NORK Missile Facility Spotted in 06/07
Looks like eagle-eyed observers in the GoogleEarth community spotted the North Korean Space Launch Facility as early as December 2006 and January 2007 Very, very cool.
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More on New NORK Missile Facility
Yonhap has two excellent articles on the new missile and space launch facility near Tongchang-ri that was first publicly identified by Joseph Brmudez and Tim Brown: Kim Kwi-ku’n: “What Is the Missile Base in North Korea’s Tongch’ang-ri for? — ‘Likelihood…
DG Report On Iran (GOV/2008/38)
Speaking of Vienna, the IAEA DG report on Iran is on the ISIS website (Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and relevant provisions of Security Council resolutions 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007) and 1803 (2008) in the Islamic Republic of Iran,…
What Happens in Vienna …
State’s Dick Stratford ventured over to the Hill yesterday to brief the House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff on the US-India 123 Agreement and what went down in Vienna. I have a little readout for you. Stratford…
NSG Side Deals on India
Glenn Kessler has an interesting little story in the Washington Post about the agreement to waive Nuclear Suppliers Group restrictions on civil nuclear trade with India. Kessler cites “sources familiar with the discussions” making two claims: 1. “[The NSG] privately…
New NORK Missile and Space Launch Facility
Lost amid rumors that Kim stroked out has been mounting evidence that North Korea might test another ballistic missile. That isn’t a surprise — what is a surprise is some excellent sleuthing by Tim Brown and Joe Bermudez to dig…
I Buried Kim
I keep hearing about this crazy idea that Kim Jong Il really died in 2003 and was replaced by a body double — promoted by Waseda University professor Toshimitsu Shigemura. I did find some evidence to support that hypothesis. (Don’t…
Kim Recovering From Stroke?
Yonhap reports that the NIS told South Korean lawmakers that Kim Jong Il did suffer a stroke, but is recovering after surgery. “Kim suffered either a stroke or a cerebral hemorrhage, but is recovering, the [South Korean] intelligence agency said.…
Nelson-san on Kim Jong Il
Chris Nelson — in the irreplaceable, one-of-a-kind Nelson Report — has the best summary of the thin, but intriguing, evidence that Kim Jong Il may have joined the choir invisible: N. KOREA…first, let’s be clear that whatever may be the…
Kim Jong Ill?
Did Kim Jong Il stroke out? Maybe. APNewsAlert 10 minutes ago WASHINGTON (AP) — US intelligence official says North Korean leader Kim Jong Il may have suffered a stroke. Choe Sang-hun in the New York Times reports that he hasn’t…