by WorldTribune Staff, August 28, 2017 North Korea’s nuclear missile threats have dominated world headlines this year, but growing unrest in the South is exacerbating tensions on a peninsula bordering China and Russia and with U.S. forces stationed in the South. Protests against the liberal Moon Jae-In administration are becoming more frequent and show a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 24, 2017 Loyalists to the North Korean regime based in California are spreading anti-Semitic conspiracy theories via propaganda websites, a report said. “Woven into their Korean-language propaganda is the idea that Jews manipulate the international order, turning it against their beloved tyrant, Kim Jong-Un,” Jewish Journal.com said in its report. One […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 25, 2017 Russia flew nuclear-capable strategic bombers and planes with advanced intelligence gathering capabilities near the Korean peninsula this week while the U.S. and South Korea were conducting war games. Japan and South Korea scrambled fighter jets to escort the Russian Tupolev-95MS bombers, according to an Aug. 24 Reuters report. Russia […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk Donald Trump’s notion of “fire and fury” for North Korea inspires cheers, fears and jeers. Is he threatening the biblical “fire and brimstone,” or does his rhetoric more closely resemble Shakespeare’s “tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing”? Yes, there are those who think […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 22, 2017 There are no indications that electronic systems on the USS John McCain were hacked in a cyberattack, but “all possibilities” will be considered in a review of the Aug. 20 incident, the U.S. chief of naval operations said. It was the second deadly collision at sea of its kind […]
Special to WorldTribune.com First of Two Parts By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs It may be that the Washington, DC, campaign to isolate, capture, and subdue U.S. President Donald Trump has finally succeeded. If so, what does that mean for the global strategic environment? Does Donald Trump have options to regain control […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 21, 2017 Latin American nations should not fall prey to the U.S.’s “coercive behavior” and should reject calls for them to sever relations with North Korea, a spokesperson for the North’s Foreign Ministry said. Pyongyang said U.S. Vice President Mike Pence’s move to openly press Chile, Brazil, Mexico and Peru to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 21, 2017 The USS John McCain guided-missile destroyer’s collision with an oil tanker in the early morning hours of Aug. 21 off the coast of Singapore marks the fourth incident involving the U.S. Pacific Fleet this year. Five U.S. sailors were injured and 10 are reported missing. Four of the five […]
by WorldTribune Staff, August 20, 2017 South Korean President Moon Jae-In said last week that any U.S. military action taken against North Korea would first need the consent of South Korea. “This is a firm agreement between South Korea and the United States. The people can be assured that there will be no war,” Moon […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk Small gestures would be so helpful in bringing about reconciliation with North Korea. Take, for instance, the cases of the three U.S. citizens still held in the North. They are all Korean-Americans, two of them former teachers at the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, the other a businessman […]
