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Critique of Into the future article by NK News about future of North Korea
Excerpts are taken from speculative what-if article titled “Into the future” that is written by Chad O’Carroll and published by North Korea focused American online based news and analysis website…
Sri Lankans Protest Outside U.S Embassy against Pompeo’s Visit Denouncing “Foreign Interference”
Pompeo’s pending visit to Sri Lanka has been met with protests outside of the United States embassy, denouncing what they see as “interference” in the country’s affairs and violation of…
Why China is Not Truly A Threat to the West
Mao Qingyu In his recent visit to the Czech Republic, the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo again ramped up the Cold War rhetoric and implied that China is a…
Taiwan’s Guomindang Slams Tsai ing-wen for “Retrograde” Cross Strait Relations
The appointed chairman of Taiwan’s Guomindang (KMT) party Johnny Chiang today criticized President Tsai ing-wen in the midst of her inaugural speech at the beginning of her 2nd term, accusing…
Humanitarianism vs. Sanctions: The New Battlefield
In 2017, United Nations sanctions against North Korea were tightened significantly owing to the fallout of the country’s repeated nuclear and missile tests. Such measures took broad aim at all…
Why the Iran Saga is a disaster for North Korean denuclearization
“Iran made a very big mistake“- declared Donald Trump on twitter. Hours earlier, Tehran reported that it had shot down an American drone of which it argued was infiltrating their…
Xi’s Visit to North Korea within the context of Sino-US tensions
Yesterday Chinese media and North Korea’s KCNA announced that Communist Party chairman Xi Jinping would be making a state visit to Pyongyang, the first by a Chinese leader to the…
Divide and Rule Diplomacy: North Korea’s dicing of the Trump Administration
Yesterday Donald Trump told a press conference that he had received a “beautiful letter from Kim Jong un”. Although he did not specify its contents, he placed a positive spin…
Why is North Korea turning down aid from Seoul?
Much has been said about an apparent food crisis in North Korea, with harvest numbers dropping to their lowest in 10 years. Whilst economic analysts of the DPRK economy such…
The Spectre of Appeasement in American Diplomacy
In 1938 British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain struck a deal with German dictator Adolf Hitler which became known as the “Munich Agreement”. The deal, offering the Nazi regime territorial concessions…