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A "serious accident" occurred when the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) launched a newly-built 5,000-tonnage destroyer on Wednesday, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Thursday.朝鲜中央通讯社（朝中社）7月4日报道称，朝鲜民主主义人民共和国（朝鲜）在7月3日举行的新型5000吨级驱逐舰下水仪式期间发生“严重事故”。During the launching ceremony at the Chongjin Shipyard, the launch slide of the stern has departed first and stranded as the flatcar failed to move in parallel, and some sections of the warship's bottom crushed to destroy the balance of the warship and the bow could not leave the shipway, said the report, attributing the accident to "the inexperienced command and operational carelessness."报道称，事故发生在清津造船厂的舰艇下水仪式现场，由于“指挥人员经验不足和操作疏忽”，导致舰尾滑道先行脱离，轨道平车未能保持同步移动，造成舰体底部部分结构损毁破坏平衡，最终舰艏未能顺利滑离船台。Kim Jong-un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and president of the State Affairs of the DPRK, made a stern assessment after he watched the whole course of the accident, calling it "a serious accident and criminal act caused by absolute carelessness, irresponsibility and unscientific empiricism which is out of the bounds of possibility and could not be tolerated."朝鲜国务委员会委员长、劳动党总书记金正恩现场督战事故处置时作出严厉定性，称该事件是“因绝对性疏忽、极端不负责任和非科学经验主义导致的严重事故及犯罪行为，其程度超乎想象且不可容忍”。The accident "brought the dignity and self-respect of our state to a collapse in a moment," Kim was quoted as saying, adding the irresponsible errors of the relevant officials would have to be dealt with at the plenary meeting of the WPK Central Committee to be convened next month.朝中社报道称，金正恩指出这起事故“瞬间令国家尊严与自尊崩溃”，强调相关责任人的渎职行为将在定于下月召开的劳动党中央委员会全体会议上予以严肃追责。An immediate restoration of the destroyer, he said, is "not merely a practical issue, but a political issue directly related to the authority of the state" and should be completed unconditionally before the June Plenary Meeting of the Party Central Committee.金正恩特别强调，立即修复受损驱逐舰“不仅是技术问题，更是直接关系国家权威的政治课题”，必须无条件确保在六月党中央全会召开前完成修复工作。launching ceremony下水仪式shipway/'ʃipwei/n.下水台；造船台newly-built/ˈnjuːli bɪlt/adj.新建的flatcar/ˈflætkɑː(r)/n. 平板货; 平板车

The idea of a trip to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is an unlikely possibility. For Janet Newenham, this just became a reality. Newenham, an avid traveller and founder of Janet's Journeys, was part of the second group to enter the DPRK after their borders opened for the first time in 5 years. Janet joins Anton for The Pat Kenny Show to tell us more.

South Korea's Constitutional Court took a crucial step away from national suicide today. It rejected the impeachment of the county's acting president approved by the country's communist-dominated parliament.  It remains to be seen if the Court will do the same for the actual, elected president, Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached for declaring martial law in the face of parliamentary subversion. As the South Korean people have recognized the threat to their freedoms posed by the so-called Democratic People's Party that now dominates and weaponizes the legislature, they have launched massive demonstrations calling for President Yoon's exoneration. The Chinese Communist Party's fingerprints are all over this constitutional crisis. Its threat to the Western Pacific would metastasize enormously if a vital American ally is taken out. Let us pray that the Constitutional Court stands in the gap once again and with President Yoon.  This is Frank Gaffney.

