North Korea Has 1, 000 Missiles, South Says – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in March 17th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Koreas, Business Leaders, Defense Chief, Intermediate Range, Kim Tae, Korea South, Missile Arsenal, News Agency, North-Korea, Nytimes, pyongyang, Range Missiles, South-Korea, Targets

North Korea has increased its missile arsenal by 25 percent in the past two years to about 1,000, expanding the threat the state poses to the region, the South’s defense chief said Wednesday.
Pyongyang’s arsenal includes intermediate-range missiles that can hit targets at up to 3,000 km (1,860 miles) away, Yonhap news agency quoted Kim Tae-young [...]

South Korean Anti-Americanism: Ohno Becomes Most Reviled Athlete in South Korea

Posted by Matt in February 19th, 2010 | 6 comments

Published in Anti-Americanism, Abc News, Anti-Americanism, Apollo Ohno, Athlete, Fouls, Korea News, Korea South, South Korean Leaders, South Koreans, South-Korea, Speedskater

Yes, South Koreans really hate Apollo Ohno, but only slight more than they hate Americans in general. Apollo is a really good short-track speedskater that gets the best of South Korean skaters rather often. Apollos favorite trick is to hang slight back from the South Korean leaders waiting for them to foul out. Hence, he [...]

China, S.Korea Flex Naval Muscle as U.S. Wanes

Posted by Matt in February 7th, 2010 | no comment

Published in China, Koreas, Military, Chosun Ilbo, Daily News, Fleets, Flex, Heritage Foundation, Last Tuesday, News China, Pacific Ocean, South-Korea, Submarine, submarines, U S Navy

China and South Korea are expanding their submarine fleets as the U.S. Navy shrinks its own. The conservative Heritage Foundation in a report last Tuesday said that by 2025 the number of U.S. submarines in the Pacific Ocean will fall from 30 to 27 while China will have 78 submarines and South Korea 26.
The [...]

Animosity against English teachers in Seoul | South Korea

Posted by Matt in February 3rd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Koreas, Animosity, Economic Ladder, English Teachers, Foreigners, Korea South, Presence, Seoul Korea, Seoul South Korea, South-Korea

As South Korea climbs the economic ladder, the presence of foreigners is growing — and so are complicated reactions to them.
Foreign English Teachers | South Korea

US intelligence chief: North Korea military crumbling – BostonHerald.com

Posted by Matt in February 2nd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Koreas, Barack Obama, Command And Control, Congress, Control, Corruption, Dennis Blair, Director Of National Intelligence, Intelligence Chief, Intelligence Official, Low Morale, North Korean Army, North-Korea, Nuclear Weapons Program, Shape, South-Korea, Testimony

President Barack Obama’s top intelligence official said Tuesday that North Korea relies on its nuclear weapons program because of a crumbling military that cannot compete with South Korea.
Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair described in testimony before the U.S. Congress a North Korean army that struggles with aging weapons, poorly trained, out-of-shape soldiers, inflexible leaders, [...]

S.Korea’s Military Capability ‘Inadequate’

Posted by Matt in January 28th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Koreas, Bruce Bennett, Catastrophic, Chosun Ilbo, Collapse, Daily News, Face, invasion, Korean People, Military Action, Military Capabilities, Military Capability, Modernization, North-Korea, Policy Analyst, Rand Corporation, Regime, South-Korea

This is South Korea’s problem, so why should we care? I certainly wouldn’t lift a finger to help the South Korean people if North Korea invades.
An American academic says South Korea’s military capabilities are inadequate to handle a North Korean invasion or other North Korean military action or regime collapse there. In an article entitled [...]

North Korea accuses South of declaring war | Reuters

Posted by Matt in January 24th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Koreas, Declaring War, Korea South, Korea War, Neighbor, North-Korea, Nuclear Attack, Preemptive Strike, Reuters, South-Korea

North Korea on Sunday accused the South of declaring war by warning earlier this month that it would launch a preemptive strike if it thought its impoverished neighbor was preparing a nuclear attack.
North Korea accuses South of declaring war | Reuters

The Dark Side of China’s Rise – Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Posted by Matt in January 24th, 2010 | 1 comment

Published in China, Asian Neighbors, Banking System, Carnegie Endowment For International Peace, Chinese Communist Party, Chinese Counterparts, Comparable Periods, Conventional Wisdom, Dark Side Of China, Economic Boom, Economic Performance, Economic Reform, Factories, High Rises, Industrial Sectors, Luster, Nonperforming Loans, Rampant Corruption, Return On Investment, South-Korea, Trajectory

This article was originally published in 2006. It discusses some of China’s many problems that are going to derail its rise.
Just a quick note. In predicting the future one should NOT take today and project into the future. This might work for a few years, but you are likely to run into big problems for [...]

AFP: US to store more weapons, ammunition in Israel: official

Posted by Matt in January 11th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Israel, 1990s, Allied Countries, Armored Vehicles, Artillery Ammunition, Gulf States, Israel, Military Stores, Military Weapons, Missiles, Precaution, South-Korea, Stockpile

The stockpile in Israel, which dates back to the 1990s, includes missiles, armored vehicles and artillery ammunition. The US military stores weapons in allied countries, including Israel, Gulf states and South Korea, as a precaution for possible operations.
AFP: US to store more weapons, ammunition in Israel: official

Doomsday clock to change this week – msnbc.com

Posted by Matt in January 11th, 2010 | no comment

Published in general, Anyone With Internet Access, Barack Obama, Biological Attack, Bulletin Of Atomic Scientists, Chemical And Biological Weapons, Dangerous Threats, Doomsday, Doomsday Clock, Europeans, Free Peoples, Hitler And The Nazis, Israeli Cities, Lebanon Syria, Minutes To Midnight, Missiles, Msnbc, North-Korea, Nuclear Arsenal, Nuclear Attack, Nuclear Facilities, Nuclear Risks, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, Paying Attention, Safer Place, South-Korea, Warmonger, Winston Churchill

The nutty scientists at the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists are going to change their useless doomsday clock. First of all, I would only trust the logic of these scientists for about as far as I could throw them, which is not far. Secondly, their doomsday clock is just about useless. It’s been 5 minutes to [...]