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ZTE hit for telecom exports to North Korea but US focus is on Iran
ZTE Corp., one of China’s largest telecom equipment manufacturers, has agreed to a record high settlement with the U.S. government over exports of controlled technology to Iran and North Korea. The deal, announced on Tuesday, totals some $1.2 billion and is the result of a coordinated prosecution by the Departments of Commerce, Justice and Treasury.…
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Kim Jong Un added to US sanctions list for the first time
It probably comes as a surprise to many that Kim Jong Un was never on the U.S. sanctions list for North Korea. That changed on Wednesday when the State Department him by name along with a handful of other government departments and individuals. The inclusion is more symbolic than anything else. It wasn’t as if Kim…
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North Korea on agenda at Nuclear Security Summit
North Korea’s recent nuclear tests and provocations were high on the agenda on Thursday when President Obama met the leaders of China, South Korea and Japan at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, D.C. The comments aren’t surprising, especially given the united front against North Korea at the U.N. Security Council, but the summit is a…
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US would be OK with a North Korean satellite, but not a launch
The U.S. government says it doesn’t have a problem with North Korean satellites in space, just as long as they aren’t launched on North Korean rockets. That distinction could be important in coming months as North Korea moves towards attempting to put a second satellite into space. When North Korea last launched a satellite in December 2012, it…
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NASA captures seasonal fires in North Korea
A NASA satellite has captured the seasonal fires burning across North Korea at present as farmers clear land for fresh crops. In images snapped by its Terra satellite, smoke can be seen getting carried by the wind right across the Sea of Japan to over Hokkaido and northern Japan. The space agency’s analysis says that…
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DOD on acts of war in cyberspace
Friday’s news conference at the Department of Defense came before the FBI blamed North Korea for the attack on Sony, but Pentagon spokesman John Kirby did address issues surrounding cyber defense and the sticky question of what exactly is an “act of war” on the Internet. “I’m not able to lay out in any specificity for…
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US declassifies Pueblo incident narrative
The U.S. Air Force has declassified part of a history of the Pueblo incident, the 1968 capture of the electronics and signals intelligence ship U.S.S. Pueblo by North Korean forces. The document was prepared by the U.S. Air Force Security Service in April 1968 and provides a detailed narrative of the incident, with timings down…
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World risks becoming “numb” to North Korean missile tests, says US admiral
The top U.S. commander in the Pacific region says he’s worried that North Korea’s continued missile tests are helping establish them as something that’s normal. Speaking during a news conference at The Pentagon on Tuesday, Admiral Sam Locklear, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, said he was concerned that the international community was becoming “numb” to them.
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US missile shield to cost $5.8 billion over next five years
The planned expansion of the U.S. missile defense shield to guard against potential threats from North Korea and other nations will cost $5.8 billion over the coming years, according to an estimate released this week. The estimate was made by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) in response to a question from Jeff Sessions, a Republican senator for…
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US, others complain to ICAO over North Korean missile launches
The United States and several other nations have written to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) over North Korea’s failure to notify it of missile launches. Over the past couple of weeks, short and medium-range missile have been fired by North Korea into the sea to the east of the country on a handful of occasions. Each launch took place without a standard…
