Tag: North Korea
What can North Korea tell us about America’s future?
Is the United States heading toward a hard landing?
Russia and North Korea: An alliance of desperation
The Kremlin can count on only one real ally in its war in Ukraine.
“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.
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Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.