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North Korea Moving Weapons Closer to South

North Korea Moving Weapons Closer to South

By on October 13, 2011 in Foreign Policy, North Korea

A South Korean official said that North Korea has shifted some of its military and missiles closer to its heavily militarized boundary line with South Korea. The Stalinist state had moved ground-to-air missiles to an area not far from the South’s Baengyeong Island and fielded an unspecified quantity of fighter planes at a forward-operating base close [...]

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Japan launches spy satellite to monitor North Korea‎

Japan launches spy satellite to monitor North Korea‎

By on September 26, 2011 in Foreign Policy, North Korea

Japan’s latest spy satellite has been successfully put into orbit after separating from its rocket, local media reported. The H-2 rocket carrying the satellite blasted off from the Space Center on the southern island of Tanegashima, Kyodo News said. The vehicle is the fourth “Information Gathering Satellite” to be launched since March 2003. The first satellite was [...]

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