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Kim expresses "great satisfaction" over North Korea weapons tests @ 2019-08-18T00: Back Hot News
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SOUTH KOREA』S MILITARY SAID EARLIER THAT TWO PROJECTILES LAUNCHED FROM THE NORTH』S EASTERN COAST FLEW ABOUT 230KM (143 MILES) BEFORE LANDING IN WATERS BETWEEN THE KOREAN PENINSULA AND JAPAN. THE US AND SOUTH KOREAN MILITARIES WERE ANALYSING THE LAUNCHES BUT DIDN』T IMMEDIATELY SAY WHETHER THE WEAPONS WERE BALLISTIC MISSILES OR ROCKET ARTILLERY.
NORTH KOREA"S RECENT TESTS HAVE DAMPENED THE OPTIMISM THAT FOLLOWED THE THIRD AND LATEST MEETING BETWEEN US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND THE NORTH KOREAN LEADER ON JUNE 30 AT THE KOREAN DEFACTO BORDER.
PEOPLE WATCH A TV NEWS PROGRAM ON NORTH KOREA'S FIRING PROJECTILES WITH A FILE IMAGE OF NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG UN AT THE SEOUL RAILWAY STATION IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, AUG. 16, 2019.
RI’S PROMOTION TO AMONG THE HIGHEST RANKS OF NORTH KOREA’S DIPLOMATIC CORPS COMES AT A NOTEWORTHY TIME, WITH THE U.S. AND NORTH KOREA EXPECTED TO BEGIN LONG-STALLED WORKING-LEVEL TALKS AT SOME POINT IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.
SEOUL (CNN)A SENIOR NORTH KOREAN OFFICIAL HAS RAILED AGAINST ONGOING US-SOUTH KOREA JOINT MILITARY DRILLS AND THREATENED TO FREEZE OUT SEOUL BY ONLY HOLDING FUTURE TALKS WITH WASHINGTON.
PYONGYANG HAS REJECTED SOUTH KOREA"S HOPES FOR DIALOGUE, SAYING INTER-KOREA TALKS ARE OFF THE TABLE. NORTH KOREA LAUNCHED TWO MISSILES INTO THE SEA IN PROTEST OF JOINT US-SOUTH KOREA MILITARY DRILLS. (16.08.2019)
AS HENRY SCOTT STOKES REPORTED FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES ON AUG. 29, 1981 「NORTH KOREA SAID NOTHING ABOUT WHETHER SUCH AN ATTACK HAD BEEN MADE IN WHAT IT DEFINES AS ITS OWN AIRSPACE. ISSUING ITS FIRST DIRECT STATEMENT ON THE INCIDENT, THE OFFICIAL NORTH KOREAN PRESS AGENCY CHARGED THAT THE SR-71 HAD VIOLATED 『THE TERRITORIAL AIR OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR REPUBLIC,』 MEANING NORTH KOREA […].
THREE NORTH KOREAN OFFICIALS INCLUDING WON KIL U, THE VICE SPORTS MINISTER, HAVE CANCELED A TRIP TO JAPAN SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK DESPITE TOKYO’S EARLIER DECISION TO ALLOW THEIR ATTENDANCE AT A SEMINAR RELATED TO THE 2020 OLYMPICS, SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER HAVE SAID.
LESS IS KNOWN ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF RAW MATERIALS USED IN NORTH KOREA』S BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS FACTORIES. THE US DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (DIA) SAID IN AN UNCLASSIFIED REPORT IN 2007 THAT 「NORTH KOREA』S RESOURCES INCLUDE A BIOTECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT COULD SUPPORT THE PRODUCTION OF VARIOUS BIOLOGICAL WARFARE AGENTS. DIA BELIEVES NORTH KOREA HAS A LONGSTANDING CHEMICAL WEAPONS STOCKPILE OF NERVE, BLISTER, BLOOD, AND CHOKING AGENTS.」
MONTHS EARLIER, WOMEN"S ASSOCIATION FOR THE FUTURE OF KOREAN PENINSULA PRESIDENT NAM YOUNG-HWA TOLD THE KOREA BIOMEDICAL REVIEW THAT NORTH KOREANS WHO FLED TO SOUTH KOREA HAD A SUICIDE RATE THREE TIMES HIGHER THAN SOUTH KOREANS, CITING A 2015 REPORT BY SOUTH KOREA"S UNIFICATION MINISTRY.
