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Korea News Links 26 May – 2 June 2018
2 June 2018 15:45:58 — williambowles.info Japan urges caution on any North Korea agreement https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/06/japan-urges-caution-north-korea-agreement-180602052545026.html North Korea, China on the agenda of security summit in Singapore https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/06/north-korea-china-agenda-security-summit-singapore-180602121314109.html Continue reading
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Trump Seeks Regime Change in Iran, Ripping up Nuclear Deal and Imposes ‘Strongest’ Sanctions
Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani said the US president is very “committed to regime change” in Iran, in a speech for the Iranian opposition cult the MEK. Then Trump sabotaged the JCPOA and Mike Pompeo announced “the strongest sanctions in history.” Continue reading
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Trump Seeks Regime Change in Iran, Ripping up Nuclear Deal and Imposes ‘Strongest’ Sanctions
Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani said the US president is very “committed to regime change” in Iran, in a speech for the Iranian opposition cult the MEK. Then Trump sabotaged the JCPOA and Mike Pompeo announced “the strongest sanctions in history.” Continue reading
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North Korea May Cancel Summit Over Bolton’s ‘Absurd’ Demands
The Trump administration thought it was an easy path in its negotiations with North Korea. Trump was euphoric when North Korea released three U.S. prisoners and proudly announced the June 12 summit with Kim Jong-un in Singapore where North Korea would agree to give up all its nuclear weapons and nuclear development programs. Trump would… Continue reading
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What Do US Pundits Know About North Korea That 88% of South Koreans Don’t? By Adam Johnson
Broadly speaking, recent developments between North and South Korea have been met with widespread optimism and praise from the South Korean public. But journalist Tim Shorrock noted last week in The Nation (5/2/18), the response in US media was the polar opposite to how these peace efforts are being received in South Korea. US pundits… Continue reading
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North and South Korea: A Handshake that Shook the World By Prof. Joseph H. Chung
Early morning of April 27, 2018, the world saw Kim Jong-un coming with dignity and self confidence toward Moon Jae-in who was waiting on the south side of the narrow demarcation line separating the Korean peninsula into two parts.. As soon as Kim approached Moon, the two leaders greeted each other with sincere and friendly… Continue reading
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NYT Examines How History Impacts Korean Talks–but Its Own Memory Is Fuzzy By Jim Naureckas
It’s not surprising that the US and North Korea view the history of Libyan disarmament differently, when the New York Times (4/29/18) can’t even agree with the New York Times about it. Continue reading
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Liberals, Conservatives Worry About Korean Peace Threat By Gregory Shupak
Commentators across the spectrum of acceptable establishment opinion are alarmed by the possibility of peace breaking out on the Korean peninsula. Continue reading
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Trump’s “Spontaneous” Decision to Meet Kim Jong-un, Or was it the CIA’s Decision? By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
According to the US media (in chorus) it was president Trump who took the decision (without prior consultation with his Cabinet, national security and intelligence advisors) to meet face to face North Korean leader Kim Jon-un at a US-DPRK Summit. Continue reading
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A Message to Washington: Don’t Blow The Third Chance of Peace in the Korean Peninsula! By Joseph H. Chung
Pyeongchang Olympics might be able to offer the third chance of peace in the Korean peninsula. In fact, there were two chances of peace in the past, one in 1994 and the other in 2005. Both could have led to success but failed because of some unjustifiable reasons. Let us hope that the third chance… Continue reading
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‘The United States Is Driving a Wedge Between the Two Koreas’ By Janine Jackson
Janine Jackson: Many were stirred by the sight of North and South Korean athletes parading together at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Pyeongchang. And that’s a big problem, says Vice President Mike Pence, who declared, to some media applause, that he would “seize every opportunity” to stop North Korea from using the games as… Continue reading
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From PyeongChang to Lasting Peace on the Korean Peninsula By Hyun Lee
The sense of excitement at the fleeting inter-Korean reunion, followed by pain and sorrow at not knowing when or if the two Koreas will ever meet again, is shared by Koreans on all sides of the division. And therein may be the answer to the perpetual and seemingly unresolvable conflict on the Korean peninsula. That… Continue reading
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US Media Turn to ‘Superhero’ Pence to Combat Korean Olympic Peace Threat By Adam Johnson
North Korea, like virtually every country on earth, is using the Olympics this week as an opportunity for political theater, and this has greatly upset many in US media. Ostensibly this is because North Korea, marching with South Korea in the opening ceremonies and sending a squadron of cheerleaders to the Winter Games, is getting… Continue reading
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The Genocide Conspiracy Against North Korea: An Open Letter to the International Criminal Court By Christopher Black and Prof. Graeme McQueen
The American threats against North Korea continue to mount and with them the threat of the genocide of the people of North Korea by the United States of America and its allies. The meeting of the USA, Canada and other nations that attacked North Korea in 1950 held in Vancouver, Canada, on January 16, which… Continue reading
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Day of Infamy for the UN Security Council: Triggering a Devastating Humanitarian Crisis in North Korea By Carla Stea
In view of the collapse of the DPRK’s socialist economic system these sanctions are intended to provoke, the ultimate question remains why China and Russia failed to veto these sanctions, while they have the power to prevent this catastrophe. What “arrangements” were made? Has the U.S. juggernaut succeeded in inducing the short-sighted submission of Russia… Continue reading
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Imminent Dangers to Humanity: The Social Psychological Factor “Permitting” Nuclear War and Climate Change By Prof. Marc Pilisuk
During time of mourning or fear of grave existential threats, the human psyche is quite capable of denying and ignoring likely and imminent dangers. President Trump raised the prospect of venturing into a nuclear war with North Korea. It is essential that some of us counter this propensity. In nuclear war there are blast, firestorm… Continue reading
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North Korea – UN Security Council’s “Killer Resolution”,15 to 0: Choking a Country into Submission By Peter Koenig
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is being choked into submission if not starvation by the UN Security Council, by a vote of 15 : 0; i.e. unanimously. None of the 15 UNSC states, let alone the five permanent members, have had the guts to say no to a killer Resolution, drafted and proposed… Continue reading
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Engaging North Korea II: Evidence from the Clinton Administration
The Clinton administration made plans for war against North Korea during the 1994 nuclear crisis. While U.S. officials believed they could “undoubtedly win,” however, they also understood “war involves many casualties,” according to documents posted today by the George Washington University-based National Security Archive. Continue reading
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US and South Korea Begging for War with North Korea. Preparation for Military Onslaught under Operation “Vigilant Ace” By Carla Stea
On November 23, the U.S. and South Korea confirmed that they will be deploying yet another menacing military demonstration against North Korea, with 230 aircraft, including F-22 Raptor stealth fighters and F-35 aircraft, 12,000 U.S. personnel, with the participation of the U.S. marines and navy. This preparation for military onslaught against the DPRK, called “Vigilant… Continue reading
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'The Nuclear Enterprise Is on Autopilot'
When it comes to nuclear weapons, our next guest explains, all the talk you hear about strategic considerations driving proliferation—how do we look tough with North Korea, and so on—is in a sense a distraction from what’s really going on. If you really want to know why the US keeps churning out nuclear warheads, follow… Continue reading
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