by WorldTribune Staff, January 1, 2018 Liberal South Korean President Moon Jae-In ran on a platform that emphasized reaching out to North Korea for peace talks. Moon’s hopes were quickly dashed by North Korea’s escalating nuclear and missile tests, and his leftist government is in trouble with its base for providing enthusiastic lip service to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 31, 2017 Maritime authorities in South Korea said they have seized a Panama-flagged ship suspected of transferring oil to North Korea at sea. The ship, the KOTI, is the second known vessel suspected of ship-to-ship transfers of oil to North Korea, which is banned under international sanctions. South Korean authorities said […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk WASHINGTON ― Historical comparisons can be terribly flawed. Bearing that in mind, I could not help but think of talk about talks with North Korea while watching a new British film, “Darkest Hour,” all about Winston Churchill in the darkest early days of World War II spurning pleas to […]
Special to WorldTribune , December 21, 2017 Yes: 128 No: 9 Abstain: 35 Y AFGHANISTAN Y DOMINICA Y LITHUANIA SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE Y ALBANIA A DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Y LUXEMBOURG Y SAUDI ARABIA Y ALGERIA Y ECUADOR Y MADAGASCAR Y SENEGAL Y ANDORRA Y EGYPT A MALAWI Y SERBIA Y ANGOLA EL SALVADOR Y MALAYSIA […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 17, 2017 U.S. and South Korean forces last week conducted a joint exercise aimed at infiltrating North Korea and removing the Kim Jong-Un regime’s weapons of mass destruction. North Korea last tested an ICBM on Nov. 29. Pyongyang claims the Hwasong-15 is capable of hitting anywhere in the United States. Last […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk WASHINGTON ― A lot of people here, from right to left politically, think war on the Korean peninsula is imminent. Kim Jong-Un, they say, is eager to order a seventh nuclear test as well as test shots of intercontinental ballistic missiles. And would not President Trump love to stage […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — The Olympic Games should be entirely about sport, sportsmanship and solidarity. Yet they rarely are. Every four years the athletes of the world, or at least most of them, meet in an exotic locale plagued by political controversy, cost overruns, corruption, and doping concerns. The […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 11, 2017 The U.S., South Korea and Japan on Dec. 11 began joint exercises in waters near the Korean peninsula aimed at tracking missiles from North Korea, Seoul’s Defense Ministry said. “During the drill, Aegis warships from each country will simulate detecting and tracking down potential ballistic missiles from the North […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk WASHINGTON – The CIA has struck alarm bells here with a top-secret report to President Trump telling him he has just three months to stop North Korea from having the ability to fire a nuclear warhead at the United States. The report has deepened the bitter divide between hawks […]
by WorldTribune Staff, December 6, 2017 The United States brought its top guns to the show on Dec. 6 as it dispatched at least one B-1B bomber and several F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jets to a major joint exercise with South Korea. In an unprecedented show of force amid ongoing provocations by North Korea, the […]
