Friday, January 8, 2016

North Korea Successfully Harvests Wheat In Show Of Growing Strength

From America's newspaper of record:

ARLINGTON, VA—Calling the effort a dramatic display of the Asian country’s powerful capabilities, officials from the RAND Corporation confirmed Wednesday that North Korea has successfully harvested wheat. “Our most generous estimates projected that they would not produce the cereal grain for at least another 15 years, but the evidence revealed that North Korea is far more advanced than expected,”...MORE
HT that is not really a hat tip but rather a reminder we had not visited AFNS in a while, David Keohane's Further reading post at FT Alphaville.