a slow shift away from coal as fuel worldwide

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4-8-19    

Southeast Asian markets have been perceived as the

next frontier for coal-fired power plant development.  Coal has been valued for its ability to provide low-cost base-load power, which is essential in Southeast Asia.  Up to 2030, there are many new projects under construction and others in different stages of development that will double the coal-fired power capacity in the region.

  However, declining costs and increased deployment of solar photovoltaic (PV) projects, combined with dwindling options for developers to permit, finance, and construct new coal plants, are resulting in many countries in the region reducing the contribution of coal in their future fuel mix.

  IHS Markit expects construction of new coal plants to slow down.  After 2030, new coal-fired power projects will be sporadic and limited to places where no other viable options exist.  Challenging business conditions contributing to this slowdown in new coal build projects as more banks balk at financing new coal projects, joined by governments choosing to pursue greener pathways.  Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) firms are also scaling back their capability to manufacture and build coal plants owing to declining business prospects.  https://ihsmarkit.com/research-analysis/coalfired-power-in-southeast-asia.html

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2)  Last year Origin Energy stunned the market by signing a long-term deal to buy electricity from the Stockyard Hill windfarm being developed west of Ballarat in Victoria, reportedly at less than $55 a megawatt hour.

  That set a new benchmark.  AGL swiftly followed suit at its Coopers Gap windfarm project in south-east Queensland, which is set to be the largest wind farm in Australia.  A series of similar deals followed, firmly establishing a wholesale price for wind energy at between $50 and $60 a megawatt hour.

  Electricity from large-scale solar power plants is now similarly priced, after dramatic declines in the costs of production for solar modules.

  "The numbers right now are between $50 and $60 a megawatt hour," says David Leitch of ITK Services, an independent energy analyst with decades of experience, who has previously worked for major investment banks.

…electricity from a new coal generator using so-called "high-efficiency, low-emissions" technology would be more than $150 a megawatt hour, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-03/angus-taylor-energy-minister-power-price-solution-curious/10188496

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3)   2-13-2017  Farmers across Australia are choosing to invest in on-farm renewable energy sources to cut costs and reduce reliance on electricity providers.

  Farm lobby groups have stepped up their campaign to reduce electricity costs on behalf of producers struggling to cope with rising prices.

  National Irrigators Council chief executive Steve Whan said high costs were putting particular pressure on irrigators.  But some irrigators are taking things into their own hands and have adopted solar panels to help cut costs.  https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2017-02-14/irrigators-turn-to-solar/8268004

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4)   11-29-2018   by 2030 new wind and solar will be cheaper than continuing to operate 96% of today’s existing and planned coal plants, the report by London-based environmental think-tank Carbon Tracker said.

  “Our analysis shows a least-cost power system without coal should be seen as an economic inevitability rather than a clean and green nicety,” said Sebastian Ljungwaldh, energy analyst at Carbon Tracker and co-author of the report.     https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-coal/more-than-40-percent-of-world-coal-plants-are-unprofitable-report-idUSKCN1NZ00B

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5)  12-4-18  WASHINGTON    The Trump administration is poised to roll back a significant climate change regulation on coal-fired power plants, making it easier to build new coal plants in the United States….

  The replacement measure eases those constraints, sending a powerful signal to the coal industry, as well as to other countries struggling with the political difficulties of addressing climate change, that the United States is trying to pave the way for coal-burning plants.

  The move is not expected to lead to the immediate construction of new coal plants, which aren’t financially viable because of a combination of cheap natural gas and other environmental regulations.  But the Trump administration’s proposal is the latest message that the federal government is embracing the coal industry.  https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/04/climate/epa-coal-carbon-capture.html

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6)  2-20-19   the main reason coal may battle to fuel India's future energy needs is that it's simply becoming too expensive relative to renewable energy alternatives such as wind and solar.