Back Home, One week later.By FinalStand. Listen to the Podcast at Explicit Novels.There is something worse than waking up and not knowing where you are: you could wake up and not know who you are.Note: World Events Stuff ~ aka Why things are happening in Cáel's lifeThe phone was from Iskender. His boss, Oyuun Tömörbaatar (OT), the former UN ambassador from Kazakhstan and now the informal and unrecognized UN representative and chief diplomat of the Khanate to the same august body, wanted to talk with me, immediately. OT wasn't being diplomatic at the moment, that would come later.{Now this is going to get convoluted}Any inquiries to the Khanate that didn't also include immediate official recognition of the Khanate currently were being steered my (and Hana's) way. For all the behind closed doors crap, he had me, his loyal ass-monkey mutton-head. I held faint hope that this latest meeting would work out to my benefit. For the meeting, I traveled light, only Naomi (the Amazon) and Chaz (British SRR) watched over me.Now fathers who know me, hide their daughters. I'd earned my 'scoundrel' reputation. T. Sarangerel, OT's daughter, was in the room when Iskender ushered me in. She gave me an uncertain look, I shrugged and she smiled. It took me 3 nano seconds to figure that out, OT was scoping me out as a potential son-in-law. I was in Temujin's Inner Circle and a man who he trusted (a rarity). Any union with me would strengthen OT's clan's standing in the new regime.The genetic footprint Temujin, and his immediate family collectively, had put down in the 13th and 14th centuries CE today was vast. He needed that to make his plans for the internal reorganization of the Khanate work. The old republics would go away, to be replaced by a system akin to the Byzantine 'themes, the re-organization of regions based on the recruitment of the Tumens.The Khanate was aiming for an 'Autocratic Republic' ~ a term invented in the 19th century. My use of this terminology was based on my gut instinct, Alal's host of memories involving every form of governance, and my experience with human nature. That clued me in to what Temujin was up to, his Greater Plan. He wasn't going to form a false-front government. He was going to retain the decision-making powers and do so openly, thus 'Autocratic'.He also planned to have a bicameral legislative branch. The Upper House would be based in Tumens and bureaucratic leadership, intellectual standing, religious sects, and tribal entities. This body would be based on merit, not primogeniture. The Lower, main chamber, would be a democratically-elected assembly (aka a democratic republic) that advised him on policy matters, thus 'Republic'.All the power would remain in the Great Khan's hands and would be exercised by his genetic descendants (which some geneticists estimated as being as high as 25% of the Central Asian population.) Marrying into that extended family would be easy, the 'family' itself would have a vested interesting in supporting a state that benefited them.Men and women could exercise power in the government through marriage alliances, identical to the manner Hana was working through me. Being surrounded by very populous countries in various states of belligerence, empowering women wouldn't be an issue since every willing mind and pair of hands mattered. Outsiders who shone through could be offered a spouse and brought into the ruling elite since polygamy was permissible.In the Khanate there would be universal compulsive suffrage (everyone 18+ was legally required to vote) to decide on the representatives in the new legislative body. Everyone was expected to fight, so everyone voted. It would be modeled on the Duma of early 20th century Imperial Russia. Unlike the ill-fated Tsar Nicholas II, Temujin would be much more attentive to the voice of the people, in the Information Age, he had to.Or so I hoped. I spewed forth my ideas to OT who didn't agree, or disagree with my vision. Perhaps Temujin and I did share a bond that went beyond obligation. OT then pulled a 'Pamela'."He told me he knew immediately you were his brother when you and I shared that vision," he commented out of nowhere."His words: You (Earth and Sky) are the old. He (meaning me) is the new. He (me again) will show us the way." My, that was nice, obtuse and not at all helpful. What did OT want? My good buddy, the Great Khan, wanted to cash in on Hana's and my sudden popularity. His most pressing need remained 'time'. He needed to have a cease-fire in the wings when his offensive resumed the next day.The Earth and Sky had moved, well, the Heaven and Earth to get the Tumens and their accompanying national armies up and running after only a two day respite. Thanks to me, Manchuria was a mess. The Russians had carried out my 'Operation: Funhouse' with mixed, mostly positive results.Dozens of smaller Chinese military police units along the border went, 'inactive' was the term most often used in the media. They didn't disarm, yet they didn't fight the Russians either. They sat back and let events unfold. The issue wasn't the Chinese's willingness to fight and die for their country. It was the schizophrenic government in Beijing.The PRC didn't want to wage a war with the Russian Federation at that moment. The Khanate was the priority. There were two fundamentally incompatible courses of action favored for dealing with the Russians:One large group advocated a passive Option A: let the Russians step in and shield the three remaining provinces making up Manchuria that were still in Chinese possession. Later, China would use military, economic and political means to edge the Russians out, once the Khanate was dealt with.A sizable faction favored a more aggressive Option B: play a game of chicken with Vladimir Putin. Tell the Bear not to come across the border while threatening him with a bloody and pointless (for him) guerilla war if he did intervene. Events on the ground were not providing a lot of support for that school of thought,However, this split at the highest levels of leadership left the local and regional commanders to try and muddle through as best they could. To the local commanders defending the Amur River side of the Chinese-Russian border, common sense dictated that they not oppose the Russian crossings, because the Russian 35th Army would kill them.All their military units had gone west to the Nen River line. With no heavy weapons and little air support, the People's Armed Police (PAP) (paramilitary) and the Public Security Bureau (regular police) units would be wiped out for little gain.Russia's GRU (Military Intelligence) sweetened the pot by allowing the police units to remain armed and in formation. It could be argued that they weren't even committing treason. At any time, they could throw themselves into the battle, or form the core of a resistance movement. 'Conserving your strength' had been a hallmark of the Communist Chinese struggle against the Imperial Japanese and Nationalists forces from the 1920's until 1945 and it had served them well.For the party officials, civil authorities and the People's Liberation Army (PLA), Army Air Force (PLAAF), and Army Navy (PLAN) who had gone with Option B, things weren't working out. In the north of Heilongjiang province at Morin Dawa/the Nen River line, the regional commander of the ad hoc forces facing the Khanate decided to duke it out with the Russian 36th Army as well. He was boned from the get-go.The PLAAF's overall command and control had been badly disrupted in the first few hours of The Unification War and had never fully recovered. Of the 22 air regiments that the PLAAF had started the war with in the Shenyang Military District (NE China), only 5 remained as effective formations flying, on average, a meager 20% of their original complement of advanced Shenyang J-16's, J-11's, Chengdu J-10's and Xian JH-7's aircraft.Replacing their aircraft losses meant sending up aged Shenyang J-8's (rolled out in 1980) and Nanchang Q-5's (in 1970) to fly and die in droves fighting their technologically superior Khanate foes. To add insult to injury, China's fleet of 97 Su-30MKK/MK2's (built in Russia) had suffered numerous suspicious mechanical and electronic failures, rendering them either flying coffins, or space holders in bomb-proof shelters.Furthermore, of the forces arrayed in the far north, only two of the five air regiments were responding. Two of the other three had begun displacing south into the Beijing Military District and preparing to defend the capital city. The fifth formation had another problem, North Korea (, more on that later.)In opposition to those two Chinese air regiments (roughly 60 aircraft of mixed types) stood seven complete and fresh Russian air regiments (over 400 front-line aircraft) and that didn't include the regiment and elements of the Far East Naval Aviation which was ALSO watching North Korea (, again more on that later.) The latter was of small comfort to the forces trying to hold the already compromised Nen River line.Behind those valiant troops, along the much more defensible Amur River line, the commander of the key city of Heihe sided with the Option A group and let the Russian 35th Army cross the river unopposed. By the time the PLA commanding general of the 'Nen Force' (the 69th Motorized Division and the subordinate 7th Reserve Division) figured that out, he was already in a shooting war with the Russians. So his supply lines weren't in danger, they were lost.The final indignity took place at Zalantun. The commander of the 3rd Reserve Div. had died during the attempt to recapture Zalantun. His replacement died when his helicopter was shot down as he was coming to assume command. In the absence of these officers, the divisional chief of staff told his men, including two hastily hustled forward mechanized brigades, to put down their arms. That meant 'Nen Force' was completely cut-off and surrounded.One battalion of the 36th Russian Motorized Brigade (yes, too many 36's running around) disarmed the Chinese troops while the rest, plus the 74th Independent Motorized Brigade raced for the prize, the city of Qiqihar. The last major mechanized formation of the 36th Rus. Army, the 39th MB was following them. However, instead of manning Qiqihar's defenses, the Chinese garrison in that city was waging war on its own populace.It wasn't only in Qiqihar; chaos reigned throughout Heilongjiang province. The Provincial Head of the Communist Party, Wang Xiankui, supported Option A. The Provincial Governor, Lu Hao, went with Option B. Both figures were rising stars in the PRC. Wang had ordered the still forming Reserve Divisions and the PAP units to disperse, thus avoiding any untimely confrontations with the Russians.Lu, without consulting Wang, ordered the same forces to launch a violent crackdown on all dissident forces, specifically all racial minorities. (It turned out that Lu was also a member of the Seven Pillars and his witch-hunt was aimed at getting the Earth and Sky organization operating in Heilongjiang).For the men and women on the other end of those phone conversations, there was no 'right' answer. Lest we forget, their organizations were already degraded by the Anthrax outbreak. Both men were powerful and represented China's future leadership, so if the person in charge at the ground level obeyed the wrong one, they could be assured of being roasted by the other.Some did try to do both, repress and disband at the same time. That meant that in the process of making mass arrests among an already war-fearful and plague-fearful populace, the law enforcement infrastructure began disintegrating.The problem with Lu's/7P's plan was that there was no 'revolutionary' organization to round up. That wasn't how the Earth and Sky operated in North-East China. They remained in tiny sabotage and reconnaissance cells. While they were scurrying for cover from the police crackdown, an opportunity presented itself.The afflicted minorities were getting furious with their treatment. These minorities saw themselves as loyal Chinese, yet they were being dragged out into the streets, put in detentions centers and (in a few cases) summarily executed. Being less than 10% of the overall population, resistance had never crossed their minds. It seemed all that those defenseless people could do was pray for Russian intervention forces to arrive.Within that mix of fear, betrayal and rage, the E and S discovered a way to start the dominos falling. The small, well-armed and well-trained E and S cells began ambushing police detachments. Weapons from those dead men and women were turned over to the pissed off locals before the cell went off to stalk the next police unit.Wash, rinse and repeat. It became a perverse and bloody case of wish fulfillment. Lu and the 7P's had been looking for an insurrection and they started one. Even though a miniscule portion of the population was involved, from the outside looking in, it reinforced the Putin Public Affairs initiative that portrayed Putin (and his army) as coming in to restore order to a collapsing civil system, which he was helping disrupt.From Moscow, the PRC's indecisiveness looked like Manna from Heaven. For the massive numbers of Russian soldiers riding through the Manchurian countryside, it felt like they were rolling into Arkham Asylum. Unlike the NATO countries' professional armies, Russia remained a largely conscript force whose normal term of service was only one year. These unseasoned troops could never tell if the local military, military police and police would attack until they rolled up on the Chinese units.At the start of that Day One of Operation: Funhouse, the Russian ROE (Rules of Engagement) was 'Ask and Verify'. It was tactically advantageous for the belligerent Chinese forces to lie about their intentions, then begin shooting at the Russians when they got close enough to hurt them. By Day Two, the standard front-line Russian soldier had adjusted that ROE to 'if they look at us wrong, light their asses up'. By Day Three, the officers had stopped trying to enforce Moscow's ROE orders.That was fine for the combat and rear echelon support troops because both the Chinese and Russian governments had another series of problems and they all centered around Pyongyang and Kim Jong-un's declaration that North Korea would intervene as well, without letting anyone know who he was 'intervening' against. To keep everyone guessing, the North Korean' People's Army was massing on all three borders, facing off with the PRC, Russia and South Korea. To prove his diplomatic intentions, Kim pledged to only mobilize half of his reserves, merely 4,250,000 extra men and women to go with his 950,000 strong standing army.It didn't take a military, or economic genius to realize the North Korean's chronically 'near death' economy was stampeding off a cliff. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) was in the middle of an oil crisis and Kim was increasing their fuel consumption by 400% while decreasing his workforce by 10%. To put it in perspective, the US unemployment was around 6%. Now imagine that in one week's time it would become 26%. One week, no severance packages. Would the population become unsettled?But wait, it gets better. The Secret War was colliding with the Real World in more places than Manchuria. Setting aside the assassination attempt (Grrr) of Hana Sulkanen, my fiancée, six Nipponese elders (two women and four men) appeared in the personal quarters of the Japanese Prime Minister on the first full night of 'Funhouse' and relayed their urgent requests.Those six were the Head of the Six (formerly Seven) Ninja Families and they were there at, my urging. Cause I'm an idiot and requiring the deaths of Romanians in my personal crusade obviously wasn't enough. Now I was asking the Japanese Defense Forces (JDF) to pony up as well. So take a deep breath and put on the hip-waders.You might be wondering why I would want the JDF, see, there was part of Operation: Funhouse that was hitting a predictable snag, namely the Korea People's Navy Force (KPNF) and the uncertain determination of the PLAN:The KPNF's vessels were rather old, small and crappy. They also had a love affair with anything that could launch a torpedo and they listed over 700 of these floating deathtraps (only 13 of which could be classified as surface warships) and the fanatical crews to take them into battle.The PLAN's numbers were far more realistic and the fleet generally more modern. Only their North (18 surface warships) and East Fleets (22 plus 5 'elsewhere') could play any role in an upcoming FUBAR, and both fleets were heading out to sea, mainly to avoid the sporadic, but increasingly effective Khanate air strikes.The FU to be BAR'ed was the Russian Far East Fleet (RFEF) (6 warships strong, ) that had seized on this crazy idea (per my suggestion) to sail south, around the Korean peninsula so they could land elements of the 55th Guards Red Banner Marine Brigade (the 165th Marine Regiment and the 180th Marine Tank Battalion).Theoretically they were going to be the 'Southern Shielding Force' that would interpose itself between the Khanate and Beijing. It should surprise no one that the RFEF's flotilla was unequal to the task of taking their destination, the port of Qinhuangdao, by amphibious assault. Fortunately for the Gods of War (which did not include me), there were five other navies involved.Meanwhile, South Korea was having kittens because their always crazy northern kin were slathering on the insanity. (In how many Buddhist countries do people flock to the temples and pray that their neighbor attacks someone, anyone else, but them? That wasn't a religious conundrum I wanted to deal with.) N.Korea mobilizing meant S.Korea had to mobilize, which sucked down on their GNP as well.Besides, N.Korean dams and coal-powered plants kept the lights on in Seoul. Erring on the side of caution, the S. Korea (aka Republic of Korea, ROK) Army suggested calling up only one million of their three million person reserve force in order to assure Cousin Kim that this was a purely defensive gesture. It didn't work. Kim Jong-un castigated the ROK for antagonizing him, despite his declaration that he 'might' feel like invading the South in the immediate future.Into the emerging crisis, the ROK Navy could sortie nineteen small surface ships. Japan's Navy wasn't up to its old imperial standards, but could still deploy 45 surface warships. The 800 lb. gorilla in the room was the core of the 7th Fleet stationed at Yokosuka, Japan, the USS carrier George Washington and her 14 escort vessels.If the George Washington was the gorilla, RIMPAC 2014 was King Kong. 22 nations, 50 ships, including the USS carrier Ronald Reagan were engaged in war games in the Central Pacific. With them were 5 vessels of the PLAN, had Kim Jong-un just kept his mouth shut, this wouldn't have been an issue. Hell, if the Khanate had not come into existence and launched its Unification War, but he had and they did,To show the US was taking this escalation seriously (without tipping their hand that they knew about Funhouse, Carrier Strike Group One (CSG 1) (the Carl Vinson +10) was rushing across the Pacific from San Diego. CSG 3 (the John C. Stennis +2) was being assembled hastily so that they could rendezvous with CSG 1 ASAP. So many brave souls running toward the danger, sometimes I hate myself.So now does it make sense that I found myself in a room with a US Senator tasked with riding herd on me?Anyway, there were the other three navies still unaccounted for, Taiwan / the Republic of China (ROC) (22 surface ships), Vietnam (7) and the Philippines (3). Taiwanese involvement was easy to explain, the PRC refused to acknowledge them as an independent country and probably never would.The Vietnam People's Navy was tiny in both numbers and tonnage. Five of the vessels were 1960's Soviet frigates. What Vietnam did have was a huge grudge against the PRC. The PLA invaded Vietnam in 1979 and devastated the northernmost provinces, killing as many as 100,000 civilians.The PLAN had walloped the VPN in 1974 (technically South Vietnam) and again in 1988. Out in the South China Sea were two island archipelagos; the Paracel (occupied by a small PLA garrison and claimed by the PRC, Vietnam and the ROC) and Spratlys Islands (disputed by Brunei, Malaysia, Philippines, the PRC, the ROC, and Vietnam).The Philippines had a grand total of three frigates (all between 50 and 70 years old). 99% of the time, they faced a hopeless struggle enforcing Philippines' South China Sea claims, except they were now experiencing that 1% where the PRC found itself in a life and death struggle. Even then, the PLAN's South Sea Fleet was hands-down the biggest player with 26 surface warships centered on the Carrier Liaoning.Except (and there always seems to be an 'except') virtually all the PLAN's naval aviation had gone off to fight the Khanate and it wasn't coming back, ever. In the air, the Philippines was next to useless. What did they have of offer in the struggle for the South China Sea? Bases. The ROC and Vietnam had much more to bring to the table.The Vietnamese People's Liberation Air Force (VPLAR) had about 50 front-line aircraft and 175 nearly obsolete models ~ the same models the PLAAF was now piloting. The ROC Air Force could put up 325 almost-new fighters that were now superior to their opponents on the mainland. Why would I give a shit?Things cascade. The Khanate Air Force took a two-day long deep breath as Putin's 'Policeman that only looks like an invading army' started their intervention. Forty-eight hours later, the Khanate started the fourth stage (the first lunge, defeat the PLA's counter-attack then the second lunge) of the campaign.Their initial air power was still skating on thin ice where maintenance was concerned. They need more time to thoroughly rest their pilots and bring all their top-flight equipment to 100% working condition. Against them, in two days the PLAAF's assets increased by over 250 fighters.In turn, the Khanate had added their constituent state air forces plus nearly 80 new cutting edge air planes and 25 drones. Phase Four saw rolling airstrikes all along the forces massing in front of the northern and central Tumens. For a few hours, the PLA thought they knew what was going on.They were wrong and this was where my meeting with OT came in. Jab with the right, cut them down with the left. The left in my case was Tibet. Yeah, Tibet. Economic value = not nearly enough. From the very start of the war, a small number of seemingly inconsequential air strikes had seriously eroded the PLA and PLAAFs combat power in the Tibetan Plateau while leaving the roads, bridges and towns intact.Common military logic dictated that the Khanate had to punch their way further east into Qinghai (to the south) and Gansu (to the north) provinces. That was where the population and industry where. Farther east were even greater numbers of people and factories and the Khanate forces in the North hadn't been strong enough to threaten to cut off the Qinghai-Gansu front. Then the Russians showed up and the Khanate forces threatening that flank doubled overnight.The PLA hastily reinforced their northern flank, using troops from their strategic reserves. The move resulted in incredible attrition by airpower to the freshly equipped formations. The PLA was about to get flanked, but not from the north. Southwest of Qinghai was Tibet. A third of the Khanate's mobile forces now swept around in a huge left haymaker to the south.My job? I needed the 'Free Tibet' forces in the US and UK to provide public and moral support to the Khanate move. As Khanate Special Forces seized crucial bottlenecks in Tibet, they needed the locals to keep their 'liberators' informed of PLA presences and undermine any attempt to create a guerilla movement.The five Tumens dedicated to being the Schwerpunkt (point of maximum effort) of this flanking maneuver were going to be on a tight timetable if they were going to surround the PLA forces in Central China.My plan was to convince the Tibetans that the PRC's 55 years of occupation was coming to an end and the Great Khan wanted to sign a 'Treaty of Mutual Respect' (my invention). This would require both the Khanate and Tibet to recognize each other's right to exist the moment a cease-fire was reached. That was it. No 'armed presence', or 'mutual defense' agreements.The treaty would be formally signed in Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, when the city was safe ~ as determined by the Central Tibetan Administration (the Tibetan Government in Exile, CTA). Riki came up with an additional sweetener and proved she was quickly adjusting to our group's extra-governmental capabilities.

