North Korea

Sun Tzu

North Korea Developing Drones…Based On US Drones Purchase In Middle East

Defense News reports that North Korea is developing drones based on Raytheon’s MQM-107D,  the so called Streaker target drones.  These are used by the US Army in training.  According to news reports, they got the drones by purchasing them from Syria. The Streaker flies at 40,000 feet at a maximum speed of 575 mph.  It is [...]
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Spyridon Mitsotakis

Has Kim Jong Il’s Death Caused a Breakthrough in Burma?

While it has largely been out of the public eye, big things are happening in Burma. After decades of war and military dictatorship, the government and rebel groups have signed a series of ceasefires and have begun to release political prisoners, including Aung San Suu Kyi (whose National League of Democracy, as Kim Kardashian concisely [...]
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John J.  Xenakis

20-Jan-12 World View: Sectarian Tensions Cause Geopolitical Realignment in the Mideast

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Sectarian tensions grow among Turkey, Iraq and Iran Sectarian tensions grow in Gaza strip Saudis receive aid from China in developing nuclear weapon Geopolitical realignments are speeding in the Mideast region No deal till Monday between Greece and bond holders Hedge funds threaten to sue Greece in Court of Human Rights IMF seeks to raise its [...]
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Sun Tzu

North Korea Punishing Lackluster Kim Jong-Il Mourners

Remember all the news coverage given to the hysterics carried out by North Koreans after the death of Kim Jong Il? A new report shows that those mourners may have had motivation for their outbursts other than genuine regard for their deceased leader. From the New York Post: PYONGYANG — Following the mourning period for former leader [...]
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Sun Tzu

WaPo: Obama Foreign Policy an Abject Failure

Jackson Diehl of the Washington Post has a devastating take down of Obama’s failures in foreign policy.  An excerpt: Peace Prize winner,  foreign policy failure? Here again there appears to be a disconnect between Obama’s 1970s-vintage ideas and the real world of the early 21st century. There’s nothing wrong, and modest good, in extending Cold War nuclear conventions [...]
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Spyridon Mitsotakis

Secrets of ‘Kim Jong-Il’: Everything About Him, Including His Name, Was a Lie

As we look back on the  life of the brutal North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il, there are many myths and much propaganda to sort through before we find the truth about him. For starters, he wasn’t actually “Kim Jong-Il;” his real name was Yuri Irsenovich Kim. A scratched childhood picture of Yuri Irsenovich Kim, better [...]
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Sun Tzu

Kim Jong Un Named ‘Supreme Leader’ of North Korea

(AP) PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea hailed Kim Jong Il’s son as “supreme leader” of the 1.2-million strong military, ramping up its campaign to install the young man as the next leader of the communist nation even as millions continue mourning the father a week after his death. Kim Jong Un [...]
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John J.  Xenakis

24-Dec-11 World View — Syria’s Regime May Be Responsible For Suicide Bombings

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Syria’s regime may be responsible for suicide bombings The ‘Great Successor’ Kim Jung-un takes over in North Korea Turkey accuses France of genocide in Algeria Syria’s regime may be responsible for suicide bombings Syrian security services inspect the entrance of an intelligence agency building targeted by a suicide attack in Damascus (ETA) At least [...]
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Jason Bradley

John Bolton on Kim Jong Un, ‘The Great Successor’

John Bolton, former UN ambassador, writing from the Wall Street Journal, discusses the future of North Korea’s government leadership in the wake of Kim Jong Il’s death: North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il’s death opens a period of intense danger and risk, but also potentially enormous opportunity for America and its allies. Kim’s health [...]
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