by WorldTribune Staff, May 29, 2020 Details about what happened in Gwangju, South Korea from May 18 through May 27, 1980, remain elusive four decades later as the nation commemorates a watershed tragedy. It remains a highly-charged subject in which the roles of the governments of the United States and South Korea in suppressing the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 22, 2020 An article in the May 8 edition of WorldTribune [Allegations of fraud in South Korean elections called warning on new voting technologies] attracted widespread attention in South Korea. The liberal-left JTBC South Korean network challenged the report which cited the East Asia Research Center. Dr. Tara O, who heads […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 17, 2020 An article in the May 8 edition of WorldTribune attracted widespread attention in South Korea where conservatives have no traditional media alternatives to the corporate giants which have lined up with the ruling party of leftist President Moon Jae-In. A report by the liberal-left JTBC South Korean network challenged […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has dodged a bullet, meaning the onslaught of speculation about whether he was dead or alive, ill or just avoiding the coronavirus. It’s amazing how quickly and easily many of us were taken in by the initial report on the Daily NK, based on […]
by WorldTribune Staff, May 8, 2020 Suspicions of election fraud arose last month after South Korea’s general election, a report said. The ruling party of leftist President Moon Jae-In won by a landslide in a parliamentary election last month that attracted the highest voter turn out in 28 years, despite being held during the coronavirus pandemic. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk SEOUL — The vanishing act of Kim Jong-Un provokes one inevitable question. With all the billions that the U.S. puts into gathering intelligence by all those “agencies,” why can’t any of them come back with the definitive answer on the state of his health? Just think about the multi-tentacle […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk SEOUL — The phrase has a certain drama, overtones of life-or-death struggle: “The last plane out of” a city under attack, under siege, on the brink of surrender. In my case, it was “the last plane out of Washington,” or, to be precise, the last non-stop flight from Washington […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 7, 2020 Taiwan and South Korea have been lauded by many health officials and media organizations as models of successful strategies to combat the coronavirus. However, while South Korea’s testing strategy has reportedly flattened the curve of infections, it still has more than 10,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19. Taiwan has 355. […]
by WorldTribune Staff, March 25, 2020 In January, South Korea reportedly sent millions of masks to China amid the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak. Shortly after the Chinese government quarantined the entire city of Wuhan on Jan. 23, South Korea quickly provided China over 6 million masks, in addition to at least 42,000 protective suits, other supplies, […]
FPI / March 9, 2020 Chinese nationals in South Korea, have been exposed using social media in an effort to thwart a massive petition drive to impeach South Korean President Moon Jae-In, a report said. Amid massive criticism of Moon’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak in South Korea, a Blue House petition which called for […]
