US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel announced yesterday that the Pentagon would expand the number of ground-based, anti-ballistic missile interceptors deployed in the Asia Pacific region by nearly 50 percent by 2017. An additional…
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Why has North Korea withdrawn from an armistice agreement that has kept overt hostilities on the Korean peninsula at bay since 1953? Does the withdrawal portend an imminent North Korean aggression? Hardly. North Korea is in no position to launch an attack on its Korean neighbour, or on the United States, at least not one that it would survive. North Korean forces are dwarfed by the US and South Korean militaries in size, sophistication and fire-power. The withdrawal serves, instead, as a signal of North Korean resolve to defend itself against growing US and South Korean harassment, both military and economic
UN’s 2013 human development report urges action on climate change, deforestation and pollution before it is too late The number of people living in extreme poverty could increase by up to 3 billion by 2050…
The Vatican conclave has elected Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope Francis I Who is Jorge Mario Bergoglio? In 1973, he had been appointed “Provincial” of Argentina for the Society of Jesus. In this capacity,…
The pervasive news surrounding the confirmation hearing of John Brennan, Obama’s nominee for CIA director, is paralleled by another, related story that has been largely ignored by the U.S. media. That is the story of…
Russia´s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov calls the report of the independent commission of inquiry biased, arming the Syrian opposition illegal, and states that opposition needs to appoint a team for negotiations. Russian – US/NATO relations have…
Controversy Concerning the Korean Armistice Agreement: “A State of War Still Remains in Effect” The New York Times (3/8/13), writing about Korean tensions, reported: The North said this week that it considered the…
On March 11, 2006, President Slobodan Milosevic died in a NATO prison. No one has been held accountable for his death. In the 7 years since the end of the lonely struggle to…
KCNA Commentary Blasts U.S. and Its Allies’ Cyber Attacks There are very disturbing developments against the backdrop of the ever mounting moves of the U.S. and its allies to stifle the DPRK. Intensive…
DPRK Foreign Ministry Spokesman Slams UN Secretary General’s Invectives Hurting Its Sovereignty: He should observe neutrality, impartiality and objectivity in his work, to begin with, as becoming his position. A spokesman for the Foreign…