Gates to Mend Relations in Beijing
The defense secretary will try to soothe some of the tension in the Sino-American relationship.
North Korea
Senators Affirm Commitment to South Korea
Democrats and Republicans agreed on Sunday that the United States should stand strong in their alliance with embattled South Korea.
US Warships Steam Toward Yellow Sea
The American carrier strike group on forward deployment in Japan heads for the Korean Peninsula.
North Korean Attack Forces China’s Hand
North Korea’s shelling of a South Korean island is putting further pressure on Beijing to disavow its communist ally.
UN Offers North Korea $290 Million in Aid
The UN extend a lifeline to Pyongyang that may end up prolonging its destructive regime.
America’s Spirit Invincible; China’s Still Puzzling
America stages large military exercises with South Korea while China’s views on the North are unclear.
Why North Korea Will Keep Inventing Crises
Since North Korea sank a South Korean corvette in the Yellow Sea last March, the Hermit Kingdom proved once again just how capable it is of causing international consternation. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak promised “firm, responsive measures against the North.” The world’s last bastion of Stalinism threated with “all out war” in turn which […]
A Chance to Appease China
In the wake of North Korea’s sinking of the South Korean corvette Cheonan last March, the Obama Administration has been trying to muster Chinese support for renewed sanctions against the Stalinist regime. So far, its efforts have been frustrated by division within Beijing’s ruling class. After international investigators proved that the North had been responsible […]
Avoiding the Unthinkable
As evidence mounts that the South Korean warship sunk last March was indeed brought down by a North Korean torpedo, tensions in Korea are rising. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak has pronounced economic sanctions on the North which has reportedly begun to ready troops. The intentional sinking of a foreign naval vessel is certainly cause […]
Trouble in Korea
With American secretary of state Hillary Clinton underway to the East Asia, a crisis is looming in the waters of the Yellow Sea where a South Korean corvette sunk last March, killing 46. South Koreans authorities have ascertained that a North Korean torpedo was responsible for the sinking. The North has denied any involvement, threatening […]
The Forgotten Plight of North Korea
The suffering of the 24 million people who live under North Korea’s Stalinist dictatorship is often overlooked.