Russia to conduct joint military drill with North A top official in the Russian military stated last Friday that it plans to conduct a joint military exercise with North Korea this year, Voice of America reported.

a well written article re Australia and Honours

http://www.eurekastreet.com.au/article.aspx?aeid=42496#.VMrFkNeTifE.email

Science and Technology Hall to be built in Ssuk Islet (NK EconWatch) The Choson Sinbo, pro-North Korean newspaper in Japan, reported on January 10, 2015 that a “Science and Technology Hall” is under construction on the Ssuk Islet.

Kim Jong-un May Attend Int'l Conference in April (The Chosun Ilbo) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is expected to make his debut on the international stage at the Asian-African Conference in Indonesia on April 24, the Kompas news agency reported Tuesday.

Inter-Korean Trade Hits New High (The Chosun Ilbo) Inter-Korean trade volume nearly doubled to US$2.3 billion in 2014, according to the Korea International Trade Association on Wednesday.

We have created a situation in Australia of a High Terrorist Threat where the threat doesn't come from returning brutalised and radicalised Jihadist ISIS warriors but rather from returning brutalised and radicalised Australian soldiers

We think having re-education camps for the Jihadists might help to deal with the brutalised consciousnesses of 'the enemy' among us, but we just send our own brutalised soldiers back into homes and families and streets here.
At the same time we know, and our security forces know, that the highest risks come to us from those we sent into that monstrous destruction of poor Iraqis and simply to somehow propagate the ages-long delusion that we are a peaceful and free people.

The Problem with Australian Honours

The flaws in any Honours system is that there is no list of people who, through self respect, refused them. The concern regarding the giving of great Honours to a foreign Prince, or in terms of Saudi, a foreign dead King, is one thing...but the abiding flaw is that whilst we make a song and dance about such foolish choices, we are more than happy to spend a billion dollars a year to have our soldiers and airmen bombing poor and brutalised Iraqis who only want their own country back. No one seems to rally about the dishonour this means every day to every Australian, including our soldiers and airmen.