An exclusive for you today. After five years of closure to tourists, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea will receive its first Western visitors this week. As Simon Cockerell, general manager of Koryo Tours has been telling me, only a small and remote region, Rason, will initially open.NB: The Foreign Office warns against visiting North Korea.This podcast is free, as is Independent Travel's weekly newsletter. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The “Democratic People's Republic of Korea” is arguably the strangest nation in the world (although Turkmenistan gives it a run for its money). It has been closed to Western tourists for five years, but could it be on the point of reopening? Simon Cockerell, Koryo Tours General Manager and frequent North Korea, says nothing is certain – and meanwhile his company can offer more accessible destinations.This podcast is free, as is Independent Travel's weekly newsletter. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this week's Security Sprint, Dave and Andy covered the following topics: Main Topics:  House Homeland Releases Updated “Terror Threat Snapshot” Assessment In Wake Of New Year's Day ISIS-Inspired Terrorist Attack In New Orleans. PDF: “Terror Threat Snapshot.”  US lawmakers warn of 'emboldened' terror threat Nashville school shooter left behind 47-page manifesto detailing hate: report 'God I am ugly': Nashville school shooter's social media shows he embraced white supremacy Nashville School Shooter's Manifesto: Calls To Attack Mosques, Churches, Synagogues, Military Bases, Government Buildings, Power Grids, Schools Madison and Nashville School Shooters Appear to Have Crossed Paths in Online Extremist Communities Antioch, Tenn., Shooter Inspired by Broad Extremist Beliefs and Previous Mass Killers   FBI PSA: North Korean IT Workers Conducting Data Extortion. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is providing an update to previously shared guidance regarding Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) Information Technology (IT) workers to raise public awareness of their increasingly malicious activity, which has recently included data extortion. China's Cyber Threat: Under Trump, US Cyberdefense Loses Its Head; Chinese hacks, rampant ransomware, and Donald Trump's budget cuts all threaten US security. In an exit interview with WIRED, former CISA head Jen Easterly argues for her agency's survival. “Everybody should assume that our adversaries, in particular China, are attempting to go after our critical infrastructure. The private sector, they are on the front lines of this fight, because they own and operate the vast majority of our critical infrastructure. It's why companies need to put collaboration over self-preservation.” “Time For Us To Get A Step Ahead Of The Typhoons”: Chairman Green Opens Hearing On Global Cyber Threats “Preparation Of The Battlefield”: Cybersecurity Experts Testify On Global Threats To The Homeland WaterISAC: House Committee Hearing – Unconstrained Actors: Assessing Global Cyber Threats to the Homeland. Witnesses also cited recent incidents at water utilities.   Quick Hits:   Insider Threats: Orlando Man Pleads Guilty To Conducting Series Of Cyber Intrusions Against Former Employer British Museum forced to partly close after alleged IT attack by former employee CISA and FBI Release Updated Guidance on Product Security Bad Practices Virus season roars back with "quad-demic" of illness Scammers Are Creating Fake News Videos to Blackmail Victims TikTok Threat Arrest: "[Trump] needs to be assassinated" USCP Arrests Man with Gun. Article: Capitol Police: Officer suspended for allowing man with concealed gun into building CISA and FBI Release Advisory on How Threat Actors Chained Vulnerabilities in Ivanti Cloud Service Applications Ransomware gang uses SSH tunnels for stealthy VMware ESXi access Cobalt Strike and a Pair of SOCKS Lead to LockBit Ransomware Ransomware's Evolution: Key Threat Groups Targeting the Energy and Utilities Sector in 2025 Ongoing Campaign Targeting Amazon Web Services S3 Buckets

[Referências do Episódio] Atualizações de Segurança de janeiro de 2025 - https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/releaseNote/2025-Jan  Microsoft January 2025 Patch Tuesday fixes 8 zero-days, 159 flaws - https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-january-2025-patch-tuesday-fixes-8-zero-days-159-flaws/  January 14, 2025—KB5049981 (OS Builds 19044.5371 and 19045.5371) - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/january-14-2025-kb5049981-os-builds-19044-5371-and-19045-5371-12f3788f-6e7d-4524-8ab3-27d1666e0510  Microsoft's January security update fails/reverts on a machine with 2411 Session Recording Agent - https://support.citrix.com/s/article/CTX692505-microsofts-january-security-update-failsreverts-on-a-machine-with-2411-session-recording-agent?language=en_US  Microsoft Patch Tuesday for January 2025 — Snort rules and prominent vulnerabilities - https://blog.talosintelligence.com/january-patch-tuesday-release/  Fortinet Releases Security Updates for Multiple Products - https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/01/14/fortinet-releases-security-updates-multiple-products  CVE-2024-55591: Fortinet Authentication Bypass Zero-Day Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild - https://www.tenable.com/blog/cve-2024-55591-fortinet-authentication-bypass-zero-day-vulnerability-exploited-in-the-wild  Console Chaos: A Campaign Targeting Publicly Exposed Management Interfaces on Fortinet FortiGate Firewalls - https://arcticwolf.com/resources/blog/console-chaos-targets-fortinet-fortigate-firewalls/  Security Advisory Ivanti Avalanche 6.4.7 (Multiple CVEs) - https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/Security-Advisory-Ivanti-Avalanche-6-4-7-Multiple-CVEs?language=en_US  Security Advisory - Ivanti Application Control Engine (CVE-2024-10630) - https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/Security-Advisory-Ivanti-Application-Control-Engine-CVE-2024-10630?language=en_US  Security Advisory EPM January 2025 for EPM 2024 and EPM 2022 SU6 - https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/Security-Advisory-EPM-January-2025-for-EPM-2024-and-EPM-2022-SU6?language=en_US  Adobe Security Bulletins and Advisories, Jan 14, 2025 - https://helpx.adobe.com/security/security-bulletin.html  Justice Department and FBI Conduct International Operation to Delete Malware Used by China-Backed Hackers - https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-and-fbi-conduct-international-operation-delete-malware-used-china-backed  Google OAuth Vulnerability Exposes Millions via Failed Startup Domains - https://thehackernews.com/2025/01/google-oauth-vulnerability-exposes.html  CISA Releases the JCDC AI Cybersecurity Collaboration Playbook and Fact Sheet - https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/01/14/cisa-releases-jcdc-ai-cybersecurity-collaboration-playbook-and-fact-sheet  Joint Statement on Cryptocurrency Thefts by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Public-Private Collaboration -  https://www.state.gov/office-of-the-spokesperson/releases/2025/01/joint-statement-on-cryptocurrency-thefts-by-the-democratic-peoples-republic-of-korea-and-public-private-collaboration Investigating A Web Shell Intrusion With Trend Micro™ Managed XDR - https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/a/investigating-a-web-shell-intrusion-with-trend-micro--managed-xd.html   Roteiro e apresentação: Carlos Cabral e Bianca Oliveira Edição de áudio: Paulo Arruzzo Narração de encerramento: Bianca Garcia

On December 3, President Yoon Suk-Yeol attempted to impose martial law in South Korea as part of an effort to take more power and reignite the Korean War. Social movements took to the streets en masse and stopped the coup. Legislators then successfully voted to impeach President Yoon, who is refusing to resign. Clearing the FOG speaks with Ju-Hyun Park of the Korean diaspora organization Nodutdol about long-term US intervention in South Korea, how the coup attempt was thwarted, alleged plans to create a false flag event implicating the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and what happens next. For more information, visit PopularResistance.org.

When talking about a vacation, North Korea (or the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, as they like to call it) is usually not on people's list of places to go. But we did.   See pictures and read blog post here: www.theradiovagabond.com/040-north-korea/ 

When talking about a vacation, North Korea (or the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, as they like to call it) is usually not on people's list of places to go. But we did.   See pictures and read blog post here: www.theradiovagabond.com/040-north-korea/ 

Ray and Jim welcome Victor Chin, the official representative of Taiwan's opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party, to discuss Taiwan's political landscape. They discuss how the KMT evolved from the flight with Chiang Kai-shek to Taiwan at end of the Chinese Civil War; through decades of unchallenged KMT rule over the island; its transition to a multiparty democracy; through to today as its primary opposition party to the ascendant Democratic People's Party (DPP).They turn to Taiwan's strategic geographic location, the building military threat from the People's Republic of China (PRC), the need for Taiwan to prepare its entire society for hostilities, and the crucial role the U.S. plays in ensuring its security.Victor explains why the KMT emphasizes its support for the “1992 Consensus” regarding “One China” and its ambiguous interpretation. He explains the difference in how the KMT looks at cross-strait relations, emphasizing dialogue over confrontation to manage tensions until democracy can be the force that unifies China.This conservative approach has earned the KMT the reputation of being Beijing's preferred party, but Victor insists it remains Taiwan's original and staunch bastion against communism.To close, Jim's “There I was” story leads him and Ray into a discussion about the promises of authoritarianism versus democracy, which Churchill described as “the worst form of government except for everything else that's been tried.”

