Tag Archives: North Korea

by Ramin Mazaheri In 2013 my bosses in Tehran sent me to Seoul, and I felt quite courageous: just like today, Seoul was about to be ground zero for thermonuclear war. And then – as we all know from the movie ...

This article was written for the Unz Review The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 did mark the end of the longest experiment in Communism in recent history. Many saw this event as the proof that Communism (or Marxism-Leninism, I ...

Pyongyang claimed on Saturday that launching ballistic missiles toward the US is “inevitable all the more” due to US President Donald Trump’s labelling of DPRK leader Kim Jong-un as “rocket man”. Just hours after USAF B-1B nuclear-weapon-capable bombers flew close to the northern ...

According to South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS), Kim Jong-un and wife Ri Sol-ju welcomed a new addition to the family back in February.   Seoul’s intelligence agency submitted the report of the new birth to the National Assembly Intelligence Committee on Monday. ...

Originally appeared at ZeroHedge After going for one month without a ballistic missile test – which some analysts had taken as indication that Trump’s hard-ball tactics with Kim Jong Un are bearing fruit – on Saturday morning local time, North Korea ...

by Peter Koenig As reported by CNN, “The United Nations Security Council on Saturday [5 August 2017] passed a resolution imposing new sanctions on North Korea for its continued intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) testing and violations of UN resolutions. With 15 votes ...

by Pepe Escobar for the Asia Times Alarm bells ringing as rampant speculation breaks out over Pyongyang’s ‘possible’ miniaturized nuclear warheads. Beware the dogs of war. The same intel “folks” who brought to you babies pulled from incubators by “evil” Iraqis as ...

Originally appeared at TheAntiMedia.org Less than a week after C.I.A. chief Mike Pompeo suggested that regime change in North Korea would be a good thing for the Trump administration, the East Asian country said Tuesday it was ready and willing to strike the ...

North Korean central television reported Pyongyang has successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile. Earlier in the day, Pyongyang launched the missile at 09:39 local time (00:39 GMT on Tuesday), which landed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone in the Sea of ...

Following remarks by Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman last week that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is “insane and radical,” Pyongyang responded on Saturday with strident rhetoric, calling Israel a threat to world peace, as it possesses nuclear weapons but ...