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 08 August, 2003

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. US-Japan-ROK DPRK Pre-Meetings
2. Powell on DPRK Non-Aggression Pact
3. Japan Nuclear Arsenal Development
4. PRC on Taiwan UN Bid
5. US Military on ROK Anti-US Radicals
6. ROK-DPRK Maritime Warning Shots
7. ROK Chung Mong-hun Last Respects
8. ROK Domestic Economy
9. US-PRC Religious Freedom
10. PRC Environmental Satellites
11. Japan Wedding Traditions
II. Japan 1. Terrorism on Koreans in Japan
2. Japan Iraq Troop Deployment
3. Japan New Defense Administrative Vice Minister
4. US on PRC Missiles
5. US Bases in Japan

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NAPSNet Daily Report 07 August, 2003

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. DPRK Multilateral Talk Developments
2. PRC Anti-Terror Military Exercises
3. US on Foreign Airport Missile Threats
4. Powell on US DPRK Non-Aggression Pact
5. Criticism of US Nuclear Arms Policy
6. PRC-US Space Arms Talks
7. ROK Domestic Politics Corruption
8. Japan Oil Crisis
9. US-Japan Global Warming
10. Japan Nagasaki Rememberance

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NAPSNet Daily Report 06 August, 2003

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. Japan on US Nuclear Weapons Policy
2. Japan-US Legal Treaty
3. DPRK Iraq Missile Exports
4. US-Japan-ROK DPRK Policy
5. PRC-US Trade Relations
6. PRC SARS Research
7. PRC-Russia Strategic Cooperative Relations
8. PRC Desert Storm
9. DPRK on DPRK US Talks
10. CanKor E-Clipping

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Policy Forum 03-38A: N. Korea: Fibs versus Facts

Leon V. Sigal, director of the Northeast Cooperative Security Project at the Social Science Research Council in New York, asserts that the Bush administration has been misleading in its portrayal of North Korea by spreading three “inexactitudes” concerning North Korea’s nuclear intention, role in the Agreed Framework, and the possibility of its collapse. Moreover, a U.S. strategy of strangulation cannot be effective unless all of the North’s neighbors are willing to join in. However, none are willing to, as they all realize that pressure without negotiations won’t work with Pyongyang.

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NAPSNet Daily Report 05 August, 2003

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. Japan Defense Agency Annual Report
2. US-Japan Mutual Assistance Treaty
3. Taiwan on US PRC Missile Report
4. Taiwan Defense Spending
5. Yang Jianli Trial
6. Japan Domestic Politics
7. PRC-ROK Relations
8. Inter-Korean Relations
9. DPRK Hyundai Tycoon Death Accusation
10. ROK Domestic Politics Corruption
11. Russia in Asian Arms Market
12. DPRK-PRC Border Trade Resumption
II. Japan 1. Japan-US Energy Talk
2. US Bases in Japan
3. LDP Presidential Election
4. Japan-Iraq Oil Deal
5. Hiroshima A-Bomb Timing
6. US H-Bomb Test on Bikini Atoll in 1954

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NAPSNet Daily Report 04 August, 2003

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. DPRK on Bolton as ‘Human Scum’
2. US Response to ‘Human Scum’ Comment
3. Armitage on DPRK Kim Jong Il
4. Powell on DPRK Diplomacy
5. DPRK on Nuclear Talks
6. DPRK UN Talks Warning
7. Pentagon Nuclear Arms Private Meetings
8. US-Japan Multilateral DPRK Nuclear Inspection Team
9. US PRC Dissident Trial
10. PRC-Hong Kong Relations
11. DPRK Domestic Politics
II. People’s Republic of China 1. PRC’s Stance on Diaoyu and Taiwan Islands
2. DPRK Nuke Issue
3. PRC-US Talks
4. PRC’s Commentary on the Peace of the Korean Peninsula
5. PRC’s Commetary on Relations Across Taiwan Straits
6. Japan’s Security Measures
7. PRC’s Commentary on Japan’s Security Measures
8. US-PRC Relations on Taiwan Issue
9. Russian Stance on DPRK Issue
III. Japan 1. Tariff on Imported Beef
2. Japan-DPRK Relations over Abduction Issue
3. Multilateral Talks on DPRK Nuclear Problem
4. Defectors from DPRK
5. Japan-Peru Relations over Former Peru President
6. Japan-PRC Relation over Train System

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NAPSNET Week in Review 1 August, 2003

United States 1. US Response to DPRK Multilateral Talk The DPRK has agreed to take part in multilateral talks to try to settle the crisis sparked by its nuclear program, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said. “North Korea has agreed to the multilateral approach that we long sought. That will include six-party talks,” McClellan told […]

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NAPSNet Daily Report 01 August, 2003

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. DPRK Multilateral Talks Agreement
2. US Bush on DPRK Talk Agreement
3. Bolten on US ‘Tough’ DPRK Policy
4. ROK Confirms DPRK Multilateral Talks Agreement
5. DPRK on US-ROK War Drill
6. PRC on US Missile Report
7. Japan DPRK Asylum Seekers
8. PRC Post-SARS Development
II. Japan 1. Japan Iraq Troop Deployment
2. LDP Presidential Election
3. DPJ-Liberal Party Merger
4. US Bases in Japan

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NAPSNet Daily Report 31 July, 2003

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. US Bolton on DPRK ‘Hellish Nightmare’
2. DPRK Agreement to Multilateral Talks
3. US Response to DPRK Multilateral Talk
4. US on PRC Missile Build-Up
5. PRC-Russia Space Arms Ban
6. US Nuclear Weapons Watchdog Disbandment
7. Japan Energy Crisis
8. Japan DPRK Asylum Seekers
9. PRC US Rights Activist Trial
10. US-Australia Terrorist Intelligence Confusion
II. Japan 1. Japan’s Safeguard Measure
2. Roles of SDF in Iraqi Reconstruction
3. DPRK Diplomacy under the Armistice Agreement
4. Japan Iraq Troop Deployment
5. SDF Permanent Legislation
6. Japan-Australia Relations
7. Japan ODA Guideline
8. Japan Spent Nuclear Fuel

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NAPSNet Daily Report 30 July, 2003

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. US Department of Defense PRC Military Power Report
2. US DPRK Security Concerns ‘Concept Paper’
3. ROK on UN Role in DPRK Nuclear Diplomacy
4. Bush-Hu on DPRK Nuclear Crisis
5. DPRK-ROK Radio Propaganda
6. PRC Drought

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