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First Satellite Launch for South Korea

South Korea joined today the “space nations” group, when it launched its first rocket to orbit, carrying a scientific payload. The successful take-off took place from the Naro Space Center, a facility operated by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, located some 485 kilometers (300 miles) South of the ...

25 August 2009
05:59 GMT

Master Control Server for Mydoom DDoS Botnet Tracked to UK

The command and control servers used by the Mydoom variant, responsible for the recent denial of service attacks against Korean and US government websites, receive instructions from a master server located in the UK. Meanwhile, the majority of experts agree that no evidence exists so far to incriminate North Korea. ...

14 July 2009
04:43 GMT

Sensors Fail to Identify NK Nuclear Test Gas Traces

None of the components of a global network of sensors, meant to pick up traces of radioactivity that are regularly generated by nuclear tests, managed to accurately identify gas signatures coming from North Korea's test, in late May. Thus, the Western World has no conclusive evidence that Pyongyang actually deto...

18 June 2009
03:50 GMT

E3: Homefront Aims for a Cinematic Experience

Red Dawn was playing up the threat of a Russian invasion of the continental United States. Homefront has taken the main concept from the cult movie and substituted the Soviet Union with North Korea. In 2027, following a long-term energy crisis, the North Koreans invade and a resistance movement appears to repulse the...

4 June 2009
13:11 GMT

THQ Announces Homefront

THQ is announcing that it plans to release a videogame called Homefront, scheduled to be launched for the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3 and the PC. The game is set to be developed by Kaos Studios and will have a unique story.The narrative of the videogame will be created by John Milius, who has written the screenp...

29 May 2009
04:07 GMT

Observers Confirm North Korean Nuclear Test

On May 25th, seismographs in Japan picked up shock waves traveling through the Earth's crust, similar to those created by a nuclear explosion. Mounting pieces of evidence pointed at the fact that North Korea again tested such a device on its own territory, suspicions that were confirmed when Pyongyang substantia...

27 May 2009
18:31 GMT

Nuclear War Looming: North Korea Threatens to Attack the South

North Korean authorities apparently mean business, western officials have said. The Communist nation has announced just recently that it will openly engage in military confrontations with South Korea, if any of its ships, military or civilian, are stopped and searched by a US-led coalition. The Democratic half of Ko...

27 May 2009
09:16 GMT

North Korean Launch Fails to Reach Orbit

Despite the fact that North Korea launched its redesigned Taepo-Dong-2 long-range missile on Sunday ignoring all warnings, the mission in itself was an utter failure, if its goal was to deliver a small communications satellite into orbit. The UN and the United States, together with Japan and South Korea, strongly opp...

7 April 2009
03:53 GMT

North Korea Prepares Long-Range Missile Launch

The North Korean Space Technology Agency (STA) has recently announced that it plans to test-fire a missile, which is allegedly designed to carry a satellite into orbit. But, in the past, this was Pyongyang's way of justifying testing long-range ballistic missiles. The US, Japan and South Korea are highly concern...

24 February 2009
06:50 GMT

3G Network Now Available in North Korea

The introduction of the 3G network represents an immense step forward for North Korea, given the fact that this country is one of the poorest in Asia, and also keeping in mind that it is one of the most tightly controlled states in the world. This development represents for Korean users one of the most useful service...

15 December 2008
09:56 GMT

South Korean Military Equipment Development Secrets Compromised by Hackers

The South Korean defense industry is at great risk as the National Security Research Institute announced that malicious spyware applications had been detected on the networks of two major manufacturers of military equipment. The LIGNex1 and Hyundai Heavy Industries produce critical defense weapons valued at tens of b...

3 October 2008
08:28 GMT

North vs. South Korea - The Internet Espionage War

The South Korean army claims that its military secrets are continuously being threatened by North Korean espionage attacks. The most recent attack covered by South Korean newspapers seems to have taken place from behind the computer desk. The English version of the Chosun news website claims that its journalists hav...

2 September 2008
09:54 GMT

Linux Transforms Foes into Friends

Linux has the power to unite foes. This statement is true because two bitter political enemies - North and South Korea - will team up with China in the project "Hana Linux".Hana Linux is a distribution, which was announced at the ICMIP 2007 event in Yenji, China, last week. The Linux event that will take place in Pyo...

5 December 2007
06:05 GMT


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