Kim Jong Il: “no reason to possess a single nuclear weapon”

The CBC is reporting some very interesting and encouraging news coming out of North Korea. (Audio Podcast Available) Just days after the United States said North Korea will give up it’s Nuclear arsenal One way or another, today we hear that Kim Jong Il has said the following to a South Korean Minister, if the …

The Iranian Elections

Presidential Elections in Iran are ongoing. According to Radio Reports by the CBC, there may have been a last minute switch by those demonstrators looking to boycott the election to instead back a Reformist Candidate, Mostafa Moin, who has recently hardened his anti-establishment line. Both CBC Radio, and the BBC are tipping Ex-President Akbar Hashemi …

Finally… movement on UN Reform

There has finally been what looks like movement in the glacial pace of UN reform. (Audio Podcast Available) CNN is reporting that the US has endorsed expanding the Permanent membership of the UNSC to 7 members. With one of those new members being Japan. CNN suggests other frontrunners for Permanent seats are Germany, Brazil, Israel, …