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Pyongyang fires missile ahead of US-South Korea military drills

20Feb

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Pyongyang fires missile ahead of US-South Korea military drills

North Korea had warned of an ‘unprecedented’ response to allied exercises North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un. © SAUL LOEB / AFP North Korea has fired a long-range ballistic missile from its east coast into the sea according to the South Korean military, a day after warning Washington and Seoul that it would issue a “strong” response to upcoming military exercises between the two allied nations. Seoul didn’t immediately report where the missile landed, but Japan’s vice minister for defense, Toshiro Ino, said it was estimated to have splashed down in waters around 125 miles to the west of Oshimo Island off the coast of Hokkaido, inside Japan’s exclusive economic zone. According to Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Tokyo is maintaining close dialog...

South Korea and US respond to missile launch by Pyongyang

19Feb

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North Korea, South Korea, USA

South Korea and US respond to missile launch by Pyongyang

The allies' warplanes took to the air as a show of force, Seoul says South Korean and US jets accompanying American B-1B bombers strategic bombers. © AFP / South Korean Defense Ministry South Korea and the US staged combined air drills on Sunday, a day after North Korea fired a long-range ballistic missile into the sea, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) in Seoul have said. As part of the exercise, South Korean F-35A and F-15K fighters, and US F-16s escorted American B-1B aircraft entering the South’s air defense identification zone, the JCS said. It didn’t specify how many B-1B strategic bombers were involved. Some ten aircraft were scrambled as part of the drills, according to Yonhap news agency. They flew in formation over the Yellow Sea, East China Sea and...

US refuses to consider sanctions relief for North Korea

12Feb

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North Korea, USA

US refuses to consider sanctions relief for North Korea

Washington accused the DPRK of “provocation after provocation” while urging it to abandon its nuclear arsenal FILE PHOTO: State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during a news conference in Washington, DC, March 10, 2022. © AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta The United States will not seek dialogue with North Korea or repeal heavy sanctions imposed on the country unless Pyongyang ceases alleged “provocations,” the State Department has said, vowing to continue the penalties indefinitely. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, State Department spokesman Ned Price was asked whether Washington should ease its sanctions on the DPRK and halt joint military drills with the South in order to “talk with North Korea.” “We have an offer on the table t...

11Feb

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North Korea, USA

US warns of North Korean cyber attacks

Washington and Seoul claim the DPRK is using stolen cryptocurrency to fund additional cyber operations FILE PHOTO. © AFP / Nicolas Asfouri The United States and South Korea have issued a joint notice on North Korea’s alleged “malicious cyber activities,” saying hackers have targeted health providers, US defense contractors and even government agencies including the Pentagon. Published on Thursday, the cyber security advisory outlined “recently observed tactics, techniques, and procedures” employed by North Korean hackers in ransomware attacks against the US and South Korea, alleging they are using the proceeds to finance other cyber operations. “DPRK cyber actors have been using cryptocurrency generated through illic...

Diplomacy For Dealing With the Problem of North Korea

15Jan

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North Korea, USA

Diplomacy For Dealing With the Problem of North Korea

BY MELVIN GOODMAN Photograph Source: Shealah Craighead – Public Domain “There would be little for diplomats to do if the world consisted of partners, enjoying political intimacy and responding to common appeals.” – Walter Lippmann, 1947. The Biden administration inherited significant bilateral problems with three nuclear weapons states (Russia, China, and North Korea) as well as Iran, which has mastered the nuclear fuel cycle. The tensions with Russia and China are greater now than they were two years ago, and thus far Biden’s national security team has no apparent plans for ameliorating tensions with Iran and North Korea. Biden’s team seems to have thrown up its hands in despair regarding Iran and North Korea, having forgotten what diplomacy is all about.&nb...

The Light and Shadows of the Korean Peninsula

30Jul

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North Korea, South Korea

The Light and Shadows of the Korean Peninsula

By Emanuel Pastreich All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the “Translate Website” drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). To receive Global Research’s Daily Newsletter (selected articles), click here. Follow us on Instagram and Twitter and subscribe to our Telegram Channel. Feel free to repost and share widely Global Research articles. *** How many times have I seen an American expert pointing to a satellite photo of the Korean Peninsula at night and remarking that the striking difference between the darkness that envelops North Korea and the bright lights that illuminate South Korea, as well as Japan, symbolizes the insularity, the oppressiveness and the pathetic...

7Jun

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A red salute to Comrade Kim Il Sung

On 15 April 2022 progressive people the world over celebrated the 110th anniversary of the birth of Korea’s founding father, the great revolutionary leader, 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 his country, to the Fatherland Liberation War against the combined forces of imperialism led by the United States. Inspired by the Great Socialist October Revolution led by Comrade Lenin, and emphasising the need for a thorough understanding of Marxism-Leninism in order to be able to chart the correct path at all times, he led the Korean people to victory against the most enormous odds. Under...

From Korea to Libya: On the Future of Ukraine and NATO’s Neverending Wars

17Apr

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Libya, North Korea

From Korea to Libya: On the Future of Ukraine and NATO’s Neverending Wars

BY RAMZY BAROUD Photograph Source: Antti T. Nissinen – CC BY 2.0 Much has been said and written about media bias and double standards in the West’s response to the Russia-Ukraine war, when compared with other wars and military conflicts across the world, especially in the Middle East and the Global South. Less obvious is how such hypocrisy is a reflection of a much larger phenomenon that governs the West’s relationship to war and conflict zones. On March 19, Iraq commemorated the 19th anniversary of the US invasion which killed, according to modest estimates, over a million Iraqis. The consequences of that war were equally devastating as it destabilized the entire Middle East region, leading to various civil and proxy wars. The Arab world is reeling under ...

North Korea backs Russia’s action in Ukraine

31Mar

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North Korea, Russia, Ukraine

North Korea backs Russia’s action in Ukraine

DPRK points out that US provocations and military aggression are entirely to blame for the present situation in Europe. Ri Ji Song All over the world, anti-imperialists are applauding the actions of Russia to defend its sovereignty and obstruct the USA’s drive to a war for world hegemony. Ri Ji Song is a researcher at the Society for International Politics Study, DPRK ***** The greatest danger the world is now faced with is the high-handedness and arbitrariness of the United States and its vassal forces, which are shaking international peace and stability at the base. The USA’s unilateral and unfair cold war mentality and its bloc-forming external policy make are transforming the structure of international relations into the one of a new cold war, and...

North Korea conducts its largest ballistic missile test: S Korea, Japan

24Mar

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Japan, North Korea

North Korea conducts its largest ballistic missile test: S Korea, Japan

By VT Press TV: North Korea has conducted what is suspected to be its largest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test, South Korea and Japan said. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Thursday it detected the launch of an “unidentified projectile” from North Korea. Japan’s government also reported the launch, and said it could be a ballistic missile. It would be the first full-capability launch of the North’s largest missiles since 2017, and represents a major step in the country’s development of weapons that could potentially deliver nuclear warheads anywhere in the United States. Japanese authorities said the launch appeared to be a “new type” of ICBM that flew for about 71 minutes to an altitude of about 6,000km (3,728 miles) and a range of 1,100km (...