enhanced_deficit
12-20-2018, 05:22 PM
This is unforunate timing. It's not just Dems,Cohen,Mueller etc testing MAGA's negotiation & deal amking skills these days, foreign leaders also seem to be piling on perhaps sensing MAGA's weakness at home front:
North Korea says it will not denuclearize until the US eliminates 'nuclear threat'
(https://www.cnn.com/profiles/sophie-jeong)By Will Ripley, Sophie Jeong and Matthew Robinson, CNN
Updated 1:32 PM ET, Thu December 20, 2018
(CNN)North Korea will not relinquish its nuclear weapons until the US eliminates its own "nuclear threat," according to a commentary published by state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
"The proper definition of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is completely eliminating the American nuclear threat to North Korea before eliminating our nuclear capability," the commentary says.
The US and North Korea are deadlocked in negotiations over how Pyongyang will denuclearize in return for the easing of sanctions.
On June 12 in Singapore, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump signed a vaguely worded pledge to "work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula." However, in the six months since, talks have stalled and North Korean criticism of the US has sharpened, though Pyongyang has continued to heap praise on Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/20/asia/north-korea-us-nuclear-threat-intl/index.html
North Korea Is Expanding Missile Base With Eye Toward U.S.
https://static01.********/images/2018/12/07/world/07nkorea-print/merlin_147793911_59e56fd1-45a1-48fd-bc78-ecf54c74da46-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale
North Korea is expanding a missile base that would be one of the most likely sites for deploying intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the United States, according to new research based on satellite imagery, above.CreditCreditDigitalGlobe, via Middlebury Institute of International Studies
By Choe Sang-Hun
Dec. 6, 2018
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea is expanding an important missile base that would be one of the most likely sites for deploying intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the United States, two experts on the North’s missile programs said Thursday, citing new research based on satellite imagery.
The activities at the Yeongjeo-dong missile base near North Korea’s border with China and the expansion of a new suspected missile facility seven miles away are the latest indications that North Korea is continuing to improve its missile capabilities, said Jeffrey Lewis and David Schmerler of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey in California. And they come despite President Trump’s repeated claims of progress in efforts to denuclearize the North.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/world/asia/north-korea-missile-bases.html
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Justice Department charges Chinese nationals in 'extensive' global hacking campaign (https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/20/doj-china-national-security-law-enforcement-action.html)
Prosecutors accuse two people of hacking in conjunction with the Chinese government.
They are accused of stealing information from at least 45 U.S. tech companies and government agencies.
The two also allegedly targeted defense industrial companies and managed service providers as a way to gain entry to U.S. corporations and agencies through their suppliers.
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Published 7 Hours Ago Updated 5 Hours Ago
North Korea says it will not denuclearize until the US eliminates 'nuclear threat'
(https://www.cnn.com/profiles/sophie-jeong)By Will Ripley, Sophie Jeong and Matthew Robinson, CNN
Updated 1:32 PM ET, Thu December 20, 2018
(CNN)North Korea will not relinquish its nuclear weapons until the US eliminates its own "nuclear threat," according to a commentary published by state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
"The proper definition of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is completely eliminating the American nuclear threat to North Korea before eliminating our nuclear capability," the commentary says.
The US and North Korea are deadlocked in negotiations over how Pyongyang will denuclearize in return for the easing of sanctions.
On June 12 in Singapore, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump signed a vaguely worded pledge to "work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula." However, in the six months since, talks have stalled and North Korean criticism of the US has sharpened, though Pyongyang has continued to heap praise on Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/20/asia/north-korea-us-nuclear-threat-intl/index.html
North Korea Is Expanding Missile Base With Eye Toward U.S.
https://static01.********/images/2018/12/07/world/07nkorea-print/merlin_147793911_59e56fd1-45a1-48fd-bc78-ecf54c74da46-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp&disable=upscale
North Korea is expanding a missile base that would be one of the most likely sites for deploying intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the United States, according to new research based on satellite imagery, above.CreditCreditDigitalGlobe, via Middlebury Institute of International Studies
By Choe Sang-Hun
Dec. 6, 2018
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea is expanding an important missile base that would be one of the most likely sites for deploying intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the United States, two experts on the North’s missile programs said Thursday, citing new research based on satellite imagery.
The activities at the Yeongjeo-dong missile base near North Korea’s border with China and the expansion of a new suspected missile facility seven miles away are the latest indications that North Korea is continuing to improve its missile capabilities, said Jeffrey Lewis and David Schmerler of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey in California. And they come despite President Trump’s repeated claims of progress in efforts to denuclearize the North.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/06/world/asia/north-korea-missile-bases.html
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Poll: Will North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un win Nobel Peace Prize? (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?522565-Will-North-Korea-s-Supreme-Leader-Kim-Jong-Un-win-Nobel-Peace-Prize&)
Justice Department charges Chinese nationals in 'extensive' global hacking campaign (https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/20/doj-china-national-security-law-enforcement-action.html)
Prosecutors accuse two people of hacking in conjunction with the Chinese government.
They are accused of stealing information from at least 45 U.S. tech companies and government agencies.
The two also allegedly targeted defense industrial companies and managed service providers as a way to gain entry to U.S. corporations and agencies through their suppliers.
Kate Fazzini | Kevin Breuninger
Published 7 Hours Ago Updated 5 Hours Ago