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22Feb

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Kim Jong-Un, “Juche-oriented socialism,” and the DPRK in 2018

NOVANEWS Photograph of Kim Jong Un Making His New Year Address, via dprktoday.com. As you may know, Kim Jong-Un (called Kim in the rest of this article), the duly-elected chief of state of People’s Korea, or the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) gave a New Year’s address for Juche 107 (2018), on January 1, as he does every year. The bourgeois media, at least in the murderous empire, extracted only a certain number of elements from the speech, even though a rough translated version of the whole speech was available as of January 1st, only relying on a partial translation by the Associated Press. While PressTV, an Iranian state media outlet, and the RT, the Russian state outlet that liberals scream about, seemed to just takefrom Western media accounts, the bourgeois media was i...

22Feb

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The myth of the “Kim dynasty”: the reality of democracy in Juche Korea

NOVANEWS Long live the 70th founding anniversary of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea! (poster released this year) With the detente between the ROK (“South Korea”) and Juche Korea, officially called the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) or “North Korea” in the West, around the Winter Olympics in the ROK, tensions have been lessened on the Korean Peninsula. Such a reduction is a move toward peace in the region while the Orientalist bourgeois media and murderous empire continue to try to ratchet up tensions. With all of this, there are claims in this same media that Juche Korea has a “monarchy” with a “dynasty” headed by the Kim family or that it is a “dictatorship.” [1] While I addressed some of this in my previous post focusing on elections to the unicameral assembly of...

11Feb

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Don’t be Cynical about an Olympics Detente with North Korea

NOVANEWS Both sides are sending subtle signals that more than the games may be opening today. By Peter Van Buren The American Conservative Featured image: The torch of the 2018 Olympic Games. (Source: Ververididis Vasilis/Shutterstock) Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has left open the possibility of Vice President Mike Pence meeting with North Korean officials during his trip to the Winter Olympic games in Seoul, whose opening ceremonies are on Friday. If that happens, Pence would be the highest ranking American official ever to huddle with a delegation from Pyongyang. At the same time, North Korea is planning to send its highest ranking official ever to the South—Kim Yong-nam, the North’s ceremonial head of state and president of the Supreme People’s Assembly. In addition, S...

11Feb

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Anti-North Korean propaganda 'Video'

NOVANEWS The Haircut (2017) – A North Korean Adventure Boy Boy The isolated, hermit kingdom of the DPRK is shrowded in secrecy, It’s nearly impossible to get any reliable information from behind the bamboo curtain. Nonetheless, every week, on T.V. and online, we are bombarded by the bizzare media-spectacle of North Korea. From nuclear apocalypse and prison camps to banned sarcasm and compulsory identical haircuts – any shred of information regarding North Korea becomes a viral media hit, regardless of how dubious the story is. But that’s all about to change. Two Aussie boys decided to take matters into their own hands and go to North Korea to find out the truth for themselves. Join us as we look past the clickbait and unpack the forces behind the way our media represents the “Democrati...

28Jan

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North Korea, USA

The Genocide Conspiracy Against North Korea: An Open Letter to the International Criminal Court

NOVANEWS By Christopher Black and Prof. Graeme McQueen New Eastern Outlook The American threats against North Korea continue to mount and with them the threat of the genocide of the people of North Korea by the United States of America and its allies. The meeting of the USA, Canada and other nations that attacked North Korea in 1950 held in Vancouver, Canada, on January 16, which some hoped would lead to a political solution, instead took on the character of a meeting of criminals who by their presence, agreement and actions made them parties to a conspiracy to commit genocide, a crime under the statute of the International Criminal Court and the Genocide Convention of 1948. The threats made against North Korea are due to one single fact: the Democratic Peoples Republic of Kor...

28Jan

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North Korea War Plan: Chrystia Freeland is more dangerous than Tony Blair

NOVANEWS By Cameron Pike | OffGuardian The day before the Foreign Ministers’ meeting on Security and Stability in Vancouver on January 16, 2018, a forum was held at the University of British Columbia’s Institute of Asian Research entitled “Getting North Korea Right: Canadian Options and Roles”. This was a publicly held event with the “expert” “talking heads” of think-tanks. The moderator was an Asian International Relations expert, Dr. Paul Evans, who is now the head of the Institute of Asian Research. The five speakers were Eric Walsh: Canadian Ambassador to the Republic of South Korea, Scott Snyder: Senior Fellow and Director of the Program on U.S.-Korea Policy, and New York Council of Foreign Relations, Kyung-Ae Park: Korea Foundation Chair, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs...

17Jan

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More War Threats and Sanctions against North Korea. Vancouver Group Diplomatic Disaster

NOVANEWS By Stephen Lendman Sanctions don’t work. They’re counterproductive. They don’t change how nations operate. They’re illegal unless imposed by Security Council members. They’re imposed as punishment against sovereign independent states, harming ordinary people in targeted nations, not ruling authorities. On January 16, foreign ministers from 20 nations met in Vancouver on North Korea – hosted by Washington and Canada. Participating nations were involved in America’s naked aggression on North Korea in the 1950s – Russia and China not invited because they favor diplomacy, not confrontation. US and Canadian news releases followed Tuesday’s meeting. Canada’s Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland announced “a $3.25 million commitment aimed at strengthening the global s...

14Jan

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North Korea, South Korea

South and North Korea Talks: A Thaw in Relations?

NOVANEWS GREGORYELICH Gregory Elich interviewed by Eugene Puryear and Sean Blackmon. The recent talks between North and South Korea, what if any progress was made in thawing relations between the two countries, what to expect politically from the Winter Olympics being held in South Korea, and why South Korean President Moon continues to desire close relations with the RT Deutsch Interview: Rising U.S.-North Korea Tensions In "Asia" The WannaCry Cyberattack: What the Evidence Says and Why the Trump Administration Blames North Korea In "Asia" North Korea in the Crosshairs: Trump's Advisers Demand Showdown In "Asia"

14Jan

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Michel Chossudovsky in Winnipeg and Vancouver, January 15-16: North Korea and the Danger of Nuclear War

NOVANEWS By Global Research News Please forward this article on social media We are at a dangerous crossroads. Miscalculation could lead to the unthinkable. What distinguishes the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis from today’s crisis is that Kennedy and Khrushchev were acutely aware of the dangers of nuclear annihilation. Trump is not. Fire and Fury: “We will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea” accusing Kim Jong-un, of being a “rocket man” on “a suicide mission.” “Mistakes” often determine the course of world history. North Korea and the Danger of Nuclear War Presentations by Michel Chossudovsky Monday January 15, 2018 Two lectures in Winnipeg: University of Manitoba (66 Chancellors Cir.) Room 244, University College 2:30-4:00pm University of Winn...

12Jan

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Michel Chossudovsky in Winnipeg and Vancouver, January 15-16: North Korea and the Danger of Nuclear War

NOVANEWS By Global Research News Global Research Please forward this article on social media We are at a dangerous crossroads. Miscalculation could lead to the unthinkable. What distinguishes the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis from today’s crisis is that Kennedy and Khrushchev were acutely aware of the dangers of nuclear annihilation. Trump is not. Fire and Fury: “We will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea” accusing Kim Jong-un, of being a “rocket man” on “a suicide mission.” “Mistakes” often determine the course of world history. North Korea and the Danger of Nuclear War Presentations by Michel Chossudovsky Monday January 15, 2018 Two lectures in Winnipeg: University of Manitoba (66 Chancellors Cir.) Room 244, University College 2:30-4:00pm Univer...