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 09 June, 2003

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. DPRK Nuclear Weapons Drive
2. DPRK Response to US Military Build-Up
3. ROK-Japan DPRK Dialogue
4. US Response to Japan-ROK Summit
5. US Missile Defense System Report
6. DPRK-Russia Nuclear Relations
7. ROK on Japan Historical Militarism
II. Republic of Korea 1. ROK-Japan Summit
2. Purchasing New Armament from US
3. DPRK Ferry’s Cancellation of Journey to Japan
4. Criticism on Japanese Military Contingency Legislation Law
5. Inter Korea Working Level Talks Commuting
6. Inter Korean Traffic Mounting Again
III. People’s Republic of China 1. PRC’s Diplomatic Efforts
2. US Forces Korea
3. ROK-US Relations
4. PRC-US Summit
5. PRC’s Commentary on Hu’s Visit
6. G-8 leaders target nuclear threats
7. PRC-Kazakhstan Ties
8. Japan’s Defense Policy
9. ROK-Japan Summit
10. Japan-DPRK Relations
11. PRC’s Commentary on US-DPRK Relations
12. Russian Ratification of the US-Russian Disarmament Treaty
IV. Can-Kor E-Clipping Service 1. Issue #127

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NAPSNet Daily Report 05 June, 2003

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. ROK US Troops Relocation
2. DPRK WMD Funding
3. US on Total WMD Elimination
4. ROK DPRK Drug Smuggling Investigation
5. Asia-Pacific Role in Iraq War
6. PRC-Iraq Missile Aid?
7. WHO SARS Status
8. ROK-DPRK Relations
9. PRC Falun Gong Imprisonments
10. PRC Presidential Tour
11. Southeast Asian Economy and DPRK
12. PRC Three Gorges Dam
13. PRC Water Shortages
14. Taiwan Domestic Politics

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NAPSNet Daily Report 04 June, 2003

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. US Congressmen on DPRK
2. PRC Response to US House Leader’s Censure
3. PRC Tiananmen Anniversary
4. DPRK Drug Seizure
5. ROK DPRK Drug Investigation
II. Republic of Korea 1. DPRK Fishing Boat Across the Limit Line
2. ROK-US Enhanced Military Alliance
3. ROK-Japan Summit Preparation
4. DPRK Nuclear as Negotiation Card
1. Japan’s Role in Iraq Reconstruction
2. Japan US Marines Relocation
3. US Bases in Japan
4. Japan-ROK War Compensation
5. Japan Electricity Shortage
6. Japan Patriotic Education
7. Explosive Remnants of War
8. Japan Photographer Bomb Explosion

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NAPSNet Daily Report 03 June, 2003

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. DPRK-US Nuclear Diplomacy
2. ROK-DPRK Worst Case Scenario
3. ROK DPRK Naval Warning Shots
4. ROK US Troop Alignment
5. US-DPRK Espionage
6. G8 on Missile Control and Terrorism
7. US-Russia Missile Defense
8. Japan Missile Defense 2006
9. PRC Missile Range
10. PRC SARS Status
11. US Congressman on PRC Government
12. Philippines-ROK DPRK Support

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NAPSNet Daily Report 30 May, 2003

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. US Congressmen DPRK Visit
2. US on DPRK Official Defector
3. ROK-Japan Wartime Laborers
4. Japan-Russia Relations
5. PRC Presidential World Tour
6. Japan US Marines Relocation
7. Russia 300th Anniversary Celebration
8. ROK Presidential Crisis?
9. Japan Domestic Economy
10. PRC SARS Cover-up Denial
11. SARS Development
II. Republic of Korea 1. ROK-DPRK Summit by Money
2. Geumgang Tourism Restart
3. US Fighter Jet Crash
4. US Lawmakers Visiting DPRK
5. Hwang Jang-yop’s Visit to Japan
III. Japan 1. Japan’s Role in Iraq Reconstruction
2. Japan Military Emergency Legislation
3. Japan-US Joint Military Drill
4. Japanese Photographer Bomb Explosion

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NAPSNet Daily Report 29 May, 2003

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. US Congress DPRK Visit
2. US Asia Troop Realignment
3. PRC Russia UN Reforms Joint Statement
4. DPRK Humanitarian Aid Myths
5. Japan on DPRK-Japan Relations
6. DPRK ROK Warship Accusation
7. US Fighter Jet ROK Crash
8. PRC Tiananmen Square Appeal Rejection
9. PRC SARS ‘Superspreader’
10. Taiwan SARS Status
11. Russia SARS Case
12. PRC Domestic Economy
13. Japan Domestic Economy
14. Japan-ROK Free Trade Talks
15. UN Disarmament Affairs
II. Japan 1. Japan Military Emergency Legislation
2. Japan’s Role in Iraq Reconstruction
3. US Bases in Japan
4. Extradition of Chinese Gangster
5. Japan-DPRK Relations
6. Japan Personal Information Protection Bills
7. Japan Domestic Politics

