Dean Acheson’s fateful speech and the outbreak of the Korean War on June 25, 1950
Special to WorldTribune.com by Miles Maochun Yu, Hoover Institution,, Originally published March 9, 2017 On Jan. 12 1950, Secretary of…
Forgotten conflict: The Korean War, 70 years on, in photos
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty June 25, 2020 By Amos Chapple Photographs tell the story of…
Seoul’s wannabe socialist government targets Samsung, a major player in 5G tech revolution
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk The Samsung empire’s de facto leader, Jay Y. Lee, is a free man despite…
40 years after Gwangju bloodbath, discussing North Korea’s role is taboo in once-free South
by WorldTribune Staff, May 29, 2020 Details about what happened in Gwangju, South Korea from May 18 through May 27,…
Report: North Koreans had 2-day notice to prepare fertilizer plant for Kim appearance
FPI / May 13, 2020 Geostrategy-Direct.com Kim Jong-Un’s long-awaited and much-publicized return to the public eye on May 1 was…
Reporting on North Korea, after all these years, is still pure guesswork
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has dodged a bullet, meaning the onslaught of speculation…
‘All very suspicious’: An unhealthy Kim reappears, gunfire at the DMZ
by WorldTribune Staff, May 3, 2020 Photos and video released on May 1 by official North Korean media show dictator…
Why can’t our high-priced intelligence agencies say where Kim Jong-Un is?
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk SEOUL — The vanishing act of Kim Jong-Un provokes one inevitable question. With all…
S. Korean media: Kim Jong-Un not dead, but one of his bodyguards has coronavirus
by WorldTribune Staff, April 28, 2020 North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un is not dead, but went into seclusion after at…
Next move for North Korea’s Marxist ‘monarchy’? Watch China
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler North Korea’s Marxist “Monarchy” could be at a critical crossroads as recurring rumors…