{"id":3001,"date":"2018-02-05T02:16:29","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T02:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/wanfahminfaiz\/?p=3001"},"modified":"2018-02-05T02:16:29","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T02:16:29","slug":"north-koreas-berlin-embassy-used-to-acquire-nuclear-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/wanfahminfaiz\/north-koreas-berlin-embassy-used-to-acquire-nuclear-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea\u2019s Berlin embassy used to acquire nuclear tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"content__head content__head--article tonal__head tonal__head--tone-news\n    \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"content__meta-container js-content-meta js-football-meta u-cf\n\n    \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"meta__extras \">\n<div class=\"meta__numbers\">\n<div class=\"meta__number js-sharecount\" title=\"Facebook: 333\">\n<h3 class=\"sharecount__heading\"><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"img-1\" class=\"media-primary media-content ()  \">\n<div class=\"u-responsive-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"maxed responsive-img\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/1fc7a4d7318b6073686a3fdd3a44381ade9c8cb0\/0_201_3500_2100\/master\/3500.jpg?w=300&amp;q=55&amp;auto=format&amp;usm=12&amp;fit=max&amp;s=b1484f359462ae2ebae2097288ad5032\" alt=\"Germany\u2019s domestic intelligence agency obtained clues on North Korea\u2019s technology procurements in 2016 and 2017.\" \/><\/div>\n<p><label class=\"mobile-only reveal-caption reveal-caption--img\" for=\"show-caption\"><\/label><\/figure>\n<\/header>\n<p>Germany\u2019s domestic intelligence agency chief has claimed\u00a0<a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/north-korea\">North Korea<\/a>\u00a0has been acquiring equipment and technology for its nuclear and weapons programmes through its Berlin embassy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have noticed that so many procurement activities have taken place from the embassy,\u201d said Hans-Georg Maassen, head of the\u00a0<em>Bundesamt f\u00fcr Verfassungsschutz\u00a0<\/em>(BfV)<em>,\u00a0<\/em>or<em>\u00a0<\/em>Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom our point of view, they were for the missile programme but also partly for the nuclear programme,\u201d Maassen added in an interview with German public television channel ARD, to be aired on Monday.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"element element-rich-link element--thumbnail element-rich-link--upgraded\">\n<div class=\"rich-link tone-news--item rich-link--pillar-news\">\n<div class=\"rich-link__container\">\n<div class=\"rich-link__image-container u-responsive-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/88c0e6dc8a5f66f2606f8b0877e4b00ca4234380\/354_648_4473_2685\/master\/4473.jpg?w=460&amp;q=55&amp;auto=format&amp;usm=12&amp;fit=max&amp;s=39b60f85890a5c9bc06a5aea83a6cfee\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-link__header\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-link__read-more\">\n<div class=\"rich-link__arrow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Although the exact nature of the technology was not specified, the intelligence chief said they would have civilian and military uses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we see such things, we stop them. But we cannot guarantee that we spot and block each attempt,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Germany\u2019s domestic intelligence agency obtained clues on the technology procurements in 2016 and 2017, according to an investigation by ARD.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, it said a North Korean diplomat attempted to obtain equipment used in the development of chemical weapons.<\/p>\n<p>The German accusations come after\u00a0<a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/feb\/02\/north-korea-broke-un-sanctions-to-earn-nearly-200m-in-commodity-exports\">the publication on Friday of a United Nations report which says North Korea is flouting sanctions by exporting coal, iron, steel\u00a0<\/a>and other banned commodities, earning nearly $200 million in revenue last year.<\/p>\n<p>A UN panel of experts also found evidence of military cooperation by North Korea to develop Syria\u2019s chemical weapons programmes and to provide Myanmar with ballistic missiles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Germany\u2019s domestic intelligence agency chief has claimed\u00a0North Korea\u00a0has been acquiring equipment and technology for its nuclear and weapons programmes through its Berlin embassy. \u201cWe have noticed that so many procurement activities have taken place from the embassy,\u201d said Hans-Georg Maassen, head of the\u00a0Bundesamt f\u00fcr Verfassungsschutz\u00a0(BfV),\u00a0or\u00a0Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. \u201cFrom our point [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13826,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-other","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/wanfahminfaiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/wanfahminfaiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/wanfahminfaiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/wanfahminfaiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13826"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/wanfahminfaiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/wanfahminfaiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3002,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/wanfahminfaiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3001\/revisions\/3002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/wanfahminfaiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/wanfahminfaiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/wanfahminfaiz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}