by WorldTribune Staff, December 14, 2024 Real World News As his supporters flooded the streets of Seoul early on Dec. 14, South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol warned he would legally contest impeachment proceedings rather than resign early, signaling his readiness to face a Constitutional Court review if impeached. His strong preference for legal action over […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 12, 2024 Real World News In a Dec. 12 address to the nation, embattled South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol explained why he declared martial law, why it was a lawful declaration, and what forces he is fighting against. Stating emphatically that he will “fight to the end,” Yoon describes the anti-state […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 11, 2024 Real World News To believe the international legacy media, one would refer to South Korea’s president in the past tense. On Dec. 7, after South Korea President Yoon Suk-Yeol had declared, then rescinded, martial law, leaders of his People Power Party (PPP) claimed that Yoon had agreed he would […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 7, 2024 Real World News Was there a strategy behind South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol’s shocking decision to impose martial law late on Dec. 3, 2024? Defense Minister Kim Yong-Hyun, who had advised Yoon on declaring martial law before resigning on Dec. 5, was asked by SBS why martial law troops […]
FPI / December 6, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher On Dec. 3 China launched its 60th space mission for 2024; But with one month to go China may not reach its goal of 100 orbital launches but may surpass its record of 67 launches for 2023. However, annual launch rates may soon well surpass 100 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 6, 2024 Real World News South Korea’s National Assembly’s main opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) failed in its effort to impeach conservative President Yoon Suk-Yeol on Saturday, but Yoon’s People Power Party (PPP) reportedly said he has agreed to an early departure from office. Yoon on Tuesday had declared martial […]
FPI / December 4, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher An unprecedented two-day joint China-Russia bomber exercise and Russian suggestions they will deploy new nuclear capable missiles to Asia point to a growing China-Russia nuclear threat to that region. On Nov. 29 and 30, China and Russia conducted their 9th and largest joint bomber exercise designed […]
Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, December 3, 2024 Real World News International and U.S. media have failed to report the context of the political crisis in South Korea which led conservative President Yoon Suk-Yeol to declare emergency martial law on Tuesday evening. That background includes not only the longstanding influence of pro-North Korean organizations in the […]
FPI / November 28, 2024 Geostrategy-Direct The city of Dandong in China, which sits across the Yalu River from North Korea, features several restaurants staffed by North Korean waitresses who not only serve tables but sing and dance to entertain the diners. Though the waitresses are the main reason diners visit the restaurants, most of […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 24, 2024 Real World News The administration of leftist South Korean President Moon Jae-In, who was in office from May 2017 to May 2022, allegedly leaked details of U.S.-South Korea military operations related to the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system to communist China and to civic groups […]
