Japan launched two intelligence satellites, an operational radar satellite and an experimental optical probe, into orbit. Both of the satellites were launched atop the Japanese-produced H-IIA rocket and were planned long before North Korea’s latest missile test and international provocations. Japan’s intelligence satellite program began in 1998 after North Korea successfully launched a […]
Read MoreOften the People’s Republic of China takes a lenient stance towards its ally the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, which is why it was surprising that China signed a UNSC resolution condemning North Korea’s missile tests and authorizing the imposition of further sanctions on the regime in Pyongyang. China’s willingness to rein in its […]
Read MoreIran’s currency the rial has fallen 20% in value over the last two weeks in trade against the US dollar. The devaluation indicates the Islamic Republic of Iran is increasingly struggling against international sanctions that have limited its ability to obtain foreign currency. The sanctions placed on Iran are intended to reduce its […]
Read MoreA Korean-American man was detained by Republic of Korea authorities on charges that he had transferred more than $1 billion to Iran, a staggering sum in one of the world’s largest cases of wire fraud. The Seoul Central Prosecutor’s Office would only identify the 73-year old man by his surname, Chung. Chung is suspected […]
Read MoreMedicines used for chemotherapy and the treatment of cancer are in increasingly short supply in Iran as the sanctions leveled against it by the international community begin to have collateral effects perhaps unforeseen by those seeking to stop Iran’s march to a nuclear weapon. [New York Times]
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