He’s baaaaaaaack! A thinner, grayer Kim Jong Il appeared at the first session of the 12th Supreme People’s Assembly at the Mansudae Assembly Hall. The Norks released the video. I love the desultory little clap he gives about 45 seconds in.
Proving Disarmament Credentials
by | 2009-04-10 | 3 Comments
Reflecting on conferences after they are over rarely makes for interesting blogging. However, I didn’t have a chance to blog while the Carnegie Conference was on, and I can’t quite bring myself to tweet. So, I wanted to point those of you who weren’t there in the direction of what for me was the highlight …
Biden p0wns CTBT Ratification, Maybe
by | 2009-04-08 | 13 Comments
Yesterday, I tweeted some big news from the Carnegie Conference: DepSecState Steinberg announced that Biden will be responsible for overseeing START Follow-on and CTBT ratification. I had heard rumors to that effect — hey, he is the former Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, it would be weird if there weren’t rumors — but …
DPRK: What Difference does a Minute Make?
by | 2009-04-08 | 5 Comments
click on the image for a larger version Or, to be more precise, 44 seconds. For those of you very few who can possibly muster enough interested in reading a third posting on this subject, DigitalGlobe has just told Globalsecurity.org the exact time the contrail image was taken: 2:31:16 GMT. (I have to thank Tim …
