North Korea

NOVANEWS By Christine Hong Reposted from The Asia-Pacific Journal: Christine Hong, “Stranger than Fiction: The Interview and U.S. Regime-Change Policy Toward North Korea”,The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol. 12, Issue 52, No. 4, December 29, 2014. “And if it does start a war, hopefully people will say, ‘You know what? It was worth it. It was a good movie!’” —Seth Rogen “Wacky dictators sell newspapers, and magazines—for example, the 2003 Newsweek cover depicting Kim [Jong Il] in dark sunglasses over a cover line that read ‘Dr. Evil.’ …But demonization, and ridicule, can be dangerous. At its worst, dehumanizing the other side helps to lay the groundwork for war.” —Donald Macintyre Representations of North Korea as a buffoon, a menace, or both on the American big screen are at least as ...

NOVANEWS by: Glenn Greenwald 'Time and again,' argues Greenwald, 'many journalists mindlessly regurgitated the U.S. Government’s accusation against North Korea without a shred of doubt, blindly assuming it to be true, and then discussing, often demanding, strong retaliation.' (Photo: Shutterstock) The identity of the Sony hackers is still unknown. President Obama, in a December 19 press conference, announced: “We can confirm that North Korea engaged in this attack.” He then vowed: “We will respond. . . . We cannot have a society in which some dictator some place can start imposing censorship here in the United States.” The U.S. Government’s campaign to blame North Korea actually began two days earlier, when The New York Times – as usual – corruptly granted anonymity to “se...

NOVANEWS The United States says its new round of sanctions against North Korea is just the opening salvo in its response to an unprecedented cyberattack on Sony. Yet there may be little else the U.S. can do to further isolate a country that already has few friends in the world. Even the latest sanctions, handed down by President Barack Obama in an executive order, may not sting quite as badly as U.S. would have hoped. After all, North Korea is already under a strict sanctions regime imposed by the U.S. over the North's nuclear program. The new round of sanctions unveiled Friday hit three organizations closely tied to the North's defense apparatus, plus 10 individuals who work for those groups or for North Korea's government directly. Any assets they have in the U.S. will be fr...

NOVANEWS There’s no  more oppressive, murderous, sate on Earth than Israel. It was founded on ethnic cleansing of hundreds of thousands of people who still to this day cannot return to the place of their birth. Israel has murdered and maimed tens of thousands of Palestinians, Lebanese and others, and it also tortured tens of thousands. So, why is Israel honored by the Western governments and Media while N. Korea is on the front pages continuously? The Zio media will tell us that N. Korea must be opposed because it is a “Nuclear Rogue State.” But the real nuclear rogue state is right under Europe’s nose, it is Israel. As far as nuclear weapons go, Israel, is a nuclear rogue state that will not join the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, and will not allow any inspections of its biologic...

NOVANEWS by GREGORY ELICH The cyberattack on Sony Pictures unleashed a torrent of alarmist media reports, evoking the image of North Korean perfidy. Within a month, the FBI issued a statement declaring the North Korean government “responsible for these actions.” Amid the media frenzy, several senators and congresspersons called for tough action. Arizona Senator John McCain blustered, “It’s a new form of warfare that we’re involved in, and we need to react and react vigorously.” President Barack Obama announced his administration planned to review the possibility of placing North Korea on the list of states sponsoring terrorism, a move that would further tighten the already harsh sanctions on North Korea. “They caused a lot of damage, and we will respond,” Obama warned darkly. “We will ...

NOVANEWS latest attack as 'The Interview' row festers The racial slur was reported by the official Korean news agency LAMIAT SABIN  Saturday 27 December 201 North Korea compared President Barack Obama to a monkey, and blamed him today for internet blackouts as well as the US release of The Interview film this week, that depicts an assassination of dictator Kim Jong Un. “Obama always goes reckless in words and deeds like a monkey in a tropical forest,” said an unidentified spokesman at the National Defence Commission in a statement reported by the official Korean Central News Agency. The country led by Kim Jong Un has denied involvement in a cyber attack on Sony Pictures, after the controversial film was screened yesterday, but has expressed fury over Obama cri...