Most dangerous job in China? Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission

Most dangerous job in China? Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission

by WorldTribune Staff, January 27, 2026 Real World News Gen. Zhang Youxia, communist China’s top general and the Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission, has been removed from the post by Communist Party chief Xi Jinping, state media announced over the weekend. Zhang, 75, once considered one of Xi’s most-trusted military allies, was also […]

Prime minister under S. Korea’s conservative Yoon administration sentenced to 23 years

Prime minister under S. Korea’s conservative Yoon administration sentenced to 23 years

by WorldTribune Staff, January 21, 2026 Real World News Han Duck-Soo, who served as prime minister during conservative South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol’s Administration, was sentenced on Wednesday to 23 years in prison on rebellion charges. Many others in the Yoon Administration are facing prosecution. Han, age 76, is the first official from the Yoon […]

Meanwhile in Seoul: Prosecutors seek death sentence for president’s conservative predecessor

Meanwhile in Seoul: Prosecutors seek death sentence for president’s conservative predecessor

Analysis by WorldTribune Staff, January 15, 2026 Real World News In a legal assault on a political opponent that makes Jack Smith’s crusade against President Donald Trump look tame in comparison, special prosecutors appointed by leftist South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung want the death penalty for conservative former President Yoon Suk-Yeol. Lee was elected president […]

South Korea’s Lee giddy after selfie ‘of a lifetime’ with Xi Jinping in China

South Korea’s Lee giddy after selfie ‘of a lifetime’ with Xi Jinping in China

by WorldTribune Staff, January 6, 2026 Real World News When you’re meeting with the head communist in charge, why not mark the occasion by snapping a selfie? That’s exactly what leftist South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung did in the presence of Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday. Lee was happy to […]

With surprise exercise surrounding Taiwan, China telegraphs coercion to Japan, USA

With surprise exercise surrounding Taiwan, China telegraphs coercion to Japan, USA

FPI / January 1, 2026 Geostrategy-Direct By Richard Fisher The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its People’s Liberation Army (PLA) held two days of surprise large scale joint-force coercive military exercises surrounding Taiwan on Dec. 29, 2025 and Dec. 30, even though the PLA Eastern Theater Command on Dec. 28 had stated the exercises would […]

U.S. general holds line on access to the DMZ, challenges legislation pushed by South Korea’s Left

U.S. general holds line on access to the DMZ, challenges legislation pushed by South Korea’s Left

by WorldTribune Staff, December 28, 2025 Real World News The general in charge of U.S. forces in Korea rejects a move by the administration of leftist South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung to adopt legislation on civilian entry into the demilitarized zone (DMZ). “We don’t allow that area to become politicized,” Gen. Xavier Brunson said in […]

Trust the Chicoms? Violating international agreements is CCP ‘doctrine’

Trust the Chicoms? Violating international agreements is CCP ‘doctrine’

by WorldTribune Staff, December 24, 2025 Real World News The belief that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has transformed into a trustworthy partner on the world stage is pure fantasy, an analyst said. “Communism is incompatible with a rules-based international order because it rejects the sovereignty of rules. In Beijing’s logic, the party is sovereign, […]

Generals call East Asia most critical flashpoint, but for U.S., the ‘enemy is right here’

Generals call East Asia most critical flashpoint, but for U.S., the ‘enemy is right here’

by WorldTribune Staff, December 14, 2025 Real World News Because the U.S. “has skin in the game” with citizens living in Guam and the Northern Marianas, America can be considered an Indo-Pacific nation, retired Army Gen. Charles Flynn said on Thursday. “We can’t forget about this part of the homeland,” Flynn said in an address […]

Analysis: No, Taiwan is not China’s internal affair

Analysis: No, Taiwan is not China’s internal affair

by WorldTribune Staff, December 11, 2025 Real World News In 1955, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill rejected communist propaganda that Taiwan was somehow a domestic matter for China. He insisted instead that Taiwan’s status was, by legal fact and geopolitical reality, an international issue. Churchill, one of the architects of the 1943 Cairo Declaration outlining […]

Analyst slams China over fighter jets’ ‘dangerous’ drills near Okinawa

Analyst slams China over fighter jets’ ‘dangerous’ drills near Okinawa

by WorldTribune Staff, December 8, 2025 Real World News Chinese fighter jets conducted drills near the Okinawa islands in Japan which included aiming their radar at Japanese military aircraft in two “dangerous” incidents, Japanese officials said. “These radar illuminations are a dangerous act that went beyond what is necessary for the safe flight of aircraft,” […]