A Y-20 transport aircraft of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force departed Tuesday afternoon for the Republic of Korea (ROK) to repatriate the remains of 43 Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs who died during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.This marks the 11th repatriation of CPV martyrs' remains since the signing of a handover agreement between China and the ROK.From 2014 to 2023, the two countries, in accordance with international laws and humanitarian principles, successfully handed over the remains of 938 CPV martyrs, along with related artifacts.About 74 years ago, the CPV crossed the Yalu River and fought alongside the army and civilians of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. After an arduous fight that lasted almost three years, the CPV eventually won the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. More than 197,000 CPV soldiers were confirmed killed in the war.

Listen to this episode commercial free at https://angryplanetpod.comNorth Korean troops are fighting alongside Russian ones in Ukraine. Bringing the two together hasn't all gone smoothly. There are language barriers, cultural barriers, and a whole lot of Russian territory to recover. The results have been mixed, but the partnership points to a deepening of the special relationship between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation.On this episode of Angry Planet, Jenny Town is here to explain the deepening ties between Russia and North Korea. Town is a Senior Fellow and Director at the Stimson center and writes at 38 North.Initial reactions to the “ICBM attack” in UkraineThe special relationship between Russia and North KoreaThe growing anti-western sphere of influenceWhat the North Korean military is doing in Ukraine100,00 more North Korean troops in Ukraine?Is Kim Jong Un preparing for war?North Korea's brand new uranium enrichment photos.What would it take for South Korea to get a nuclear weapon?Making use of the Kaesong Industrial ComplexIs Kim Jong Un Preparing for War?First Look at North Korea's Uranium Enrichment CapabilitiesKaesong Industrial Complex: A Tortured History and Uncertain FutureQuick Take: North Korea's Coverage of Russian War Against UkraineSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/warcollege. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the latest Security Sprint, Dave and Andy covered the following topics. Warm Start. • CISA: Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month 2024. “Resilience means doing the work up front to prepare for a disruption, anticipating that it will in fact happen, and exercising not just for response but with a deliberate focus on continuity and recovery, improving the ability to operate in a degraded state, and significantly reducing downtime when an incident occurs.” o A Proclamation on Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month, 2024 o Biden declares November as critical infrastructure security and resilience month, calls safeguarding these systems • FS-ISAC: Ransomware Essentials. A Guide for Financial Services Firm Defense (PDF) Main Topics: Election Week! • Joint ODNI, FBI, and CISA Statement. • US cybersecurity chief says disinformation surge hasn't impacted election • CISA: Election Security Rumor vs. Reality • Georgia Poll Worker Arrested for Making Bomb Threat to Election Workers • FBI PSA: Scammers Exploit 2024 US General Election to Perpetrate Multiple Fraud Schemes • Colorado accidentally put voting system passwords online, but officials say election is secure • Joint ODNI, FBI, and CISA Statement on Russian Election Influence Efforts (01 Nov). Liability: • Attorney General James Secures $2.25 Million from Capital Region Health Care Provider to Protect Patient Data • HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles Ransomware Cybersecurity Investigation for $500,000 • HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles HIPAA Ransomware Cybersecurity Investigation for $90,000 Insider Threats! Fired Employee Allegedly Hacked Disney World's Menu System to Alter Peanut Allergy Information Quick Hits: • Wiz CEO says company was targeted with deepfake attack that used his voice • Ripple effect: the devastating impact of data breaches • Canadian Centre for Cyber Security - Cyber Security Readiness • Defendants with Ties to White Supremacy Sentenced in Connection with Plot to Destroy Energy Facilities • United States Welcomes the United Kingdom's Actions Against Known Purveyors of Kremlin Disinformation • Hybrid Russian Espionage and Influence Campaign Aims to Compromise Ukrainian Military Recruits and Deliver Anti-Mobilization Narratives • Army of bots promotes petrostate hosting global climate talks • Reset Tech Investigation - Clickbait Cures: How Meta and Google Tolerate a Dubious Meds Market in the EU • Fitness app Strava gives away location of Biden, Trump and other leaders, French newspaper says • Meet Interlock — The new ransomware targeting FreeBSD servers • Chinese threat actor Storm-0940 uses credentials from password spray attacks from a covert network • Spain floods disaster: death toll rises to 205 as extra troops mobilised • Biden Administration Announces Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine • Iran Tells Region ‘Strong and Complex' Attack Coming on Israel • Cybersecurity Advisory – Threats Posed by Remote Technology Workers with Ties to Democratic People's Republic of Korea • Foreign Threat Actor Conducting Large-Scale Spear-Phishing Campaign with RDP Attachments • New Tradecraft of Iranian Cyber Group Aria Sepehr Ayandehsazan aka Emennet Pasargad • Cybercriminals Are Stealing Cookies to Bypass Multifactor Authentication • Canadian Centre for Cyber Security - National Cyber Threat Assessment 2025-2026 • Pacific Rim: Inside the Counter-Offensive—The TTPs Used to Neutralize China-Based Threats • Massive PSAUX ransomware attack targets 22,000 CyberPanel instances • Midnight Blizzard conducts large-scale spear-phishing campaign using RDP files

Of the record 14 million illegal border crossers reported under the Biden-Harris administration, more than 1.62 million are from four Countries of Particular Concern (CPC): China, Cuba, Nicaragua and Russia. The U.S. State Department has designated CPCs for their policies of “systematic, ongoing, egregious violations of religious freedom,” which includes “torture, prolonged detention without charges, forced disappearance, or other flagrant denial of life, liberty, or security of persons.” U.S. designated CPCs include Burma, the People's Republic of China, Cuba, Eritrea, Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), Nicaragua, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. The CPCs of Cuba, North Korea, and Iran are also designated State Sponsors of Terrorism (SST).

Last night, Vice President Kamala Harris was in the Philadelphia suburbs for a CNN Town Hall with Anderson Cooper and an audience of what the network called “undecided and persuadable voters.” Harris fielded questions about whether former President Donald Trump is a fascist, and was asked by audience members what she'd do about the price of groceries. There's a reason the CNN town hall was in Pennsylvania. It's the state both campaigns have visited the most – and where they've spent the most money on ads. It's also the swing state with the most electoral college votes up for grabs in the election. And on top of that – Pennsylvania is also home to an extremely tight race that will help decide which party controls the Senate. Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey joins us to talk about his race and what Democrats can do to help Harris take Pennsylvania.And in headlines: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea sends troops to Russia, RFK Jr. asks the Supreme Court to take him off another swing state ballot, a report from Microsoft warns of Chinese, Russian, and Iranian interference in the election, and former Republican National Convention Chair Ronna McDaniel warns the GOP about neglecting young voters. Show Notes: Subscribe to the What A Day Newsletter – https://tinyurl.com/3kk4nyz8What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcastFollow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday

The United States is socially, politically and economically in crisis. As an increasingly large number of people are priced out of the economy, fewer and fewer buy into the sham of electoral politics. On the world stage, too, the U.S. is suffering. Countries everywhere are beginning to drop the dollar as the standard unit of exchange, and Washington's prestige has been severely shaken due to its relentless, unequivocal support for Israel's genocide in Gaza.Ben Norton joins MintCast host Mnar Adley to discuss all this and more. Norton is an investigative journalist and founder of Geopolitical Economy Report, a news source dedicated to looking at the world and seeing the big picture. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Beijing, China.“The dollar is – even more than the military – the strongest weapon the United States has,” Norton told Adley, explaining that, because of the exorbitant privilege it enjoys in printing the world's reserve currency, the U.S. can simply export many of its economic problems. It also means that Washington can print more money to pay for its military misadventures around the world. Thus, the dollar system has allowed the U.S. to preserve its global empire and avoid inflation despite running a massive global trade deficit for decades.“I hate when countries go off the dollar,” Donald Trump said recently, adding: “I would not allow countries to go off the dollar because when we lose that standard, that will be like losing a Revolutionary war. That would be a hit to our country, just like losing a war. And we can't let that happen.”And yet that is precisely what is coming to pass, as even U.S. allies in the Middle East, such as Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, have taken steps in that direction. Previously, if any country defied Washington's orders, it would be sanctioned into oblivion. Indeed, U.S. sanctions are powerful enough to destroy the economies of relatively small countries, such as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Cuba, or Venezuela. However, as Norton noted, Russia, and especially China, are simply “too big to sanction.”Join us for a fantastic conversation where Ben Norton stitches together the fabric of the world's top political news stories, allowing us to see the big picture.Support the showMintPress News is a fiercely independent. You can support us by becoming a member on Patreon, bookmarking and whitelisting us, and by subscribing to our social media channels, including Twitch, YouTube, Twitter and Instagram. Subscribe to MintCast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and SoundCloud. Also, be sure to check out the new Behind the Headlines channel on YouTube and subscribe to rapper Lowkey's new video interview/podcast series, The Watchdog.

 In this episode of Mid Mic Daily Bite, we dive into a recent report about North Korean hackers deploying sophisticated social engineering attacks on cryptocurrency professionals via LinkedIn. Using a new malware called RustDoor, these threat actors, backed by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), trick victims into downloading malicious files disguised as coding challenges for job applications. The episode unpacks the specifics of these attacks, explains how the malware operates, and discusses the broader implications for cybersecurity in the crypto space. Tune in to learn how to protect yourself from such threats and understand the evolving tactics of state-sponsored cybercriminals targeting decentralized finance and cryptocurrency users. Source: https://thehackernews.com/2024/09/north-korean-hackers-target.html Follow Us:Website: https://midmiccrisis.com/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@midmiccrisisInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/midmiccrisis/?hl=enTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mid.mic.crisis?lang=enTwitter: https://twitter.com/MidMicCrisisNewsletter: https://mid-mic-crisis-newsletter.beehiiv.com/subscribeFireBrain AI: https://www.skool.com/firebrainPowered by @dGenNetworkWebsite: https://dgen.network/Support the show

Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera has agreed to be the presidential candidate of the governing Malawi Congress Party (MCP) in the 2025 general election. This paves the way for the president to seek re-election after the party unanimously nominated him for the race. Chakwera is expected to face stiff competition from former presidents Arthur Peter Mutharika from the opposition Democratic People's Party (DPP) and Joyce Banda of the People's Party (PP). Malawi Information Minister Moses Kunkuyu tells VOA's Peter Clottey, the prospects for the president's re-election bid are great

