by WorldTribune Staff, July 17, 2017 The government of South Korean President Moon Jae-In has made its first formal overture to North Korea, proposing direct military talks between Seoul and Pyongyang. South Korea’s Defense Ministry proposed talks between representatives of the two countries’ militaries that would be held on July 21 at Tongil-gak on the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Nearly six hundred years ago, huge Chinese fleets plied the Indian Ocean sailing as far as Arabia and the East African coast. The epic seaborne expeditions carried out between 1405 and 1432 under Adm. Cheng Ho and during the glorious Ming Dynasty were larger and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 13, 2017 China continued the rapid extension of its global military reach this week as ship transporting troops set sail for Djibouti to be stationed at the nation’s first overseas military base. Djibouti’s strategic position on the northwestern edge of the Indian Ocean and the southern entrance to the Red Sea […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 11, 2017 [Updated July 13] The Chinese government security forces were overseeing every second of the last moments of cancer-stricken Nobel Prize winner and top dissident Liu Xiaobo, a surviving hero of the bloody June 4, 1989 Communist Party crackdown at Tiananmen Square who died on July 13. Liu, who has […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 12, 2017 The U.S., Japanese and Indian navies have each dispatched aircraft carriers to the Bay of Bengal to take part in an exercise which analysts say is aimed at checking China’s increased presence in the region. The USS Nimitz of the U.S. Navy, INS Vikramaditya of the Indian Navy and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 12, 2017 While its propaganda outlets continue to spotlight the success of its recent ICBM launch and leader Kim Jong-Un’s threats to America, a photo of soldiers watering drought-stricken rice paddies showed the reality on the ground in North Korea. A drought that began in April has resulted in enormous damage […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 11, 2017 China is continuing to reinforce its Great Firewall. In an effort to close a major window to the open Internet, the government in Beijing has instructed state-run telecommunications carriers to block Chinese citizens’ access to virtual private networks (VPNs) by Feb. 1. The telecoms, which include China Mobile, China Unicom […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler NEW YORK — We have seen this movie before and it never ends well. An arrogant and boastful dictator snubs the world and threatens his neighbors. The international community frets in rightful indignation but does little to respond. As tensions rise, the world appears hostage to a bully. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk WASHINGTON – Pro-Northers have got to be more than a little disappointed by the recent summit between the presidents of the Republic of Korea and the United States. Judging from all the blather they were emitting before the summit, the pro-North crowd would have far rather seen President Moon […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Geostrategy-Direct The Trump administration on June 29 notified Congress that it had approved a major arms sales package for Taiwan to beef up the island democracy’s self defense against an aggressive Chinese military threat. According to Heather Nauert, the spokesperson for the State Department, the package is worth $1.42 billion and […]
