North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says the rogue regime’s latest missile launch is part of a strategy to contain the American territory of Guam.
The provocative actions and belligerence of the North Korean regime comes as U.S. defense secretary James Mattis is set to meet his South Korean counterpart, Song Young-moo, at the Pentagon on Wednesday. Reutershas more details on the escalating tensions:
The North’s leader Kim Jong Un ordered the missile drill to be conducted for the first time from its capital, Pyongyang, and said it was necessary to undertake more exercises with the Pacific as the target, the North’s KCNA news agency said.
“The current ballistic rocket launching drill like a real war is the first step of the military operation of the KPA in the Pacific and a meaningful prelude to containing Guam,” KCNA quoted Kim as saying. The Korean People’s Army or KPA is the North’s military.
Earlier this month, North Korea threatened to fire four missiles into the sea near Guam, home to a major military presence, after U.S. President Donald Trump said the North would face “fire and fury” if it threatened the United States.
Alibaba (BABA) may be known as the place to buy and sell goods in China but the e-commerce giant is doing its bit to be a matchmaker. Technode has an interesting story on how Alibaba is using its data to identify where couples go out on dates:
It wouldn’t be a festival without a data dump from one of the big Chinese tech firms. Alibaba marked Qixi or “China’s Valentine’s Day” with the release of some whimsical maps of where singles live in Chinese cities and where people go on dates. Delve a little deeper and the group is profiling its users across all platforms to determine whether or not they’re single and using location data for our amusement.
The maps of Beijing, Hangzhou (Alibaba’s hometown), Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Chengdu were widely circulated in Chinese media yesterday, the 7th day of the 7th lunar month which is Qixi in China, a festival also celebrated in Japan and South Korea. Alibaba Group’s PR team marked the occasion with its “Qixi Singles’ Survival Guide” (七夕单身人士生存指南), intended as an amusing way to get coverage for promotions under the guise of helping singles avoid areas thronging with loved up couples.
Bitcoin may steal the headlines when it comes to digital currencies but there are lesser known crypto-currencies that are delivering spectacular returns. CNBC has more on the massive gains made by Litecoin:
Litecoin, the fifth-largest cryptocurrency by value and rival to bitcoin, has rallied nearly 1,400 percent since the start of the year after hitting a record high price.
On Monday, litecoin hit an all-time high of $64.2, marking a 1383 percent rise since January first where it traded at $4.33, data from industry website Coinmarketcap.com showed. The price pulled back slightly on Tuesday and was just above $62 in early trade.
Litecoin is a cryptocurrency founded by Charlie Lee. It has a market capitalization of around $3.28 billion according to Coinmarketcap.com. This makes it the fifth-biggest digital currency behind ripple, bitcoin cash, ethereum, and bitcoin, which is the largest with a market cap of $72.4 billion.
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