Chinese diver Quan Hongchan triumphed in the women's 10-meter platform diving event on Tuesday at the Paris Olympics, defending her title in the event, claiming her second gold medal at the Paris Games and securing China's 22nd gold medal overall.8月6日，中国跳水运动员全红婵在巴黎奥运会女子10米跳台决赛中夺冠，成为了卫冕该项目的冠军，这是她在巴黎奥运会上获得的第二枚金牌，也是中国本届奥运会的第22枚金牌。Quan's teammate Chen Yuxi won silver, and Kim Mi-rae of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea won bronze.全红婵的队友陈芋汐在该项目中获得银牌，朝鲜选手金美莱获得铜牌。 Quan and Chen had also won the gold medal in the women's synchronized 10m platform on July 31.Before Tuesday, the Chinese delegation had already amassed 21 gold medals, 18 silvers and 14 bronzes in the first 10 days of the Paris Games. Amid fierce competition, there have been remarkable breakthroughs as well as results that fell short of expectations.7月31日，巴黎奥运会女子双人10米跳台比赛中，全红婵/陈芋汐组合勇夺金牌。截至8月6日，中国代表团在巴黎奥运会的前10天比赛日已获21枚金牌、18枚银牌和14枚铜牌。在激烈的竞争中，尽管有遗憾，我国运动员们仍然取得了世界瞩目的突破。The shooting events, now completed, have been especially rewarding for China, with Generation Z athletes Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao sparking the gold rush for the Chinese team. China achieved a historic best in shooting with a total of five golds, two silvers and three bronzes.已经结束的射击项目对中国队来说尤其有意义，00后运动员黄雨婷、盛李豪为中国队点燃了巴黎奥运会首金。本届奥运会中国队在射击项目上取得了历史最好成绩，共获5枚金牌、2枚银牌和3枚铜牌。In swimming, the Chinese team started slowly but gained momentum, securing two golds, three silvers and seven bronzes. With 12 medals total, the team doubled its count from the Rio and Tokyo Olympics, and 22 more athletes stood on the podium compared with Tokyo.在游泳项目中，中国队虽起步缓慢，但势头强劲，一举夺得2枚金牌、3枚银牌和7枚铜牌，共获12枚奖牌，是里约奥运会和东京奥运会奖牌数的一倍。与东京奥运会相比，登上领奖台的运动员人数也增加了22名。The biggest surprise came from 20-year-old Pan Zhanle, who shattered his own world record in the men's 100m freestyle final with a time of 46.40 seconds to win gold. He then clinched another gold with his teammates in the men's 4x100m medley relay. Zhou Jinqiang, vice-president of the Chinese delegation, highlighted the significant impact of the Chinese swimming team at this year's Games, which challenged the dominance of European countries and the United States.本届奥运会最大的惊喜来自刚满20岁的潘展乐，他在男子100米自由泳决赛中以46秒40的成绩打破了自己曾经创造的世界纪录，夺得金牌。潘展乐与队友覃海洋、徐嘉余、孙佳俊在男子4x100米混合泳接力决赛中为中国队再夺一枚金牌。中国体育代表团副团长周进强在发布会上表示，本届奥运会，中国游泳队对欧美国家的优势地位给予了强力冲击。"Pan is the first Asian athlete to win the men's 100m freestyle Olympic gold medal since the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics," Zhou said.He noted that netizens have compared Pan to Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, saying "the Bolt on land, Pan Zhanle in the water", which Zhou said underscores "the significance of this gold medal".周进强特别指出潘展乐男子100米自由泳金牌的来之不易：“潘展乐是1932年洛杉矶奥运会之后，第一位获得男子百米自由泳奥运金牌的亚洲选手，有网友戏称‘陆上博尔特，水中潘展乐'，可见这枚金牌的份量。”Zhou also said that the gold medal in the men's 4X100m medley relay reflects the team's overall strength, breaking the US'40-year dominance in the event. And although the Chinese mixed 4X100m medley relay team won silver, they still broke the world record, showcasing the balanced and comprehensive development of Chinese swimming.周进强表示，男子4×100米混合泳接力夺金是综合实力的体现，打破了美国长达40年长期垄断；男女4×100米混合泳接力虽然获得银牌，但也打破了原世界纪录，这是我国游泳项目实力均衡发展、全面提升的体现。Additionally, swimmer Zhang Yufei won a total of six medals (one silver and five bronzes) at this Olympics, making her the Chinese female athlete with the most medals in a single Olympic Games. She now has won a total of 10 Olympic medals, making her the most decorated Chinese Olympian. China has also achieved remarkable results in several events, including women's BMX and women's singles and mixed doubles in tennis, and it narrowly missed gold in team events in men's gymnastics and women's archery.此外，张雨霏在本届奥运会获得1银5铜共6枚奖牌，成为我国单届奥运会获得奖牌最多的女子运动员，同时，累计获得10枚奥运会奖牌，成为我国获得奥运会奖牌最多的运动员。中国队在奥运会自由式女子小轮车、乒乓球女单、混双、网球女单等多个项目上也取得了令人瞩目的成绩，在体操男子团体和射箭女子团体中以微弱优势错失金牌。Zhou, the Chinese delegation's vice-president, highlighted the intense competition of the Olympics, noting that athletes face enormous pressure, resulting in an error rate that is higher than in other competitions.周进强在发布会上还表示，巴黎奥运会比赛期间，个别运动员出现失误或未能发挥出应有水平，对这些运动员代表团给予了充分的理解。"Winning and losing are both normal outcomes," he said. "Therefore, I call for understanding and compassion for athletes who make mistakes or fail to meet expectations during the Olympics."奥运会竞争异常激烈，胜负输赢都很正常。周进强称：“我也呼吁，对在奥运会比赛中出现失误或未能达到预期成绩的运动员，给予善意的理解和包容。”BMX: Bicycle Motocrossn.小轮车

China's world No. 1 team, Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha, have finally completed their major title collection by winning their first mixed doubles Olympic gold medal in Paris, paving the way for China's clean sweep of all five titles.7月30日，巴黎奥运会乒乓球混双决赛,中国组合王楚钦/孙颖莎以4-2战胜朝鲜组合,中国代表团拿下奥运会乒乓球混双项目首枚金牌,离获得五个乒乓球项目“金满贯”更进一步。Roared on by an enthusiastic crowd, mainly Chinese fans, at the South Paris Arena, Wang and Sun, the men's and women's reigning world No. 1 players respectively, held off a strong comeback from Ri Jong Sik and Kim Kum Yong of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to prevail 4-2 in the high-profile final on Tuesday and secured the first gold medal up for grabs in table tennis at the Paris Olympics.在南巴黎竞技场，看台上的观众大多都为中国球迷，为中国乒乓球代表队王楚钦/孙颖莎热烈欢呼。备受瞩目的乒乓球混双决赛中，“莎头”组合以4-2战胜了朝鲜组合李正植/金琴英，获得了巴黎奥运会乒乓球混双项目首枚金牌。Having won almost every major trophy together, including two mixed doubles world championship titles in 2021 and 2023, Wang and Sun relished their first Olympic gold together as a special one, particularly following Team China's final loss to host Japan in the mixed event's Olympic debut in Tokyo in 2021.自2017年搭档，王楚钦/孙颖莎共同奋战每一场比赛，赢得的荣誉不胜枚举，此前获得过2021、2023年乒乓球混双世锦赛的冠军。2021年东京奥运会乒乓球混双项目失利夺金，此次巴黎奥运会“莎头”组合终于成功圆梦，享受属于他们的首枚奥运金牌。"This mixed doubles gold is probably the medal I wanted the most. I have to thank everyone around us who contributed to this win," said Wang, a six-time world champion across men's team, men's doubles and mixed doubles."It was the work and effort of everyone that helped us pull it off. We put in so much for this gold, it now all feels worth it. This is not just our glory, it belongs to the entire team."作为乒乓球男子单打、男子团体、混合团体的六届世界冠军，王楚钦在接受采访时表示：“这枚混双金牌可能是我最想要的，十分感谢在异国他乡还能看到这么多‘中国红'，听到熟悉的呐喊和加油。这么多年来，正是有你们的支持和鼓舞，使得我们遇到困难的时候，依然能坚持下来，赢得比赛。这枚金牌是中国乒乓球队全队努力的结果。（赢得）这枚混双金牌太不容易了，我们值得这枚金牌，（金牌）不只是代表我们两个，也是代表整个球队。” In the Tokyo Games mixed doubles final, Japanese pair Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito outlasted China's Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen 4-3 in a seven-set thriller to snatch the very first mixed doubles Olympic gold, denying China's attempt to bag all five gold medals.在2021年东京奥运会混双决赛中，许昕/刘诗雯“昕雯联播”组合苦战7局，不敌日本组合水谷隼/伊藤美诚，获得银牌，第一次在奥运会乒乓球共计五个项目中失利大满贯。Now, with Tuesday's win opening its Paris 2024 campaign on a high note, Team China will go all out to achieve a gold medal clean sweep in Paris with four more events - men's and women's singles and teams - to go.而此届巴黎奥运会，中国取得混双决赛的胜利为乒乓球项目拉开帷幕，中国队必将全力以赴接下来的四个乒乓球项目——男单、女单、男双、女双——实现巴黎奥运会乒乓球五个项目大满贯。"I feel like a heavy stone was released from my heart. It was a big relief to get this one done. There are more to go for sure. Hopefully we could build on this opening victory to secure Team China's dominance in other events," said Wang.王楚钦表示：“这块混双金牌积在我心中太久了，我们今天做到了。我们还有很长的路要走，希望我们能在这场胜利的基础上再接再厉，向世界展示中国乒乓球力量。”Sun attributed the triumph to the chemistry she's developed with Wang since they first started to play doubles in 2017.孙颖莎表示，自2017年“莎头”组合搭档以来，两人都互相扶持、互相鼓励、互相弥补，一路走来，这次的胜利也和他们的默契密不可分。"I'm thankful to my partner for all the work we put in over the last three years. We've known each other since we were kids and grew up together. We're pleased with the result today, and hope we'll be able to continue to do well in the coming events," she said.她在接受采访时表示：“这三年多我们俩的付出都是值得的，也非常感谢我的搭档。我们2017年开始搭档，现在也有七八年了，彼此都非常熟悉，大大小小的比赛都拿过冠军了，但奥运会对我们来说也是最神圣的、最伟大的舞台。在巴黎奥运会上，我们齐心协力一起把这枚金牌赢下来。”

How does the United States coordinate with regional partners to promote human rights in North Korea? In this episode, we speak with Ambassador Julie Turner, the U.S. Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights at the Department of State. Ambassador Turner is globally recognized as an expert in human rights and democracy and has worked over the past 20 years to strengthen democratic institutions and promote human rights throughout the East Asia and Pacific Region. As a career civil service employee and former Presidential Management Fellow, Ambassador Turner has dedicated her career to advancing human rights around the world. We discuss how the United States and its allies in the region play a role in protecting and promoting human rights in North Korea, how the United States balances Human Rights with some of its hardline measures – like economic sanctions and military deterrence, and how Ambassador Turner engages with the broader Korean American community.A note that the acronym DPRK refers to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the country's official title, which is also commonly referred to as North Korea. This podcast is produced in partnership with the Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts. For more information, please visit their website at ThePearsonInstitute.org Should you encounter any challenges with the audio quality, we invite you to follow along with the transcript provided for a seamless experience. You can access the transcript here. Podcast Production Credits:Interviewing: Levi Latoz, Myong Kun (Chris) Shin, and Hannah BalikciEditing: Nishita KarunProduction: Hannah BalikciResources:Memoirs written by North Korean Refugees