  In recent months power supply auctions have shown that renewables can be offered at less than 3 rupees (4 U.S. cents) per kilowatt hour, a tariff that coal-fired generators have difficulty matching.  There is also zero chance that new coal generators can produce electricity at rates competitive to renewables, given higher capital and operating costs.  Rajit Desai, the head of engineering, procurement and construction at major private generator Tata Power, told a forum at this week's Coaltrans India conference that his company wasn't looking at developing any new coal plants.  Tata Power is instead focusing on buying coal-fired power plants that are effectively distressed assets.

  Many of these plants started construction in the past seven years, when power demand and price forecasts for electricity were bullish.  Some of the plants under construction or newly completed, though, have been unable to secure power purchase agreements with high enough prices for them to operate profitably.  This means a company such as Tata Power can buy these brownfield plants at a discount steep enough to make them viable at the electricity prices currently being offered.

  The coal sector's struggles are starting to show in data compiled by the Global Coal Plant Tracker.  As of January, India had 36.12 gigawatts (GW) of coal capacity under construction and 220 GW operating, according to the data.  The data also shows, however, a total of 491 GW of planned capacity additions were canceled in the past eight years, a fairly dramatic scale-back of India's coal-fired aspirations.  https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/20/reuters-america-column-coal-going-from-winner-to-loser-in-indias-energy-future-russell.html

....................................................................................................7)  10-15-17    Last week China announced it was stopping or postponing work on 151 coal plants that were either under, or earmarked for, construction.  Last month India reported its national coal fleet on average ran at little more than 60% of its capacity--among other things, well below what is generally considered necessary for an individual generator to be financially viable.  https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/16/world-going-slow-coal-misinformation-distorting-facts

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8)   Speaking to the Sydney forum, Ms. Figueres said the Paris Agreement required countries to bring forward the most ambitious possible national targets every five years.  https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-07/canberra-inaction-on-climate-change-appallling/11088336?section=business

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9)  The Australian Institute of Company Directors' (AICD) biannual Director Sentiment Index--based on a survey of 1,252 public and private company directors undertaken between September 13 and 27--shows directors are heeding warnings from regulators about the risks of climate change and the fact that they may, in future, be held liable for failing to act…. The survey also found more than 80 per cent of directors support stronger penalties for misconduct, and 57 per cent support an increase in funding for regulators.  Almost 90 per cent of directors said they were working on cultural change within their organisation.

  Dr. Katherine Woodthorpe, chairman of start-up Fishburners:  "Directors get it about climate change," she said.  "It's real.  The scientists are unequivocal in their advice.  And were conscious of the need for action.  Directors get it about climate change," she said.  "In other countries it is not a political issue--it's an issue that is given bipartisan support and it is disappointing that it is not [given the same support] in Australia.”

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-25/why-company-directors-have-started-caring-about-climate-change/10423658

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10)  China's overseas ventures include hundreds of electric power plants that burn coal, which is a significant emitter of the carbon scientifically linked to climate change. Edward Cunningham, a specialist on China and its energy markets at Harvard University, tells NPR that China is building or planning more than 300 coal plants in places as widely spread as Turkey, Vietnam, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Egypt and the Philippines...."When you put money down and put steel into the ground for a coal-fired power plant," says Cunningham, "it's a 40- or 50-year commitment."  In one sense China's push for coal is not surprising: China knows how to build coal plants.  It is the world's largest coal consumer, drawing more than 70 percent of its electricity from coal, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration....
  China has made more than $244 billion in energy investments abroad since 2000, much of it in recent years, according to a Boston University database.  The bulk is in oil and gas, but more than $50 billion has gone toward coal    https://www.npr.org/2019/04/29/716347646/why-is-china-placing-a-global-bet-on-coal

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11)  1-25-19   In 2017 coal generation rose by 3%, after falling the previous two years (-2% and -3%, respectively).  There was significant growth in coal generation in Asia, particularly in China and India, and decline elsewhere, including in the United States and the European Union.  Coal-fired power generation remains the largest source of electricity generation worldwide, with a share of around 37%. 

