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19Aug

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North Korea, South Korea

South Korea: There Will Be No War on Korean Peninsula

NOVANEWS There will be no war on the Korean peninsula, South Korean President Moon Jae-In stated Thursday, adding that Seoul effectively had a veto over US military action in response to the North's nuclear and missile programs. By Alahednews Alahednews Tensions have soared on the peninsula in recent months, with Pyongyang carrying out its first successful tests of an intercontinental ballistic missile [ICBM], bringing much of the US within range. Last week it threatened to send a salvo of rockets towards the US territory of Guam – although it appears to have backed off for now – while US President Donald Trump promised “fire and fury” and said that Washington’s weapons were “locked and loaded.” The intense rhetoric on both sides raised fears of a miscalculation leading t...

19Aug

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North Korea, South Korea

South Korean President Says He Can Veto War Against North Korea

NOVANEWS Vows to Prevent War at Any Cost By Jason Ditz Antiwar.com In an unusually pointed statement on the ongoing fear of a US attack on North Korea, South Korean President Moon Jae-in today gave a speech insisting that he has absolute right to veto any US military action against North Korea, and intends to do so. Moon declared the decision needed to be made “by ourselves and not by anyone else,” adding that he intends to prevent a war with North Korea “at any cost.” That’s a huge departure from previous reports suggesting South Korea was essentially along for the ride, and was backing whatever Trump would decide, hoping it would eventually end in peace. Analysts see this as reflective of growing frustration by President Moon, who campaigned on a return to diplomacy with ...

30Jun

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DPRK: ‘Too Late’ For United Korean Team at 2018 Winter Olympics

NOVANEWS South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Chang Ung, North Korea's IOC member at the World Taekwondo Championships in Muju, South Korea June 24, 2017. | Photo: Reuters "The Olympics should not be used for a political aim," North Korea's top Olympic official said. A leading North Korean sports official believes it is too late to consider South Korean President Moon Jae-in's proposal to form a unified team for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, saying that political tension must be resolved first. RELATED: On Korean War Anniversary, DPRK Urges South Korea to Dialogue "It took us 22 rounds of talks to set up that joint (table tennis) team for the 1991 games. It took us five months," North Korean International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Chang Ung, tol...

26Jun

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South Korea’s impeached President planned violent regime change for Pyongyang

NOVANEWS By Adam Garrie | The Duran A recent report from the Japanese outlet Asahi Shimbun appears to confirm a hypothesis recently published in The Duran that America’s recent fervor over North Korea has a great deal to do with the internal politics of South Korea, more so in many cases than it has to do with events in the DPRK (North Korea). Impeached former South Korean President Park Geun-hye was known to be an avidly right-wing, anti-North Korean, militant leader. It was under her now disgraced leadership that South Korea agreed to house America’s THAAD missiles, a move that remains deeply unpopular among millions of South Korean citizens. Now, Asahi Shimbun claims to have obtained documents from South Korea indicating that former President Park Geun-hye signed a document authoriz...

31May

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South Korea: Moon Angered by Arrival of Weapons

NOVANEWS By Morning Star Morning Star South Korean President Moon Jae In demanded a probe yesterday into why he wasn’t told about the arrival of additional launchers for the country’s US-supplied terminal high-altitude area defence (Thaad) missile defence system. President Moon vowed before taking office on May 10 to review deployment of a system that has infuriated both North Korea and China, which consider its powerful radar a security threat. Many of his supporters don’t want the system, which US President Donald Trump said Seoul should pay for. Senior presidential adviser Yoon Young Chan said Mr Moon had discovered that four more launchers for the Thaad system had arrived in the country since the original two launchers were installed in April. Defence Ministry officia...

30May

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South Korea’s new leader orders probe into ‘unauthorized’ US deployment

NOVANEWS South Korea’s new President Moon Jae-in has ordered an investigation into the “unauthorized” deployment of four additional THAAD missile launchers by the United States to the country’s soil. Presidential spokesman Yoon Young-chan said Moon was “shocked” to hear that the four additional launchers of the so-called Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile system were installed without being reported to the new government or to the public. “President Moon was briefed on such facts by National Security Office (NSO) chief Chung Eui-yong and said it was very shocking,” the spokesman told a news briefing on Tuesday. The system was initially deployed to South Korea in March with just two of its maximum load of six launchers with the declared aim of countering North Korean ...

8May

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After The South Korean Election: The Movement That Ousted Park Cannot Rest

NOVANEWS By Hyun Lee War threats before a major political election had been effective in the past in swinging the South Korean electorate to the right, but not this year. The conservative camp is battered and split into two warring parties following the impeachment of former President Park Geun-hye. The general public—its collective consciousness heightened through the mass protests that successfully ousted Park—is no longer rallying behind hawkish candidates who fan public paranoia to garner votes. Barring a last-minute surprise upset, liberal democrat Moon Jae-in will be the next president of South Korea. But does he truly represent the interests of the millions who took to the streets to unseat Park and demand systemic change? And what are the tasks facing the left vis a vi...

8May

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THAAD Rocket Fuel: Likely Ground Water Contamination Coming to Seongju, South Korea

NOVANEWS By Bruce Gagnon Space4Peace The unwelcome US deployment of the THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) missile defense (MD) system in Seongju, South Korea is not only a significant threat to regional peace but is also a major environmental catastrophe waiting to happen. The reason is that rocket fuel contains a deadly chemical component called perchlorate. And since the Seongju area is a melon farming community the risk of ground water contamination by perchlorate should be alarming to all concerned. Perchlorate, the explosive ingredient in solid rocket fuel, has leaked from military bases and weapons and aerospace contractors’ plants in at least 22 states, contaminating drinking water for millions of Americans. In the US scientists have warned that perchlorate...

30Apr

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South Korea Presidential Frontrunner Pledges to Review Divisive THAAD Deployment

NOVANEWS Moon Jae-in, the leading candidate in the upcoming presidential election in South Korea, is determined to reassess the controversial deployment of the US-built Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-ballistic missile system since it “did not follow a democratic procedure,” his press team said in a statement seen by Sputnik Korea. “The THAAD deployment is an issue that must be decided by the next administration based on close discussions with the US and a national consensus, and approached with the best national interest in mind. Since this is an issue of great impact to our national security and comes with great economic costs, it must be ratified by the National Assembly as per the Constitution,” Yoon Kwan-suk, a spokesman for Moon Jae-in said. The press office also...

27Apr

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South Koreans protest movement of US THAAD Missile System

NOVANEWS By Adam Garrie | The Duran In a further sign that the political climate of South Korea has turned increasingly anti-American/anti-militaristic since the impeachment and arrest of President Park in March of this year, South Koreans took to the streets to protest the arrival of the US THAAD Missile System in North Gyeongsang Province. The THAAD system arrived in the country in March and is now being positioned at its permanent installation point in Seongju in the south east of the country. The Duran has previously published a piece speculating that increased pressure from the US directed to North Korea, may actually be an attempt to meddle in the South Korean political process as special Presidential elections are to take place on the 9th of May. A war could possibly dispute th...