Seoul to South Koreans: ‘Share the suffering’ with China
by WorldTribune Staff, February 11, 2020 South Korea’s liberal government is brushing off a petition signed by over 660,000 citizens…
2020 update on that ‘axis of evil’
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk A detail generally overlooked in all we’ve been reading about the misfired Iranian missile…
Sleepless in Pyongyang: Three reasons for Kim’s anxiety
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk The killing of Qasem Soleimani by an American drone aircraft on orders from U.S.…
Decapitation? Assassination? Over in Pyongyang, Kim Jong-Un isn’t hung up on semantics
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk People who split hairs over semantics ask if decapitation is the same as assassination.…
Kim Jong-Un lies low after Soleimani hit
by WorldTribune Staff, January 6, 2020 In the wake of the U.S. killing of Iranian terrorist chief Qasem Soleimani, North…
Scary trends in once anti-communist South Korea
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk From the viewpoint of a foreigner, one common denominator marks South Korea’s seismic shifts…
Naughty or nice? President Trump says he’s ready for Kim’s ‘Christmas gift’ whatever it is
by WorldTribune Staff, December 24, 2019 Earlier this month, North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un promised to deliver a “Christmas gift”…
The China-North Korea axis, then and now
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk In the first annual “Transactions” published by the venerable Korea Branch of the Royal…
Impeachment brinksmanship? Pyongyang is back to issuing nuclear threats as UN pushes back
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — While dictator Kim Jung-Un is huffing and puffing about arbitrary…
Trump tweets warning to North Korea as tensions increase
by WorldTribune Staff, December 8, 2019 Kim Jong-Un risks losing “everything” if the North Korean leader “acts in a hostile…