Tag: South Korea
Peace Comes to Korea: Let’s Understand Why
Posted by David Swanson | May 1, 2018 | Asia Pacific, Politics, US, Viewpoints | 0 |
Crisis in the Congo: Where is the International Co...
Posted by David Kowalski | Jan 30, 2018 | Africa, News & Analysis, Politics | 2 |
Associated Press Associates Itself With War
Posted by David Swanson | Oct 27, 2017 | Politics, US, Viewpoints | 1 |
COVID-19 and Mass-Surveillance: Why South Korea’s approach is also anathema to civil liberties
by Mohammad I. Aslam | Apr 13, 2020 | Asia Pacific, Politics, Viewpoints
Big Brother can do wonders during a pandemic, but the granularity of what it gleans is surpassed by the infringement on privacy that it can make.
Why We Need Decolonization in 2020
by David Swanson | Jan 17, 2020 | News & Analysis, Politics, US
The immediate opportunity for decolonization in 2020, of course, is joining Iraq in demanding that the US close its bases in Iraq.
Closing Military Bases, Opening a New World
by David Swanson | May 3, 2019 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
The US has built an empire of military bases around the globe, but the good news is that popular activism can get bases shut down.
Climate Gains in the West, Exported Pollution in the Rest
by Dan Steinbock | May 1, 2019 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, US
Environmental pollution has not disappeared from the advanced West; it has been exported to more vulnerable economies.
What Next for the Korean Denuclearization?
by Victor Zhikai Gao | Mar 8, 2019 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Politics, US
Achieving denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula will bring peace and stability not only to the Korean Peninsula, but to all Northeast Asia and beyond.
Congress Finds its War Powers and Weaknesses
by David Swanson | Feb 1, 2019 | Middle East, Politics, US, Viewpoints
While Congress may be moving to the US war in Yemen, it’s also working to ensure the continuance of war and hostilities elsewhere.
How APEC Can Boost Free Trade in Asia Pacific
by Dan Steinbock | Nov 16, 2018 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Politics
Amid trade wars, the outcome of the APEC meeting matters. As globalization is at crossroads, trade in Asia today will shape world trade tomorrow.
Korea Should Reunify Outside the Empire
by David Swanson | Sep 26, 2018 | Asia Pacific, Politics, US, Viewpoints
The two Korean governments and the Korean people are willing to resolve their differences, but the US government is standing in their way.
Altruism and Sadism in Public Policy
by David Swanson | Jun 25, 2018 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
There are three things that are almost always underestimated: the U.S. military budget, altruism, and sadism.
Peace Comes to Korea: Let’s Understand Why
by David Swanson | May 1, 2018 | Asia Pacific, Politics, US, Viewpoints
The best thing that could happen for peace would be for the US to immediately get its missiles, its military, and its nose out of the Korean peninsula.
Crisis in the Congo: Where is the International Community?
by David Kowalski | Jan 30, 2018 | Africa, News & Analysis, Politics
The international community should make a greater effort to engage with the Congolese pseudo-dictator Joseph Kabila to entice him to step down voluntarily—while doing their upmost to ensure his people do not suffer any additional harm.
Associated Press Associates Itself With War
by David Swanson | Oct 27, 2017 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
Associated Press propaganda about the situation with North Korea leaves writes out all possibilities of a peaceful resolution.
US Path to War on North Korea Is Well Worn
by David Swanson | Sep 15, 2017 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Politics
The US has a long history of deliberately provoking wars, with horrendous human consequences, but this time the stakes might be even higher.
U.S. Policy Going Nowhere in North Korea
by Alexander Acimovic | May 6, 2016 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, US
Engaging in cultural exchange and trade with North Korea would be more productive than the US’s existing failed policy.
Discarding Kaesong: Reviving the Cold War on the Korean Peninsula?
by Jort van Oosterhout | Feb 24, 2016 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis
Seoul’s cessation of the Kaesong Industrial Complex has effectively buried its Trustpolitik policy of engagement with North Korea.
North Korea Rocket Test and Implications
by M. Suleman Shahid | Feb 18, 2016 | Asia Pacific
The significance of North Korea’s recent launch of a rocket to send a satellite into orbit: testing its ICBM capability.
North Korea: A Threat to World Peace?
by Stefan Vucak | Jan 8, 2016 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, US
The US has its share of the blame for creating the volatile situation with North Korea and its nuclear program.
Let’s Bomb Daesh with Propaganda. Seriously!
by Bill Pursell | Jan 8, 2016 | Middle East, Viewpoints
Daesh (or ISIS) was built and is sustained by ideologies; therefore ideological attacks will do more to tear them apart than guns or bombs.
The Coming Civil War in North Korea
by Brandon K. Gauthier | Sep 18, 2015 | Asia Pacific, US, Viewpoints
The US should engage Pyongyang and encourage its leaders to pursue economic reforms that would improve the lives of its people.