Risky Business Chinese Internet photo of a truck carrying a tank en route to an area near North Korea BY: Bill Gertz April 3, 2013 4:59 am China continued moving tanks and armored vehicles and flying flights near North Korea… Read More ›
Escalation / Destabilization Conflict
Think tank: North Korea has already restarted plutonium reactor
By Agence France-Presse Wednesday, April 3, 2013 20:56 EDT North Korea has already begun work to restart a plutonium production reactor in a sign that its confrontational rhetoric may not all be bluster, a US think tank said Wednesday. The… Read More ›
N. Korean army says it has ‘ratified’ nuclear strike against US
Wed, 3 Apr 2013 20:31 GMT Reuters LONDON, April 3 (Reuters) – North Korea said it had “ratified” a merciless attack against the United States, potentially involving a “diversified nuclear strike”. “We formally inform the White House and Pentagon that… Read More ›
Egypt’s fundamentalist rulers crush lives, hopes of women: Age of marriage to be lowered from 18 to 13 maybe 9
The good old days?: An Egyptian woman holds a poster of ousted President Hosni Mubarak during a demonstration outside the Supreme Administrative Court in Cairo on Monday. The court says it does not have jurisdiction to rule on a case… Read More ›
Satellite imagery confirms North Korea is mobilizing missile forces, including road-mobile short- and medium-range missiles
China deploying troops, jets near DPRK border: US official 2013-04-03 07:09:44 GMT2013-04-03 15:09:44(Beijing Time) SINA.com China has placed military forces on heightened alert in the northeastern part of the country as tensions mount on the Korean peninsula following recent threats… Read More ›
EU to train special task force and snipers in Mali
Mali. Photo: EPA The EU is starting to train special operations soldiers and snipers for the army of Mali where an operation of the elimination of extremist groups has been continuing for three months. All in all, 3,000 soldiers will… Read More ›
North Korea blocks access to key joint industrial zone
Apr 3, 2013 Online: Apr 03, 2013 Print: Apr 04, 2013 Last Modfied: Apr 03, 2013 SEOUL – Pyongyang told Seoul on Wednesday that it was banning access to their Kaesong joint industrial park, but said South Koreans in the… Read More ›
NKorea delays SKorea entry to Kaesong industrial park – May Carry out Shutdown
Update: https://engineeringevil.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=11007&action=edit&message=1 03 Apr 2013 SEOUL (AFP) North Korea on Wednesday delayed the entry of South Koreans to a joint industrial complex in a rare move amid high tensions on the Korean peninsula, the South’s Unification Ministry said. “North Korea has… Read More ›
North Korea secrecy fuels suspicions of bomb design
Rallying the troops: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves at military officers after inspecting the Wolnae Islet Defense Detachment, near the country’s western sea border with South Korea, on March 11. | AP The Washington Post <!– Meta –>… Read More ›
China mobilizes military on N. Korea threats
Published time: April 02, 2013 04:16 Edited time: April 02, 2013 06:30 AFP Photo / China Photo China has started mobilizing military forces around the Korean peninsula in response to rising tensions that follow recent threats by North Korea to… Read More ›
Hacking group Anonymous_Korea takes down N.Korea’s official websites
© Collage “The Voice of Russia” Hacking group Anonymous_Korea claimed they have taken down five of North Korea’s official websites, including the country’s official web portal and the foreign relations committee’s site. The hacktivist group Anonymous_Korea published a list of… Read More ›
N.Korea says to enter “state of war” against South Korea – KCNA
