Asia Pacific

Was South Korea’s Coup an Attempt to Restart the Korean War?

Ju-Hyun Park / Peoples Dispatch Dec 17, 2024 Testimony at the National Assembly suggests Yoon’s coup plot may have included plans to trigger a “limited war” with North Korea. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Military

Harris’ Aversion to Diplomacy With Dictators Is More Bush Than Obama

Jack Hunter / Responsible Statecraft Aug 27, 2024 Negotiating with adversaries is not 'cozying up to tyrants,' as she suggested in her DNC speech. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Asia Pacific

Washington Moves Toward Long-Standing Goal of An ‘Asian NATO’ in the Pacific

Ju-Hyun Park / The Real News Network Oct 13, 2023 The budding Japan-South Korea-US (JAKUS) trilateral alliance minted at Camp David is a dream come true for Washington in the New Cold War. And it wouldn’t be happening without South Korean President Yoon’s war on labor and the opposition. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

Wounds of War

It’s Time To End the Forever War on the Korean Peninsula

Gabriela Bernal / Responsible Statecraft Jul 26, 2023 On the 70th anniversary of the armistice, a new call for a peace treaty between Washington and Pyongyang. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Netanyahu’s Election Victory Could Mean Palestine’s Destruction

Juan Cole / Truthdig Mar 3, 2020 After the Israeli prime minister's Likud Party falls shy of a governing majority, one PLO official laments the "triumph of apartheid." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Did Tucker Carlson Help Calm Trump on Iran?

By DAVID BAUDER / The Associated Press Jan 10, 2020 The president has reportedly told confidants that the Fox News host's advocacy for restraint played a role in his decision-making. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Korean Peninsula Troubles Pose U.S. Security Challenge

ROBERT BURNS / The Associated Press Nov 21, 2019 The toughest problem is North Korea’s refusal to restart negotiations with Washington on eliminating its nuclear weapons. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

10 Ways the Climate Crisis and Militarism Are Intertwined

Medea Benjamin / Independent Media Institute Sep 27, 2019 Only by freeing up billions of dollars currently earmarked for the Pentagon can we begin to address the existential crisis of our time. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

#NeverForget the War in Afghanistan

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Sep 13, 2019 Donald Trump has killed a deal with the Taliban based on the death of one U.S. soldier. But more will die if troops remain in the longest war. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

North Korea Fires Projectiles Hours After Offering Talks With U.S.

HYUNG-JIN KIM / The Associated Press Sep 9, 2019 The suggestion of resuming nuclear diplomacy with the two launches into the sea are seen as pressure on the Trump team to make concessions. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Trump Wields Sanctions Hammer, But to What End?

MATTHEW LEE / The Associated Press Aug 19, 2019 Experts caution the administration is relying too heavily on coercion at the expense of cooperation with the international community. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

George Orwell Predicted Our Current Dystopia

Tom Engelhardt / TomDispatch Aug 19, 2019 In the real-life version of the dystopian novel "1984" we seem to be caught in, Trump is our very own idiosyncratic version of Big Brother. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )