North Korean Shipping Firm Skirts UN Sanctions, Gets Port Access

While there are several arguments against the Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4’s launch rocket actually being useful as a nuclear ballistic missile-it can’t exactly launch on alert because it is liquid fueled, and its design is more in line with the role of satellite delivery-it has many things in common with North Korea’s other ballistic missile efforts.

Suga said the sanctions would be approved by the Cabinet later, and would also require legislative changes in parliament.

A summary of the expert panel’s report, obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press, says one reason North Korea is able to keep evading sanctions is “the low level of implementation” by the 193 United Nations member states of the four United Nations sanctions resolutions adopted since the country’s first nuclear test in 2006.

The missile launch occurred one month after North Korea’s test of a hydrogen bomb, renewing fears that the regime may eventually develop a ballistic missile with the capacity to strike the continental United States. If you would like to discuss another topic, look for a relevant article.

Also broadcast by KRT was footage of North Koreans watching the 10-minute-long fireworks display at Kim Il Sung square but their leader Kim Jong Un was not seen at the event. The alleged trespassing took place a day after the North Korea launched a long-range missile, Yonhap News Agency reported Monday.

“It would be a very painful case for China should China be dragged into a Cold War-like situation because of North Korea, when it is seeking and establishing an identity as a great power with global responsibilities”.

North Korea launched a rocket over the weekend and, contrary to claims by regional powers that they’d shoot down the projectile if it posed a potential threat to their homeland, the missile made its way into space. It notified North Korean authorities of the decision and asked them to help ensure the safe return of South Korean citizens from Kaesong.

Weirdly enough, it’s a coincidence that went down a couple of times in space last night.

He said North Korea was suspected of spending funds from the complex on advancing its nuclear weapons and long-range missiles programmes.

James Clapper said Pyongyang announced in 2013 its intention to refurbish and restart nuclear facilities, to include the uranium enrichment facility at Yongbyon and its graphite-moderated plutonium production reactor, which was shut down in 2007.

“The date of the launch appears to be in consideration of the weather condition and ahead of the Lunar New Year and the U.S. Super Bowl”, Jo Ho-young, chairman of the South Korean National Assembly Intelligence Committee, told the BBC.

In either case, preparing to act on North Korea’s continuing provocations is necessary.