Nuclear weapons aren't worth it. Seriously. Pyongyang needs to stop the tirade. They need an economy. It's people need quality of life. Sanctions work. It is time for Pyongyang to use diplomacy to rebuild it's reputation and begin an international basketball contest. I have never been more serious.
August 21, 2017
By Michelle Nichols
United Nations (Reuters) - Two North Korean shipments (click here) to a Syrian government agency responsible for the country's chemical weapons program were intercepted in the past six months, according to a confidential United Nations report on North Korea sanctions violations.
The report by a panel of independent U.N. experts, which was submitted to the U.N. Security Council earlier this month and seen by Reuters on Monday, gave no details on when or where the interdictions occurred or what the shipments contained.
"The panel is investigating reported prohibited chemical, ballistic missile and conventional arms cooperation between Syria and the DPRK (North Korea)," the experts wrote in the 37-page report.
"Two member states interdicted shipments destined for Syria. Another Member state informed the panel that it had reasons to believe that the goods were part of a KOMID contract with Syria," according to the report....
STOP.
The world is watching. Change course and find a stronger profile that provides for peace and prosperity for Syria, too. STOP. Just stop.
