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31Mar

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North Korea

Onward Migration: Why Do North Korean Migrants Leave South Korea?

NOVANEWS BY JAY SONG “Houses of Parliament,” a series of oil paintings by Claude Monet (the one shown here is “Trouée de soleil dans le brouillard” or “Sunlight in the fog”), gives an impression of London in the distance. The UK, a preferred destination for many North Korean migrants, is also quite distant for those in Northeast Asia. | Image: Wikicommons For North Koreans considering a new life in South Korea, there are two basic and competing narratives: South Korea is the land of milk and honey, or it is a place of capitalist exploitation and class-based inequality (Sino-NK has studied discourse on the latter). Neither is completely true, but there are kernels of truth in both narratives. On the one hand, as a developing body of literature indicates, many North Korean migrants are ...

14Mar

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North Korea, South Korea

The U.S. Government Is the Problem in Korea

NOVANEWS By Jacob G. Hornberger | FFF There are differing opinions regarding President Trump’s decision to meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un in an attempt to resolve the ongoing crisis in Korea. Some people are happy that the two rulers are meeting because of the possibility that it will result in a peaceful resolution of a crisis that has gotten precariously close to breaking out into renewed warfare. What’s wrong with talking? this group says. Others are saying that Trump acted too impulsively in accepting the invitation, arguing that summits should be held only after lower-echelon bureaucrats have determined that such a meeting is likely to result in positive developments. These people are suggesting, perhaps accurately, that if the talks fail to arrive at a solution, the s...

7Mar

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North Korea, South Korea, USA

US Wants Inter-Korean Thaw Undermined

NOVANEWS By Stephen Lendman Global Research Featured image: Kim Jong-nam Washington has been hostile toward North Korea throughout the entire post-WW II era because of its sovereign independence – not for any threat the country poses. The DPRK never attacked another nation throughout its entire history, threatening none now. Unless provoked to believe its security is gravely threatened, there’s isn’t the remotest possibility it would attack another country. If Washington and the West had normalized relations with Pyongyang, respecting its sovereignty, its leadership never would have pursued the development of nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missiles. They’re solely for defense against a genuine threat posed by Washington, not for preemptive war against any nation....

5Mar

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North Korea, USA

A Message to Washington: Don’t Blow The Third Chance of Peace in the Korean Peninsula!

NOVANEWS By Joseph H. Chung Global Research Pyeongchang Olympics might be able to offer the third chance of peace in the Korean peninsula. In fact, there were two chances of peace in the past, one in 1994 and the other in 2005. Both could have led to success but failed because of some unjustifiable reasons. Let us hope that the third chance will succeed. One of the most memorable events of the Pyeongchang Olympics was the visiting of the North Korean delegation including Kim Young Nam, head of the Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly and, above all, Kim Yo-Jong, sister of Kim Jong-un who came with her brother’s message of peace and a possible inter-Korean summit. Kim Jong-un’s message has given the world a hope of peace. The world is asking this question: “What is the chance...

5Mar

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Media, North Korea, Syria, USA

Syria: U.S. Media War Propaganda

NOVANEWS War Propaganda. U.S. Media Portrays Pyongyang as Assisting Damascus in Waging a Chemical Attack against Syrian Civilians A global US-NATO military agenda is unfolding supported by extensive media propaganda By Prof Michel Chossudovsky Global Research While US sponsored Al Qaeda terrorists in Syria acting on behalf of US NATO are provided with money, weapons and training, Washington is now pointing its finger at North Korea’s role in supporting the government of Bashar Al Assad with a view to killing their own people. Here is a recent New York Times (Feb 27) “authoritative” analysis on how North Korea is helping the Syrian government to wage a chemical war against the Syrian people. Nice and not fake, timely and of course “carefully documented” by the Newspaper of Re...

4Mar

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North Korea, South Korea, USA

Washington Threatens North-South Korea Dialogue. Demilitarization is a Prerequisite to Peace Negotiations 'Video'

NOVANEWS Interview with Michel Chossudovsky By Prof Michel Chossudovsky and Michael Welch Global Research Well the 2018 Olympics are over. Much of the media took note of the two Koreas competing as a united team; meanwhile U.S. belligerence continued unabated as witnessed by Vice President Mike Pence’s less-than-diplomatic gestures during the games. There seem to have been significant diplomatic breakthroughs during this period between the two Koreas, with the north-south talks seeming to place South Korea at odds with both the U.S and Japan. What are the prospects for peace on the Korean Peninsula in the face of these events? Joining us to discuss this question is Professor Michel Chossudovsky, an award winning author, Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of Otta...

26Feb

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North Korea, USA

N. Korea slams US for sanctions & ‘clouds of war’ but says it is open for talks

NOVANEWS Pyongyang has accused Washington of bringing “clouds of war” to the region by imposing “the largest-ever” sanctions during the Olympic Games, but says it is still open to direct talks with the US. A statement published by state news agency KCNA hailed North Korea’s leadership for their “strong determination for peace, long-awaited inter-Korean dialogue and cooperation,” which began to surface during the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. The statement went on to say that Washington is violating the Korean Olympics truce and “is running amok to bring another dark cloud of confrontation and war over the Korean peninsula” by announcing new wave of sanctions against the North. “We came to possess nuclear weapons, the treasured sword of justice, in order to defend ourselves from such...

25Feb

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North Korea, South Korea

Activist: Time to ‘Formally End the Korean War’ After 65 Years of Armistice

NOVANEWS The brief respite on the Korean Peninsula seems fated to end with the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang after North Korean leaders canceled a planned secret meeting with US Vice President Mike Pence. Washington is also expected to soon resume postponed military exercises alongside South Korea, exercises that North Korea has labeled provocative. Brian Becker and John Kiriakou of Radio Sputnik’s Loud & Clear were joined by Christine Ahn, a co-founder of the Korea Policy Institute, a think tank that advises American politicians to foster diplomacy and friendship with both Koreas, as well as the International Coordinator of Women Cross DMZ, an organization of peace activists. “I feel like we’re in a funhouse with a lot of smoke and mirrors and doublespeak and confusion, especially ...

22Feb

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Elections in the “socialist motherland”: democracy in the DPRK

NOVANEWS “A dancing party of women’s union officials and members took place at the plaza of the Arch of Triumph on Feb. 16, the 75th birth anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il.”- Rodong Sinmun on February 20 Recently, with the whole controversy over the death of Kim Jong Un’s brother and the stance of the “independent socialist state” of the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea), as its constitution describes it, in criticizing China whom seems to engaging in appeasement, by banning coal imports into the country, of the imperialist desire (especially Trump’s arrogance) of the U$ to weaken the DPRK. [1] This “socialist motherland,” as one document calls it, is not only threatened by forces within “South Korea” (the Republic of Korea), programs like THAAD, provocations from the Trump ...

22Feb

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“Something which most other developing countries would envy”: The DPRK’s healthcare system

NOVANEWS Medical workers brainstorm at the South Hamgyong Provincial People’s Hospital. Courtesy of The Pyongyang Times. Since June 19, the bourgeois media has been brimming with reports of the death of 22-year-old White college student from Cincinnati, Ohio, Otto Frederick Warmbier. While the family was happy to hear that their son was released from the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea), they were the ones that fueled the media firestorm. Warmbier’s father claimed that the DPRK had “murdered” their son, who had died in a coma possibly from an infection or blood clot, leading to anger in subsequent days from unhinged Trump and “reserved” Tillerson, leading to a new “wedge” between the US and the DPRK. [1] As some media reported, the DPRK may have released him in hopes of maki...