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 FLASH Update 8 May, 2001

Security 1. Bush Speech at NDU In a speech delivered at the US National Defense University on May 1, President George W. Bush said that the US and its allies should move beyond the constraints of the ABM Treaty towards a new concept of deterrence that relies on both offensive and defensive forces, including a […]

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NAPSNet Daily Report 08 May, 2001

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. EU Visit to DPRK
2. US Policy toward DPRK
3. ROK-Japan Joint Naval Exercise
4. PRC Missile Deployment
5. US Reconnaissance Flights
6. US Spy Plane
II. Republic of Korea 1. US View of DPRK Missiles
2. ROK Lawmakers to Visit DPRK
3. ROK Call for DPRK-US Talks
4. DPRK View of US
5. Kim Jong Il’s Son
6. DPRK Food Shortage
7. Aid to DPRK
III. Announcements 1. Korean Reconciliation Conference
2. Japanese Foreign Policy Website

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NAPSNet Daily Report 07 May, 2001

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. Light-Water Reactor Project
2. US Arms Sales to Taiwan
3. US-PRC Official Exchanges
4. US Reconnaissance Flights off PRC
5. PRC-Japan Relations
6. US Missile Defense
II. Republic of Korea 1. Light-Water Reactor Project
2. ROK View of DPRK Missile Policy
3. DPRK-US Talks
4. DPRK Leader’s Son
5. DPRK View of US Missile Defense

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NAPSNET Week in Review 4 May, 2001

Korea 1. EU Visit to DPRK Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson said that an EU delegation held successful discussions with DPRK leader Kim Jong-il on Thursday. They shared opinions of mutual interest that covered a wide range of subjects from that of bilateral relations to matters that concern the overall situation in Northeast Asia. Kim […]

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NAPSNet Daily Report 04 May, 2001

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. EU Visit to DPRK
2. DPRK Missile Sales
3. US Spy Plane
4. US-PRC Relations
II. Republic of Korea 1. EU Delegation in ROK
2. EU-DPRK Talks
3. DPRK Leader’s Son in Japan
4. DPRK-German Relations
III. Japan 1. Kim Jong-Nam’s Illegal Entry into Japan
2. DPRK’s Response to Kim Jong-Nam’s Detention
3. Experts’ Views on Kim Jong-Nam’s Entry into Japan
4. Japanese History Textbook
5. Japanese Reaction to US NMD
6. Prime Minister’s Stance on Constitution
7. Japanese-US Relations
8. Japanese-Russian Territorial Issue
9. New Cabinet’s Approval Rate

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NAPSNet Daily Report 03 May, 2001

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. DPRK Missile Freeze
2. EU Visit to DPRK
3. Alleged Trip to Japan of Kim Jong-il’s Son
4. ROK, Japan Reactions to US Missile Defense
5. Japanese Constitutional Revision
6. US-PRC Military Exchanges
II. Republic of Korea 1. EU Delegation in DPRK
2. DPRK-EU Relations
3. ROK View of US Missile Defense
III. Discussion 1. DPRK Missile Freeze

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NAPSNet Daily Report 02 May, 2001

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. EU Visit to DPRK
2. Japanese Textbook
3. ROK Response to US NMD
4. International Response to US NMD
5. US-PRC Relations
6. Downed US Spy Plane
7. Suspension of US-PRC Military Exchanges
8. PRC Naval Deployments
II. Republic of Korea 1. DPRK Listing as Terrorism Supporting Country
2. DPRK-Russia Arms Deal
3. DPRK War Compensation from Japan
III. People’s Republic of China 1. DPRK Military Build-up
2. DPRK-Russian Military Relations
3. DPRK Criticism of US Policy
4. US Arms Sales to Taiwan
5. European Refusal to Sell Weapons to Taiwan
6. US Reconnaissance Plane
7. PRC-Russian Relations
8. PRC-Japanese Relations
9. NMD Program
IV. Announcements 1. DMZ Forum

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NAPSNet Daily Report 01 May, 2001

 
CONTENTS

I. United States

1. EU Trip to DPRK
2. DPRK Listing as Terrorism Sponsor
3. US Spying on DPRK
4. US Troops in ROK
5. DPRK Food Shortage
6. Alleged US Military Visit to Taiwan
7. Taiwan Weapons Purchases
8. US Policy toward Taiwan
9. US Spy Plane in PRC
10. PRC Response to US Missile Defense
11. PRC-Australian Relations
12. US Nuclear Strategy
13. Russian Asian Policy
14. Japanese Textbook Row
II. Republic of Korea 1. DPRK-Russia Defense Deal
2. US Envoy to Visit ROK
3. DPRK-Czech Republic Relations
4. DPRK-US Framework Seminar
5. DPRK Participation in ADB Meeting
6. ROK Military Purchases

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NAPSNET Weekly FLASH Update 30 April, 2001

Nuclear Weapons 1. India Missile Program Jane’s Defense Weekly reports that India lacked an appropriate third-stage engine when it was designing the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) that achieved a satellite launch last week. Russia provided India with its KVD-1, originally designed for use on the Russian space program’s L-3M lunar-lander project, to be the […]

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Nautilus Institute Report on WTO Meetings in Seattle

Nautilus Institute Report on WTO Meetings in Seattle U.S. ARROGANCE AND INCOMPETENCE — A LETHAL MIX Reflections on Seattle by Lyuba Zarsky The image of police battling protesters in Seattle may have faded from TV screens but hopefully not from the minds of US trade officials. There are important lessons to be drawn about how […]

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