For those of you taking a break from your glue binge, some additional items: 1. Here’s the text of North Korea’s statement on the nuclear tests: The field of scientific research in the DPRK [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea] successfully…
I like the tone of the first few paragraphs of this Times online article, Seizures of radioactive materials fuel ‘dirty bomb’ fears It’s the terrorists are coming to kill us all with a dirty bomb so buy our paper while…
The UN has the full text, also replicated below. “The Security Council expresses its deep concern over the statement of 3 October 2006 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), in which it…
Well it took two months—I complained in August—but the New York Times finally released the lat/long for the P’unggye-yok test site. Google views of the tunneling area, near 41.279 degrees north latitude and 129.087 east longitude, show a set of…
Two Words: ROAD TRIP The head of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (Esfandiar Rahim-Masha’i) has said: Foreign tourists can visit Iran’s nuclear centers. In order to learn more about this report, we’ve telephoned the deputy head of the…
In addition to focusing on the nuclear, the US has been pressuring financial institutions to crack down on NK for drug trafficking and counterfeiting. In yesterday’s Financial Times, Anna Fifield and Guy Dinmore write: North Korea’s leadership is under severe…
Pick a test site. Any test site. From the Korea Herald The Seoul government is now working closely with U.S. intelligence agencies on identifying the North’s possible test site. [snip] However, all acquired intelligence has been dependent on statements by…
My friend and former co-worker Chris McIntosh has earned a slot at TNR’s post-season baseball-blog Deep in the Count. The blog has some very good writing, although it’s premised on the inane assumption that baseball is not boring. Here’s his…
And also, naturally, terrorist use of shipping containers to transport dirty bombs into the U.S. U.S. Customs and Border Control needs your help. From the Container Security Initiative website: If you have information concerning possible terrorist use of shipping containers…
In an effort to compare the US-India nuclear deal to other historically-bad ideas, I give you an account of a 1975 article from Fortune magazine that I found in Steve Weissman and Herbert Krosney’s 1981 book The Islamic Bomb. According…
