North Korea's Strategic Developments and Financial Operations

Catching up with the latest developments at the hottest -- at least from a national security point of view -- zone in Asia. North Korea seems to be taking external provocations rather seriously, and feeling endangered for the colapse of its regime is actively working on its nuclear test sites development, disinformation in between for sure. According to a recent article at Reuters, North Korea may be preparing nuclear bomb test :

"ABC reported the activity at the suspected test site included the unloading of large reels of cable outside an underground facility called Pungyee-yok in northeast North Korea. It said cables can be used in nuclear testing to connect an underground test site to outside observation equipment. The intelligence was brought to the attention of the White House last week, the report said. Fears about North Korea's nuclear ambitions were exacerbated when Pyongyang defied international warnings and fired seven missiles into waters east of the Korean peninsula on July 5."

Excluding an opinionated Weapons of Mass Deception expert's interest in developments like these, speculations remain a powerful driving force for everyone involved. Consider a basic principle in life, it is often assumed that gathering together a bunch of handicapped people is the best solution for their "fragile" situation, compared to actually trying to integrate instead of isolate them. I find the same issue as the cornerstone when dealing with countries on purposely isolating themsleves, thus limiting the international accountability and ensuring the continuity of the twisted reality.

Meanwhile, the U.S is actively working on closing down North Korean bank accounts, and worsening its relations with major financial institutions worldwide, in reseponse to which North Korea is diversifying and openning accounts at 23 banks in 10 countries :

"North Korea has opened accounts at 23 banks in 10 countries following the U.S. imposition of financial sanctions on a bank in Macau last year, a Japanese newspaper reported Saturday. The Sankei Shimbun said on its Web site the 10 countries include Vietnam, Mongolia and Russia, quoting sources familiar with North Korean affairs. In September, the United States banned all American financial institutions from transacting with a Macau-based bank, Banco Delta Asia, accusing it of aiding North Korea in circulation of counterfeit U.S. dollars allegedly printed in the communist state. The U.S. also confirmed last month that the Bank of China, a major Chinese lender, had frozen all of its North Korean accounts suspected of being connected with the North's alleged counterfeiting activities."

And while China is realizing its growing economic potential, thus complying with such efforts as well, helping the enemies of your enemies still remain a fashionable concept in the silent war.

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