  Coal-fired power generation in the United States continued its decline in 2017 (-33 TWh) as competitive gas generation and renewables--benefiting from tax credits, state-specific expansion targets and cost reductions – further squeezed coal out of the generation mix.  Coal generation in the European Union decreased (-22 TWh), mainly due to low gas prices and carbon policies that prompted fuel switching to gas. In the United Kingdom, a phase-out of coal by 2025 has been announced....

  Coal-fired electricity generation in India rose by 13%, a substantial rebound of growth in the country, due mainly to strong growth in power demand (+12%).  Southeast Asian economies saw strong coal generation growth as well in 2017....Despite the increase in generation, investments in coal-fired power capacity declined sharply in 2017 from over USD 90 billion in 2016 to around USD 60 billion due to a slowdown in commissioning of new coal plants.  Moreover, the capacity of new coal-fired power plants receiving final investment decisions in 2017 fell to just over 30 GW, the lowest level in over 15 years and only 35% of that registered in 2015.  The slowdown in investment decisions during the past two years has been led mostly by China, followed by India and Southeast Asia.   https://www.iea.org/tcep/power/coal/https://www.iea.org/tcep/power/coal/

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12)  The 35 billion dollars we will spend on these useless, fraud-prone certificates (carbon credits) is $35 billion we are taking out of the Australian labor market, or not spending on medicine, books or holidays in Bali.  Angus Taylor, Minister for Energy, has noticed that this means $10b less tax will be paid too, which means less money for hospitals and schools.

  There’s nothing wrong with payments to foreigners for real goods and services. but carbon credits buy us 0.0001C of theoretical cooling we don’t need and won’t be able to measure 100 years from now.  It’s the dumbest deal Australia has ever made. Fraudsters and bankers will love it.

  Tony Abbott won 90 seats on a promise to Axe The  Carbon Tax in 2013.  But, without any election, Australians still got e xactly the carbon tax they voted overwhelmingly to stop.  It’s one of the biggest lies in politics.  It was brought in deceptively and is still being hidden by the Labor-lite unreformed Liberals.  Turnbull finally achieved what Rudd and Gillard tried to do for years, but strangely Turnbull didn’t want to brag about it. He knew the voters would hate it. http://joannenova.com.au/2019/05/labor-plan-sends-35b-in-jobs-and-goods-overseas-carbon-tax-is-dumbest-deal-of-the-century/  

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North Korea update

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-the N. Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides field guidance to Farm No. Unit 810  in this undated photo released in Pyongyang Sept. 13, 2016.KCNA / via Reuters file 

Feb. 20, 2019  By Phil McCausland and Dan De Luce

 “They’re going to want some denuclearization steps from North Korea, but I don’t think the North Koreans are going to give up very much,” Victor Cha, who served as the director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council during the Bush administration. said.  “When we talk about any sanction-lifting though, a lot of experts would say the place where you can do the least harm and the most good for the North Korean people is through humanitarian sanctions.”

  Of North Korea’s 25 million people, 10.3 million or 41 percent of the population face food insecurity and 10.1 million suffer from malnutrition, according to a March 2018 UN report. ....   

  In an attempt to increase the pressure against Kim’s regime and their nuclear program, the Trump administration increased sanctions that essentially cut off the flow of international humanitarian aid to North Korea, according to an August Reuters report.  U.S. humanitarian aid in 2018 dropped nearly 57 percent from the year prior, the wire service reported....

  The country has repeatedly suffered food crises in recent decades, due to a combination of inefficient collectivist farming methods and bad weather.  A devastating famine in the mid-1990s claimed the lives of up to three million people, and some aid experts called it one of the 20th century’s worst famines....

  Even if North Korea managed its resources more efficiently, it does not have enough arable land to feed its population of about 24 million people, Jasper said.  Much of the Korean peninsula’s fertile land lies in South Korea. “The division has always taken a toll on food security in the North,” he said.

  The North Korean regime in the past also has linked negotiations over its nuclear program to food aid, demanding more assistance as a condition for taking part in talks.  The new memo is consistent with Pyongyang’s tactics “to weaken the sanctions regime by appealing to humanitarian concerns,” said Jung Pak, a former CIA officer and now senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.  “Even though the regime imports hundreds of millions of dollars in luxury items, it consistently blames the U.S. and U.N. for its problems,” she said....

