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Monthly Archives: June 2009

Soldier Finds Rare Book, Expected to Make Thousands at Auction

» by June 16th, 2009 at 7:52 pm » Comments (2)

This soldier on his way to Iraq for the 2nd time lucked out finding this book: A rare leather-bound book that played an influential role in America's early history could bring ...more »

North Korea Prepares New Launch Pad for Missile Test

» by June 16th, 2009 at 4:03 pm » Comments (0)

It looks like the intel guys have found their missing missile: North Korea has finished preparatory work at a missile launch pad in Tongchangri, North Pyongan Province, where a long-range missile ...more »

Picture of the Day: Is this Kim Jong-un?

» by June 16th, 2009 at 1:07 pm » Comments (1)

[caption id="attachment_14177" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="A 10-year-old photograph of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's heir apparent Jong-un at the age of 16 was published in the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper on Sunday. ...more »

David Albright Comments On North Korean HEU Program

» by June 16th, 2009 at 10:39 am » Comments (3)

It looks like I was wrong about David Albright he in fact isn't going to keep quiet about the recent revelations that North Korea has a secret uranium program: A U.S. ...more »

Kim Jong-un Is Reported to Have Visited China

» by June 16th, 2009 at 6:49 am » Comments (0)

This report is about as thinly sourced as the prior report on the assassination attempt on Kim Jong-il's oldest son Kim Jong-nam so make of it what you will: Kim Jong-un, ...more »

Did North Korea Export Tunneling Technology to Burma & Hezbollah?

» by June 16th, 2009 at 6:21 am » Comments (0)

This news doesn't surprise me considering that North Korea has already been linked to providing tunnels for Iran's nuclear program: North Korea has reportedly imparted knowledge of its underground-tunneling techniques to ...more »

Kim Jong-un Reportedly Tries to Assassinate Older Brother Kim Jong-nam

» by June 16th, 2009 at 2:18 am » Comments (5)

This appears to be thinly sourced and it will be interesting to see if any more details come out from this: North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's first son Kim Jong-nam survived ...more »

South Korean Woman Executed In Yemen

» by June 15th, 2009 at 11:08 pm » Comments (0)

Back in March 4 South Koreans died in Yemen due to a terrorist attack and this month yet another Korean has died in Yemen: A 34-year-old South Korean woman was confirmed ...more »

Lee Myung-bak Goes to Washington

» by June 15th, 2009 at 7:14 pm » Comments (0)

If Lee Myung-bak is able to convince President Obama to get the current US-ROK FTA ratified I would be amazed: President Lee Myung-bak left for Washington on Monday for summit talks ...more »

Did North Korea Really Detonate A Nuclear Weapon?

» by June 15th, 2009 at 3:02 pm » Comments (5)

Could it be that the 2nd North Korean nuclear test was just a big hoax? South Korean and U.S. authorities have yet to detect radioactive debris in the vicinity of Punggye-ri, ...more »

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