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On the latest episode of the Security Sprint, Dave and Andy talked about the following topics. Warm Start Information Sharing: A Valuable Tool in Preventing Cyber Attacks CISA: Prepared Together – Cyber Storm IX Recap   Main Topics   Physical Threats & Violence Gate 15 White Paper: The Hostile Event Attack Cycle (HEAC), 2021 Update New Jersey Marine arrested after allegedly making threats to kill White people, 'began planning' mass shooting DOJ: Maryland Woman Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Destroy the Baltimore Region Power Grid   U.S. Department of State: Worldwide Caution, 17 May. Due to the potential for terrorist attacks, demonstrations, or violent actions against U.S. citizens and interests, the Department of State advises U.S. citizens overseas to exercise increased caution.    Elections, Info Ops, Resources:  Misinformation perceived as a bigger informational threat than negativity: A cross-country survey on challenges of the news environment Sekoia: Master of Puppets: Uncovering the DoppelGänger pro-Russian influence campaign Canadian Centre for Cyber Security How to identify misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation (ITSAP.00.300). Opening Statement by CISA Director Jen Easterly at the Update on Foreign Threats to the 2024 Elections Hearing US intelligence spotted Chinese, Iranian deepfakes in 2020 aimed at influencing US voters Contagious Disruption: How CCP Influence and Radical Ideologies Threaten Critical Infrastructure and Campuses Across the United States Russian Connections to Israel-Gaza Protests   Democratic People's Republic of Korea Leverages U.S.-Based Individuals to Defraud U.S. Businesses and Generate Revenue.  Charges and Seizures Brought in Fraud Scheme, Aimed at Denying Revenue for Workers Associated with North Korea Justice Department Announces Arrest, Premises Search, and Seizures of Multiple Website Domains to Disrupt Illicit Revenue Generation Efforts of Democratic People's Republic of Korea   Quick Hits UK NCSC: Business email compromise: new guidance to protect your organisation Canadian Centre for Cyber Security Rethink your password habits to protect your accounts from hackers (ITSAP.30.036) CISA: Encrypted DNS Implementation Guidance Software Transparency in SaaS Environments TLP:CLEAR | FB-ISAO Newsletter.  Reliaquest: New Black Basta Social Engineering Scheme Microsoft: Threat actors misusing Quick Assist in social engineering attacks leading to ransomware Stairwell threat report: Black Basta overview and detection rules Iran Declares Mourning Period As President, Foreign Minister Killed In Helicopter Crash Israel insists 'it wasn't us' after 'Butcher of Tehran' Iranian president is killed in mysterious helicopter crash a month after ordering missile attack on the Jewish state while Islamic regime supports Hamas in Gaza war ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants against Netanyahu, Hamas leaders. Senators unveil plan to regulate AI, as companies race ahead Men accused of plot to attack Jews with machine guns in north-west England DHS Announces Creation of the Homeland Intelligence Advisory Board.  U.S. Attorney's Office and Law Enforcement Partners Take Action Against Money Mules in Order to Disrupt Transnational Fraud Schemes and Educate Public. Two Foreign Nationals Arrested for Laundering At Least $73M Through Shell Companies Tied to Cryptocurrency Investment Scams Feds nab alleged money launderers for pig butchering scheme Senator Vance issues warning on China-backed Volt Typhoon threat to US critical infrastructure BreachForums seized by FBI for 2nd time 6K-plus AI models may be affected by critical RCE vulnerability Tinyproxy (CVE-2023-49606) – Vulnerability Analysis and Exploitation British engineering giant Arup revealed as $25 million deepfake scam victim  

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: D&D.Sci Long War: Defender of Data-mocracy, published by aphyer on April 27, 2024 on LessWrong. This is an entry in the 'Dungeons & Data Science' series, a set of puzzles where players are given a dataset to analyze and an objective to pursue using information from that dataset. STORY (skippable) You have the excellent fortune to live under the governance of The People's Glorious Free Democratic Republic of Earth, giving you a Glorious life of Freedom and Democracy. Sadly, your cherished values of Democracy and Freedom are under attack by...THE ALIEN MENACE! Faced with the desperate need to defend Freedom and Democracy from The Alien Menace, The People's Glorious Free Democratic Republic of Earth has been forced to redirect most of its resources into the Glorious Free People's Democratic War Against The Alien Menace. You haven't really paid much attention to the war, to be honest. Yes, you're sure it's Glorious and Free - oh, and Democratic too! - but mostly you've been studying Data Science and employing it in your Assigned Occupation as a Category Four Data Drone. But you've grown tired of the Class Eight Habitation Module that you've been Democratically Allocated, and of your life as a Category Four Data Drone. And in order to have a voice in civic affairs (not to mention the chance to live somewhere nicer), you've enlisted with the Democratic People's Glorious Free Army in their Free Glorious People's Democratic War Against The Alien Menace. You enlisted with the Tenth Democratic Free Glorious People's Mobilization, and were assigned to a training battalion under Sergeant Rico. He's taught you a great deal about armed combat, unarmed combat, and how many pushups you can be forced to do before your arms give out. You're sure the People's Glorious Free Democratic Army knows more than you about war in general. But you feel like the logistical and troop-deployment decisions being made are suboptimal, and you've been on the lookout for ways to employ your knowledge of Data Science to improve them. So when you got your hands on a dataset of past deployments against the Alien Menace, you brought up with Sgt. Rico that you think you can use that to improve outcomes by selecting the right weapons loadout for each squad to bring. In retrospect, when he leaned into your face and screamed: 'So you think you can do better, recruit?', that might have been intended as a rhetorical question, and you probably shouldn't have said yes. Now you've been assigned to join a squad defending against an attack by the Alien Menace. At least he's agreed to let you choose how many soldiers to bring and how to equip them based on the data you collated (though you do rather suspect he's hoping the Alien Menace will eat you). But with Data Science on your side, you're sure you can select a team that'll win the engagement, and hopefully he'll be more willing to listen to you after that. (Especially if you demonstrate that you can do it reliably and efficiently, without sending too large a squad that would draw manpower from other engagements). For Glory! For The People! For Freedom! For Democracy! For The People's Glorious Free Democratic Republic of Earth! And for being allocated a larger and more pleasant Habitation Module and a higher-quality Nutrition Allotment! DATA & OBJECTIVES You've been assigned to repel an alien attack. The alien attack contains: 3 Arachnoid Abominations 2 Chitinous Crawlers 7 Swarming Scarabs 3 Towering Tyrants 1 Voracious Venompede You need to select a squad of soldiers to bring with you. You may bring up to 10 soldiers, with any combination of the following weapons: Antimatter Artillery Fusion Flamethrower Gluon Grenades Laser Lance Macross Minigun Pulse Phaser Rail Rifle Thermo-Torpedos So you could bring 10 soldiers all with Antimatter Artillery. Or you could brin...

Listen to the Fri. April 12, 2024 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This episode features our regular PANW report with dispatches on a shoutout in Ethiopia between police and a rebel grouping; Niger is to recieve security assistance from the Russian Federation; the Supreme Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has visited the military academy named in honor of his father, Kim Jong Il; and stamps have been issued on the 112th birthday of the late founder Kim Il Sung. In the second hour we look at the recently-held elections in the West African state of Senegal and the prospects for transformation of the political system. Finally, we continue our commemoration of the 126th birthday of Paul L. Robeson (1898-1976). 

April 9, 2024 - Join us for a conversation about recovering lost ground in the international effort to address North Korea's human rights violations, featuring: Ambassador Julie Turner, U.S. Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues, James Heenan, UN Human Rights Office representative in Seoul, Dr. Katrin Katz, Korea Society Van Fleet Senior Fellow, and Sean Chung, CEO of HanVoice, in conversation with policy director Jonathan Corrado. The United Nations Human Rights Council published its landmark report of the commission of inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ten years ago. That report documented “systematic, widespread and grave violations of human rights” in North Korea. But the international effort to ensure accountability, involving U.S. coordination with allies such as the Republic of Korea and through the United Nations, is only just beginning. The U.S. State Department describes credible reports of unlawful or arbitrary killings by the government, harsh and life-threatening prison conditions, arbitrary arrests and detentions, total state control of expression and media through censorship, severe restrictions on political participation, gender-based violence, and the worst forms of child labor. A Korean American adoptee with twenty years of diplomatic experience, Ambassador Julie Turner said, “The human rights situation in the DPRK is one of the most protracted human rights crises in the world,” in her testimony to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. This discussion explores issues impacting refugees, information distribution, separated family reunions, pathways to practical progress, North Korean human rights success stories, the connection between the regime's human rights abuses and its weapons programs, and the nexus of humanitarian assistance and human rights. For more information, please visit the link below: https://www.koreasociety.org/policy-and-corporate-programs/item/1813-recapturing-lost-ground-on-north-korean-human-rights-with-ambassador-julie-turner

In this episode, Dr. Victor Cha is joined by Dr. Jung Pak, deputy assistant secretary of state for Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands and the U.S. senior official for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the US Department of State, to discuss the Biden administration's North Korea policy, DPRK-Russia cooperation as well as what to expect from North Korea in 2024.

