N. Korean missile expert emerging as Kim Jong-Un’s new aide
Special to WorldTribune.com North Korea watchers in Seoul have been paying keen attention to a…
Xi Jinping hits the ground running, telegraphs hawkish policy stances
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com Less than one month after becoming general secretary…
Where’s Vladimir? Kremlin spokesmen vague on Putin’s health
Special to WorldTribune.com Compiled by Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com The Kremlin is adamant that rumors about…
As Xi takes the helm, a foreign military ‘adventure’ is an attractive option
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com One of the biggest foreign and national security…
Kim Jong-Un ‘obliterated’ officer, purges others to escape his father’s shadow
Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com SEOUL — Several additional senior North Korean officials…
Hu Jintao seen prevailing in PLA power struggle with Xi Jinping and Jiang Zemin
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com President Hu Jintao has clawed back some territory…
Joint U.S.-Japan election-season exercise scrubbed out of sensitivity to China
Special to WorldTribune.com East-Asia-Intel.com Washington and Tokyo have decided to cancel a large joint amphibious…
Parade of billionaire ‘red capitalists’ coming for CCP’s 18th Party Congress
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com Just 11 years after then-President Jiang Zemin took…
Blast from past may block rise of Shanghai Party boss to Politburo Standing Committee
Special to WorldTribune.com By Willy Lam, East-Asia-Intel.com Even history buffs in China have only a…
Gertz: U.S. intel officials charge ‘cover up’ of Iran’s terror role in Egypt, Libya, Syria
Times247.com Weeks before the presidential election, President Barack Obama’s administration faces mounting opposition from within…
Al Qaida’s new tactics deliver old message: U.S. out of the Middle East
Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com ABU DHABI — Al Qaida’s tactics have clearly changed, but the…
Kim Jong-Un’s frequent visits to front-line bases makes South anxious
Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea — North Korea’s youthful…
Putin bombshell: He planned invasion, war in Georgia 4 years ago
Special to WorldTribune.com Compiled by Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com On the fourth anniversary of the brief…
N. Korea’s new leader expected to announce economic reforms in shift from military supremacy
Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com SEOUL — North Korea has formed a task…
Reports: Wiretap led to Ri’s ouster in N. Korea; firefight killed 20
Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com SEOUL — Ri Yong-Ho, the most ardent supporter…