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“If President Obama walked on water, [Bolton] would say he couldn’t swim.” — Hillary Clinton [Video]
North Korea, Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Kim Jong-Il, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, John Bolton, Video
Following Bill Clinton’s meeting with Kim Jong-Il, news is just coming over the wires that the two US journalists arrested by North Korea, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, are being freed. Li’l Kim is giving them a “special pardon,” and they’ll be returning to the United States on Clinton’s private ...
North Korea, Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Kim Jong-Il, Bill Clinton
Since July 4th, major websites in the US and South Korea have been under attack by “a hostile group or government.” SEOUL, South Korea — Cyberattacks that have crippled the Web sites of several major American and South Korean government agencies since the July 4th holiday weekend appear to ...
North Korea, Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Kim Jong-Il, Security, Internet
New pictures of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il strongly suggest that his health is rapidly deteriorating.
As North Korea continues preparations for a long-range ballistic missile test, possibly this weekend, today they test-fired four short-range missiles that apparently landed in the China Sea. Reports say these were ground-to-ship missiles; this bit of saber-rattling is probably intended as a threat to South Korea.
North Korea, Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Missile Defense
Any dictators residing in the northern part of the Korean peninsula should probably consider the implications: U.S. Air Force Test Fires Missile From California Base.
North Korea, Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Missile Defense
Two US journalists for Al Gore’s Current TV have been sentenced to 12 years’ hard labour in North Korea. I notice we aren’t hearing a lot of talk about “unclenching fists” these days. The US hinted at the weekend that, in response to the nuclear stand-off, it could rebrand ...
North Korea, Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Unclench, Nuclear Proliferation, Al Gore, Current TV
Today’s very bad news from the Korean hot zone: NKorea readies long-range missile test. SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea appears to be preparing to test an advanced missile designed to reach the United States, a U.S. official said Monday, ratcheting up tensions after its second underground nuclear test. ...
North Korea, Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Unclench, Nuclear Proliferation
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is warning North Korea, and pointedly not taking the military option off the table. SINGAPORE (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned North Korea on Saturday that the United States would respond quickly if moves by the communist government threaten America or its ...
North Korea, Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Unclench, Nuclear Proliferation
Noah Shachtman on prepping for war with North Korea: Even the hawks say there’s not much America can do, in response to North Korea’s nuclear test. But that doesn’t mean the U.S. military isn’t prepping for a war with the Kim Jong-Il regime, just in case. In March, American ...
North Korea, Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Unclench, Nuclear Proliferation
North Korea Threatens Military Strike, End to 1953 Armistice. May 27 (Bloomberg) — North Korea threatened military action in response to South Korea joining an anti-proliferation program and said it’s no longer bound by the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War. South Korea’s actions are tantamount to a ...
North Korea, Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Unclench, Nuclear Proliferation
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad shakes a finger at North Korea, and apparently the world is supposed to believe this absurd charade. Tehran - Iran said Monday it opposed the nuclear test conducted Monday by North Korea and called for international efforts toward global denuclearization. “Iran basically opposes nuclear weapons and favours ...
North Korea, Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Unclench, Iran, Nuclear Proliferation
They’re still not unclenching. How much more nicely can we ask? Joshua Stanton at OneFreeKorea has a detailed report on North Korea’s latest nuclear test, and the news isn’t good for the rest of the world. Seismic reports from the U.S. Geological Survey tell us that the blast created ...
Susan Rice, our ambassador to the UN, says the most appropriate response to North Korea’s missile launch is to appeal to the UN Security Council. Good luck with that: UN Security Council Adjourns Without Response to North Korea Rocket Launch. The U.N. Security Council met in emergency session on ...
North Korea, Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, United Nations
The world’s news services are stumbling over each other’s feet tonight. The BBC says: North Korea ‘has launched rocket’. But Reuters says: Japan red-faced over mistaken N.Korean rocket report. We’ll find out who’s right shortly. UPDATE at 4/4/09 8:16:31 pm: Looks like they did: North Korea Defies Warnings, Launches Powerful ...
We’re on final approach to North Korea’s long range ballistic missile test; they’ve begun fueling the multi-stage rocket. Don’t worry, though; Barack Obama plans to respond with a firm protest to the United Nations. President Barack Obama told his South Korean counterpart, Lee Myung-Bak, at the Group of 20 ...
Telegraphing weakness to an enemy on the brink of testing a ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead; what could possibly go wrong with a strategy like that? Gates: U.S. Not Prepared to Respond to North Korea Missile Launch. The United States can do nothing to stop North ...
North Korea, Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Robert Gates
Two former Clinton administration Democrats called for a Tomahawk strike against North Korea’s ballistic missile before it can leave the launchpad. Yes, I said “Democrats.” That should give you an idea how serious this situation is. And not a word about it at last night’s Obama news conference. UPDATE at ...
For today’s test of Barack Obama, North Korea has released plans for its ballistic missile launch. McKittrick has constructed a map of the flight path. Connecting the dots between the launch site (orange triangle) and the two danger zones where the two stages will splash (red triangles), we can see ...
Come on now, Kim! Unclench! Pretty please? North Korea says preparing rocket launch. SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Tuesday it was preparing to launch a satellite on one of its rockets, which analysts have said would actually be a test-launch of its longest-range missile. The announcement, which ...
If Barack Obama is tired now, just wait until the North Koreans test their long-range ballistic missile. SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea appears to be preparing to test-launch its longest range ballistic missile, media reports said on Tuesday, stoking tensions just days after the reclusive state warned that the ...
Barack Obama may have a very big problem on his first day as President: North Korea threatens South with war. On Saturday, a dour man in military uniform appeared on North Korean television, flanked by army flags, and read a statement saying the country was now on a war-footing. ...
Tonight’s weird science breakthrough: cats that glow in the dark. Ever struggled in vain to find your cat in the dark? Now you need worry no longer — Korean scientists have developed a cat that glows in the dark. These two Turkish Angola cats were photographed under ultraviolet light. ...
A bit of good news; that shockingly antisemitic South Korean comic book that was the subject of a couple of recent LGF posts has been taken off the market. A South Korean publisher agreed Thursday to withdraw a best-selling children’s book from stores after meeting with a prominent anti-Semitism watchdog ...
Recently we had a post about a shockingly antisemitic South Korean comic book; we’re pleased to report that the Los Angeles Korean-American community is just as outraged as we were. They’re planning a protest against the publisher of the comic, and have expressed their disgust over the matter to the ...