In its Korean War bombing campaign, the US ‘burned down every town in North Korea’ ...a “long, leisurely and merciless” US bombing campaign: well over half a million tons of bombs dropped, napalm and chemical weapons deployed, cities levelled [and] although the ferocity of the bombing was recognised as racist and unjustified elsewhere in the world," for many Americans it was … [Read more...] about Unknown to most Americans, the US ‘totally destroyed’ North Korea once before
Progressives in Korea now control both the National Assembly and municipal governments
On June 14, less than 24 hours after the Trump-Kim Summit in Singapore, South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party (DP) won a landslide victory in local elections, winning 13 of 17 metropolitan mayoral and gubernatorial posts. It was a major boost for President Moon Jae-in and a reaffirmation of his country’s faith in him and his diplomacy with North Korea and the United … [Read more...] about Progressives in Korea now control both the National Assembly and municipal governments
Sorry Dems, The Peace Train has Left the Station
An overwhelming majority of South Koreans have expressed support for both the April 27 Panmunjom Declaration for Peace signed by Moon and Kim and for the Trump-Kim summit. This support was made clear in June 13 local elections, in which Moon’s Democratic Party crushed the opposition in record-setting fashion. Despite this deep and widespread support for peace and … [Read more...] about Sorry Dems, The Peace Train has Left the Station
Non-US-centric reporting on Kim-Trump summit
Thanks to Seth Mountain for this list.Resources for those of you (especially In the US) who wish to get past the memes and extremely partisan, often ahistorical, US-centered and decontextualized narratives making the rounds this week about what happened in Singapore on Tuesday.Here are 11 LINKS (in English) to important articles, analyses, critiques, official documents … [Read more...] about Non-US-centric reporting on Kim-Trump summit
Nation reporter Tim Shorrock on the banality of the US media
Here's the moment of levity from the isolated White House press room in Singapore (picture: Tim Shorrock), where the elite reporters covering a historic summit between the US and North Korea blithely ignore South Korea. Thanks to Seth Mountain for his input from Seoul. … [Read more...] about Nation reporter Tim Shorrock on the banality of the US media