  The Trump administration will probably be open to broadening exemptions for humanitarian aid, as it would be something concrete to offer to Pyongyang without having to fully lift the economic sanctions before North Korea makes substantial concessions over its nuclear weapons program, she said.  This could be “one of the deliverables at this second summit,” Terry said.  https://www.nbcnews.com/news/north-korea/top-north-korean-official-says-his-country-faces-major-food-n973361

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3-5-19   SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has started rebuilding the facilities it uses to launch satellites into orbit and test engines and other technologies for its intercontinental ballistic missile program, according to American military analysts and South Korean intelligence officials.

  The revelation comes days after the breakdown of the second summit meeting between the North’s leader, Kim Jong-un, and President Trump last week in Hanoi, Vietnam.  It could be a first sign that North Korea is preparing to end its moratorium on missile tests, which Mr. Trump has claimed as a major diplomatic achievement.

  North Korea began dismantling the Sohae Satellite Launching Station in Tongchang-ri near its northwestern border with China last summer, after Mr. Kim held his first meeting with Mr. Trump in June in Singapore.  It partially took down an engine test site, a rocket launchpad and a rail-mounted building used by engineers to assemble launch vehicles and move them to the launchpad.

  The North did not completely dismantle the facilities, and when Mr. Kim met with President Moon Jae-in of South Korea in September, he offered to destroy them in the presence of American experts.

  But that offer is now in doubt, after Mr. Kim’s meeting with Mr. Trump in Hanoi ended without an agreement on how to end the North’s nuclear weapons and missile programs.

  In Hanoi, Mr. Kim asked for the removal of punishing United Nations sanctions in return for the dismantling of its Yongbyon nuclear complex north of Pyongyang, the North’s capital, as well as the Tongchang-ri facilities.  Mr. Trump rejected the demand, calling the lifting of sanctions too high a price to pay for partial moves toward denuclearization.

  Although the Yongbyon complex has been used to produce nuclear bomb fuel, North Korea is believed to have other fuel-making facilities elsewhere, as well as fissile materials, nuclear warheads and missiles that it keeps in secret locations.

  Analysts have wondered what Mr. Kim’s next move might be after the breakdown of the Hanoi talks. In a New Year’s Day speech, he warned that North Korea would find a “new way” if the United States persisted with sanctions.  The news of rebuilding at Tongchang-ri first emerged hours after Mr. Kim returned home on Tuesday from Hanoi.

  Speaking to lawmakers behind closed doors at South Korea’s National Assembly on Tuesday, officials from its National Intelligence Service indicated that North Korea had been rebuilding the Tongchang-ri facilities even before the Hanoi summit meeting, South Korean news media reported on Wednesday.

  North Korea may have wanted to rebuild them in order to make their dismantling more dramatic if the Hanoi summit produced a deal with the Americans, the intelligence officials were quoted as saying.  Or it may have wanted the option to resume rocket tests if the Hanoi talks broke down, they said.  The intelligence service declined to confirm the South Korean reports on Wednesday.  North Korea has not conducted any nuclear or missile tests since November 2017.  Mr. Trump has cited that as a key achievement of his policy of imposing tough sanctions, which he said forced North Korea to return to the negotiating table.

  Speaking at a news conference in Hanoi last week, Mr. Trump said Mr. Kim had promised not to resume nuclear or missile tests.  Later, the United States canceled two large-scale joint military exercises with South Korea to help support Mr. Trump’s diplomacy with Mr. Kim.

  The Tongchang-ri facilities have been vital to North Korea’s space and missile programs.  The country has used the facilities there to launch satellite-carrying rockets.  The United States has called the satellite program a front for developing intercontinental ballistic missiles.

  Mr. Kim visited the rocket engine test site in 2017 when engineers there successfully tested a new high-thrust engine, which was believed to have powered intercontinental ballistic missiles that the North launched months later.

