Eight countries, representing around one-quarter of all humanity, say that Washington’s actions are undermining their response to the COVID–19 pandemic sweeping the planet. The governments of China, Cuba, Iran, Nicaragua, North Korea, Russia, Syria, and…
25 March 2020 H.E. Mr. Antonlo Guterres Secretary-General United Nations New York Distinguished Secretary-General, Today, in the midst of the global pandemic resulting from COVID-19, that negative impact on the well-being of our peoples and…
Russian President Vladimir Putin did not specify which countries should be earmarked for sanctions relief, speaking instead more broadly (AFP Photo/Alexey DRUZHININ) Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called for sanctions…
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean and U.S. militaries announced Thursday that they were postponing their annual joint drills due to concern about a viral outbreak that has infected soldiers in both countries’…
The United States is relying more heavily on illegal unilateral coercive measures (also known as economic sanctions) in place of war or as part of its build-up to war. In fact, economic sanctions are an…
Pyongyang, January 11 (KCNA) — Kim Kye Gwan, advisor of the DPRK Foreign Ministry, issued the following statement on Saturday: From the outset of this year, the south Korean authorities have become too busy, talking…
Peninsula in 1950-53 Korean War! A Korean War fact–and why Kim wants nukes. Key point: The history of the Korean War could help explain why disarming Pyongyang may, in the end, prove to be an…
After 18 months of on-off diplomacy with North Korea, the Trump administration seems determined now to jettison the fragile talk about peace, reverting to its earlier campaign of “maximum pressure” and hostility. It’s a retrograde…
Mr. Trump ran in 2016 almost on a peace platform in terms of foreign policy. He said things such as this: “I share the American people’s frustration… I also share their frustration over a foreign…
Ever since the United States divided the Korean peninsula in 1945, North Korea has had to cope with the existential challenge of U.S. hostility. Korea marks the western boundary of the empire, a border area…
