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North Korea Says “Trump Declared War”, Threatens To Shoot Down US Jets
North Korea Says “Trump Declared War”, Threatens To Shoot Down US Jets Having raged at President Trump’s “suicide mission” on Saturday, North Korea’s foreign minister Ri Yong Ho called for an impromptu press conference this morning following President Trump’s extended travel ban, in which the diplomat said that Trump’s recent tweet that DPRK’s leadership would […]
Earthquake Detected Near North Korea Nuclear Test Site; China “Suspects Explosion”
Earthquake Detected Near North Korea Nuclear Test Site; China “Suspects Explosion” In what may be the latest major escalation involving North Korea – and potentially the nation’s 7th nuclear test – China’s earthquake administration said it detected a magnitude 3.5 earthquake in North Korea, which it suspects “was caused by an explosion”, raising fears that […]
Barbarism and Shame: Why the US Refuses a Korea Peace Treaty
Barbarism and Shame: Why the US Refuses a Korea Peace Treaty The Korean crisis is a powerful lens on American barbarism, past and present. Despite Washington’s self-righteousness and pretensions of virtue, the modern history of Korea is an especially powerful lesson that destroys the American national mythology. Listening to President Trump’s conceited rhetoric about wiping […]
Trump — American Gaullist
Trump — American Gaullist If a U.S. president calls an adversary “Rocket Man … on a mission to suicide,” and warns his nation may be “totally destroyed,” other ideas in his speech will tend to get lost. Which is unfortunate. For buried in Donald Trump’s address is a clarion call to reject transnationalism and to […]
China Fears “Vicious Circle” On Korean Peninsula, US Sees “Tipping Point” If Kim Tests H-Bomb Over Pacific
China Fears “Vicious Circle” On Korean Peninsula, US Sees “Tipping Point” If Kim Tests H-Bomb Over Pacific In a considerably more aggressive, and less diplomatic, ‘story’ in China’s government mouthpiece Xinhua, writers warn: “It is not hard to tell that the situation has become a vicious circle where more missile tests trigger more sanctions, while […]
Trump To Impose More Sanctions On North Korea Today
Trump To Impose More Sanctions On North Korea Today Update: According to Bloomberg, Trump won’t be declaring war (yet), and instead the announcement is sanctions related. TRUMP’S N. KOREA ANNOUNCEMENT TO BE SANCTIONS-RELATED: OFFICIAL TRUMP SAYS `WE WILL BE PUTTING MORE SANCTIONS ON NORTH KOREA” * * * Following yesterday’s anticlimatic Rex Tillerson press conference […]
Presidential Bomb Threats at the UN
Presidential Bomb Threats at the UN Photo by Nathaniel St. Clair Donald Trump denounced North Korea and its president Kim Jong-un as “depraved” before the United Nations Sept. 19, saying the nation “threatens the entire world with unthinkable loss of life.” Of course, North Korea can barely feed itself, and yet has to defend itself […]
Trump’s China-Sanctions Madness Imperils the Dollar
Trump’s China-Sanctions Madness Imperils the Dollar Last week US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin warned the US will impose new sanctions on China if it doesn’t conform to UN sanctions on North Korea: “If China doesn’t follow these sanctions, we will put additional sanctions on them and prevent them from accessing the U.S. and international dollar […]
Jim Rogers Warns “If Trump Starts A Trade War With China, It Will End US Hegemony”
Jim Rogers Warns “If Trump Starts A Trade War With China, It Will End US Hegemony” Following Treasury Secretary Mnuchin’s threat that the US could impose economic sanctions on China if it does not implement the new sanctions regime against North Korea: “If China doesn’t follow these sanctions, we will put additional sanctions on them […]
Fearful Californians Prepare For A Nuclear Attack: “A Lot Of People Will Be Killed”
Fearful Californians Prepare For A Nuclear Attack: “A Lot Of People Will Be Killed” With each passing day and each new ICBM launch from a seemingly unhinged North Korean dictator, the fears of an attack on the U.S. mainland, though faint, increasingly weigh on the hearts and minds of Americans, particularly those in California. As […]
North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Which Passes Over Japan
North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Which Passes Over Japan Update 1: According to Fox News, the U.S. has now confirmed the latest North Korean missile launch. U.S. OFFICIAL CONFIRMS #NORTHKOREA FIRED BALLISTIC MISSILE: FOX NEWS * * * All the diplomatic posturing, the jawboning, the UN sanctions, and threats over the past three weeks has […]
North Korea Preparing For ICBM Launch: Japan Press
North Korea Preparing For ICBM Launch: Japan Press Gold spiked and USDJPY tumbled as headlines from Japan’s Nikkei newspaper confirmed US military officials’ observations last night that North Korea is said to show signs of missile launch preparation. As the Nikkei adds, citing an unidentified Japanese government official, the missile is being prepared for launch […]
North Korea Threatens To “Sink” Japan With Nuclear Weapons, “Reduce The US To Ashes”
North Korea Threatens To “Sink” Japan With Nuclear Weapons, “Reduce The US To Ashes” Less than a day after US officials observed North Korea moving mobile missile launchers and engaging in preparations for what appears to be another missile test, a North Korean state committee has stepped up its belligerent rhetoric, threatening to use nuclear […]
US Threatens To Cut Off China From SWIFT If It Violates North Korea Sanctions
US Threatens To Cut Off China From SWIFT If It Violates North Korea Sanctions In an unexpectedly strong diplomatic escalation, one day after China agreed to vote alongside the US (and Russia) during Monday’s United National Security Council vote in passing the watered down North Korea sanctions, the US warned that if China were to […]