It's an EmMajority Report Thursday (of a whole week of EmMajority Reports!)! She speaks with Mark Joseph Stern, senior writer at Slate, to discuss the recent developments of the Supreme Court term. Then, she speaks with Michael Klare, professor of emeritus of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College, to discuss his recent piece in The Nation entitled "Surviving an Era of Pervasive Nuclear Instability." First, Emma runs through updates on the US defense of Israel's occupation of Palestine in front of the ICJ, the growing death toll in Gaza and its astounding projections, Ro Khana's visit to Michigan, Biden's Trumpian executive action on immigration, fascism in Texas, Alabama, and Oklahoma, child labor in the US, and US environmental policy, before diving into updates on the GOP's impeachment scam (the one against Biden, more specifically). Mark Joseph Stern then joins, diving right into McElrath v. Georgia, a unanimous decision by Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson, exploring the case's basis in attempting to retry an acquitted man in obvious violation of double jeopardy and looking at how KBJ's history as a public defender played into her decision. He also tackles a case against a Virginia magnet school's attempt to incorporate success in underperforming schools into their otherwise race-blind admissions, and Samuel Alito's attempt to defend anti-gay bigots' right to discriminate as jurors, before wrapping up with SCOTUS' likely decision on the Clean Air Act's Good Neighbor clause, and the devastating impact it could have on the EPA and Ozone regulation. Professor Michael Klare then walks Emma through the recent emergence of China as a nuclear superpower on the global stage, looking at the role of US military expansion in the Indo-Pacific and contentious support for Taiwan in pushing Chinese nuclear expansion. Next, Professor Klare walks through each of the major nuclear flashpoints right now, including Russian-Nato tensions, Taiwan, and the South China Sea, before diving into the status of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's nuclear arsenal, and the precarious nuclear relationship between India and Pakistan. After touching on the US' potential role in providing nuclear capacities to Saudi Arabia, alongside a broader assessment of nuclear munitions across the globe, Klare explores what to do to make people care about the nuclear threat again. And in the Fun Half: Emma is joined by Brandon Sutton and Matt Binder as they discuss the intricacies of Madame Web, watch Nancy Pelosi actively affirm Israel's right to continue the slaughter of Gaza and deny US complicity, while Israel's Chief Pink Washer celebrates the genocide at a Knesset hearing. Bret Weinstein and Joe Rogan posit their bold theory that AIDS is actually caused more by lifestyle decisions than HIV, plus, your calls and IMs! Check out Mark's work here: https://slate.com/author/mark-joseph-stern Check out Michael's piece here: https://www.thenation.com/article/world/surviving-an-era-of-pervasive-nuclear-instability/ Become a member at JoinTheMajorityReport.com: https://fans.fm/majority/join Check out the "Repair Gaza" campaign courtesy of the Glia Project here: https://www.launchgood.com/campaign/rebuild_gaza_help_repair_and_rebuild_the_lives_and_work_of_our_glia_team#!/ Get emails on the IRS pilot program for tax filing here!: https://service.govdelivery.com/accounts/USIRS/subscriber/new Check out filmmaker and friend of the show Janek Ambros's new documentary "Ukrainians in Exile" here: https://www.thenation.com/article/world/ukrainians-in-exile-doc/ Check out StrikeAid here!; https://strikeaid.com/ Gift a Majority Report subscription here: https://fans.fm/majority/gift Subscribe to the ESVN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/esvnshow Subscribe to the AMQuickie newsletter here: https://am-quickie.ghost.io/ Join the Majority Report Discord! http://majoritydiscord.com/ Get all your MR merch at our store: https://shop.majorityreportradio.com/ Get the free Majority Report App!: http://majority.fm/app Check out today's sponsors: Cozy Earth:  IF you've never tried Cozy Earth, I've got awesome news!  You can SAVE up to 35% off Cozy Earth right now! But hurry... this offer won't last. Go to https://CozyEarth.com and enter my promo code MAJORITY REPORT at checkout  for up to 35% off on your first order!  That's https://CozyEarth.com promo code MAJORITY REPORT.  Follow the Majority Report crew on Twitter: @SamSeder @EmmaVigeland @MattLech @BradKAlsop Check out Matt's show, Left Reckoning, on Youtube, and subscribe on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/leftreckoning Check out Matt Binder's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/mattbinder Subscribe to Brandon's show The Discourse on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ExpandTheDiscourse Check out Ava Raiza's music here! https://avaraiza.bandcamp.com/ The Majority Report with Sam Seder - https://majorityreportradio.com/

Principal Analyst Michael Barnhart joins host Luke McNamara to discuss Mandiant's research into the threat posed by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) usage of IT workers to gain access to enterprises. For more on Mandiant's analysis of North Korea's cyber capabilities, please see: https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/north-korea-cyber-structure-alignment-2023

Casey and Elisha talk with Joyce Ho, HRF's Asia-Pacific policy officer, about the recent elections in Taipei, the need for the ruling Democratic People's Party (DPP) to double down on democracy after narrowly beating the pro-Beijing Kuomintang Party (KMT), and what that all means for the future of the island. To read Joyce's op-ed in The Hill: https://thehill.com/opinion/4411515-taiwans-ruling-party-needs-to-double-down-on-democracy/ To read the Financial Times' piece, "Becoming Taiwan: In China's Shadow, an island asserts its identity." - https://www.ft.com/content/6e9a0243-87f2-445e-b563-e8f67082b3da

North Korea is a country well known for its secrecy, poverty, human rights violations, and of course, its enigmatic leader, Kim Jong Un. Being such a private and unique nation, however, means there are a few quirks that simply don't exist outside its all-encompassing walls. So, let's break into the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and see what we can find.Our Sponsors:* Check out HelloFresh and use my code beamazedfree for a great deal: https://www.hellofresh.com/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

One of the most notorious and infamous wrestling shows ever. In 1995, six months before the start of the Monday Night Wars, WCW decided to bring peace and harmony through violence. The great Antonio Inoki contacted Eric Bischoff with the terrible idea of taking professional wrestling to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, street name North Korea. Not only did we watch the wrestling show, we watched the Dark Side of the Ring episode on this event. If you're curious about what happens when you take wrestlers who play loose with the rules in the US to a totalitarian Asian culture, take a listen. Ever wonder what happens when you show wrestling to a compulsory crowd of 150,000 people who have never seen wrestling? This is the show for you. As if that wasn't enough, one performer on the show goes into a murderous rage against another! Thanks for listening!

Despite being the wife of one of the world's most renowned and feared leaders, Kim Jong Un, almost nothing is known about Ri Sol Ju. And there's a reason for that. As Party Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Kim Jong Un rules over his country with an iron fist, and his wife is no exception. . Our Sponsors:* Check out HelloFresh and use my code beamazedfree for a great deal: https://www.hellofresh.com/Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Listen to the Wed. Nov. 22, 2023 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The episode features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the decision by the South African parliament to break diplomatic relations between Pretoria and Tel Aviv; the United States has bombed areas in Iraq purportedly in retaliation for attacks on Pentagon bases; a resistance movement in Gaza says two hostages have died due to the delay by the Israeli regime over several weeks; and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has successfully launched another satellite. In the second and third hours we listen to a panel discussion on recent developments in Palestine.

Forty years ago, President and Mrs. Reagan made an historic trip to Japan and South Korea. The President's last stop was to Camp Liberty Bell, which was less than a mile from North Korean guns. Yes, they were quite near the DMZ. They attended an open air church service and the president wrote in his diary, that they were entertained by a choir of little Korean orphan girls. You might be surprised to know that our GI's support and maintain that orphanage. Following the service, they went up onto a 500 foot promontory to Post Guard Collier where they met a patrol just going out. As you probably know, the zone is patrolled night and day. Still, they were so close, that they could hear the North Korean loudspeakers spewing their propaganda. He then toured the bunker and returned to Camp Liberty Bell where he addressed the troops. But to fit in, he chose to forget about the business suit…rather he wore his military, army assigned, POTUS khaki garb. He spoke in the mortar bunker area of the camp, which is located near the DMZ (demilitarized zone) dividing the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Let's begin listening.

Okta discloses a data exposure incident. Cisco works to fix a zero-day. DPRK threat actors pose as IT workers. The Five Eyes warn of AI-enabled Chinese espionage. Job posting as phishbait. The risk of first-party fraud. Hacktivists trouble humanitarian organizations with nuisance attacks. Content moderation during wartime. Malek Ben Salem of Accenture describes code models. Our guest is Joe Oregon from CISA, discussing the tabletop exercise that CISA, the NFL, and local partners conducted in preparation for the next Super BowI. And the International Criminal Court confirms that it's sustained a cyberespionage incident. For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news briefing: https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/12/202 Selected reading. Okta says hackers used stolen credentials to view customer files (Record) Cisco discloses new IOS XE zero-day exploited to deploy malware implant (BleepingComputer) Additional Guidance on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Information Technology Workers (IC3) A stern glance from all Five Eyes. (CyberWire)  DarkGate malware campaign (WithSecure)  The Fraud Next Door: First-Party Fraud Runs Rampant in America (PR Newswire) Cyberattacks Intensify on Israeli and Palestinian Human Rights Groups (Wall Street Journal)  Israel's burial society website comes under cyberattack (Jerusalem Post)  Sheba Medical Center Hit by Cyber Attack (Jewish Press)  Health Ministry disconnects the remote connection of several hospitals following cyber attack (Jerusalem Post) EU asks Meta, TikTok to account for their response to Israel-Hamas disinformation (Record)  Pro-Palestinian creators use secret spellings, code words to evade social media algorithms (Washington Post)  Web Summit CEO resigns after comments on Israel-Hamas conflict (Reuters)  YouTube is Autogenerating Videos for Songs Advocating the Expulsion of Muslims from India (bellingcat)  Palestinians Claim Social Media 'Censorship' Is Endangering Lives (WIRED)  International Criminal Court says cyberattack was attempted espionage (TechCrunch)  War crimes tribunal says September cyberattack was act of espionage (Record)  International Criminal Court investigating “unprecedented” cyberattack (Cybernews)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's Security Sprint, Dave and Andy talked about the following Topics. Hurricane season thoughts. ISIS Calls for Jewish Attacks Around the World. “Terrorist group ISIS has called for violent targeting of Jewish people worldwide in response to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas… Published on Friday in Arabic in Al-Naba, a weekly magazine by ISIS, it advocates for violence and murder against Jewish people worldwide.   Ransomware New Portman Report Demonstrates Threat Ransomware Presents to the United States. “This report details the attacks by Russia-based ransomware group REvil on three American companies, and the experiences of those companies during the incident response." CISA, NSA, FBI, MS-ISAC Publish Updated #StopRansomware Guide UK NCSC: Principles for ransomware-resistant cloud backups; Helping to make cloud backups resistant to the effects of destructive ransomware. Our new principles to help make cloud backups more resilient; Introducing a new set of NCSC principles to strengthen the resilience of organisations' cloud backups from ransomware attackers. Canadian Centre for Cyber Security - Social engineering – ITSAP.00.166, Social engineering – ITSAP.00.166 (PDF, 267 KB) Phishing Guidance: Stopping the Attack Cycle at Phase One   FBI Releases 2022 Crime in the Nation Statistics. The FBI released detailed data on over 11 million criminal offenses reported to the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program… The FBI's crime statistics estimates for 2022 show that national violent crime decreased an estimated 1.7% in 2022 compared to 2021 estimates.  Statement from President Joe Biden on Hate Crime Statistics FBI report: Violent crime decreases to pre-pandemic levels, but property crime is on the rise Violent crime down, carjackings up, according to FBI crime statistics FBI: Violent Crime Down To Pre-Pandemic Levels, But Property Crimes Rising ADL: FBI Data Reflects Deeply Alarming Record-High Number of Reported Hate Crime Incidents in the U.S. in 2022 UCR's Crime Data Explorer   Quick Hits: Russia, shifting tactics, fans doubt in election integrity, U.S. says; A new intelligence assessment indicates the Kremlin appears to be expanding its long-running efforts to weaken the world's democracies CISA Releases Guidance for Addressing Cisco IOS XE Web UI Vulnerabilities "The Phantom Hacker:" FBI Phoenix Warns Public of New Financial Scam CISA: Threat Actors Exploit Atlassian Confluence CVE-2023-22515 for Initial Access to Networks FBI IC3 PSA: Additional Guidance on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Information Technology Workers      

Listen to the Sat. Sept. 23, 2023 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the ongoing United Nations General Assembly 78th Session in New York City; in Ghana, the Chinese community has paid tribute to the birthday of the founder of modern Africa, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah; there is continuing discussion surrounding the recent visit of the Supreme Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to the Russian Federation; and the NATO-backed Ukrainian military claims that it has struck the Black Sea Naval operations in Crimea. In the second hour we listen to speeches from various African leaders at the United Nations General Assembly including Guinea, South Africa and Barbados in the Caribbean. Finally, we pay tribute to the contributions of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah through excerpts of his UN address of 1960 and broadcast over the Voice of the Revolution in Conakry, Guinea during 1966.

