Family of Merrill Newman, 85, from Palo Alto, California, disclose he was taken off aircraft leaving the country without explanation. Associated Press in San Jose theguardian.com, Thursday 21 November 2013 03.40 EST Merrill Newman, 85, a retired finance executive… Read More ›
Korean War
Video Games Ruin Chinese Military Leadership
August 21, 2013: The Chinese armed forces is running into problems raising the standards of its officers and specialists. Over the last few years the Chinese have made more of an effort to attract college graduates to the military. Much… Read More ›
Kim Jong who? Meet the cabal that really runs North Korea
Geoffrey CainAugust 1, 2013 06:01 Add Geoffrey Cain to your circles Follow @geoffrey_cain Legend aside, the boy despot doesn’t do everything himself. Here’s the power pantheon he shares power with. The Workers’ Party of Korea includes the other power players… Read More ›
Report: Surge in N. Korea Air Force Sorties
By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE SEOUL — North Korean jet fighters have flown an “unprecedented” number of sorties in recent days in apparent response to a joint South Korean-U.S. military exercise, a report said Wednesday. The number of sorties by… Read More ›
North Korea threatens to ‘wipe out’ border island
Priyanka Boghani and Geoffrey CainMarch 12, 2013 09:56 SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has threatened to “wipe out” a small South Korean island in the latest escalation of rhetoric on the Korean peninsula. Speaking during a visit to border… Read More ›
N. Korean defense ministry confirms end of armistice
North Korea’s armed forces ministry confirmed Wednesday that it has canceled a 60-year-old armistice ending the Korean War. “The armistice agreement is no longer valid and [North Korea] is not restrained by the North-South declaration on non-aggression,” AFP quoted a… Read More ›
N. Korea threatens to scrap armistice accord
AFP Tuesday, Mar 05, 2013 SEOUL – North Korea threatened Tuesday to scrap the armistice which ended the Korean War in 1953, citing US moves to impose sanctions for its nuclear test and tensions over South Korean-US exercises. The threat… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 