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.
Nuclear Weapons 1. Indian Nuclear Programs A Strategic Defense Review (SDR) commissioned by the Indian Government identified a need to conduct sub-critical nuclear testing to fully integrate the benefits of the Shakti series of tests carried out in May 1998. The Review concluded that India should announce a program to conduct the sophisticated sub-critical tests […]
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Korean Peninsula 1. DPRK Threat to US and ROK US Defense Secretary William Cohen and ROK’s Defense Minister Cho Sung-Tae said after annual security talks that the DPRK remains a military threat despite the thaw on the Korean peninsula and both countries must take “substantial” measures to reduce tensions. A joint statement said they welcomed […]
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Missile Defense 1. US Perspectives on NMD Decision US Senator Thad Cochran, Chairman, Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation, and Federal Service, issued a report by the Committee on Governmental Affairs in which he sets out the chronology of NMD, including the Clinton administration’s actions. He argued that the NMD problems the US face today are […]
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Korean Peninsula 1. DPRK Visits to ROK The trip to Seoul by the DPRK Workers’ Party secretary Kim Yong-sun, has helped revive the momentum for the implementation of the June 15 inter-Korean summit agreement. The trip of four-star general Pak Jae-gyong, vice director of the General Political Bureau of the DPRK’s Korean People’s Army, prompted […]
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