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UN Report Claims North Korea Has Not Stopped Nuclear and Missile Programs

posted by martyb on Sunday August 05 2018, @12:10PM   Printer-friendly
from the words-are-cheap dept.

takyon writes:

North Korea continuing nuclear programme - UN report

North Korea has not stopped its nuclear and missile programmes, violating UN sanctions, a report commissioned by the UN Security Council says. It also says Pyongyang has resorted to a "massive increase" of illegal ship-to-ship transfers of oil products and has been trying to sell weapons abroad.

The confidential report by a panel of independent experts was submitted to the UN Security Council on Friday. North Korea has so far not commented on the document's findings.

Last week, US officials said Pyongyang appeared to be building new ballistic missiles despite recent warming ties with US President Donald Trump's administration and pledges to denuclearise. Unnamed US officials told the Washington Post that spy satellites had spotted continuing activity at a site that has produced ballistic missiles.

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 05 2018, @05:31PM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 05 2018, @05:31PM (#717555)

    Has anyone ever looked at the historical accuracy of this type of info? I'd be really interested in it because (coming from a science background) it seems to be of very poor quality.

    "Some person supposedly told the media something, and said not to reveal their identity, now the media is telling you". Ignoring the "secret identity" part (which makes it even worse), this sounds exactly like the process that produces totally misleading summaries about topics I am expert in (ie, the gelman amnesia effect).

    This report sounds more interesting but it sounds like it hasn't been released?

    The document was prepared by the experts monitoring the implementation of the UN sanctions against North Korea.

    It was seen by several media outlets early on Saturday.

    Can anyone find this report?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 05 2018, @05:41PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 05 2018, @05:41PM (#717557)

    Here it is referred to as a "confidential" report:
    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-sanctions-un/north-korea-has-not-stopped-nuclear-missile-program-confidential-un-report-idUSKBN1KP026 [reuters.com]

    So who cares then? Honestly, I am getting really tired of this secret evidence crap.

  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 05 2018, @05:43PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 05 2018, @05:43PM (#717558)

    We should assume it is the CIA. WSWS has been accusing WaPo and NYT for some time of being CIA mouthpieces. Then there was their #notyou moment Sex and the New York Times: When “Her Too” isn’t “Me Too” [wsws.org]:

    On June 24, the New York Times ran a lengthy (3,200-word) article, “How an Affair Between a Reporter and a Security Aide Has Rattled Washington Media,” by Michael M. Grynbaum, Scott Shane and Emily Flitter.

    The somewhat peculiar piece recounts the details of a three-year relationship between journalist Ali Watkins, 26, who now writes for the Times, and James Wolfe, 57, senior aide to the Senate Intelligence Committee. Wolfe was arrested June 7 on charges of lying to investigators about his contacts with Watkins and three other reporters. Watkins has had her e-mail and phone records seized by federal prosecutors.

    ...What’s striking is that James Bennet and the Times editors have suddenly discovered nuance and intricacy in the “navigation” of intertwined professional and sexual relationships. Out of the blue, we learn that some young women may have motives for associating with “powerful, older men,” that a certain number may engage in conduct both consensual and not especially admirable. Moreover, the Times manages to treat both parties in an essentially sympathetic light.

    To put it rather bluntly, the Times appears concerned, now that one of its own, as it were, has been caught out (a) not to alienate possible future sources of information and (b) not to undermine or rule out a useful tactic, the exchange of sex for information.

    How delicately the newspaper here treats the complexity of relationships, especially when it might be the case the sexual relations involved are part of a quid pro quo that may lead to news scoops.

    Emphasis mine as usual. If NYT wasn't concerned about the quid pro quo, they could have easily added James Wolfe's scalp to #metoo as a way to fight back against the seizing of Watkins' phone and email records. She totally could have been yet another hapless victim of the giant all men conspiracy.

    While not conclusive of anything, it's just so odd isn't it!

  • (Score: 2) by epitaxial on Sunday August 05 2018, @09:49PM (1 child)

    by epitaxial (3165) on Sunday August 05 2018, @09:49PM (#717632)

    WaPo is blatantly anti Trump. Every since he threatened to yank their press credentials during the election they run daily headlines against him. Plus Amazon owns them so its a mouthpiece for Bezos at this point.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 05 2018, @09:55PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 05 2018, @09:55PM (#717634)

      The media organization isn't crucial. In this case it happens to be the washington post, could be fox news, or whoever next. Is there reason for me to take this type of "evidence" seriously? Whats the overall track record? If this could be broken down by organization that would be great though.