On June 22, 2022, 20 civic groups held a “No RIMPAC!” press conference in front of the Jeju Naval Base in Gangjeong Village, Jeju Island, South Korea. Beginning with the words “Aloha ʻĀina,” the press conference expressed solidarity with the people and all living beings in and off Hawai’i and southern California. It also demanded “peace practice, not war drills” and closure of the Jeju Naval Base. In Hawaiian, “Aloha ʻĀina” means love and care of the land and sea. Many friends from Hawai’i have visited Gangjeong in solidarity for peace during the last few years. One of them was Pua’ena, […]
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Above Photo: Pretoria traffic lights without power. Waldo Swiegers / Bloomberg via Getty Images. Behind rolling power cuts loom deep-seated socioeconomic issues worsened by the rich countries of the world. On the morning of June 27, 2022, National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) shop steward David Fankomo joined his fellow members at the picket line outside Eskom’s Emalahleni office in the heart of South Africa’s coal belt. Workers at Eskom, the nation’s state-owned electricity utility, have been embattled in four rounds of wage negotiations with the executives since April 2022. South Africa is rich in energy but is in the midst of […]
Above Photo: Delegates from Uganda joined a climate mobilization in France on March 12. Twitter / 350. As a movement born in Uganda and Tanzania arrives in the United States, activists are drawing strength from lessons of earlier pipeline battles. On last month’s annual celebration known as Africa Day, activists in Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana and elsewhere held demonstrations targeting French oil giant TotalEnergies’ involvement in African fossil fuel extraction projects. A main focus of the protests was Total’s proposed East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline, or EACOP, which would transport 200,000 barrels of oil per day from western Uganda to export […]
Above Photo: Korean truck workers stage a protest as part of their strike. Korean Federation of Public Services and Transportation Workers’ Unions. Government agrees to demands. The victory for the truck drivers came after eight days of continued strike brought exports to a standstill and disrupted major sectors including electronics and automobiles. The strike also threatened the global supply chains of semiconductor chips. The formidable truckers’ strike in South Korea came to an end after a tentative agreement was struck after late-night negotiations on Tuesday, June 14. Truck drivers returned to work on Wednesday after the deal approving the key demands […]
Above Photo: Sbongile Tabhethe works in the food garden at eKhenana land occupation in Cato Manor, Durban, 9 June 2020. (New Frame / Mlungisi Mbele). In March 2022, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres warned of a ‘hurricane of hunger’ due to the war in Ukraine. Forty-five developing countries, most of them on the African continent, he said, ‘import at least a third of their wheat from Ukraine or Russia, with 18 of those import[ing] at least 50 percent’. Russia and Ukraine export 33% of global barley stocks, 29% of wheat, 17% of corn, and nearly 80% of the world’s supply of sunflower oil. […]
Above Photo: The Green Connection / Twitter. #Tohellwithshell Indigenous coastal communities and environmental organizations in South Africa argue that Shell did not consult affected communities, and did not obtain environmental authorization. On Monday, May 30, communities from South Africa’s Wild Coast gathered in front of a court in the city of Gqeberha. The day marked the beginning of a landmark 3-day legal challenge brought by these communities against gas and oil multinational Shell, Impact Africa, and the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE). The case is the culmination of a long struggle to protect the Wild Coast against oil and […]
Above photo: KEVN. Rapid City, SD – A complaint has been filed with the Senate Ethics Committee in Washington, DC, regarding unlawful activity by both South Dakota Senators, Mike Rounds (R-SD) and John Thune (R-SD). Electronically filed with the Senate Ethics Committee on May 26, 2022, the Complaint was sent in by four former patients of the Sioux San Indian Health Service Health Facility (Sioux San) in Rapid City. The complaint states that both Senators pressured the Indian Health Service (IHS) to enter into an unlawful contract for the administration of the Sioux San IHS Health Facility with one of their […]
Above Photo: In South Carolina, the state with the lowest rate of union membership, Starbucks workers are helping breathe life into the labor movement. Kerry Taylor. Columbia, South Carolina – Starbucks baristas in Columbia, South Carolina, returned to their jobs on Saturday, May 21, following a three-day walkout to protest anti-union retaliation. Managers began denying employees promotions and transfers several weeks ago after 22 of 28 “partners” at the Millwood Avenue store petitioned the National Labor Relations Board for union representation. The workers reached a breaking point on May 18 when a popular store manager was fired for refusing to engage […]
As China and South Pacific island countries are going to strengthen their cooperation to better serve local people’s demand for development, some voices from the West or Western media have started to distort the cooperation and hype the fear of a new “Cold War.” Chinese experts said the US and Australia always see the island countries as their puppets. So when China help them to become independent and prosperous, the West will definitely feel anxious. Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi will pay an official visit to the Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Samoa, Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and […]