  Reports published Tuesday on the rebuilding at Tongchang-ri were based on satellite images obtained Saturday, but analysts said the work could have begun as early as mid-February.  “Based on commercial satellite imagery, efforts to rebuild these structures started sometime between February 16 and March 2, 2019,” 38 North, a website specializing in North Korea analysis, said in a report about the Tongchang-ri facilities on Tuesday.  “On the launchpad, the rail-mounted transfer building is being reassembled,” it said.  “At the engine test stand, it appears that the engine support structure is being reassembled.”  Beyond Parallel, a website run by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies, published a report with similar assessments on Tuesday. “Commercial satellite imagery acquired on March 2, 2019, shows that North Korea is pursuing a rapid rebuilding of the long-range rocket site,” it said.  The renewed activity “may indicate North Korean plans to demonstrate resolve” after the Hanoi summit, it said.

  Officially, North Korea says it no longer needs to carry out nuclear or missile tests because it has finished developing its nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles and begun mass-producing them.  But some Western officials and analysts still doubt that the country has mastered the technologies needed to reliably strike a target across an ocean with a missile.

  In his Singapore meeting with Mr. Trump, Mr. Kim made a vague commitment to “work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.”  But the North has since balked at taking specific actions toward dismantling its nuclear and missile programs, criticizing what it called Washington’s “unilateral, gangster-like demand for denuclearization” and insisting that it will not move toward denuclearization unless the United States takes “corresponding” steps.  https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/05/world/asia/north-korea-missile-site.html

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3)    3-6-19    (CNN)  North Korean food production in 2018 fell to its lowest level for over a decade, leaving millions without enough to eat, according to the United Nations.  An estimated 11 million people inside the country -- nearly 44% -- are undernourished, the UN's 2019 North Korea Needs and Priorities report found.

  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his predecessors have faced harsh international criticism for ignoring the needs of their people at the expense of other priorities, notably the nuclear weapons program.  

  North Korean negotiators, however, have said the country has chosen to engage US President Donald Trump in denuclearization talks in an effort to boost the economy and improve the people's livelihood.  But talks ended abruptly at last week's summit in Hanoi, after Trump said he walked away from the table when North Korea demanded the removal of all sanctions levied against it.  North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho said his country asked the Trump administration to remove the "sanctions that hamper the economy and the livelihood of our people.”  https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/06/asia/north-korea-food-situation-intl/index.html

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4)    4-24-19   North Korean leader Kim Jong Un crossed the border into Russia on Wednesday via his armored train ahead of a summit with the Russian President Vladimir Putin set for Thursday in the city of Vladivostok, according to reports.    This North Korea-Russia summit-- taking place roughly two months after a failed meeting between Kim and US President Donald Trump--marks the first since Kim's father Kim Jong Il traveled to Russia in 2011.  The main topic of the summit, according to the Kremlin, is North Korea's nuclear program and denuclearization.   Here's a basic rundown of what each country is seeking

  "In the last few months the situation around the peninsula has stabilized somewhat, thanks in large part to North Korea's initiatives of stopping rocket testing and closing its nuclear test site," Yuri Iskov, an advisor to the Kremlin told Russian state media.  "Russia intends to help in any way possible to cement that positive trend."

  Kim will potentially ask for the more than 10,000 North Korean laborers

to remain in Russia, despite a United Nations sanctions resolution from

2017 that calls for them to be expelled at the end of the year, the

Associated Press reported.  These laborers bring a steady flow of revenue

to North Korea. 

  Kim also likely wants Putin to side with North Korea on the easing of

sanctions.  The US and its allies have applied a "maximum pressure"

approach of economic sanctions push North Korea to denuclearize.  After

the summit collapsed in Hanoi in February, Trump said that North Korea

would have to do something "meaningful" to before sanctions were lifted

and the two countries have dug in on their hard lines.

  North Korea is also courting broader Russian trade and investment into

its infrastructure, the AP explains.  Finally, the AP reports that Kim is

concerned about pot entail food shortages, and Reuters points out that

Russia sent 2,000 tons of wheat to North Korea this year and is poised to

send more through its World Food Programme.

