Xi Jinping spares top party leaders whose scale of corruption qualified them for execution
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com It’s a case of plus ça change with…
Sleeper agents planted during Cold War are sentenced in Germany
Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com In a case reminiscent of the Cold War…
Summit documents reveal N. Korea’s fears of being absorbed by China
Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com SEOUL — North Korean leaders have been living in fear…
More Maoist than thou: Xi Jinping is in, Bo Xilai is out, but the CCP is still thoroughly corrupt
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com China’s supreme leader Xi Jinping marked his 60th…
Pentagon buys M-17 Russian military helicopters for Afghan Army
Special to WorldTribune.com Compiled by Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com On June 16, the U.S. Army and…
The sons also rise: Xi Jinping grooms more and more princelings for top slots
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com Given the apparent ease with which President Xi…
Beijing’s divide-and-conquer ‘diplomacy’ splits alliances, public and private sectors
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com The usually deferential official Chinese media has characterized…
North Korea missile tests seen advancing the threat south of Seoul
Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com SEOUL — North Korea is thought to be progressing with…
Russian Pacific Fleet enters the Mediterranean in challenge to West
Special to WorldTribune.com Compiled by Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com For the first time in a decade,…
Kim Jong-Un shifts focus to economy from military escalation
Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un who mobilized the military and…
N. Korean paratroopers exercise near China to block defections; border villages demolished
Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com North Korean troops have demolished villages near the border with…
‘Get ready to fight’: China shifts from Deng’s ‘low profile’ to Mao’s aggression
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com Nothing illustrates better the conservative turn that Chinese…
Netherlands uncovers sleeper agents planted before USSR’s collapse
Special to WorldTribune.com Compiled by Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com The conviction of a former Dutch diplomat…
China’s Defense White Paper: 1.6 of 2.3 million PLA forces are for domestic ‘social stability’
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com Willy Lam is traveling. The Chinese government on…
Kim’s absence from public view triggers speculation about the hierarchy in Pyongyang
Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un’s two-week absence from…