Tag - espionage

 
 

ESPIONAGE

ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 17, 2019
Australian intelligence agency wants more resources to counter foreign interference
Australia's national intelligence agency said in a report this week that it does not have enough resources to collect intelligence on foreign agents and their efforts to interfere.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 19, 2019
Whistleblower alerts officials over Trump promise to foreign leader
President Donald Trump's promise to a foreign leader so troubled an official in the U.S. intelligence community that it prompted them to file a whistleblower complaint, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 17, 2019
Arrest of Canada intelligence official over leaked secrets could hurt allies, top cop says
The arrest of a top Canadian police officer on charges of leaking secret information could hurt intelligence operations by allied nations, the head of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 13, 2019
Israel denies report it planted cellphone eavesdropping devices near White House and other key Washington sites
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz denied a media report that Israel had planted listening devices in Washington D.C.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Sep 2, 2019
Cuban spy ring the focus in political thriller 'Wasp Network'
A ring of Cuban operatives seeking to infiltrate anti-government groups exiled in Miami in the early 1990s is the focus of French director Olivier Assayas' "Wasp Network," a star-studded political thriller based on a true story.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 31, 2019
Trump tweet of failed Iran launch raises worries about disclosure of U.S. surveillance secrets
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday posted on Twitter a photo of what appeared to be the site of a failed Iranian satellite launch, raising questions about whether he had disclosed U.S. surveillance secrets.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Aug 30, 2019
Remains of North Korean spy vessel crew rest alongside war victims in Kagoshima
In the corner of a cemetery near the central part of the city of Kagoshima stands an independent ossuary. The charnel house, administered by the Kagoshima Municipal Government, is home to unidentified people who lost their lives in the bombings of the city during World War II. But few people know that...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 27, 2019
Huawei in talks to install Russian operating system on tablets for country's population census: sources
China's Huawei has begun talks with Russia about installing the Russian operating system (OS) Aurora on 360,000 of its tablets to conduct Russia's population census next year, two sources told Reuters.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 24, 2019
North Korea fires two apparent missiles one day after South severs intelligence-sharing pact with Japan
North Korea fired two apparent ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan on Saturday morning, the Japanese government and South Korean military said, a day after Seoul severed a key intelligence-sharing pact with Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 22, 2019
South Korea decides to exit intelligence-sharing pact with Japan
South Korea's decision is “extremely regrettable,” a Japanese government source was quoted as saying.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 17, 2019
U.S. will let Huawei buy from American suppliers for another 90 days, sources say
The U.S. Commerce Department is expected to extend a reprieve given to Huawei Technologies that permits the Chinese firm to buy supplies from U.S. companies so that it can service existing customers, two sources familiar with the situation said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 3, 2019
U.S. struggles to find footing as trade and history row threatens Japan-South Korea intel-sharing pact
Japan's defense intelligence-sharing agreement with South Korea could be in jeopardy as Seoul weighs its options amid a trade and history clash with Tokyo that threatens joint efforts to rein in Pyongyang's nuclear program.

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