Adventures of Kim Jong Un
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An IAEA inspector, Okseok Seo of South Korea, has died in an auto accident near Arak in Iran. (If you search the transliteration used by the Iranians, Seo Ok-seok, you’ll just get news stories relating the auto accident.) Accidents, of…
Addendum on KN08
Markus Schiller and Robert Schmucker have sent along an Addendum, following up on their original analysis posted here and which spawned so much press coverage. The issues it raises continue to be very interesting. I am embroiled in several very…
Real Fake Missiles?
The other day I joked that I am the Director of the East Asia Nonproliferation program which means, lately, I am the Director of the North Korean Nonproliferation Program. Yeesh. Many of you have noticed that Markus Schiller and Robert…
Lee Myung-bak as Rat?
There is all sorts of wild talk, mostly around the possibility of a third DPRK nuclear test. But that’s hardly the weirdest, most disturbing thing occurring on the Korean peninsula. The North Korean propaganda campaign against South Korean President Lee…
More on DPRK TELs
We’ve had a lively discussion about the Chinese-manufactured WS51200 TEL that showed up in the DPRK’s April 15 military parade, carrying something very pointy. I wanted to weigh in with a few observations about the Wanshan Special Vehicle Company, the…
DPRK ICBM Items
I am a little baffled that the media isn’t making a bigger deal out of the fact that North Korea paraded six road-mobile ICBMs through Pyongyang. Six road-mobile ICBMs. Hey! Look! ICBMs! Road-mobile ICBMs! Just like Gates said! As best…
North Korea’s Upcoming Launch
Well, North Korea is all ready to launch the Unha-3, in all likelihood carrying the Kwangmyongsong-3 satellite to a fiery demise that the regime in Pyongyang will vigorously deny. We’ve posted a FAQ on North Korea’s Upcoming Space Launch at…
DPRK GDAE Stationery
When the Washington Post published a letter, purportedly from Jon Byong Ho to AQ Khan, we had a lively debate here about whether or not it was real. Some of the questions related to font, kerning, stationery and even how…
Saudi Storm Shadow Sale Confirmed
Thanks to Wikileaks (not work safe!), we now know that the UK did, in fact, sell the Storm Shadow cruise missile — an MTCR category I system if I’ve ever seen one — to Saudi Arabia. LtG Abdulrahman Al-Faisal, Commander…