Sat, 30 Mar 2013 00:21 GMT Reuters SEOUL, March 30 (Reuters) – North Korea said on Saturday it was entering a “state of war” with South Korea in a continuing escalation of tough rhetoric against Seoul and Washington after… Read More ›
Russia warns tensions are ‘slipping out of control’ as North Korea ‘readies rockets to attack United States targets’
Kim Jong-un responded to use of the B-2 bombers by the United States by saying his rocket forces were ready ‘to settle accounts with the US’ Rob Williams Friday, 29 March 2013 Russia has warned that tensions between North Korea,… Read More ›
Egyptian mosque turned into house of torture for Christians
Islamic hard-liners stormed a mosque in suburban Cairo, turning it into torture chamber for Christians who had been demonstrating against the ruling Muslim Brotherhood in the latest case of violent persecution that experts fear will only get worse…. Read More ›
North Korea rockets and artillery ‘target’ US bases
Pyongyang puts military in ‘combat mode’ saying it is now targeting US bases in Guam, Hawaii and American mainland Tania Branigan in Beijing guardian.co.uk,Tuesday 26 March 2013 13.55 EDT North Korea has reportedly trained its rockets and long-range artillery on… Read More ›
Mursi warning stirs fears in Egypt opposition
Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:32 GMT Reuters * Mursi warns of steps to “protect this nation” * Stirs fears among opposition of a crackdown * Warning follows protest outside Brotherhood HQ By Tom Perry CAIRO, March 24 (Reuters) – Egyptian… Read More ›
Tense in Cyprus, National Guard burns German Flags
Friday, 22 March 2013 Cypriot national guard soldiers have removed German flags from two building and burn them. The buildings housed German soldiers who are engaged in UN peace mission in Lebanon. Bank employees are protesting in Nicosia, earlier in… Read More ›
Child Soldiers In Syria: Sick Mascots or the New Face of Global Jihad?
posted by Versha Sharma on March 22,2013 in Sneak Peek Young kids with Ak-47s. Really young. As in toddlers. Some of the rebels in Syria’s civil war think it’s cute. Some of the pro-Assad forces are using the pictures of… Read More ›
Cyprus Keeps Banks Closed indefinitely
Friday, 22 March 2013 Russia rebuffed Cypriot entreaties for aid on Friday, leaving the island’s increasingly isolated leaders scrambling to strike a bailout deal with the European Union by next week or face the collapse of its… Read More ›
U.S., Japan review plans for retaking disputed islands
National Mar. 21, 2013 – 06:05PM JST ( 52 ) Disputed islands claimed by China and controlled by JapanAFP WASHINGTON — U.S. and Japanese officers are discussing worst-case contingency plans for retaking disputed islands in the East China Sea if… Read More ›
South Korea Cyber Attack was launched from a Chinese IP Address
South Korea Cyber Attack, Wiper malware and Chinese IP Address Posted by: Mohit Kumar onThursday, March 21, 2013 Yesterday we reported about a massive Cyber attack on South Korea that was responsible for shutting down networks of South Korean banks and… Read More ›
South Korea on alert for cyber-attacks after major network goes down
Computer systems of banks and broadcasters are interrupted, with fingers immediately pointed at North Korea Tania Branigan in Beijing ◦guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 20 March 2013 06.00 EDT South Korea is investigating a suspected cyber-attack that paralysed systems at major media and… Read More ›
N. Korea threatens US bases in Japan, Guam
21 Mar 2013 The North Korean army on Thursday threatened a possible strike against US military bases in Japan, in response to the use of nuclear-armed US B-52 bombers in joint military drills with South Korea. “The US should not forget that… Read More ›
New Zealand planning account seizures?
