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Post by Admin on Jun 9, 2016 18:53:20 GMT
Russia's deputy defense minister emphasized the need for positive pressure on Pyongyang and called for refraining from provocative actions amid North Korea's nuclear ambitions. "There is just one option for us — to continue positive, positive, I would like to emphasize, pressure on government of North Korea to rethink about the behavior regarding the missile and nuclear proliferation," Antonov said at the "IISS Shangri-La Dialogue" Asia Security Summit in Singapore, adding that Moscow would not recognize Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions. He also said that other countries should refrain from provocative and "emotional" actions near the borders of North Korea, because it could worsen the situation in the region. Tensions on the Korean Peninsula escalated after North Korea successfully carried out a hydrogen bomb test in early January and put a satellite into orbit a month later, violating UN Security Council resolutions and triggering condemnation from the international community.
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Post by Admin on Jun 22, 2016 18:52:40 GMT
North Korea has test-fired two mid-range ballistic missiles from its eastern coast, says South Korea. The first launch was considered to have failed, travelling about 150km (90 miles) before landing in the sea. But the second, launched hours later, flew about 400km and reached an altitude of 1,000km, the most effective test to date. A confirmed successful test would mark a step forward for North Korea after four failed launches in recent months. Some Western scientists say that the more conventional way of testing is to conduct the test, and if it fails, to go away and work out why before trying again some months or even a year later. If this steady method over a long period isn't being followed by North Korea, it may be because of intense pressure from the top, a pressure the scientists on the ground will no doubt feel.
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Post by Admin on Sept 22, 2016 18:36:51 GMT
On Monday afternoon, a security engineer named Matt Bryant stumbled upon a part of the Internet that is usually hidden from most of the world: a list of websites available to people with Internet access in North Korea. The total number of sites was just 28. Bryant's list includes every site ending in .kp, which is the country code associated with North Korea. About 149.9 million websites end in country codes, such .de for Germany or .cn for China. More than 10 million sites end in .cn, according to the most recent report by the domain name registry Verisign.
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Post by Admin on Feb 15, 2017 18:46:19 GMT
On 13 February, Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of Kim Jong Un, was believed to have been murdered in Kuala Lumpur airport after at least one woman attacked him, possibly spraying poison on him. He died soon after. South Korea suspects the assassins who killed Kim Jong Nam were North Korean agents. But why kill Kim? What threat did he pose to North Korea? Kim went to an information desk in Kuala Lumpur International Airport and complained he felt dizzy. He was taken to hospital and died en route. Police official Fadzil Ahmat told Reuters: “The deceased... felt like someone grabbed or held his face from behind. We don’t know if there was a cloth or needles. The receptionist said someone grabbed his face, he felt dizzy.” The most obvious suspect is the North Korean government but there is little proof yet. It is possible that Kim Jong Un feels under threat and that his eldest half-brother could have been promoted as an alternative leader. Kim rejected power but that might not have been enough to save him.
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Post by Admin on Feb 18, 2017 18:59:32 GMT
A North Korean national has been arrested over the killing of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half-brother, Malaysian police say. The first North Korean to be arrested over Kim Jong-nam's death was named as Ri Jong Chol, 46. Police believe poison was sprayed into Mr Kim's face as he waited to board a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Macau. Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi formally confirmed on Thursday that the dead man, who was travelling under the name Kim Chol, was Kim Jong-nam. Kim is believed to have been attacked in the airport departure hall on Monday by two women, using some form of chemical. A grainy image taken from security camera footage, which has been broadcast in South Korea and Malaysia, shows a woman wearing a white T-shirt with the letters " " written on the front.
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