Underneath all the shallow K-Pop, fashion and modern entertainment, South Korea remains an interesting country with a profound past. My travels in South Korea certainly made me realize the tragedy of intervention, the inescapable fate…
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U.S. Fails in Its Moves to Isolate Iran With no force can the imperialist powers weaken the might of the world independent forces against imperialism. This is clearly evidenced by the 16th Summit of…
Last July, I visited the US on an academic tour and, as a part of my stay, participated in a Tucson, Arizona, conference of the type that would not fit with the expectations of a…
The U.S. claims that Ulji Freedom Guardian joint military exercises (UFG) are regular and routine activities. This is a hackneyed trick to cover up its nature as a harasser of peace and stability in the…
The Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea has successfully completed its second transition of leadership since it was founded in 1948. The unexpected death of Kim Jong-il in December 2011 caught many western foreign ministries and…
A Swedish documentary filmmaker released a film last year called “Last Chapter—Goodbye Nicaragua.” In it he admitted that he unknowingly facilitated a bombing, almost certainly orchestrated by the Sandinista government of Nicaragua, which took the…
As Asia becomes more prosperous it spends proportionally more of its new wealth on defense. All regional actors get increasingly concerned about the ability to protect their economic interests to ensure sustainable growth. The disputed…
KCNA Commentary Terms U.S. ‘Talk about Threat from North Korea’ Theory for Dominating Asia-Pacific Pyongyang, August 18 (KCNA) — The U.S. is getting evermore vociferous about “threat from north Korea”. The supra-partisan diplomacy and security experts group of the U.S. said in its “3rd Armitage Report” on Aug. 15 that the U.S. and Japan are facing the threat from north Korea armed with nukes. Earlier, Samuel, commander-in-chief of the U.S. forces in the Pacific, cried out for getting ready to protect security from north Korea’s provocations. Walter M. Golden, deputy commander of the U.S. 8th Army, said that the mission to deter the threat from Pyongyang is becoming more important than ever under the present situation where the center of the U.S. forces is being shifted to the Pacific region.
China, DPRK vow to develop economic zones President Hu Jintao has met with one of the DPRK’s top officials Jang Song Thaek in Beijing. The meeting comes near the end of Jang’s six-day visit,…
KCNA Commentary Blasts Japanese Militarists′ Visit to Yasukuni Shrine A lot of Japanese reactionaries Wednesday visited Yasukuni Shrine despite strong protest at home and abroad. Among the visitors is Matsubara, chairman of the National…