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 14 November, 2002

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. DPRK Nuclear Issue
2. ROK on DPRK Oil Shipments
3. DPRK on DPRK-US Relations
4. PRC Domestic Politics
5. Cross-Straits Direct Transport Links
6. Taiwan Military Developments
7. PRC on Taiwan Economic relations
8. PRC-US Talks
II. Republic of Korea 1. Informal Ministerial Conference for Democracy
2. DPRK Oil Supply
3. Opposition Party’s Tough Stance to DPRK
4. ROK Ratification of the Kyoto Pact
5. Cooperational Efforts for Democaracy
6. ROK-Russia Military Cooperation
7. US Tough Stance on DPRK
III. CanKor E-Clipping Service 1. CanKor #105

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NAPSNet Daily Report 12 November, 2002

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. DPRK-ROK Relations
2. Japan-ROK on DPRK Nuclear Program
3. PRC DPRK Food Aid
4. DPRK Oil Shipment
5. Inter-Korean Economic Talks
6. ROK-Japan-US Talks on DPRK
7. PRC-US Relations
II. Japan 1. Japan-US Relations
2. Japan Constitutional Review
3. Japan Military Emergency Bills
4. US Bases in Okinawa
III. People’s Republic of China 1. DPRK-ROK Relations
2. Japan-DPRK Relations
3. US-ROK Relations
4. PRC-Japan-ROK Relations
5. PRC’s Military Diplomacy
6. Russia-US Relations

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NAPSNet Daily Report 08 November, 2002

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. Powell on DPRK Regional Threat
2. DPRK on Agreed Framework
3. DPRK Japan Missile Tests
4. DPRK on Non-Aggression Treaty
5. DPRK on DPRK-Japan Normalization
6. US on DPRK Missile Threat
7. US on DPRK Nuclear Situation
8. Editorial on US-DPRK Diplomacy
9. Inter-Korean Economic Situation
10. PRC Domestic Politics
11. Cross-Straits Relations
12. Cross-Straits Direct Links
13. PRC-Canada Relations
14. Japan Domestic Economy

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NAPSNet Daily Report 07 November, 2002

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. PRC on Iraq Resolution
2. PRC-Mongolian Relations
3. PRC Domestic Politics
4. ROK on DPRK Nuclear Situation
5. DPRK on ROK Delegation
6. PRC-Japan Activist Deportation
7. PRC-US Relations
8. ROK-Japan-Russia Relations
9. US-Japan-ROK DPRK Diplomacy
10. Australia on DPRK Nuclear Issue
11. Inter-Korean Economic Talks
12. DPRK Asylum Seekers
II. Republic of Korea 1. DPRK Issue
2. ROK-Russia Relations
3. Japan’s Efforts to Validate KEDO
III. Japan 1. DPRK Security Talks
2. Japan DPRK Aid
3. Japan Domestic Politics
4. DPRK Missile Pledge
5. Japan-PRC Relations
6. Japan-ASEAN Relations

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NAPSNet Daily Report 06 November, 2002

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. Japan-DPRK Talks
2. DPRK-ROK Economic Talks
3. DPRK Oil Shipment
4. DPRK on Missile Moratorium
5. DPRK on DPRK-US Relations
6. DPRK on Ambassador Greg Visit
7. US-ROK on DPRK Nuclear Issue
8. PRC Domestic Politics
9. PRC on Iraq
10. DPRK Oil Shipments
11. PRC Human Rights
12. Japanese Activist Deported
13. Powell ROK Trip Cancellation
II. Republic of Korea 1. DPRK Forces Reduction
2. US Intermediary’s Visit to DPRK
3. DPRK-Japan Relations
4. US-Japan-ROK Response to DPRK
5. US Undersecretary’s Visit to Seoul
III. People’s Republic of China 1. PRC Commentary on Jiang’s visit to US and Participation in APEC
2. ROK-DPRK Relations
3. DPRK-Japan Relations
4. PRC Response to DPRK-Japan Relations
5. PRC-DPRK Relations
6. PRC-Russian Ties
7. PRC-Japan Relations
8. DPRK-US Relations
IV. CanKor E-Clipping 1. CanKor #104

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Policy Forum 02-20A: Current Developments on the Korean Peninsula: Are There Grounds for Hope?

The essay below is by Professor Han Sung Joo, President of Korea University and former ROK Foreign Minister (1993-94) when the US-DPRK Agreed Framework was negotiated. Han argues that North Korea must be further embedded into relationships of deeper dependence upon the outside world, particularly South Korea, the United States and Japan. Similar to the 1994 “carrot and stick” approach by South Korea and the United States that led to the Agreed Framework, a similar strategy must be employed today, but with greater multilateral coordination.

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NAPSNet Daily Report 05 November, 2002

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. PRC Domestic Politics
2. PRC Democratic Activist
3. DPRK on US Diplomacy
4. PRC-Japan Relations
5. DPRK-Japan Relations
6. Japan on US Missile Defense
7. Smallpox Possession
8. DPRK Food Program
9. Japanese Abduction Victims
II. Republic of Korea 1. DPRK-US Confrontation
2. Gaeseong Industrial Complex
3. Inter Korean Red Cross Talks Nullified
4. DPRK Nuclear Problem
5. Suspended Oil Supply to DPRK
III. Japan 1. Japan Domestic Politics
2. Japan-US Relations
3. Japanese Disarmament Diplomacy

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NAPSNET Week in Review 1 November, 2002

United States 1. Powell on ‘Global Unity’ on DPRK Nuclear Issue The US State Department Information Services carried a transcript of US Secretary of State Colin Powell on the DPRK Nuclear Issue which read: Secretary of State Colin Powell says he believes there is global agreement on the need to exert pressure on the DPRK […]

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Policy Forum 02-19A: Responding to North Korea’s Surprises

The essay below by John Feffer, author of numerous articles on Korea, and editor of the forthcoming “Power Trip: U.S. Foreign Policy after September 11,” asserts that North Korea is keen to win a deal with the United States that will allow it to pursue economic reform, but the Bush administration has largely ignored the DPRK’s attempts to engage the world. At the same time, North Korea fears that the Bush administration, after dislodging Saddam Hussein, will apply its regime-change policy to Pyongyang. The recent nuclear revelations are North Korea’s latest attempt to shock the United States into negotiating a package deal that would include security guarantees. Pyongyang’s policy of nuclear deterrence and Washington’s policy of preemptive strikes are inextricably linked, and a solution to the current crisis requires a rethinking of both policies.

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NAPSNet Daily Report 01 November, 2002

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. DPRK Nuclear Situation
2. Japan on DPRK Normalization Talks
3. Japan-DPRK Relations
4. US-Japan DPRK Policy
5. Cross-Straits Relations
6. Inter-Korean Family Reunions
7. ROK Corruption Scandal
II. Republic of Korea 1. DPRK’s Denouncement on US
2. DPRK-Japan Normalization Talks
3. Taiwan Cautious on DPRK Investment
4. OPEC’s Aid to DPRK
5. Former US Ambassador to Pyeongyang
6. Inter Korean Red Cross Talk

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