  Russia would like to exert more influence in the region (and weaken the

United States' influence), without upsetting China, North Korea's main

regional partner.   According to the Associated Press, Russia would also

like to "gain broader access to North Korea's mineral resources, including

rare metals."

https://www.businessinsider.com/north-korea-russia-summit-what-to

expect-2019-4

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5)      5-1-19    The South Korean government has reaffirmed that humanitarian aid to improve the livelihood of North Koreans should continue and said it is on the same page with the U.S. on this. 

  A Unification Ministry official said on Thursday that it is Seoul's position to support civic groups' humanitarian aid to North Korea, but added the government itself isn't considering food aid at this point. 

  Noting that the World Food Program is soon to release its findings on North Korea's food crisis, the official said that the governments of South Korea as well as other countries are waiting for the report. 

  Regarding Seoul's decision in 2017 to provide eight million dollars in humanitarian aid to North Korea, the official said the government has to review again whether to pursue it as conditions have changed.  The official said it isn't certain yet whether food aid will be among the issues to be discussed with U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun, who is likely to visit Seoul next week.  http://world.kbs.co.kr/service/news_view.htm?lang=e&Seq_Code=144889

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6)   5-3-19   The South Korean government says right now it is not looking into sending food aid to North Korea, despite reports of a severe food shortage crisis.

  Unification Ministry Deputy Spokesperson Lee Eugene clarified the position on Friday, but said both Seoul and Washington maintain that humanitarian aid to the North should continue.  The spokesperson added that Seoul is keeping tabs on the situation in the North through the UN's World Food Program and Food and Agriculture Organization, noting the two agencies will soon release findings of a related joint study. 

  Meanwhile, the co-heads of the inter-Korean liaison office failed to hold their weekly meeting for the tenth consecutive week, amid a deadlock in North Korea's nuclear negotiations with the U.S.  The last meeting of the two Korea's liaison office chiefs was held on February 22nd, days before the collapse of the U.S.-North Korea summit in Hanoi.http://world.kbs.co.kr/service/news_view.htm?lang=e&Seq_Code=144926

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7)   5-8-19  SEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) -- The international Red Cross has decided to provide North Korea with water pumps as part of an emergency measure to help the impoverished nation cope with worsening food shortages caused in part by droughts.

  The emergency "action plan" for North Korea will include a provision of 15 mobile water pumps to help improve irrigation under the disaster relief emergency fund, according to a release by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) on Monday.

    The IFRC has set aside 76,946 Swiss francs (US$75,466) for the aid program.  The funds will be spent over a three-month period to provide the pumps and fuel to operate the pumps and educate farmers about proper use, it said.

  The provision is expected to benefit some 331,967 residents, or 5,831 households, in counties in eastern South Hamgyong Province.  The IFRC said providing water pumps is essential, especially for the spring crop production, because a shortage would deprive North Koreans of food supplies until the main harvesting season in September.

  A recent joint report by the World Food Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization found that 10.1 million, or 40 percent, of North Korea's population is in urgent need of food assistance.  It said the North needs at least 1.36 million tons of additional grain to make up for the food shortage this year.  North Korea's Red Cross Society is due to make a recommendation to the IFRC for further assistance based on its own research conducted this week.  The North Korean government plans to import 200,000 tons of food to tackle the shortage and it has also been working to achieve its harvest target of 400,000 tons for spring, the IFRC said.    https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20190508002100325

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8)   5-8-19   SEOUL -- South Korea's Moon Jae-in administration will soon begin official procedures associated with its move to resume food aid to North Korea, according to a Cheong Wa Dae official Wednesday.

  The official, however, said it's still too early to talk in detail about the issue, as the government has yet to review the size, format and other specifics.  https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20190508009100325?section=national/politics

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9)   Let those who are the freedom-fighters in every nation

  hear my voice of comfort, of relief, and of deliverance!

Let it be so!

Let there be the starving of the armies of the fallen ones

  and their malintent in every nation!

Let there come the liberation of the valiant souls

  of Afghanistan, of Poland, and every other nation

  where the attack is at every conceivable level!