Tuesday, 19 March 2013 The National Government are pushing a Cyprus-style solution to bank failure in New Zealand which will see small depositors lose some of their savings to fund big bank bailouts, the Green Party said today. Open Bank… Read More ›
Japan seizes nuclear-related materials from N Korea cargo : ( Singapore-flagged ship )
Crime Mar. 19, 2013 – 06:50AM JST ( 5 ) TOKYO — Japan has seized aluminium alloy rods which can be used to make nuclear centrifuges from a Singapore-flagged ship which was carrying cargo from North Korea, a government spokesman… Read More ›
Savers across Europe will look on in horror at the Troika’s raid on Cyprus
It’s now become clear: the threat to European savers and banks isn’t anti-austerity parties but the Troika Michael Burke The Guardian, Sunday 17 March 2013 13.06 EDT Account-holders withdraw money from a cash machine in the Cyprus capital,… Read More ›
Frantic day ahead as EU tells Cyprus it can rethink controversial bailout terms as key vote postponed
Cyprus postpones crucial vote on controversial bank deposit levy as stocks plummet around the world John Hall, Charlotte McDonald-Gibson, Nathalie Savaricas Monday, 18 March 2013 German and European bank officials have said Cyprus can amend the terms of its €10… Read More ›
N. Korea Says Nukes Are Not A Bargaining Chip For Aid
Mar. 17, 2013 – 12:58PM | By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE | SEOUL — North Korea said Sunday it would never trade its nuclear weapons program for aid and stressed its “unshakeable” stance to retain the deterrent, following a third atomic test… Read More ›
‘They took our money while we were sleeping’ WITH VIDEO
By Peter Stevenson Published on March 17, 2013 THE AIR of disappointment and rage on Ledra Street yesterday morning was almost tangible with groups of middle-aged men gathering to express their disbelief and fury about the haircut on deposits. Social… Read More ›
Osborne says UK will help troops hit by EU raid on British savers in Cyprus
George Osborne: UK will compensate troops and government workers affected by Cyprus bailout levy Savers in Cypriot banks will be forced to hand over up to 10 per cent of their deposits to raise about €6bn James Legge Sunday 17… Read More ›
Spain protesters accuse EU of servility to markets
16 Mar 2013 MADRID (AFP) Thousands of protesters marched Saturday in Madrid and other cities in Spain against European Union leaders’ handling of the financial crisis, condemning “an EU that belongs to the markets”. The marches, organised by Spain’s “indignados”… Read More ›
Heavy fighting in front of Cairo’s Muslim Brotherhood office
Mar 17, 2013 01:28 Moscow Time Photo: EPA Violent clashes between police and a group of protesters broke out Saturday night at the headquarters of the “Muslim Brotherhood” in Cairo. According to local media, the riots were sparked by an… Read More ›
French first lady accused of ’embezzlement’ for funding lavish lifestyle with taxpayers’ money… despite not actually being married to president
Valerie Trierweiler is accused of being just Francois Hollande’s ‘mistress’ Accusations made in criminal court complaint by millionaire Xavier Kemlin He claims she makes France the ‘laughing stock of all heads of state’ Says tax shouldn’t ‘house, feed, fund woman… Read More ›
The photos Saudi Arabia doesn’t want seen – and proof Islam’s most holy relics are being demolished in Mecca
Archaeologists fear billion-pound development has led to destruction of key historical sites Jerome Taylor Friday, 15 March 2013 The authorities in Saudi Arabia have begun dismantling some of the oldest sections of Islam’s most important mosque as part of a… Read More ›
Egypt’s Islamists warn giving women some rights could destroy society
Fri, 15 Mar 2013 01:59 GMT Reuters * U.N. racing to agree women’s rights declaration by Friday * Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood urges rejection of document * States failed to agree a 2012 women’s rights declaration (Corrects second paragraph to show… Read More ›
N. Korea ‘likely’ to launch attack on South this year
14 Mar 2013 LONDON (AFP) North Korea is likely to launch a provocative attack on South Korea this year, a top analyst said Thursday at the launch of his think tank’s annual report on the world’s military capabilities. The International Institute for… Read More ›
UK phone hacking scandal: arrests spread beyond Murdoch papers / Britain’s political elite by revealing close relations between ruling politicians and newspaper editors and owners.
