THREATS FROM NORTH KOREA: President Moon goes around the world in eight days

President Moon Jae-in is heading around the world in eight days.

For two days starting Tuesday the 27th, the president will be making his first stop in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic - where one goal is to help South Korea win a contract to build a nuclear power plant.

And from the 29th until the first of December, President Moon will be in Argentina for the Group of 20 summit - taking place under the theme of "Building Consensus for Fair and Sustainable Development."

For the final three days, President Moon will be in New Zealand on a state visit and he will discuss ways to create synergy between his New Southern Policy and the island nation's so-called Pacific Reset.

On the sidelines, President Moon will meet with the leaders of South Africa and the Netherlands, both of which are non-permanent members of the UN Security Council.


The UN's food agency says it's continuing its food distribution and risk reduction projects in North Korea, while taking the authorities on a study tour as well but faces a major challenge due to sanctions.

According to the World Food Programme's Country Brief issued on North Korea for October, the agency distributed over 1-thousand tons of fortified food to 475-thousand women and children.
It also brought representatives from Pyeongyang's foreign ministry and the statistics bureau to Laos for a study tour on WFP programs, while starting new forestation projects.

But the WFP says there are still serious challenges on the lack of funds and data as well as the impact of North Korea sanctions on its supply chain, mainly on procurement and shipping.


South Korea's arms procurement agency has announced that it has decided to purchase Israel-made Early-warning Radars.
The decision was approved at the Defense Acquisition Program Agency's regular procurement meeting, presided over by the Minsiter of National Defense Jeong Kyeong-doo at the ministry in central Seoul on Tuesday afternoon.
With the approval, South Korea will acquire Green Pine Block C radar systems made by Israeli defense firm ELTA, which is worth nearly three-hundred million U.S. dollars.

The South Korean military has two Israel-made Green Pine land-based radars in operation.
It is seeking to acquire radars with the maximum range of more than 800 kilometers to better detect ballistic missiles fired by the North.

Source: Arirang News