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North Korea fires Scud missiles: report (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
North Korea test-fired two Scud-type missiles on Saturday, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said citing a government official, further stoking regional tensions after the North's nuclear tests and threats to boost its nuclear arsenal in response to U.N. sanctions.

Report: North Korea test-fires more missiles (CNN)
North Korea fired a pair of mid-range missiles toward the Sea of Japan, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Saturday.

North Korea fires short-range missiles: reports (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
North Korea has test-fired two short-range missiles, Japan's Kyodo and Jiji news agencies said on Saturday, quoting South Korea's Yonhap, stoking regional tensions after its nuclear tests and threats to boost its nuclear arsenal in response to U.N. sanctions.

North Korea 'tests two missiles' (BBC News)
North Korea reportedly tests two short-range missiles as concern mounts in the region that a long-range test could be days away.

North Korea Test Fires Two Short-Range Missiles, Yonhap Reports (Bloomberg)
July 4 (Bloomberg) -- North Korea test fired two short- range missiles off its eastern cost today, Yonhap news reported, citing a government official it didn’t identify.
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Kremlinology Update
Kim Jong-Il’s third son, the likely successor to the North Korean leader, has been appointed acting defence chief under his ailing father, a Japanese newspaper reported on Saturday. Kim Jong-Un started supporting his father as acting chairman of North Korea’s National Defence Commission, the evening edition of the Mainichi Shimbun said, quoting unnamed sources [...]

After the Collapse
Michael O’Hanlon of Brookings, who (imho) did his best work on Iraq, refocuses on what happens after Kim Jong Il goes off to meet Saddam. Unlike me, O’Hanlon thinks a major U.S. troop presence in North Korea is inevitable. I think it’s just about the last thing we need: The notion that the United [...]

Sanctions Update
Japanese police have arrested three men for trying to buy missile parts for Burma.  There’s a North Korean connection: Police believe North Korea was attempting to help Myanmar gain missile technologies, the report said. North Korea is suspected of having ordered the device through a Hong Kong-based trading company that it controls, the report said.  [...]

This Means World War III for Sure
Contrary to previous reports suggesting that he was out of the running, Bill Stanton has been named head of the American Institute on Taiwan, making him the de-facto U.S. Ambassador to Taiwan.  The post does not require confirmation by the Senate.  Recall that Stanton (no relation) had called Laura Ling and Euna Lee “stupid” and [...]

Where Does North Korea’s Economy Stand Now?
Time has an interesting analysis.  The short-term picture has improved, though perhaps not sustainably: Estimates from South Korea’s central bank, released on Monday, suggest that North Korea’s gross domestic product recovered in 2008 after two years of contraction, with 3.7% growth. The bank attributed the increase to “one-off factors,” such as an improved harvest.  [Time, Michael [...]
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