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 Daily Report 19 February, 2004

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. DPRK Multilateral Talks
2. Inter-Korean Relations
3. DPRK-Pakistan Relations
4. Russia Missile Developments
5. DPRK Humanitarian Assistance
6. Inter-Korean Trade Decline
7. DPRK on Juche Ideology
8. Japan Nautical Self-Defense Force Rules Change
9. Taiwan Presidential Elections

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NAPSNet Daily Report 18 February, 2004

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. DPRK Multilateral Talks
2. ROK Three-Step DPRK Nuclear Freeze Framework
3. US on Japan-DPRK Abduction Issue
4. Japan DPRK Sanctions Bill Delay
5. DPRK on ROK Iraq Troop Dispatch
6. Inter-Korean Relations
7. Russian Second Missile Launch Failure
8. Japan Missile-Detecting Radar Tests
9. ROK Weapons Purchases
10. ROK DMZ Eco-Tourism Plans
11. Koizumi Yasukuni Shrine Visit
12. Taiwan 15 Billion Dollar Defense Budget
13. Japan Economic Recovery
II. People’s Republic of China 1. ROK’s Troops Sending to Iraq
2. Inter-Korean Military Talk
3. 6-Party Talks
4. DPRK on Pakistan Nuclear Confession
5. PRC-Japan Relations

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NAPSNet Daily Report 17 February, 2004

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. DPRK Six-Way Talks
2. US on DPRK Concessions
3. ROK DPRK Diplomacy Strategy Talks
4. ROK-US Troop Relocation
5. Japan-US Arms Control
6. Russia Missile Launch Failure
7. Taiwan Presidential Debates
8. PRC on Hong Kong Democracy
9. PRC on Bird Flu Source
10. PRC Three Gorges Dam Displacement
11. Kim Jong-Il Birthday Rally
II. CanKor E-Clipping Service 1. Issue #153

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NAPSNet Daily Report 11 February, 2004

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. ROK on DPRK Uranium Processing
2. US on PRC-DPRK Diplomacy
3. Japan-DPRK Abduction Issue
4. PRC DPRK Leak Arrest
5. PRC on Taiwan Elections
6. PRC on Hong Kong Democracy
8. ROK Domestic Politics
9. US on PRC Missiles
10. US PRC Human Rights Resolution

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NAPSNet Daily Report 10 February, 2004

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. DPRK on Nuclear Freeze PRC Support
2. PRC-ROK DPRK Nuclear Diplomacy
3. Japan’s Role in Six-Way Talks
4. DPRK-Pakistan Nuclear Deal Denial
5. DPRK Three Demands
6. Inter-Korean Relations
7. DPRK-Japan Abduction Issue
8. ROK Domestic Politics
9. PRC-US Annual Defense Talks
10. Russia Missile Defense Exercises
11. Hong Kong Democracy Task Force
II. CanKor E-Clipping Service 1. Issue 152

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NAPSNET Week in Review 9 February, 2004

United States 1. US on DPRK Nuclear Program The US hopes the DPRK will promise to dismantle its nuclear weapons program later this month at critical six-nation talks aimed at easing tensions, a top US envoy said Friday. In a sign that the US and the ROK are coordinating an approach, the US Ambassador to […]

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NAPSNet Daily Report 09 February, 2004

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. US on DPRK Multilateral Talks
2. DPRK-Pakistan Nuclear Program Deal
3. DPRK-Myanmar Nuclear Links?
4. Japan Economic Sanctions Law
5. Japan Iraq Troops
6. DPRK Humanitarian Crisis
7. ROK ‘Silmido’ Film Box Office Records

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NAPSNet Daily Report 06 February, 2004

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. DPRK Nuclear Freeze Proposal?
2. Inter-Korean Ministerial Talks
3. ROK DPRK Nuclear Task Force
4. US on DPRK Nuclear Program
5. ROK DPRK Humanitarian Aid
6. DPRK-Iraq Nuclear Negotiations
7. Japan-DPRK Direct Links
8. PRC on Taiwan Spy Ring

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Policy Forum 04-03A: Don’t Misunderstand Firing of South Korean Foreign Minister February 5, 2004 Brent Choi

In this brief essay, Brent Choi, North Korea specialist for the Joongang Daily, argues that the recent dismissal of South Korean Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Yoon Young-kwan has been grossly misinterpreted by the U.S. media as an outgrowth of the struggle between pro-U.S. and anti-U.S. factions within the Roh administration. Instead, Yoon’s dismissal must be interpreted through the socio-cultural prism of South Korea’s bureaucratic society.

The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Nautilus Institute. Readers should note that Nautilus seeks a diversity of views and opinions on contentious topics in order to identify common ground.

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NAPSNet Daily Report 05 February, 2004

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. Inter-Korean Ministerial Talks
2. Inter-Korean Tourism Project Suspension
3. ROK on DPRK Atomic Freeze Offer
4. PRC-Japan Bi-lateral Talks on DPRK
5. DPRK Working Group
6. Japan-DPRK Abduction Secret Trip
7. Malaysia-Pakistan Nuclear Link
8. Pakistan Nuclear Secrets Leak
9. ROK Political Fund Law
10. ROK Political Corruption
11. US Presidential Elections
12. US on PRC WTO Commitments
13. ROK Bird Flu Outbreak

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