TIM SHORROCK—My award was doubly significant because my stories had grown directly out of events that took place on the very square where I stood. There, in the shadow of Gwangju’s old Provincial Capital, the last voices of the city’s rebels had been stilled on May 27, 1980, by a Korean Army division dispatched from the DMZ marking the border with North Korea. They were sent with the approval of the US commander of the US-Korea Joint Command, Gen. John Wickham. That decision, made at the highest levels of the US government, forever stained the relationship between the United States and the South. For the people of Gwangju, many of whom believed that the US military would side with the forces of democracy, it was a deep betrayal that they’ve never forgotten.
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SOUTH & NORTH KOREA
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South Korean people stage big demonstration against THAAD nuclear missiles
by TGP STAFF11 minutes read=By= ANDRE VLTCHEK Global War Correspondent Published on Aug 15, 2016 People in…
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The US propaganda machine against South Korea is in full swing. Given that there can be complete radio silence for months on end regarding SK, it is probably a good idea to ask two important questions. First, what is the nature of the propaganda. Second, why now and what are we not supposed to see. Caleb Maupin addresses the first question and counters propaganda with truth.
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US- S. Korea Exploiting DMZ Mine Incident to Divert Attention from Anti-N Korea Provocations
by TGP STAFF26 minutes read[dropcap]I [/dropcap]have no idea how it transpired that mines linked to the DPRK (north…
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what’s left The South Korean state is a capitalist tyranny of American manufacture By Stephen…