Slaughter on the ‘Northern Limit Line’: A day for war and soccer

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Slaughter on the ‘Northern Limit Line’: A day for war and soccer

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com For several hours on June 29, 2002, images of warships in the West or Yellow Sea filled television screens in Korea. I was in Seoul watching avidly as reports of a raging battle dominated the news even as South Korea’s beloved Red Devils were about to play Turkey […]

How the Obama administration’s Syria reversal looks in Seoul

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How the Obama administration’s Syria reversal looks in Seoul

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com SEOUL, South Korea — The pattern is distressingly familiar. Russia doesn’t want anyone to believe that its friends and allies are capable of wrongdoing. Remember the Russian experts who examined the sinking of the Cheonan and came up with a report that was never quite released? The reason […]

As Iran, Syria crises heat up, N. Korean missile exports boom

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Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk, East-Asia-Intel.com WASHINGTON — North Korea stands to be a major winner if Israeli hawks prevail and Israel attacks Iranian nuclear facilities. With Iran said in some quarters to be only months away from emerging as the world’s 10th nuclear weapons power, North Korea reportedly is producing more middle-range missiles […]