More security breaches in Korea; Chinese again caught spying on U.S. air base

More security breaches in Korea; Chinese again caught spying on U.S. air base

by WorldTribune Staff, April 25, 2025 Real World News For the second time in three days, the same pair of Chinese nationals on Wednesday were caught filming American fighter jets near a U.S. military installation in South Korea. According to the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency, the U.S. Army reported the pair, whose names were […]

Analysts: U.S. cannot afford to continue deemphasizing Northeast Asia

Analysts: U.S. cannot afford to continue deemphasizing Northeast Asia

by WorldTribune Staff, April 13, 2025 Real World News A prompt end to the war in Ukraine will allow the U.S. to shift its focus to the all-important Indo-Pacific, an analysis said. “The importance of Northeast Asia cannot be overstated,” Dane Chamorro and Col. Grant Newsham wrote for Forbes on April 10. “The collective GDP […]

South Korean delegation ‘on the plane’ to U.S.; China hit with 104% tariff

South Korean delegation ‘on the plane’ to U.S.; China hit with 104% tariff

by WorldTribune Staff, April 8, 2025 Real World News A South Korea delegation was en route to Washington, DC on Tuesday for negotiations with President Donald Trump on trade and defense. The blue-chip Dow soared 1,238 points, or 3.2%, after the opening bell on Tuesday amid renewed optimism for a deal with trading partners before […]

Conservative South Korean president finally ousted after pursuing election fraud probe

Conservative South Korean president finally ousted after pursuing election fraud probe

by WorldTribune Staff, April 4, 2025 Real World News South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Friday upheld the impeachment of President Yoon-Suk Yeol, a conservative who had declared martial law in an effort to investigate alleged massive election fraud. TV channels showed the acting chief justice, Moon Hyung-Tae, declaring: “The constitutional order and the repercussions from […]

Alternative media credited for populist South Korean revolt against CCP-backed Left

Alternative media credited for populist South Korean revolt against CCP-backed Left

by WorldTribune Staff, March 28, 2025 Real World News Independent media and youth activism are playing a major role in driving a populist revolt against South Korea’s leftists who are closely tied with the Chinese Communist Party, an analyst said. “I have closely monitored South Korean politics since former President Park Geun-Hye’s impeachment. Back then, […]

SOS from the ‘Donald Trump of Asia’; The ‘Acheson Line’ and the start of the Korean War

SOS from the ‘Donald Trump of Asia’; The ‘Acheson Line’ and the start of the Korean War

by WorldTribune Staff, March 13, 2025 Real World News The “Donald Trump of Asia” could use some help from the Donald Trump, an analysis said. Since he was elected in May of 2022, South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol has been under constant attack from leftist opposition Democratic Party (DP), which “has done everything possible to […]

Washington Post profiles CCP-backed leader in Seoul as pro-Yoon protests continue

Washington Post profiles CCP-backed leader in Seoul as pro-Yoon protests continue

by WorldTribune Staff, February 23, 2025 Real World News How effectively is South Korea handling negotiations with President Donald Trump who is set to impose punishing tariffs on the East Asian economic powerhouse? Not so much. The nation’s popular conservative President Yoon Suk-Yeol has been impeached, sidelined and is in detention. The acting president Choi Sang-Mok reportedly […]

Analyst: Only Trump stands in way of Xi’s brutal plans for South Korea, Japan

Analyst: Only Trump stands in way of Xi’s brutal plans for South Korea, Japan

FPI / February 5, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping’s lofty ambition of world dominance begins with aligning the stars in the East Asia galaxy. That goal is well within reach, an analyst said. In South Korea, “pro-North Korea and pro-China (and anti-American) leftists are aiming to establish a one-party state,” Grant Newsham […]

Day one: Donald Trump’s compromised foreign policy inheritance

Day one: Donald Trump’s compromised foreign policy inheritance

Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler, January 20, 2025 A series of widening wars, growing humanitarian crises and simmering foreign conflicts are among the list of foreign policy/security woes confronting President Donald Trump. From day one of his administration the president must assess and prioritize U.S. policy interests in key regions both on the […]

Korea’s anti-impeachment protests go national with MAGA overtones

Korea’s anti-impeachment protests go national with MAGA overtones

by WorldTribune Staff, January 19, 2025 Real World News The relentless effort of the leftists who lead South Korea’s Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) to impeach and arrest President Yoon Suk-Yeol has spawned a massive conservative movement in his defense. That movement has overtones of U.S President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement, with activists showing up […]