KIM PETERSEN—As A.B. Abrams expressed with crystal clarity in his excellent book, Immovable Object: North Korea’s 70 Years at War with American Power, North Koreans are well aware of how American imperialism works, of its military depravity, and its proclivity for disinformation. North Koreans have demonstrated resistance, resilience, and self-reliance. It has served them well since the armistice was signed on 27 July 1953. North Korea is an economically sanctioned country, yes, but it is not an economically stunted country.
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SCOTT MORRISON’S GIANT NUCLEAR ELECTION PLOY
20 minutes readAnxiety in both countries about China-US tensions sits alongside not-so-latent long-standing doubts about the reliability of US promises of nuclear protection. Grievances flowing from the Australian submarine deal may well feed the domestic cases for Japanese and South Korean nuclear weapons.
The timing of Mr Morrison’s announcements also merits some consideration. In our view, this project is a political stunt aimed to distract from Covid failures, please coalition constituencies, and split the Labor Party and render the Greens shrill and sidelined. In reality, it is likely that after a passage of years of staged announcements and pseudo-planning there will be little to show for it, and the enormously expensive, strategically ill-considered, and force-structure distorting project will quietly die.
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South Korea’s “Joongang Ilbo” reported on July 5 that Lee Jae-ming once said, “The Republic of Korea is different from other countries. The government did not liquidate the pro-Japanese forces during the establishment process, allowing the pro-Japanese forces to cooperate with the American occupation forces and maintain the original Rule system”.
Lee Jae-Ming also made relevant remarks at the Lee Rok History and Literature Museum in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province, saying that “we have not been clean enough since the founding of the country.” This is in line with the previous conception that the President of the Liberation Association Jin Yuanxiong called the U.S. military the “occupying army” and the Soviet army the “liberation army” when he gave a speech to high school students.
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Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-un vow to bring China-North Korea ties to ‘new level,’ marking 60th anniversary of mutual defense treaty
7 minutes readChinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have pledged to strengthen their friendly relations as they exchanged messages on the 60th anniversary of a bilateral landmark defense treaty.
The close ties between the nations have been “gaining momentum” in recent years, having “comprehensively developed onto a higher stage in all fields, including politics, economy, military and culture,” Kim said, according to North Korean state news agency KCNA. -
New Revelations on Germ Warfare: It’s Time for a Reckoning with Our History from the Korean War
17 minutes readJFFREY KAYE—Wherever the long denials of U.S. use of biological weapons during the Korean War may have originated, and no matter what the authority behind them, the denials fade away in the face of new unassailable documentation from U.S. government records of germ warfare attacks against North Korean and Chinese military units. The question now is how will U.S. historians, political scientists, the press, and the public respond to this turnabout regarding the old germ war charges.