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Michael Palin in the DPRK: a western exceptionalism showcase

24Jun

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Michael Palin in the DPRK: a western exceptionalism showcase

Workers in Britain could learn much from our Korean comrades, but they are unlikely to realise that from listening to Palin’s arrogant commentary. Proletarian writers Subscribe to our channel Mr Palin’s comedic talents at one time were employed satirising old colonial attitudes, now he personifies them. This article is reproduced from the Class Consciousness Project, with thanks. ***** This article was prompted by an awful piece of BBC propaganda, entitled Michael Palin in North Korea. If you want to understand western exceptionalism, watch this programme, first with and then without sound, because the only part of this presentation that makes the DPRK look bad is Palin’s narration. The programme’s narration leads the viewer aw...

Remembering the 1980 armed uprising against imperalism in Gwangju, Korea

10Jun

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Remembering the 1980 armed uprising against imperalism in Gwangju, Korea

The spirit of Gwangju still burns bright amongst large sections of the Korean people, who yearn to reunite their country and free it from colonial rule. World Anti-Imperialist Platform Subscribe to our channel Very few people outside of Korea are aware that there was an armed uprising against colonial rule and fascist dictatorship in south Korea. Even fewer are aware that the uprising lasted for ten days and established a people's commune in the city. This article is reproduced from Platform News, with thanks. ***** The Gwangju people’s uprising was a popular uprising of the people of Gwangju, Jeollanam-do, south Korea, in May 1980, to oppose the fascistic dictatorship and to achieve democratic freedoms and rights. This armed upri...

US imposes fresh sanctions on North Korea despite Treasury warning

7Jun

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North Korea, USA

US imposes fresh sanctions on North Korea despite Treasury warning

Press TV The United States has imposed fresh punitive measures on North Korea, targeting the country’s missile program despite a recent warning from the Treasury that sanctions are pushing many countries to seek alternatives to the dollar for settlements. The US Treasury Department issued the punitive action on Thursday after South Korea earlier said its neighbor fired two short-range missiles, Reuters reported. The South Korean military said North Korea fired two short-range missiles off its east coast on Thursday after Pyongyang warned of an “inevitable” response to the military drills staged by several thousand South Korean and US troops on the Korean Peninsula. The Treasury in a statement said it imposed sanctions on two North Korean nationals, accusing th...

The Hidden History of the Korean War: New Edition

20May

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North Korea, South Korea

The Hidden History of the Korean War: New Edition

The revival of a classic work of journalism which exposes the gap between the official story and reality By I. F. Stone and introduction by Tim Beal and Gregory Elich At the height of the McCarthy era and the inception of the Cold War, the great journalist I.F. Stone released The Hidden History of the Korean War, a courageous work of investigative journalism that demolished the official story about America’s so-called “forgotten war.” As the war spiraled to its conclusion, Stone closely analyzed openly available U.S. intelligence narratives on the war’s official start, and the actions of key players like John Foster Dulles, General Douglas MacArthur, and Chiang Kai-shek. The result of his investigations was a controversial book that raised questio...

Solidarity with people’s Korea on the Day of the Sun 2022

14Apr

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Solidarity with people’s Korea on the Day of the Sun 2022

Progressive humanity has every reason to celebrate the birth of the great Korean Marxist and revolutionary Kim Il Sung. Party statement The following letter was sent by the central committee of the CPGB-ML to Comrade Kim Jong Un and the Workers Party of Korea to mark the 110th anniversary of Comrade Kim Il Sung’s birth. ***** Please accept our warm and heartfelt greetings on the forthcoming occasion of the 110th anniversary of the birth of Korea’s greatest son, Comrade Kim Il Sung. Comrade Kim Il Sung led the Korean people in the long and arduous struggle for emancipation from imperialist oppression and feudal backwardness, throughout such severe challenges as the Japanese occupation of your country, to the Fatherland Liberation War ag...

14Apr

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North Korea, Russia

DPRK pledges firm support for Russia

Kim Yo Jong affirms her country’s solidarity while highlighting the futile criminality of the USA’s proxy war in Ukraine. Workers Party of Korea Subscribe to our channel While many countries have refused to give open support to the US war effort, showing a clear turn away from the era when it could dominate and bully most of the world, the DPRK is among only a handful of brave states that have openly and at every turn given their full and unconditional support to Russia’s just war in defence of its sovereignty and independence. The following press statement was issued by Kim Yo Jong, vice-department director of the central committee of the Workers Party of Korea, on 27 January 2023. ***** The USA, which has exposed the whole continent of Europe&...

US planning North Korea ‘countermeasures’ with Asian allies

4Apr

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US planning North Korea ‘countermeasures’ with Asian allies

Washington, Seoul, and Tokyo will meet to consider ways to respond to alleged “provocations” by the DPRK FILE PHOTO: A TV screen shows an image of a North Korean missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, March 28, 2023. © AP / Ahn Young-joon Top nuclear envoys from the US, South Korea, and Japan will hold a round of talks later this week on North Korea’s nuclear arsenal and rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula, including potential “countermeasures” against Pyongyang. The South Korean Foreign Ministry announced the upcoming talks during a Tuesday press briefing, noting that its chief nuclear negotiator, Kim Gunn, would join his US and Japanese counterparts for discussions in Seoul on Ap...

North Korea slams Zelensky’s nuclear ambition

2Apr

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North Korea, Ukraine

North Korea slams Zelensky’s nuclear ambition

The Ukrainian leader is putting his country on “the wrong path, the last path,” Kim Jong-un’s sister stated Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un © AFP / KCNA Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky is gambling with his country’s future by pursuing nuclear weapons, Kim Yo-jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, said on Saturday, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). She was commenting on an online petition to “deploy US nuclear weapons on Ukrainian territory or turn Ukraine into a state with its own nuclear weapons,” which was launched on Zelensky’s website on Thursday. The initiative requires 25,000 signatures to be considered by the head of state. So far, it has been backed by some 650 people. ...

North Korea launches ICBM to ‘strike fear into enemies’

15Mar

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North Korea launches ICBM to ‘strike fear into enemies’

The test comes amid the largest joint US-South Korean military drills in several years North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches an intercontinental ballistic missile test-launch on March 16, 2023 © KCNA North Korean leader Kim Jong-un says his country has no choice but to show its strength in order to “deter war,” following its latest long-range missile test, which he claimed was a response to the ongoing “reckless” US-led war games in the region. After personally overseeing a test of a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Thursday, Kim said the launch again proved the “operating systems of the nuclear strategic forces.” According to the state-run Korean Central News Agency, the weapon traveled just over 1,000km and reache...

The DPRK pledges firm support for Russia

6Mar

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North Korea, Russia

The DPRK pledges firm support for Russia

Pyongyang, January 27 (KCNA) — Kim Yo Jong, vice-department director of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, issued the following press statement on 27 January 2023: The US, which has exposed the whole continent of Europe to the grave danger of war and caused big and small concerns, is now further crossing the red line. It has made a “special contribution” to instigating the unstable world crisis to be continued by providing Ukraine with a large amount of military hardware. It recently made public that it would supply its MBT to Ukraine, only to make clearer its confrontation stand against Russia. Lurking behind this is the US sinister intention to realise its hegemonic aim by further expanding the proxy war for destroying Russia. The world would be br...