Christopher Douglas Emms is wanted for allegedly conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Specifically, conspiring to violate United States sanctions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (“DPRK” or “North Korea”) by working with an American citizen to illegally provide cryptocurrency and blockchain technology services to the DP, Its quite the mouthful.Chris is a British citizen who, due to his status of being Wanted, now calls Moscow home. He and I spoke via Zoom about the charges brough against and just how on earth he came to be accused of helping North Korea avoid global sanctions. He says this is a situation that has been completely blown out of proportion.None the less he has had his entire life turned upside down over the last few years, not only can he not return home to the UK for fear of extradition to the United States but he also had all of his UK accounts frozen and has never been able to recoup his money.This is the story of Christopher Emms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Listen to the Sun. Sept. 17, 2023 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This episode features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the humanitarian disaster in Derna, Libya where the continuing impact of the floods are causing enormous challenges; the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has pledged to allocate a loan to the Kingdom of Morocco that is reeling from a recent earthquake which has killed thousands; Ethiopia has praised the China-led Belt and Road Initiative (BRI); and United States hegemony is being fought by progressive forces around the world. In the second hour we look at the full membership of the African Union (AU) in the Group of 20 (G20). Later, we explore the issues which will be addressed at the upcoming 78th United Nations General Assembly in New York City. Finally, we review the visit of Democratic People's Republic of Korea leader Kim Jong Un to the Russian Federation. 

Christopher Douglas Emms is wanted for allegedly conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). Specifically, conspiring to violate United States sanctions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (“DPRK” or “North Korea”) by working with an American citizen to illegally provide cryptocurrency and blockchain technology services to the DP, Its quite the mouthful.Chris is a British citizen who, due to his status of being Wanted, now calls Moscow home. He and I spoke via Zoom about the charges brough against and just how on earth he came to be accused of helping North Korea avoid global sanctions. He says this is a situation that has been completely blown out of proportion.None the less he has had his entire life turned upside down over the last few years, not only can he not return home to the UK for fear of extradition to the United States but he also had all of his UK accounts frozen and has never been able to recoup his money.This is the story of Christopher Emms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Listen to the Sun. Aug. 6, 2023 special edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. The program features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the threats to intervene in the West African state of Niger where the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has drawn criticism over its unilateral threats backed up by the United States and France; the Nigerian Senate has rejected the proposal by President Bola Tinubu to send troops into Niger in order to reinstall a western-backed head-of-state overthrown by the military late last month; there has been push back on the Ghana's Founders Day commemoration which is said to distort the actual history of the anti-colonial struggle led by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah; and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has escalated its production of munitions. In the second hour we look in detail at the burgeoning opposition to a proposed imperialist-backed ECOWAS military intervention in Niger to reimpose an operative of France and the U.S. Finally, we continue our Black August programming where we look further into the Haitian Revolution and the New Orleans Rebellion of 1811.

Last week, Pvt. 2nd Class Travis King, a soldier in the U.S. Army, reportedly crossed the Demilitarized Zone and ran into North Korea. It has prompted the Army to launch an investigation, with the assistance of Army counterintelligence personnel. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin confirmed that Pvt. King was in the custody of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The Pentagon is taking the matter seriously and is dedicating significant resources to gather more information about the situation. Secretary Austin emphasized that their primary concern is Pvt. King's welfare, and they are doing everything in their power to ensure his safety. Last week, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh firmly stated that, at this time, there is no indication of a pre-planned scenario involving North Korea. A United Nations Command, led by the U.S., has initiated talks with North Korea to address the situation surrounding Pvt. King. The international community is also closely monitoring the developments in hopes of ensuring a safe resolution. As the investigation unfolds and diplomatic efforts continue, many questions still remain unanswered. The motives behind Pvt. King's actions and the circumstances that led to his crossing into North Korea are yet to be fully understood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode we spoke with Tomás Ojea Quintana, former UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). During this episode, Tomás reflects on key moments from his tenure as Special Rapporteur, highlighting critical findings regarding potential crimes against humanity in the DPRK, as well as the challenges in investigating and influencing change in isolated countries. He also explains the relationship between human rights and international efforts aimed at encouraging denuclearization in the DPRK, pathways to accountability for crimes perpetrated against the population and how the UN system can enhance its atrocity prevention efforts.

In this episode we begin by sharing our explicit support and solidarity with the revolutionary masses, parties and governments of Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Vietnam, China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Iran, Palestine and elsewhere. We then speak about oppression, class society, colonialism and its consequences psychologically, socially, and it's revolutionary conclusions to come.

The latest episode of The Cyberlaw Podcast gets a bit carried away with the China spy balloon saga. Guest host Brian Fleming, along with guests Gus Hurwitz, Nate Jones, and Paul Rosenzweig, share insights (and bad puns) about the latest reporting on the electronic surveillance capabilities of the first downed balloon, the Biden administration's “shoot first, ask questions later” response to the latest “flying objects,” and whether we should all spend more time worrying about China's hackers and satellites. Gus then shares a few thoughts on the State of the Union address and the brief but pointed calls for antitrust and data privacy reform. Sticking with big tech and antitrust, Gus recaps a significant recent loss for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and discusses what may be on the horizon for FTC enforcement later this year. Pivoting back to China, Nate and Paul discuss the latest reporting on a forthcoming (at some point) executive order intended to limit and track U.S. outbound investment in certain key aspects of China's tech sector. They also ponder how industry may continue its efforts to narrow the scope of the restrictions and whether Congress will get involved. Sticking with Congress, Paul takes the opportunity to explain the key takeaways from the not-so-bombshell House Oversight Committee hearing featuring former Twitter executives. Gus next describes his favorite ChatGPT jailbreaks and a costly mistake for an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot competitor during a demo. Paul recommends a fascinating interview with Sinbad.io, the new Bitcoin mixer of choice for North Korean hackers, and reflects on the substantial portion of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's gross domestic product attributable to ransomware attacks. Finally, Gus questions whether AI-generated “Nothing, Forever” will need to change its name after becoming sentient and channeling Dave Chapelle. To wrap things up in the week's quick hits, Gus briefly highlights where things stand with Chip Wars: Japan edition and Brian covers coordinated U.S./UK sanctions against the Trickbot cybercrime group, confirmation that Twitter's sale will not be investigated by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), and the latest on Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) v. Covington.     Download 442nd Episode (mp3)  You can subscribe to The Cyberlaw Podcast using iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Pocket Casts, or our RSS feed. As always, The Cyberlaw Podcast is open to feedback. Be sure to engage with @stewartbaker on Twitter. Send your questions, comments, and suggestions for topics or interviewees to CyberlawPodcast@steptoe.com. Remember: If your suggested guest appears on the show, we will send you a highly coveted Cyberlaw Podcast mug! The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of their institutions, clients, friends, families, or pets.

The latest episode of The Cyberlaw Podcast gets a bit carried away with the China spy balloon saga. Guest host Brian Fleming, along with guests Gus Hurwitz, Nate Jones, and Paul Rosenzweig, share insights (and bad puns) about the latest reporting on the electronic surveillance capabilities of the first downed balloon, the Biden administration's “shoot first, ask questions later” response to the latest “flying objects,” and whether we should all spend more time worrying about China's hackers and satellites. Gus then shares a few thoughts on the State of the Union address and the brief but pointed calls for antitrust and data privacy reform. Sticking with big tech and antitrust, Gus recaps a significant recent loss for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and discusses what may be on the horizon for FTC enforcement later this year. Pivoting back to China, Nate and Paul discuss the latest reporting on a forthcoming (at some point) executive order intended to limit and track U.S. outbound investment in certain key aspects of China's tech sector. They also ponder how industry may continue its efforts to narrow the scope of the restrictions and whether Congress will get involved. Sticking with Congress, Paul takes the opportunity to explain the key takeaways from the not-so-bombshell House Oversight Committee hearing featuring former Twitter executives. Gus next describes his favorite ChatGPT jailbreaks and a costly mistake for an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot competitor during a demo. Paul recommends a fascinating interview with Sinbad.io, the new Bitcoin mixer of choice for North Korean hackers, and reflects on the substantial portion of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's gross domestic product attributable to ransomware attacks. Finally, Gus questions whether AI-generated “Nothing, Forever” will need to change its name after becoming sentient and channeling Dave Chapelle. To wrap things up in the week's quick hits, Gus briefly highlights where things stand with Chip Wars: Japan edition and Brian covers coordinated U.S./UK sanctions against the Trickbot cybercrime group, confirmation that Twitter's sale will not be investigated by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), and the latest on Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) v. Covington.     Download 442nd Episode (mp3)  You can subscribe to The Cyberlaw Podcast using iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, Pocket Casts, or our RSS feed. As always, The Cyberlaw Podcast is open to feedback. Be sure to engage with @stewartbaker on Twitter. Send your questions, comments, and suggestions for topics or interviewees to CyberlawPodcast@steptoe.com. Remember: If your suggested guest appears on the show, we will send you a highly coveted Cyberlaw Podcast mug! The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of their institutions, clients, friends, families, or pets.

New Discourses Bullets, Ep. 29 Marxists use linguistic tricks. "Communists share your vocabulary but they don't share your dictionary" is a common way of putting it. One of the dirtiest of those tricks is on the word "people." Whether it's in establishing "Democratic People's Republics" or championing "the people's movement," Communists are always subtly telling us that the only people they count as people are Communists. In this episode of New Discourses Bullets, host James Lindsay explains this history and usage and ties it to a present-day example that, on the surface, looks funny but turns out to show an ugly hand. Join him to learn more! Order James Lindsay's new book, The Marxification of Education: https://amzn.to/3RYZ0tY Support New Discourses: https://newdiscourses.com/support Follow New Discourses on other platforms: https://newdiscourses.com/subscribe Follow James Lindsay: https://linktr.ee/conceptualjames © 2023 New Discourses. All rights reserved. #newdiscourses #jameslindsay