Above Photo: Throughout His Three-Day Visit To South Korea, US President Joe Biden Was Met With Protests From Civic And Student Activists Calling For Peace On The Korean Peninsula. @UsBurning / Twitter. The Protests Were Held In Front Of The Grand Hyatt Seoul Hotel, Near The Presidential Office, Where Biden Stayed During His State Visit. Amid heavy security, hundreds of South Koreans gathered in front of a hotel where U.S. President Joe Biden was staying in Seoul to protest against the president’s visit. People crowded in front of the Grand Hyatt Seoul hotel, near the presidential office, in the Yongsan district […]
A black sedan barreled it’s way into the south power cut blocking off a MAJOR entrance to the woods off Constitution Road across from Black Hall Studios Sunday night, May, 8th, accompanied by a banner that states, “Fuck this World And It’s Cops”– kicking off the, “Week of Action,” to, “Defend the Forest,” in south Atlanta… A huge ass bonfire along with a vast array of fireworks & feral friends silhouetted & serenaded the break in the forest that has now come to be one of the main zones to defend against police incursion into the woods so many people & […]
Native Groups File Federal Lawsuit Against South Dakota Hotel March 25, 2022 Native Groups File Federal Lawsuit Against South Dakota Hotel2022-03-252022-03-25https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/20220325-2.png200px200px Above Photo: Protestors marched in downtown South Dakota and celebrated the filing of a federal lawsuit against a Rapid City hotel whose owner said she would ban Native Americans from property. NDN Collective YouTube Video. Owner Said She Would Ban Native Americans. Hundreds of protestors marched in the streets and gathered outside a South Dakota courthouse Wednesday to celebrate the filing of a lawsuit against a Rapid City hotel whose owner said she would ban Native Americans from property. The […]
Global South Rejects U.S./NATO Aggression By Betsey Piette, Workers World. March 12, 2022 Global South Rejects U.S./NATO Aggression2022-03-122022-03-12https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/03/220312-8.jpg200px200px Above Photo: Times Square protest, New York City, March 5. (Brenda Ryan). As the U.S. and NATO work to advance their war against Russia now breaking out in Ukraine, many countries who have experienced imperialist aggression — by the U.S., France, Britain and other NATO members — are speaking out. They are denouncing the impact of U.S. sanctions as acts of war and calling NATO the threat to global peace. The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America — ALBA — is […]
Above Photo: Shefa Salem (Libya), Life, 2019. On 19 January 2022, US President Joe Biden held a press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. The discussion ranged from Biden’s failure to pass a $1.75 trillion investment bill (the result of the defection of two Democrats) to the increased tensions between the United States and Russia. According to a recent NBC poll, 54% of adults in the United States disapprove of his presidency and 71% feel that the country is headed in the wrong direction. The political and cultural divisions that widened during the Trump years continue […]
Above Photo: Protesters performing and sitting-in at the Urban Poor People’s Rally on December 2 in Seoul. Korea Democratic Street Vendors Confederation. Workers, Farmers And The Urban Poor, Battered By The Pandemic, Are Demanding Labor Protections And Structural Reforms. On January 15, a coalition of workers across South Korea — rural farmers, the urban poor and laborers — will gather in downtown Seoul for a National All-People’s Mobilization, in a protest expected to reach large numbers. Since October, workers have mobilized to demand better conditions, broader labor protections and policies, and structural reforms ahead of the forthcoming presidential and local elections of 2022 (in March and June respectively). The South Korean government has used […]
Above Photo: Though 25 states will raise the minimum wage this year, only two of those states are in the South. (Fight For $15 Florida /Twitter ). 2022 marks 10 years since fast food workers in New York first went on strike to demand higher wages, better working conditions, and the right to unionize — sparking the Fight For $15 movement. Since that time, the movement has gained traction, with California raising its minimum wage to $15 an hour and several other states passing legislation that will gradually do so. As the ongoing global pandemic has drawn attention to the fact that the people who keep the […]
South Korean president Moon Jae-in announced that the four parties in the Korean War, which ended in a stalemate in 1953, have agreed “in-principle” to formally declare its end, indicating a major step towards peace. In a major development in the Korean peace process, South Korea, North Korea, China and the United States have agreed to declare an end to the Korean War. The announcement was made by South Korean president Moon Jae-in on Monday, December 13, who said the four parties to the Korean War agreed “in-principle” to formally declare its end, 71 years after it broke out in 1950. […]
Above photo: Card sections with the image of the Dictator and his wife during the 88 Seoul Olympics. The Death of South Korean dictator Chun Doo Hwan, signals the consolidation of a false media narrative. This is misleading and dangerous. Speaking ill of the dead General Chun Doo Hwan was the corrupt military dictator that ruled Korea from 1979-1988, before handing off the presidency to his co-conspirator General Roh Tae Woo. Chun took power in a coup in 1979, and during his presidency he perpetrated the largest massacre of Korean civilians since the Korean war. He died on November 23rd, in pampered, sybaritic luxury, impenitent and […]
Above Photo: Members of the Korean Health and Medical Workers Union, a KCTU affiliate, gather in front of the Ministry of Health and Welfare in Sejong City, South Korea, on June 23, 2021, to demand improved working conditions and expand public health care. (KCTU) On October 20, at least half a million workers in South Korea — from across the construction, transportation, service, and other sectors — are walking off their jobs in a one-day general strike. The strike will be followed by mass demonstrations in urban centers and rural farmlands, culminating in a national all-people’s mobilization in January 2022. The Korean […]
