Tag: North Korea
“Doomsday Clock” kept at 90 seconds to midnight for 2024 ...
As the Doomsday Clock" ticks closer to midnight, global tensions and nuclear threats intensify.
North Korea’s real threat
North Korea’s greatest liability is something that it currently views as an asset: its radical isolation.
Working with North Korean defectors
People for Successful Corean Reunification (PSCORE) is a non-governmental organization based in Seoul that advocates for the reunification of the Korean Peninsula...
The problem of sanctions against North Korea
Economic sanctions have demonstrably failed to change North Korean behavior. So, when is the world going to try something new?
The climate crisis and Korea
By setting aside their myriad differences, North and South Korea can show the rest of the world that addressing the climate emergency must take precedence over all other disagreements.
The politics of American protest, with a North Korean twist
The right wing has attacked Gwen Berry for her Olympic trial protest. A North Korean defector has joined that chorus.
US news falsely reports that North Korea threatened to nuke US
In case it isn’t clear that U.S. News & World Report is misinforming readers with a ridiculous interpretation.
Spain not satisfied with CIA answers on embassy attack
Burglars sought files of Kim Jong-un adviser.
Trump’s bromance with Kim is gross, but let the love letters...
Despite the failed summit, relations between the U.S. and North Korea are much better than they were 18 months ago.
The next US-North Korea summit
Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un are scheduled to meet again. Here are several reasons to be optimistic about next month’s summit.
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Mo. Senator Eric Schmitt’s asinine SHIELD Act would classify blowing whistles as ‘Obstruction of...
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Multi-million dollar agreement to import giant pandas from China collapses
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ICE at the gates: Rights groups warn Trump airport deployment risks civil liberties crisis
Civil liberties advocates, unions, and lawmakers raise alarm over use of immigration agents in airport security amid shutdown-driven staffing crisis.