Tag: South Korean

Echoes of Terror on the Korean Peninsula

K. J. Noh on

The Ordeal of Shim Han-un Shim Han-un has lived, by any measure, an extraordinarily difficult life.  On July 8th, 2014, at the ripe age of 64, on a judgment from the Seoul Central Court, he…

DPRK Demands Halt to US-South Korea the RENEWED NUCLEAR WAR DRILLS

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North Korea has demanded South Korea and the US halt their annual military drill, calling it “a serious provocation.” If not, north-south relations “will plunge into a deadlock and unimaginable holocaust,” says Pyongyang. “We sternly warn the US and the South Korean authorities to stop the dangerous military exercises which may push the situation on the peninsula and the north-south ties to a catastrophe,” said the spokesman for the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea (CPRK) in a statement, reported [North Korea’s] KCNA state news. The US and South Korea, which have shared the cost of hosting American soldiers since 1991, are planning to stage military exercises late February. The annual drills such as ‘Key Resolve’ and ‘Ulchi-Freedom-Guardian’, staged by Seoul and Washington, focus on defending the South from attacks, including possible ones from the North.

Part II The Jeju Naval Base Another US Base in Korea: Strategic Threat to China

Dr. Kiyul Chung on

Continues from Part I, “The Jeju Naval Base Another US Base in Korea: Strategic Threat to China I”: http://www.4thmedia.org/2012/03/16/emergency-report-the-entry-to-jeju-island-by-3-american-vets-for-peace-members-were-denied-forcibly-deported-by-s-korean-authorities/ Introduction to Part II Prof. Bruce Cumings, the Chicago University Professor, the world’s most renowed and…

A Korean Spring?

Christine Ahn on

As 2011 came to a close, the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il took the world by surprise (including the CIA which, like the rest of us, only learned of his passing 48…