North Korea

pixel said:

The problem is, you can't un-invent an invention. It's widely known, and anybody with the necessary means can repeat the manufacture, regardless of his level of insanity.
The Greeks wrote a legend around that knowledge: Once Pandora's box was opened and her "gifts" were out, nobody was able to catch them all and stuff them back in again.

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Smurf1976 said:

Indeed. It might have been hard to work it out in the first place but the means is widely enough known now that anyone with heavy manufacturing capability and access to raw materials could get themselves some nukes if they really wanted to. And there's enough deposits of uranium in the ground, and enough of the stuff around above ground, that cutting off the supply of materials won't stop them either. Sad but that's how it is.

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SirRumpole said:

Very true. A few nukes on missiles in the NT or on our subs wouldn't go astray for us either.

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The recent addition of North Korea to the World Health Organization (WHO) executive board has reignited criticism of the global agency.

Last week, the WHO, led by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, announced that 10 of its members would be granted the ability to designate a person to the organization's executive board. North Korea, a known United States adversary, was among the list of new board members.

Other countries joining the executive board are Australia, Barbados, Cameroon, Comoros, Lesotho, Qatar, Switzerland, Togo and Ukraine.

The announcement is the latest development to yield U.S. criticism for the WHO, which has faced ongoing scrutiny following its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The complaints reached a breaking point in 2020, when then-President Donald Trump moved to withdraw the United States from the organization, a lengthy process that requires a year's notice.

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Dona Ferentes said:

I don't care if it's true or fake ... but

Gideon Rachman, chief foreign affairs commentator for the Financial Times, shares that a reliable source claims North Korean soldiers in Russia are experiencing unfettered internet access for the first time and are consuming large amounts of pornography.

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