Posts Tagged With: Iran

Samsung Caught Up In Tensions Between Iran and Israel Due To Commercial

» by GI Korea February 8th, 2012 at 3:17 am » Comments (4)

Via a Facebook tip come this story about how unsurprisingly the Iranians have no sense of humor when it comes to one of their nuclear facilities getting blown up in ...more »

US Government Pushes Korea To Cut Oil Imports From Iran

» by GI Korea January 17th, 2012 at 5:23 pm » Comments (0)

Considering how dependent the South Korean economy is on imported oil this will be a lot tougher thing for the Korean government to agree to than other countries: A senior U.S. ...more »

US Pressures South Korea Over Iranian Economic Ties

» by GI Korea December 8th, 2011 at 3:08 am » Comments (0)

Here is a situation report from STRATFOR on how the US is pressuring South Korea to end economic ties with Iran: The United States wants countries that buy Iranian petrochemicals to ...more »

Source Says North Korea Assisting Iranian Nuclear Program

» by GI Korea November 14th, 2011 at 5:09 pm » Comments (3)

Here is more speculation about the extent of involvement the North Koreans have in helping the Iranians nuclear weapons program: Hundreds of North Korean nuclear and missile experts have been collaborating ...more »

Why Would the Iranians Want to Assassinate the Saudi Ambassador?

» by GI Korea October 12th, 2011 at 5:02 pm » Comments (51)

I have been reading all these articles about the Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in the US and I keep waiting for someone to explain why the Iranians ...more »

Iranian Bank In Seoul Linked To North Korean Arms Sales

» by GI Korea January 20th, 2011 at 3:50 am » Comments (5)

This really shouldn't be surprising news to anyone: A U.S. diplomatic cable provided to WikiLeaks suggested that North Korea likely received payment for weapons sales to Iran via a Seoul-based ...more »

Wikileak’s Documents Show that China is Assisting the Export of North Korean Missile Technology to Iran

» by GI Korea November 30th, 2010 at 6:54 pm » Comments (13)

Much like my prior post on the Wikileaks documents, these documents that show that China was actively thwarting UN sanctions on North Korea pretty much just confirms what those of ...more »

Is the Obama Administration Looking for A Grand Bargain with Iran?

» by GI Korea September 20th, 2010 at 5:55 am » Comments (6)

George Friedman has an interesting read over at STRATFOR on what President Obama may do in the second half of his presidency if the Republicans make huge gains in Congress ...more »

Greta Van Susteren Criticizes South Korea Over Iranian Sanctions

» by GI Korea September 12th, 2010 at 12:44 am » Comments (48)

It looks like Greta Van Susteren is a bit pissed off at the ROK government for implementing wobbly sanctions against Iran: Let's face it - sanctions do NOT work and will ...more »

Further Links Between North Korea & Iran’s Missile Program Uncovered

» by GI Korea March 6th, 2010 at 4:47 pm » Comments (2)

It looks like North Korea's activities helping the Iranian military is continuing to expand: An open-source intelligence publishing group says North Korea may be helping Iran build new rocket-launch facilities. IHS Jane's ...more »