Photo: EPA Police arrested four former editors from the Sunday Mirror tabloid on Thursday – the first journalists from a newspaper outside Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp to be detained in a phone hacking scandal that shocked Britain. Shares in Trinity… Read More ›
US Commander in Afghanistan issues threat advisory after Karzai’s anti-American comments
Mar 14, 2013 21:29 Moscow Time Photo: EPA The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan has been put on heightened alert in connection with bellicose rhetoric by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, local media reported on Thursday. Earlier this week,… Read More ›
Could Germany spark another war? I fear it’s all too possible
EEV Warning: Some Imagery will be found offensive. These articles are becoming more common, and being printed with a greater and greater frequency. By Dominic Sandbrook PUBLISHED: 18:56 EST, 12 March 2013 | UPDATED: 03:53 EST, 13 March 2013 The… Read More ›
Report: Surge in N. Korea Air Force Sorties
By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL — North Korean jet fighters have flown an “unprecedented” number of sorties in recent days in apparent response to a joint South Korean-U.S. military exercise, a report said Wednesday. The number of sorties by… Read More ›
US Govt to further protect Americans, now by having access to their Bank Accounts
Wednesday, 13 March 2013 Wealthy Americans are already moving their bank accounts overseas, the latest from Obama Administration will only speed up this process. The Obama administration is drawing up plans to give all U.S. spy… Read More ›
U.S. to give security services access to citizens’ financial data
Mar 14, 2013 05:58 Moscow Time The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama has announced plans to allow special services access to financial data of all citizens who have accounts in the U.S.. This applies to both Americans and… Read More ›
Cost of living soars four times faster than earnings (UK)
Budget 2013: fears rise as cost of living soars four times faster than earnings By Ian Cowie Your Money Last updated: March 13th, 2013 Budget 2013: inflation and taxation are squeezing spending power and many fear worse to come… Read More ›
North Korea threatens to ‘wipe out’ border island
Priyanka Boghani and Geoffrey CainMarch 12, 2013 09:56 SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has threatened to “wipe out” a small South Korean island in the latest escalation of rhetoric on the Korean peninsula. Speaking during a visit to border… Read More ›
N. Korean defense ministry confirms end of armistice
North Korea’s armed forces ministry confirmed Wednesday that it has canceled a 60-year-old armistice ending the Korean War. “The armistice agreement is no longer valid and [North Korea] is not restrained by the North-South declaration on non-aggression,” AFP quoted a… Read More ›
New Chinese President Xi aims to paint Africa red
Nile Bowie is a political analyst and photographer currently residing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Published time: March 12, 2013 10:51 China’s Communist Party Chief Xi Jinping (Reuters/Jason Lee) The fact that China’s incoming president, Xi Jinping, is set to… Read More ›
California Seizes Guns as Owners Lose Right to Keep Arms
By Michael B. Marois and James Nash – Mar 12, 2013 Wearing bulletproof vests and carrying 40-caliber Glock pistols, nine California Justice Department agents assembled outside a ranch-style house in a suburb east of Los Angeles. They were looking for… Read More ›
One of Europe’s most prominent statesmen has warned that resentment of Germany across the continent is so high that war remained a danger
‘The demons are only sleeping’: Luxembourg PM paints chilling portrait of Europe as he draws parallels with build up to WW1 Jean-Claude Juncker: ‘WW1 demons are not banished’ Says Bosnia wars were ‘chillingly’ similar to early 1900s Highlights current anti-Germany… Read More ›
N Korea cuts hotline with Seoul
N Korea scraps peace pacts, cuts hotline with Seoul Mar. 08, 2013 – 01:27PM JST ( 17 ) North Korean soldiers attend a rally in Pyongyang, on March 7, 2013AFP SEOUL — North Korea responded to new U.N. sanctions on… Read More ›
‘Annihilate the enemy’: Kim Jong-un instructed his troops to ‘make the first gunfire’
‘Annihilate the enemy’: Kim Jong-un tells North Koreans to prepare for ‘all-out war’ with South as China warns against escalation Kim Jong-un addressed troops facing Yeonpyeong island, which North Korean artillery shelled in 2010, killing four people and injuring 19… Read More ›
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