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NAPSNet Daily Report 28 May, 2003

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. ROK on DPRK-US Relations
2. PRC-Russia Oil Export
3. Russia-US on Nuclear Iran
4. PRC Human Rights
5. Russia SARS Case
6. PRC SARS Spitting Policy
7. Japan Second Earthquake
8. Japan Capital City Relocation Project
II. Republic of Korea 1. Research on DPRK Newspaper Rodong Sinmun
2. Reduction of Required Term in Army in DPRK
3. ROK’s Regret on ‘Disaster’ Statement of DPRK
4. US Enhancing Defense in ROK
5. ‘Tough Measure’ is Sanction to DPRK
6. Commencement of Fertilizer Supply
7. DPRK Heroin Smuggling
III. Japan 1. Japan Military Emergency Legislation
2. Japan’s Role in Iraq Reconstruction
3. US Bases in Japan
4. US Ambassador on Japanese Economy
5. Defense Agency’s Misuse of Personal Data
6. Japan Domestic Politics
7. Japan-RF Relations

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Policy Forum 03-33A: Tackling DPRK’s Nuclear Issue through Multilateral Cooperation in the Energy Sector

In the paper below, Su-Hoon Lee and Dean Ouellette of Kyungnam University argue that given the breakdown in U.S.-DPRK relations, a viable alternative to avoid possible catastrophe on the Korean peninsula is urgent. The authors assert that energy sector cooperation may provide the most sound and politically acceptable solution to the problem we now face in Northeast Asia. This paper examines Northeast Asian regional energy cooperation by briefly reviewing North Korea’s energy situation, the problems associated with KEDO, and regional positions toward North Korea and energy sector.

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NAPSNet Daily Report 27 May, 2003

 
CONTENTS

1. ROK-DPRK War Scenarios

2. DPRK Japan Warning
3. PRC-Russia Presidential Relations
4. DPRK Drug Smuggling
5. ROK DPRK Humanitarian Aid Delay
6. PRC-Tibet Relations
7. SARS Vaccine Discovery
8. Japan Earthquake
9. PRC Dissidents and Terrorism
10. Japan Domestic Politics
11. Japan Cigarette Machines
12. DPRK on Japan-US Relations
II. Republic of Korea 1. Multilateral Solution for DPRK Nuclear Problem
2. Rice Aid and DPRK Nuclear
3. DPRK Problem Out of UN
4. USFK Promoting New System of Arsenal
5. DPRK Leader’s Often Inspection on Military Bases
III. People’s Republic of China 1. SCO Summit
2. PRC-US Relations on Religious and Human Rights Issue
3. PRC-Japan Relations
4. PRC’s Diplomatic Maneuvers
5. US Security Measures
6. Across Taiwan Straits Relations
7. DPRK-ROK Relations
8. PRC-Russian Ties
9. PRC’s Commentary on Relations with Russia
IV. Japan 1. Japan-DPRK Relation
2. US Bases in Japan
3. Japan-US Cooperation in Military Emergency
4. Japan’s Role in Iraq Reconstruction
5. Japan Domestic Politics
6. Japan’s Chemical Weapon in WWII
7. Nuclear Experts on Nuke-Free Korean Peninsula
8. Japan-South Pacific Relations

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NAPSNet Daily Report 21 May, 2003

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. Inter-Korean Talk Suspensions
2. DPRK ROK Warning
3. Japan-US Relations
4. DPRK Drug Smuggling
5. DPRK Defectors on DPRK Drug Trade
6. DPRK-ROK Relations
7. Japan DPRK Missile Technology
8. Japan Domestic Economy
9. Japan Iraq Reconstruction Bill
10. Japanese Military Crash
11. PRC SARS Arrest
12. Taiwan SARS Increase
13. PRC Flooding and SARS
II. Republic of Korea 1. Inter Korean Economic Talks
2. Nuclear Suppliers Group Meeting on DPRK Issue
3. US Recognition of US-ROK Summit Talks
4. DPRK Narcotics Operation
5. More Multilateral Talks with DPRK
III. Japan 1. Japan-DPRK Clandestine Nuke-Related Devices Export
2. Japan’s Logistic Support for US
3. Japan’s Role in Iraq Reconstruction
4. Japanese Journalists on Iraq War
5. US Bases in Japan
6. Japan Military Emergency Bill

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