North Korea
The death of Kim Jong-il
By Peter Symonds, December 20, 2011
The death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has produced a mind-numbing deluge of articles in the international press presenting the regime in Pyongyang as a dangerous threat to stability in North East Asia.
Famine threatening millions in North Korea
By Will Morrow, October 15, 2011
The United Nations has warned that more than six million North Koreans—or one quarter of the population—are threatened with malnutrition.
Washington and Seoul ramp up tensions on Korean peninsula
By John Roberts, March 4, 2011
South Korea’s latest joint military exercises with the US dovetail with the Obama administration’s aggressive efforts to contain China’s influence in North East Asia.
Backed by Washington, South Korea stages further military provocations
By John Chan, December 23, 2010
Today’s live-fire drill further demonstrates the reckless determination of the South Korean regime and its chief backer, the Obama administration, to intensify pressure on North Korea and China, regardless of the danger of war.
Washington’s incendiary role in Asia
By Bill Van Auken, December 22, 2010
Washington’s encouragement of South Korea’s live-fire military exercise in disputed waters off the North Korean coast is emblematic of the increasingly incendiary role played by US imperialism in Asia.
Korean tensions ease—temporarily
By John Chan, December 21, 2010
The Obama administration engineered this crisis as part of its ongoing campaign directed primarily at undermining China’s growing influence in Asia.
South Korean military exercise raises danger of war
By John Chan, December 20, 2010
In a calculated and reckless provocation directed in the first instance against North Korea, the Obama administration has encouraged South Korea to proceed with live-fire drills in the vicinity of Yeonpyeong Island.
US-China tensions mount amid widening war exercises
By Bill Van Auken, December 7, 2010
A late Sunday phone call between the US and Chinese presidents underscored the mounting tensions between the two countries as Washington and its allies stage a series of military exercises.
US and China in a diplomatic standoff over North Korea
By John Chan, December 3, 2010
While repeatedly declaring that China must intervene to contain North Korea, Washington and its allies have rebuffed China’s diplomatic efforts to calm the Korean confrontation.
US stages show of force as China calls for crisis talks on Korea
By Bill Van Auken, November 29, 2010
The US and South Korean militaries launched a major show of force in the Yellow Sea.
The Korean crisis and the threat of a wider war
By Bill Van Auken, November 27, 2010
Six decades after US and Chinese troops waged bitter hand-to-hand combat south of the Yalu River, tensions on the Korean peninsula are being fed by and are in turn exacerbating great power conflicts between Washington and Beijing.
US exploits Korean clash to step up pressure on China
By John Chan, November 25, 2010
The US decision to send an aircraft carrier to the highly sensitive Yellow Sea following Tuesday’s exchange of shelling between the two Koreas has heightened regional tensions.
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