by WorldTribune Staff, March 4, 2018 The United Nations this month will issue a report on Egypt’s facilitation of North Korean weapons shipments in the Middle East and North Africa. The UN also said North Korea was allowed to use its embassy in Cairo to showcase its current weapons systems that are available for sale. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 4, 2018 Governments are testing rating systems for each individual’s value which dole out or withhold benefits based on how people perform, an analyst said. “We live in a world where judgment is being replaced by numbers – by scores that calculate the value of a human being, with the help […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 1, 2018 A man who spent nine months with the Khmer Rouge in the early 1970s has come forward to recount his story of what life was like under the brutal communists who carried out the Cambodian genocide. Ith Sarin, now age 80, said he has returned to Cambodia from the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk U.S. officials remain deeply skeptical of North Korea’s intentions while South Korea’s President Moon Jae-In seeks to build on the momentum toward negotiations in the aftermath of the Winter Olympics. The White House is awaiting a firm signal directly from Pyongyang about the prospects for talks while wondering about […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 1, 2018 The Kim Jong-Un regime is evading international sanctions by using ships which change names and take on new flags to export and import goods, a UN report said. “North Korea earned almost $200 million in the first nine months of last year from banned commodity exports, providing crucial foreign […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 28, 2018 Lawyers representing impeached South Korean President Park Geun-Hye are asking the UN to help secure her release after prosecutors called for a 30-year sentence and a court in Seoul extended her detention by six months. “The UN is looking at our application urgently and the South Korean authorities need […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 26, 2018 Social media users, already banned on U.S. platforms, compared the Chinese Communist Party’s move to pave the way for President Xi Jinping’s long term reign to the ruling dynasty in North Korea. “Argh, we’re going to become North Korea,” wrote one Weibo user. “We’re following the example of our […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 25, 2018 The Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has proposed ending term limits for the offices of president and vice president. In a move that would cement President Xi Jinping’s rule beyond a second five-year term, state-run Xinhua News Agency said that the Central Committee on Feb. 25 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 25, 2018 Following Vice President Mike Pence’s lead from the opening ceremony, Ivanka Trump did not acknowledge the North Korean delegation at the closing ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics Sunday. The body language is seen by some analysts as signalling Washington’s anger at Seoul’s appeasement moves blasted by South Korean […]
by WorldTribune Staff, February 25, 2018 Members of Kim Jong-Un’s cheerleading squads, one of which was dispatched to the 2018 Winter Olympics, are routinely forced into sexual slavery, according to a former North Korean soldier who defected. “It might seem like a fancy show on the outside [but] they also have to go to parties […]
