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From www.michaelmunk.com Obama and the US media are following their usual script in blaming only North Korea for the current episode. But if you want to uindertstand what's going on, you have to ignore all their nonsense and start here: The military armistice that ended the Korean war in 1953 gave South Korea temporary control--until a peace treaty treaty would...
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Most of the press is reporting the basic story, that there was a sudden attack on a South Korean island. Thanks to some South Korean peace activists, with no love of North Korea's government but deep suspicion of US-South Korean motives, we now have a slightly wider picture of what has been happening. Although given passing mention in the mainstream press, the peace activists stress...
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sent from http://nobasestorieskorea.blogspot.com/First the list, then excerpts *Space4peace(Organizaing Notes)--STUDENTS CONNECT DOTS TO WAR $$$*Space4Peace(Korean, Korean Committee blog for the Global Network Conference, 2009)*Korea site for the World March for Peace and Nonviolence in Korea*Korea Report--> Overseas Koreans Call for Peace in KoreaStatement Calling for...
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Sung-Hee ChoiEmergency News: Office and staff houses of the Korean Alliance for Progressive Movement (http://www.jinbocorea.org/) were forcefully searched by the National Intelligence Service at 6:30am, June 29, 2010(Korean time) and three staffs were arrested ( Representative, Han Choong-Mok, Jung Dae Yeon, former Executive Chairman, and Choi Young-Ok, Vice Chairman of the Self-Reliance...
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John McGlynn Introduction On May 20, South Korea's defense ministry made public a short statement on the "international" investigation into the sinking of the South Korean warship, the Cheonan, on March 26, which left 46 sailors dead. U.S. South Korean officials, along with major western news organizations, have been describing this statement as a "report," but since a) the authors of...
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Jeju and a Naval Arms Race in Asia By Kyoungeun Cha, June 18, 2010 Maritime security has been a top issue in Northeast Asia recently. The sinking of the South Korean ship, the Cheonan, was a major agenda item at the annual summit that South Korean conducted with Japan and China on Jeju Island last month. Jeju Island is important for another reason. The South Korean government is planning to...
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Several articles from Koreans who do not believe their government or who have been nearly prohibited from presenting other theories. Was this really a North Korean torpedo or perhaps are the US and South Korea trying to create an atmosphere of hostility, together with Japan, to justofy bases in Okinawa.Video by Korean Americans here on the questions of Cheonan ship incidenthttp://...
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The original Japanese text is available here FROM JAPAN FOCUSTanaka Sakai Translated by Kyoko Selden Introduction At 9:22 on the night of March 26, the 1,200 ton ROK Navy corvette Cheonan was severed in two and sank in the waters off Baengnyeong Island, a contested area that is the closest point of South Korean territory to North Korea. Forty-six crew members died and 58 of the 104...
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Leon V. Sigalhttp://japanfocus.org/-Leon_V_-Sigal/3163Despite the promise of change, the Obama administration has started to address North Korea just as the Clinton and Bush administrations did--accusing it of wrongdoing and trying to punish it for its transgressions. As Pyongyang's recent nuclear test demonstrates, the crime-and-punishment approach has never worked in the past and it won't...
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JPRI Critique , Vol. XV, No. 2 (February 2009) Crafting a More Effective Approach toward North Korea by Peter M. Beck Testimony
before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and
Global Environment Hearing: “Smart Power: Remaking U.S. Foreign Policy
in North Korea,” February 12, 2009. I feel very honored to have the opportunity to discuss with you today how...
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