North Korea will reopen border to South Korea
August 17, 2009
The agreement to ease restrictions on the border follows a meeting between the reclusive state’s leader Kim Jong-il and the head of the South Korean Hyundai Group who had gone to Pyongyang to seek the release of a detained worker.
Reports that North Korea helps Myanmar build atomic bomb
August 11, 2009
Several reports indicate that North Korea may be supporting Myanmar, positioned between India and China, in building a secret nuclear reactor and plutonium extraction plant. It is also claimed that Myanmar intends to build an atomic bomb by 2014.
Hillary played vital role in release of journalists
August 5, 2009
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New U.N. sanctions against North Korea
July 16, 2009
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The U.N. imposed new sanctions against North Korea on Thursday, which take immediate effect and are to be carried out by all of the U.N.’s 192 member nations. North Korea will now face travel bans and a freeze on the financial assets against the officials, companies and state agency. Nations were also instructed to refrain from supplying North Korea with certain types of materials used in ballistic missile parts.
U.K., not North Korea, may be behind cyberattacks
July 14, 2009
The U.K. was the likely source of a series of DDOS attacks last week that took down popular Web sites in the U.S. and South Korea, according to an analysis performed by a Vietnamese computer security analyst. The results contradict assertions made by some in the U.S. and South Korean governments that North Korea was behind the attack.
Clinton regrets detention of U.S. journalists
July 10, 2009
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday said “everyone is very sorry” about an incident that resulted in North Korea detaining two U.S. journalists on accusations of illegally entering the country.
A Pentagon official has confirmed that North Korea was indeed behind the cyberattacks that targeted dozens of Web sites in the U.S. and South Korea over the past week. The reason behind the “botnet” multi-computer attack was to knock websites offline and tie up valuable resources and manpower.
U.S. missile defence capabilities in question
July 4, 2009
After more North Korean missiles were fired on Saturday, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Defense Secretary states that they are confident that the missile-defense system would work. However, the confidence stands in sharp contrast to previous tests, and many experts and critics of the missile-defense system believe the confidence is misplaced.
Fear of missile launch from North Korea on July 4th
July 1, 2009
Political editor and democrat Steven Leser describes a scenario where North Korea may launch a new longer-range missile, called the “Unha-2″ on or about July 4th. According to scientist those missiles, if launched from the Korean peninsula, may reach the continental United States.
North Korean ship Kam Nang has turned around and is headed back in the direction it came from, after being tracked for more than a week by American Navy vessels on suspicion of carrying illegal weapons.
