Special to WorldTribune.com By Farangis Najibullah, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Choe Myong Bok has lived in Russia since 1999, has carved out a living working odd jobs, and resides in St. Petersburg with his partner and their two young children. But the North Korean defector’s life in Russia has been one on the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 12, 2017 Tens of thousands of South Koreans took to the streets of Seoul on Feb. 11 to protest for – and against – the impeachment of President Park Geun-Hye. Park was impeached by parliament in December and the Constitutional Court in Seoul is now deliberating whether to approve the impeachment, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 2, 2017 South Korea and Japan have been reluctant to take in refugees from Syria. The United States admitted more than 10,000 Syrian refugees on former President Barack Obama’s watch. Since 1994, 1,144 Syrians have requested asylum in South Korea, but refugee status has been granted to only three, government figures […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 31, 2017 U.S. officials said China’s recent test of a long-range missile with 10 warheads indicates Beijing is intent on increasing its nuclear arsenal. “The flight test of the DF-5C missile was carried out earlier this month using 10 multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles, or MIRVs,” the Washington Free Beacon reported […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Modest global economic recovery is expected, but a return to robust and sustained growth remains elusive, according to the World Economic Situation Report, the UN’s barometer of international economic trends. The current survey states that while the world economy grew by a a modest 2.2 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 25, 2017 Chinese President Xi Jinping is “stepping up” as the new defender of globalism. As a populist wave swept through Europe and ushered in the Trump administration in Washington, Xi was in Switzerland vowing to leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos that China was ready to play a […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 25, 2017 The failure of Kim Jong-Un to stop the flow of information and market activities into North Korea could derail the young leader’s regime, a high-ranking defector said on Jan. 25. “I am sure that more defections of my colleagues will take place, since North Korea is already on a […]
Geostrategy-Direct Top headlines in the Jan. 24, 2017 edition. Japan’s Abe stepped up as Obama dithered The real Trump dossier: Reforming U.S. intelligence China salivates at the paralysis in Seoul
by WorldTribune Staff, January 25, 2017 Saying the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is “meaningless” without the United States, Japan on Jan. 25 rejected Australia’s effort to salvage the trade agreement. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull had suggested China be brought in as a replacement for the U.S. after President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 23, 2017 A town on the Suonada Sea that calls itself “Japan’s USA” has come under fire on the homefront for its celebration of U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Residents of the rural town of Usa in Oita Prefecture formed the “Extravagantly Celebrate the American Presidential Inauguration in Japan’s USA Association” […]
