End times: Minister who said God handpicked Trump says President ‘endowed’ to take out Kim

End times: Minister who said God handpicked Trump says President ‘endowed’ to take out Kim

by WorldTribune Staff, August 9, 2017 Astronomical events in August and September and the looming North Korea crisis are giving rise to doomsday theories. But the main question is whether the apocalypse will be an act of God or a man-made event. A pastor with close ties to President Donald Trump said the commander in […]

Tough diplomacy: U.S. rallies UN on N. Korea sanctions, Tillerson huddles with Russia

Tough diplomacy: U.S. rallies UN on N. Korea sanctions, Tillerson huddles with Russia

by WorldTribune Staff, August 7, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump’s diplomatic team has been operating in overdrive as it tries to ensure new UN sanctions against North Korea will be enforced while confronting Russia over allegations of its meddling in the 2016 presidential election. The U.S. on Aug. 7 moved quickly to ensure new UN […]

UN sanctions on N. Korea opens way to new talks about talks

UN sanctions on N. Korea opens way to new talks about talks

by WorldTribune Staff, August 6, 2017 Yet another American president is enlisting China to put the squeeze on North Korea. And China has again agreed to play along with what the Trump Administration earlier branded as a failed exercise. Therefore on Aug. 6, Beijing called on the Kim Jong-Un regime to stop its missile and […]

China tightens Internet controls as 19th Communist Party Congress approaches

China tightens Internet controls as 19th Communist Party Congress approaches

by WorldTribune Staff, August 4, 2017 President Xi Jinping is stepping up China’s control of the Internet as he moves to consolidate power ahead of the 19th Communist Party Congress this fall. On Aug. 3, Beijing’s censors and the country’s Internet service providers held a drill to practice shutting down websites deemed harmful. Internet data […]

Pro-Pyongyang paper: Seoul failed to recognize N. Korea’s new ‘strategic status’

Pro-Pyongyang paper: Seoul failed to recognize N. Korea’s new ‘strategic status’

by WorldTribune Staff, August 4, 2017 Whose side is South Korean President Moon Jae-In on, pro-North Korean forces in South Korea and Japan want to know. Liberal leftists and openly pro-North Korean activists passionately backed Moon’s recent victorious election campaign and his supporters’ earlier drive to impeach his predecessor, President Park Geun-Hye. But by subsequently […]

Senior North Korea official and family commit suicide while in Chinese police custody

Senior North Korea official and family commit suicide while in Chinese police custody

Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct A senior cadre of North Korea’s Worker’s Party, along with his wife, son and two daughters committed suicide by taking poison to prevent being forcibly returned to North Korea by Chinese security forces. Last week, the family, along with 10 other North Korean defectors, were tracked down in China’s southwestern […]

‘Expert’ fixes for the North Korea crisis: Seriously?

‘Expert’ fixes for the North Korea crisis: Seriously?

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk WASHINGTON ― North Korea pops off another ICBM, and suddenly the U.S. media is full of talking heads offering views and solutions. They range from the extremes of annihilating North Korea’s nuclear and missile facilities to, “Oh, just sign a peace treaty and everything will be okay.” It’s hard […]

Tillerson to N. Korea: ‘We are not your enemy’

Tillerson to N. Korea: ‘We are not your enemy’

by WorldTribune Staff, August 2, 2017 The United States is “not the enemy” of North Korea and is not seeking the downfall of the Kim Jong-Un regime, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Aug. 1. “We’re trying to convey to the North Koreans, ‘We are not your enemy. We’re not your threat, but […]

Scaramucci’s deal with Chinese company to clear path to White House may have led to his exit

Scaramucci’s deal with Chinese company to clear path to White House may have led to his exit

by WorldTribune Staff, August 2, 2017 While an obscenity-laced interview with the New Yorker was given as the reason for the firing of Anthony Scaramucci, it was his dealings with a Chinese conglomerate that is intent on gobbling up American strategic assets that likely brought down the White House communications director, reports say. A “red […]

China answers new North Korean missile launch with … massive military parade?

China answers new North Korean missile launch with … massive military parade?

by WorldTribune Staff, July 30, 2017 Just hours after being warned by U.S. President Donald Trump over its continued inaction on North Korea, China on July 30 launched a massive military parade that included nuclear-ready H-6K bombers flying overhead and the display of a new nuclear-tipped ballistic missile. The parade came after a show of […]