Tag: South Korea
South Korea’s Green New Deal: Myths versus realities
There's one place in the world where the Green New Deal is a policy reality. But is it living up to its hype?
The pitfalls of US-South Korean economic cooperation
Seoul and Washington should be working together to bring China on board for the kind of economic transformation that the planet so desperately needs.
For millions of dogs, South Korea is hell on Earth
Summer in South Korea brings the brutal Boknal “dog eating days,” when more than a million dogs are tortured and slaughtered for meat.
On 65th Anniversary of Korean truce, activists criticize US for delaying...
“The United States has made a military colony in South Korea and established a puppet regime. We seek peace for our nation and the people of Korea."
Liberals are criticizing the Korea Summit from the Right. Here’s why...
With an end to the 68-year Korean War finally in sight, some U.S. “progressives” are pushing Trump to be more hardline – despite the fact that Koreans overwhelmingly want peace.
On again, off again, on again: The U.S./North Korea summit
Could the Korean Peninsula turn a page on its heartbreaking modern history?
America’s megalomaniac
With Trump, there’s no longer American foreign policy. There’s only Trump’s ego.
What does ‘denuclearization’ mean in the negotiations for an end to...
Maybe ending U.S. occupation of South Korea.
US misses opportunity for peace progress at Olympics
Peace is made more difficult with the U.S. threatening a ‘bloody nose’, teenage bully talk for a military first strike, against North Korea.
South Korea slips off the US leash
What we’re really seeing here is South Korean President Moon Jae-in making a bold move to assert South Korea’s independence from the United States.
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Republicans can’t see the forest for the trees. Trump blocks their vision of the...
Yes, sometimes you can’t see the forest because of the trees. Republicans are so afraid of Trump that they have him on their minds all the time. Let’s call Trump the Trees.
Khanna unveils $12 trillion progressive plan to cut deficit and invest in working families
As Republicans push tax cuts for the wealthy, Rep. Ro Khanna releases a sweeping economic blueprint that targets Pentagon waste, corporate fraud, and billionaire loopholes to fund national priorities.
Trump threatens ‘heavy force’ against peaceful protesters as military parade marks birthday spectacle
As Trump prepares to mark his 79th birthday with a massive military display in Washington, his warnings against “any” protesters draw widespread alarm from rights groups and legal experts.
Timely lessons for keeping people safe in the streets
As Trump looks to increase repression, a new training guide explains how peacekeepers reduce fear and build solidarity.
How the rich get richer: Evade taxation, grease trillion-dollar tax breaks, jack interest rates,...
In class and status-conscious, materialistic America (was it ever otherwise?), scoring net worth is easier than figuring out messy election results.