Let the people who remain free be willing to wear

  the sackcloth, be willing to sacrifice!

And therefore let the crumbling of the Soviet empire

  be from within!….

  There is no alliance at any level that God does not ordain the breaking of when that alliance is with the seed of the wicked.   Blessed hearts, the enemy has no power except that which is given to it by the sons of God and the children of light….All the ascended masters have ever done is to point the way!  If there have been victories--and victories there have been indeed—it is because you have followed and accepted the call.     

                                  -El Morya:  12-31-1981 at Camelot, Los Angeles

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TAKE-OVER game/ Globalist charade/ world dictatorship

5-6-19   Many smart-speaker owners don't realize it, but Amazon keeps a copy of everything Alexa records after it hears its name.  Apple's Siri, and until recently Google's Assistant, by default also keep recordings to help train their artificial intelligences.  https://www.ctpost.com/business/article/Alexa-has-been-eavesdropping-on-you-this-whole-13822095.php
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  Globalist charade (such as climate change, and A.I.:)  exists in order to try to get world control under camouflage of "good/clever-sounding" intentions.  See some of their games:

Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)--

Founder:  United Nations Environment Programme

Founded: April 21, 2012

Headquarters: Bonn, Germany
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IMF Demands a Global Carbon Pricing Cartel to Meet $6 Trillion / Year Climate Infrastructure Spend

MAY 3, 2019    By Christine Lagarde and Vitor Gaspar

   Climate change is the great existential challenge of our times. (etc., etc., etc., etc., etc., etc.)

    (-E. Worrall comments to above):: 17% of IMF revenue comes from the USA, triple what any other country contributes.  

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2019/05/05/imf-demands-a-global-carbon-pricing-cartel-to-meet-6-trillion-year-climate-infrastructure-spend/

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  World control, first through financial monopoly--check it out:

2-3-17   The Fed's QE "free money for financiers" never did "trickle down" to the bottom 95%, and the enormous expansion of bank credit is no longer driving corporate profits higher.    https://seekingalpha.com/article/4042390-central-banks-face-unwelcome-realities-policies-boosted-wealth-inequality-failed-generate

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5-22-17    The Orderly Liquidation Fund is funded entirely by the financial industry.  If the government has to liquidate a big bank, it foots the bill and then recoups the money via a fee on the banking sector.  However, the money has to be spent immediately, while it gets recouped over time.  So it’s possible that, say, the feds would spend $10 billion to rescue a bank in 2027, but all the money would be recouped in later years.  That counts as a $10 billion deficit in the the ten-year window 2018-2027.  So Congressional Budget Office guessed the probability of the OLF being used in each of the next ten years, along with the possible cash flow imbalances, and then calculated the expected value.  They came up with $14.5 billion....

  This is the immaculate conception of congressional legislation.  It doesn’t actually reduce spending more than trivially, but thanks to obscure budget gimmicks it gets scored as a $24 billion reduction in the ten-year budget deficit.  It’s magic!   https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2017/05/behold-greatest-budget-gimmickry-all-time/

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  Those Atlantean overlords who have reembodied and moved into the same positions of control which they abused on that lost continent are once again using their power in the press, television, in radio and in such institutions of financial control as the World Bank and the Federal Reserve System to misdirect the affairs of the nations.  These manipulators, who know that to issue and control a nation’s money is more important than writing its laws, are drawing the halter tighter and tighter about man’s destiny in this age.      -K-17 for the Cosmic Secret Service    Pearls of Wisdom 13:24

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Harikrishna-Nihal, Malmo 2019, chess ending

42....?

interesting is 42...Ba6, 43. h4 c5!, 44. h5! c4, 45. Be5 c3, 46. Bg7 c2, 47. Kd2 Be2, 48. g5 hg5, 49. h6 Bd3, 50. Bf8 Kc6, 51. Ba3 Bh7, 52. Ke3 Kb5, 53. Kf3 Ka5, 54. Bc1 Kb4, 55. Bg5 Kc4, 56. Ke2 Kd4, 57. Kd2 Kc4 =.