There has been some thawing of relations between North Korea and South Korea. North Korea has not had nuclear tests for a few months. North Korea and South Korea are having some communication and are trying to restart in person summits. North Korea is attending the Winter Olympics in South Korea. At War on the …
Hawaii Civil Beat reports on the many problems at the Hawaii Emergency management. A screenshot of the controls for signaling a ballistic missile alert are a list of hyperlinks which are mixed in with links to drills, road closures and surf warnings. The operator was supposed to click on a drill but set off the …
Protests are spreading unpredictably fast in several cities in Iran. They are protesting against high unemployment, a stagnant economy with inflationary prices and expensive overseas military interventions. A wave of spontaneous protests over Iran’s weak economy swept into Tehran on Saturday, with college students and others chanting against the government just hours after hard-liners held …
7 of India’s biggest IT companies including Infosys, Wipro and Cognizant are laid off 56,000 engineers in 2017. 2017 layoffs were double the level in 2016. This is because they are not prepared to adapt to newer technologies. Less than 5% of Indian techies are equipped to handle high-skilled jobs. For several years now, Indian …
US Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports that North Korea imported 15,000 barrels per day of crude oil from China in 2016, plus 6,000 bpd of refined products. This is about 1% of UK oil consumption. The EIA mentions that some trade may go unreported and therefore, the actual figures may be higher. The real question, …
China is in the process of setting up a communications system for five refugee settlements in Changbai County located on the border with China and North Korea . However, the local government denied plans to set up refugee camps and the local emergency response office is now Tracing the source of the document leaked. (Huang …
Venezuela is creating its own “petrocurrency,” backed by reserves in oil, gas, gold and diamonds. It will enable Venezuela “to advance in monetary sovereignty, carry out its financial transactions to overcome the financial blockade,” Maduro said. The black market rate for one dollar weakened to 103,000 bolivars on Friday compared with 10,000 at the end …
U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said China must stop exporting crude to North Korea, or “we can take the oil situation into our own hands.” “The dictator of North Korea made a choice yesterday that brings the world closer to war, not farther from it,” Haley said. “We have never sought war with …
North Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile from South Pyongan Province early Wednesday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said according to Yonhap News. The Pentagon said it believed it was an intercontinental ballistic missile that flew for about 1,000km (620 miles) and fell into the Sea of Japan. Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist …
Declassified documents on White House discussions on North Korea policy show the plans and approach have remained the same. * They considered military action but decided against it (Dick Cheney was the one who said military action should not be used against North Korea.) * Tighten economic sanctions * Try to work with South Korea …