DESPITE THREE SUMMIT MEETINGS BETWEEN MR. KIM AND PRESIDENT MOON JAE-IN OF SOUTH KOREA LAST YEAR, INTER-KOREAN RELATIONS HAVE RAPIDLY SOURED THIS YEAR. NORTH KOREA SAID ITS MISSILE TEST LAST WEEK WAS A WARNING TO SOUTH KOREA. BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID HE WAS NOT UPSET BY THE NORTH KOREAN TEST BECAUSE IT INVOLVED 「SHORT-RANGE MISSILES AND VERY STANDARD MISSILES.」
GOODS LABELED WITH FALSE OR AMBIGUOUS INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR FINAL DESTINATION ARE CALLED "ROUNDABOUT EXPORTS." THIS IS A TECHNIQUE FAVORED BY SHELL TRADING COMPANIES CONTROLLED BY NORTH KOREA, AND IT IS A MAJOR CONCERN FOR EXPORT-CONTROL OFFICIALS. CHINA HAS OFTEN BEEN USED BY NORTH KOREA AS A CONDUIT FOR ILLEGAL TRADE. IT WAS NATURAL THAT JAPANESE AUTHORITIES WOULD RAISE THE ALARM IN THIS CASE.
TALKS BETWEEN NORTH KOREA AND THE US ABOUT THE NORTH"S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS HAVE YET TO RESTART. NOW, THE NORTH MIGHT START FREEZING OUT THE SOUTH, TOO. NORTH KOREA VOWED TO CUT OFF TALKS WITH SOUTH KOREA, JUST AFTER THE NORTH THIS MORNING FIRED TWO SHORT-RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILES INTO THE SEA OFF ITS EAST COAST. THE NORTH IS UPSET ABOUT JOINT US-SOUTH KOREAN MILITARY DRILLS, AMONG OTHER THINGS. A NORTH KOREAN SPOKESMAN CALLED SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT MOON JAE-IN "IMPUDENT" AND SAID HIS COUNTRY HAS "NOTHING TO TALK ANY MORE WITH THE SOUTH KOREAN AUTHORITIES." IN A SPEECH YESTERDAY, MOON PLEDGED TO TRY TO REUNIFY THE KOREAN PENINSULA BY 2045. THE NORTH CALLED THAT "FOOLISH."
PRIOR REPORTING HAS FOCUSED ON THE PECULIARITIES OF THE NORTH KOREAN WAR ECONOMY; IN PARTICULAR, THE SONGUN OR 「MILITARY FIRST」 POLICY THAT HOLDS UP THE ARMY AS THE CENTRAL ORGANIZING PILLAR OF NORTH KOREAN SOCIETY. MUCH OF THE ANSWER, HOWEVER, LIES IN EXTERNAL AID; FOR ONE, NORTH KOREA CONSIDERABLE MILITARY STRENGTH WOULD BE UTTERLY UNSUSTAINABLE WERE IT NOT FOR A STEADY STREAM OF CHINESE ECONOMIC SUBSIDIES. BUT THERE IS AN EVEN MORE DIRECT ASPECT OF EXTERNAL AID TO NORTH KOREA THAT GOES LARGELY UNNOTICED IN CONTEMPORARY DEFENSE COMMENTARY: NORTH KOREA』S DEFENSE INDUSTRY WAS BUILT ON, AND IS TODAY PREDOMINANTLY COMPOSED OF, SOVIET ARMS AND EQUIPMENT.
UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS SAY THEY ARE FORMALLY INVESTIGATING AT LEAST 35 INSTANCES OF CYBERATTACKS BY NORTH KOREA IN 17 COUNTRIES, BELIEVED TO BE CARRIED OUT IN A BID TO FUND ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM. ACCORDING TO A REPORT SEEN BY ASSOCIATED PRESS, NORTH KOREA HAS ACQUIRED AS MUCH AS $2 BILLION FROM INCREASINGLY SOPHISTICATED CYBER ACTIVITIES AGAINST FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND CRYPTOCURRENCY EXCHANGES.
ANALYSIS INDICATES TOXIC SLUDGE FROM THE NORTH KOREAN FACTORY COULD FLOW INTO THE RYESONG RIVER, IN NORTH HWANGHAE PROVINCE, WHICH COULD EVENTUALLY EMPTY INTO THE YELLOW SEA, A BODY OF WATER SHARED BY NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA, AS WELL AS CHINA.
SEOUL (REUTERS) - NORTH KOREA LAUNCHED AT LEAST TWO SHORT-RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILES ON FRIDAY, SOUTH KOREA’S MILITARY SAID, SHORTLY AFTER PYONGYANG DESCRIBED SOUTH KOREA’S PRESIDENT AS “IMPUDENT” AND VOWED THAT INTER-KOREAN TALKS ARE OVER.

 

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