Kenzo Oshima

The South Korean military will introduce new high-tech reconnaissance aircraft capable of intercepting communications and detecting missile launches in North Korea. A government source on Sunday said the existing reconnaissance aircraft -- the Geumgang for visual information and the Baekdu for communications intercepts -- have only limited capabilities, so the military will buy two Falcon 2000s from French firm Dassault. The planes will chiefly intercept North Korean wireless communications...Read Full Story

USA Today China, Russia Resist Sanctions Against Iran Wall Street Journal VIENNA—A new US and European-led push to censure Iran before the United Nations nuclear agency for alleged efforts to develop atomic weapons is facing resistance from Russia, China and a bloc of developing countries, which threaten to … Inside Intel / A not-so-bad apocalypse Ha’aretz Heading into key UN meeting, big powers split on how to deal with Iran's … Follow this link: China, Russia Resist Sanctions Against...Read Full Story

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A report from a U.N. panel that monitors compliance with sanctions on North Korea showed more than 100 countries may not be doing enough to implement the punitive steps. The latest report to the U.N. Security Council from the Panel of Experts on North Korea, obtained by Reuters, said 111 of the 192 U.N. member states -- mostly developing nations -- had not submitted reports on their implementation of the council's two sanctions resolutions against North Korea. Those...Read Full Story

Revised funeral information released for business leader Bruce Ackerman August 30th 2010 A rosary and viewing for San Fernando Valley business leader Bruce Ackerman, who died last week, will be at 7 tonight, according to a revised schedule released Monday. VP Biden visits Iraq as troops withdraw (Reuters) August 30th 2010 Reuters - Vice President Joe Biden flew into Iraq Monday to assure Iraqis the United States is not abandoning them as it stops combat operations, a...Read Full Story

UNITED NATIONS ( Reuters ) - A U.N. Security Council committee has agreed to look into recommendations by experts on tightening sanctions against North Korea even though China is blocking their formal release, diplomats said on Wednesday. The experts' special report, sent to the council's sanctions committee late last month, accuses Pyongyang of violating measures imposed against its nuclear program after North Korea's 2006 and 2009 nuclear tests. The report also makes proposals for...Read Full Story

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - China says it is committed to enforcing U.N. sanctions against North Korean companies and individuals linked to Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs, a U.S. official said on Thursday. Ambassador Philip Goldberg, U.S. coordinator for implementation of U.N. sanctions against North Korea, told reporters that U.N. member states have voiced "a unity of view, a singleness of purpose in implementing these (sanctions) resolutions." "That's the case, certainly, with our...Read Full Story

Morality Update: 5:00 PM ESPN Around The Horn Maybe a little early in the day and on a program watched by kids. Right or wrong? North Korean Planned Rocket Launch As discussed yesterday, North Korea is moving ahead with it's plans to launch what they say is merely a rocket designed to put a satellite into orbit. The suspicion is that this will serve as a test for a rocket that would be used to power a long-range missile that would be capable of reaching Alaska. There is also speculation that...Read Full Story

The US chief of naval operations on Monday denounced North Korea's weekend ballistic missile launches and vowed to keep tracking its ships if they are suspected of carrying banned weapons. "I think they were very unhelpful, and clearly counter to the desires of the international community for a peaceful and stable region," Admiral Gary Roughead told reporters after talks with South Korean military officials. He said the US Navy would keep tracking North Korean ships suspected of carrying...Read Full Story

* North Korea missile launch not imminent, says South * Chinese, U.S. share view missile launch "not a good idea" By Jack Kim and Chris Buckley SEOUL, March 4 (Reuters) - A North Korean missile launch may not come for some time although the communist state has been preparing its longest-range rocket for a test flight, South Korea's unification minister said on Wednesday. North Korea raised regional tensions in recent weeks by threatening to attack the South and preparing its longest-range...Read Full Story

WASHINGTON -— Two high-ranking U.S. military commanders say U.S. forces are prepared to shoot down any North Korean missile following a planned rocket launch in April. "We'll be prepared to respond," the top U.S. commander in the Pacific, Adm. Timothy Keating, told a Senate panel. He cited a "high probability'' that the United States could shoot down a North Korean missile. Gen. Walter Sharp, the U.S. commander in South Korea, urged North Korea not to behave in what he called a "provocative...Read Full Story