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Who you gonna believe?

artappraiser — Thu, 28 Dec 2017 18:21:09 +0000

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Who you gonna believe?

Trump rips China for alleged oil sales to North Korea

@ TheHill.com,- 12/28/17 11:47 AM EST

[....] Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Ren Guoqiang said Thursday that Beijing is strictly enforcing the U.N. measures, according to Reuters.

“The situation you have mentioned absolutely does not exist,” Ren said when asked whether Chinese vessels were illegally providing oil to North Korea [.....]

China didn't export any oil

artappraiser — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 01:24:47 +0000

In reply to ‘North Korea is a time bomb’: government advisers urge China to prepare for war

China didn't export any oil to North Korea last month

@ Axios.com, 5 hrs. ago

.... China is main source of North Korea's fuel, per Reuters. November was the second straight month the country didn't export diesel or gasoline to North Korea....

I wasn't even aware the once

artappraiser — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 19:37:18 +0000

In reply to ‘North Korea is a time bomb’: government advisers urge China to prepare for war

I wasn't even aware the once very paleo-conservative UPI was still operating, so I don't know what their angle is nowadays and so take this one with a grain of salt. But is still interesting in that it expresses some "fed up, don't want to take it anymore" feelings among the N. Korean populace, a break in the total adoration and respect thing for this Kim

Report: North Koreans annoyed with Kim Jong Un photographs

By Elizabeth Shim @ UPI.com, Dec. 18

[....] Kim's recurring presence in North Korean newspapers like the Rodong Sinmun now means major state visits must be commemorated with dozens of Kim photographs per issue, Daily NK reported Monday [...]

The attention-seeking Kim is drawing criticism from North Koreans, who say he is trying to repair his image following the execution of his uncle-in-law Jang Song Taek.

One North Korea source told Daily NK the "very common" photographs are a problem for smokers.

"People don't like it," the source said. "Among workers, who are looking for spare newspaper to roll up a cigarette, it is becoming increasingly hard to find a fragment without a portrait of Kim Jong Un."

North Korea law forbids people from using pictures of Kim in derogatory ways, and travelers to North Korea have previously told UPI they are not allowed to fold a crease across a picture of Kim's face, or damage an image of him in newspapers.

Kim may be tightening his grip as he concludes his fifth full year in power.

Analysts at Seoul's Institute for National Security Strategy said Monday [....]

A Tillerson Slip Offers a

artappraiser — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 19:28:42 +0000

In reply to ‘North Korea is a time bomb’: government advisers urge China to prepare for war

A Tillerson Slip Offers a Peek Into Secret Planning on North Korea

By David E. Sanger @ NYTimes.com, Dec. 17

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson let slip last week a few tantalizing details about one of the nation’s most secret military contingency plans: how the United States would try to race inside North Korea to seize its nuclear weapons if it ever saw evidence that Kim Jong-un’s government was collapsing.

For years, American diplomats have been trying to engage their Chinese counterparts in a discussion of this scenario, hoping to avoid a conflict between arriving American Special Forces — who have been practicing this operation for years — and the Chinese military, which would almost certainly pour over the border in a parallel effort.

And for years the Chinese have resisted the conversation, according to several former American officials who tried to engage them in joint planning [....]