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...plan is now under way, and has been since early this year," Cheong Seong-chang of the Seoul-based Sejong Institute and one of South Korea's leading experts on North Korean political élites, wrote in a report, parts of which are classified, prepared for the South Korean joint chiefs of staff. The son's political rise is being guided - and protected - by Kim Jong Il's brother-in-law Chang Sung Taek, who most analysts believe would effectively run North Korea if Kim Jong Il were to die suddenly...
...YEAR-OLD arrested for smoking a joint while giving a presentation on why pot should be legalized...
...they were to launch a missile to the west in the direction of Hawaii," he added. "We are in a good position, should it become necessary, to protect Americans and American territory." If a North Korean shot somehow draws close, Marine General James Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on June 16 that he felt "very comfortable," predicting that existing U.S. missile defenses have a 90% chance of destroying it in flight...
...Jong Il, who has quietly reversed his earlier decision and started upgrading the country's dilapidated communications infrastructure. Toward the end of last year Orascom Telecom, the Middle East's largest wireless firm, was awarded a contract to install a national cell system. The 25-year contract, in a joint venture with the North Korean state telecom entity, calls for a $400 million investment, which Orascom doubled down on by also investing in a bank and hotel project in Pyongyang. (View pictures of the rise of Kim Jong...
...There are already hundreds of North Korean software engineers working in China, in border cities and elsewhere, according to Heejin Lee, a professor at Yonsei University, who has conducted fieldwork in the region. Most work as subcontractors for South Korean, Japanese or Chinese firms - sometimes in joint ventures - and Lee says there are numerous clandestine firms. The North Koreans earn high marks for their scientific and mathematical skills and come substantially cheaper than their Chinese counterparts - $300-$500 a month, one-third the cost of a Chinese engineer, or half the price of an Indian one, he says...