Word: koreas
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...North Korea is really behind the cyberattacks on U.S. and South Korean websites over the past few days, as South Korea has claimed, why hasn't it taken responsibility? The Kim Jong Il regime has never been shy of owning up to its mischief: if anything, it tends to exaggerate its ability to do far-flung damage. And yet, there has been no chest-thumping from Pyongyang about the "glorious destruction of the powerful computer systems of the evil enemies of our Dear Leader...
This uncharacteristic reticence could undermine the initial assumption that the attacks originated in North Korea. Indeed, five days after the first attacks, there has been no proof of Pyongyang's involvement. Unlike their South Korean counterparts, U.S. officials have pointedly avoided blaming North Korea, or any other country, for the attacks. (See pictures of the rise of Kim Jong...
America and the Middle East In his article, Peter Beinart didn't mention the best reason for Obama to keep the heat on Israel: because he can [June 22]. It doesn't look good for the President of the U.S. to be dissed by Iran and North Korea, but since Israel is tiny and surrounded by people who want to wipe it off the map, Obama can make it tremble with one hand tied behind his back. This makes everybody feel better about America's standing in the world, and if twisting Netanyahu's arm to make concessions he considers...
...drafted into the U.S. Army in 1952 and deployed to Korea, where he found success as an announcer and DJ on the Armed Forces Radio Korea Network...
...Russia's expanding trade with Burma includes an agreement to sell the poverty-stricken nation a nuclear research reactor, and the regime has also been bolstering ties with North Korea, receiving arms shipments from its sister Asian pariah state, and employing North Korean engineers to build massive underground bunkers at its fortress-like capital of Naypyidaw...