Global Insurance Fraud By North Korea Outlined - washingtonpost.com

Global Insurance Fraud By North Korea Outlined - washingtonpost.com: "'The exact scale of the fraud is hard to determine . . . because the insurance industry has been so gullible,' Asher said. North Korean insurance fraud 'was absolutely something I should have been looking into more when I was running the [State Department's] illicit activities initiative,' he added."

North Korea 'plan missile launch towards Hawaii on Independence Day' | Mail Online

North Korea 'plan missile launch towards Hawaii on Independence Day' | Mail Online:

North Korea may launch a long-range ballistic missile towards Hawaii on American Independence Day, according to Japanese intelligence officials.

The missile, believed to be a Taepodong-2 with a range of up to 4,000 miles, would be launched in early July from the Dongchang-ni site on the north-western coast of the secretive country.

Intelligence analysts do not believe the device would be capable of hitting Hawaii's main islands, which are 4,500 miles from North Korea.

Details of the launch came from the Japan's best-selling newspaper, Yomiuri Shimbun."

North Korea Warns of Nuclear War

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea's communist regime has warned of a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula while vowing to step up its atomic bomb-making program in defiance of new U.N. sanctions.

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