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.
I. United States 1. ROK-DPRK Prisoner Exchange Reuters (“S.KOREA EXPECTED TO DEMAND N.KOREA RETURN POWS,” Seoul, 8/28/00) reported that at ministerial-level talks starting on August 29 in Pyongyang the ROK is expected to press the DPRK to return Korean War prisoners and citizens allegedly abducted by the DPRK. ROK media reports said on Monday that […]
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Missile Defense 1. US NMD Program The Defense Department has concluded that the high-profile test of the missile-interceptor system on July 7 failed because a 10-year-old circuit board on a booster did not operate properly. US Defense Department spokesman Kenneth H. Bacon said that the timetable for future tests is slipping, development of a new […]
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Korean Peninsula 1. Reunion of Separated Families The four-day DPRK-ROK exchange of separated families ended Friday. In addition to “group meetings” on August 15, the visitors had four more family-by-family private meetings Wednesday and Thursday. ROK officials said on August 16 that the ROK and the DPRK will discuss ways to expand reunion programs for […]
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