• Malaysian-based radio company revealed to be a North Korean front
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[t]http://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/rngs/NORTHKOREA-MALAYSIA-ARMS/010031ZK4HW/NORTHKOREA-MALAYSIA-ARMS.jpg[/t] [QUOTE]It is in Kuala Lumpur's "Little India" neighborhood, behind an unmarked door on the second floor of a rundown building, where a military equipment company called Glocom says it has its office. Glocom is a front company run by North Korean intelligence agents that sells battlefield radio equipment in violation of United Nations sanctions, according to a United Nations report drafted for the Security Council seen by Reuters. Reuters found that Glocom advertises over 30 radio systems for "military and paramilitary" organizations on its Malaysian website, glocom.com.my. Glocom’s website, which was taken down late last year, listed the Little India address in its contacts section. No one answers the door there and the mailbox outside is stuffed with unopened letters. In fact, no company by that name exists in Malaysia. But two Malaysian companies controlled by North Korean shareholders and directors registered Glocom's website in 2009, according to website and company registration documents. And it does have a business, the draft U.N. report says. Last July, an air shipment of North Korean military communications equipment, sent from China and bound for Eritrea, was intercepted in an unnamed country. The seized equipment included 45 boxes of battlefield radios and accessories labeled "Glocom", short for Global Communications Co. Glocom is controlled by the Reconnaissance General Bureau, the North Korean intelligence agency tasked with overseas operations and weapons procurement, the report says, citing undisclosed information it obtained. A spokesman for North Korea's mission at the U.N. told Reuters he had no information about Glocom. U.N. resolution 1874, adopted in 2009, expanded the arms embargo against North Korea to include military equipment and all "related materiel". But implementation of the sanctions "remains insufficient and highly inconsistent" among member countries, the U.N. report says, and North Korea is using "evasion techniques that are increasing in scale, scope and sophistication.” Malaysia is one of the few countries in the world which had strong ties with North Korea. Their citizens can travel to each other’s countries without visas. But those ties have begun to sour after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s estranged half-brother was murdered at Kuala Lumpur’s international airport on Feb 13. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE]Aside from the North Koreans behind Glocom, clues on its website also point to its North Korean origins. For instance, one undated photo shows a factory worker testing a Glocom radio system. A plaque nearby shows he has won a uniquely North Korean award: The Model Machine No. 26 Prize," named in honor of late leader Kim Jong Il, who is said to have efficiently operated "Lathe No. 26" at the Pyongyang Textile Factory when he was a student. [t]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C5oVz0OU0AATKqX.jpg[/t] [/QUOTE] [url]http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-malaysia-arms-insight-idUSKBN1650YE[/url] [media][URL]https://twitter.com/pearswick/status/836006172482224129[/URL][/media]
[quote]Malaysia is one of the few countries in the world which had strong ties with North Korea.[/quote] So North Korea goes and assassinates a citizen under Chinese protection in Malaysia, souring relations with 2 of the only countries in the world willing to openly deal with them. North Korea will not last very long at this rate.
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;51879786]So North Korea goes and assassinates a citizen under Chinese protection in Malaysia, souring relations with 2 of the only countries in the world willing to openly deal with them. North Korea will not last very long at this rate.[/QUOTE] Funny enough what was under-reported is that North Korea Officials would meet with former State Department ties next month (Signalling that NK knew that they may fall soon, try to mend ties with US), As soon as it was revealed they they used Vx for the assassination, The visa were promptly denied. So they Triple-fucked themselves.
Any military that bought that equipment will be dropping it fast.
north korea will deploy nuclear weapons within the next three years
Why exactly are these radio systems outlawed? Just because they're from North Korea or is there another cause?
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;51880158]Why exactly are these radio systems outlawed? Just because they're from North Korea or is there another cause?[/QUOTE] Their export is a violation of the embargos on North Korea and anyone buying them (Eritrea, one of the worst nations in the world for human rights, in one case) is supporting the dictatorial regime.
[QUOTE=elixwhitetail;51880220]Their export is a violation of the embargos on North Korea and anyone buying them (Eritrea, one of the worst nations in the world for human rights, in one case) is supporting the dictatorial regime.[/QUOTE] Eritrea is the North Korea of Africa anyway, like they give a shit.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;51880158]Why exactly are these radio systems outlawed? Just because they're from North Korea or is there another cause?[/QUOTE] Embargoes. A lot of nations also have export controls on radios that feature encryption.
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;51880158]Why exactly are these radio systems outlawed? Just because they're from North Korea or is there another cause?[/QUOTE] [QUOTE]U.N. resolution 1874, adopted in 2009, expanded the arms embargo against North Korea to include military equipment and all "related materiel".[/QUOTE] These radios fall under that, but this front company is their way around it
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