resignation
5. PRC on US-Taiwan Relations
6. ROK Iraqi Troops
7. UN DPRK Human Rights Investigation
8. DPRK on ROK Presidential Election
10. Koizumi on Yasukuni Shrine Visitations
11. DPRK-Japan Relations
12. DPRK Economic Reform
13. DPRK-ROK Kaesong Complex Leasing Fees
14. DPRK-PRC Relations
15. US Aegis East Sea Dispatch
16. Australia on US-DPRK Diplomacy

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Policy Forum 04-18A: North Korea: Guns or Butter?

By analyzing recently reported economic data and citing public statements by Minister Pak Pong-ju, Aidan Foster-Carter of Leeds University argues that at the macroeconomic level, Kim Jong-il cannot put off forever his choice between a military-first policy or a viable North Korean economy. Kim’s Songun (military-first) policy is a direct and indirect barrier to economic recovery and Prime Minister Pak cannot deliver economic progress while shackled by Songun.

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NAPSNet Daily Report 06 April, 2004

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. ROK on DPRK Nuclear Freeze Offer
2. US on DPRK Attack Deterrence
3. DPRK Defector
4. DPRK on US Aegis Air Defence System
5. ROK Political Corruption
6. Taiwan Ultra-high Frequency Early Warning Radar Requests
7. PRC Espionage

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