Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk SEOUL — Whenever experts talk about “confederation” or “reunification” between North and South Korea, they overlook the fate of tens of thousands of people confined to prison camps in the North for offenses that might threaten the regime. Examples of such “crimes” include Christian worship, possession of a bible […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Dmitry Volchek, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Every Wednesday, Aleksei Nesterenko stands outside building No. 23 on Moscow’s Nikolskaya Street with a sign calling for it to be turned into a branch of the city’s GULAG museum. On September 12, 1938, Nesterenko’s father was executed inside that building, which at […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 6, 2018 Saudi Arabia has committed to allow Air India the use of Saudi airspace for its new routes to and from Tel Aviv, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhau said on March 5. Netanyahu made the announcement in Washington after his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. There was no immediate […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders Don’t look now but Donald K. Trump has won his war with the traditional media and the Hollywood luminaries. In the process he has left the Democrats gasping for breath and searching for a missing program for action. It will take historians a while to figure out just […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 2, 2018 Many taxpayers are unaware that the repeal of the Obamacare individual mandate does not take effect until 2019, the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus said. Rep. Mark Meadows, North Carolina Republican, said the repeal should be immediate so taxpayers can avoid being hit with a fine by the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 4, 2018 Governments are testing rating systems for each individual’s value which dole out or withhold benefits based on how people perform, an analyst said. “We live in a world where judgment is being replaced by numbers – by scores that calculate the value of a human being, with the help […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 2, 2018 The Taliban is reluctant to accept Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s offer of peace talks because the terror organization said it views Ghani’s government as a U.S.-imposed regime. “While the international community sees Ghani’s administration as the sole legitimate government of Afghanistan, the Taliban see it as an artificial, foreign-imposed […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 4, 2018 In the nearly three weeks since the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, advocates pushing for stricter gun control laws have monopolized the national conversation. Now, those on the other side of the issue are beginning to push back. In a March 2 speech to the Virginia House of Delegates, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty WASHINGTON — If it hasn’t started already, then a new arms race is almost certainly about to get under way, arms-control experts and analysts warn. With his announcement that Russia has developed new strategic weapons, including a nuclear-powered missile that he said can fly indefinitely and […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 2, 2018 Americans believe government inaction on threats and violent video games and movies are more to blame for mass shootings than weak gun control laws, two new polls show. A Rasmussen Reports poll in the wake of last month’s Florida school shooting found that 54 percent of adults blame the […]
