It’s tough to maintain a healthy national economy when most banks on the planet won’t accept your business.
That’s the dilemma facing North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, as mounting economic sanctions cut his country out of the world economy. To stave o…
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People are not buying Trump’s reassurance on North Korea’s latest, most powerful missile yet
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North Korea has tested its most powerful rocket yet, and this one is finally capable of reaching the entire U.S. mainland, it claims.
North Korea on Wednesday announced the new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), called the Hwasong-15. It’s reportedly tipped with a “super-large heavy warhead,” greatly increasing the country’s fire power against enemies.
In a television broadcast, North Korea said the new missile reached a record height of around 2,780 miles (4.475) — more than 10 times the distance between Earth and the international space station, if true. Read more…
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View More People are not buying Trump’s reassurance on North Korea’s latest, most powerful missile yetA North Korean defector flees to freedom under a barrage of gunfire
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Warning: Some viewers might find the above video disturbing.
It’s the stuff of action movie climaxes, but IRL.
A new video captured by the United Nations Command depicts a North Korean soldier defecting by crossing the “Joint Security Area” (JSA) of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The gunfire that the escape attempt drew is a violation of the truce between North and South Korea, the first such violation since a similar escape attempt in 1984.
In the video, the former soldier flees by military jeep. But when he gets stuck in a ditch right on the border, the soldier — whose last name is Oh, according to Stars and Stripes — sprints from the driver’s seat and attempts to run. His former fellow soldiers rain bullets on him, and he gets shot multiple times. South Korean soldiers eventually crawl through the JSA and drag him to safety. Read more…
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U.S. government issues alerts about malware and IP addresses linked to North Korean cyber attacks
US-CERT, the Department of Homeland Security team responsible for analyzing cybersecurity threats, has posted a warning about cyber attacks by the North Korean government, which it collectively refers to as “Hidden Cobra.” The technical alert from the FBI and Department of Homeland Security says a remote administration tool (RAT) called FALLCHILL has been deployed by Hidden Cobra… Read More