Above Photo: Sharon Seretlo/Gallo Images. Union metalworkers in South Africa, organized in NUMSA, are on an unlimited strike for an 8-percent wage increase. On October 5, the South African National Union of Metalworkers (NUMSA) called for an indefinite strike (a strike without a set end date) to demand an 8-percent increase in wages — and 160,000 workers in the steel and engineering sector answered the call. The union, South Africa’s largest, represents 400,000 workers in total. The massive strike continues the tense social crisis that has rocked the country since riots broke out in July in two provinces over the jailing of former president […]
Above photo: NUMSA workers stage a protest as part of the engineering workers’ strike in South Africa. PanAfricanism Today. The strike is being led by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa. The refusal by employers to address the demands for a wage hike is being seen as a betrayal by the workers who had foregone last year’s wage hike to cushion the industry during the COVID-induced lockdown. The first day of the indefinite strike in South Africa’s engineering sector on Tuesday, October 5, saw workers in red T-shirts hit the streets in thousands demanding a wage hike. Marches and […]
Above Photo: Brahim Guedich, Wikimedia Over 700 Global South leaders call for an end to Israeli apartheid and de facto annexation. The Global South Response against Israel’s apartheid and annexation plan was launched in July 2020, endorsing the Palestinian civil society demands of UN investigation into Israel’s apartheid, ending business ties, supporting the ICC probe and imposing a military embargo on it. Challenging Israel’s de jure annexation plans, this call located itself in the shared history and commitment to anti-colonialism between Palestinians and the Global South. It was received widely, and endorsed by 10 ex-Presidents including Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki, Dilma Rousseff, Lula da […]
Above Photo: Dag Hammarskjöld arrived in Katanga for talks with Katanga authorities and Belgian representatives about withdrawal of Belgian troops and the deployment of the UN Force. At Elisabethville airport prior to his return in Leopoldville. Aug. 14, 1960. (UN Photo) Note: Former President Harry Truman told reporters two days after Dag Hammarskjöld’s death on Sept. 18, 1961 that the U.N. secretary-general “was on the point of getting something done when they killed him. Notice that I said ‘when they killed him.’” The mystery of the second U.N. secretary-general’s death festered until the 2011 book Who Killed Hammarskjöld? by British researcher Susan Williams, who uncovered new […]
Above Photo: NDN Collective YouTube video ‘Oceti Sakowin March for Our Children LIVE in Pierre, SD’. NDN Collective/YouTube. Newly proposed social studies standards blatantly erase Oceti Sakowin history. Yesterday, NDN Collective’s Education Equity team led hundreds of Indigenous people and allies from across the state in the Oceti Sakowin March for Our Children, demanding the resignation of numerous SD Public Officials for their roles in the newly proposed social studies standards that blatantly erase Oceti Sakowin history. You can view the live stream of the event below: The group met at the Steamboat Park amphitheater, then moved to the Office of Tribal […]
South Korea’s Korea Aerospace Industries, commonly known as KAI, has released a short promo video of its proposed design for the future military transport aircraft. The released video doesn’t reveal much other than a shape that resembles pretty much every other aircraft in the class, as the Japanese C-2 or Ukrainian An-178. At the same time, the plane will be multi-mission aircraft that develops to haul cargo, carrying missiles, launch rockets into space and insert special operators, and refuel other aircraft, among other uses. Last month, Yonhap News Agency also quoted the company’s Executive Vice President Ryu Kwang-su saying that KAI […]
South Korean media on Apr. 23, reported that Korea Aerospace Industries, or KAI, and the Thailand government have reached an agreement on the next batch of T-50TH lead-in fighter trainers. The story was first reported by reporter Min-Seok Kim, which cited industry sources. According to industry sources, the Thai government and KAI have agreed on two additional T-50TH aircraft to enhance the Royal Thai Air Force’s airpower and efficient pilot training. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The T-50TH is a special version of the T-50 Golden Eagle developed for Thailand. The T-50 Golden Eagle is a family of South […]
On Thursday, South Korea’s defense procurement agency announced that the exploratory development of an unmanned surveillance ground vehicle has been completed successfully. The development of the 6×6 Unmanned Surveillance Vehicle (USV) was led by the Agency for Defense Development (ADD) affiliated with the Defense Acquisition Program administration (DAPA). Hanwha Defense is responsible for developing the unmanned wheeled vehicle and integrating communication and surveillance systems into the 6×6 platform. It is the first time globally that a mid-to-large-sized unmanned ground combat vehicle has moved into the systems development stage. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – “This unmanned surveillance vehicle can be […]
The U.S. Navy awarded a deal to Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp. for 12 MH-60R SeaHawk helicopters for the Republic of Korea (South Korea) with a price tag of about $447,2 million. According to an Apr. 12 contract award announcement by the U.S. Department of Defense, Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $447,2 million firm-fixed-price order for new-build MH-60R SeaHawk helicopters. Also reported that work will be performed in Owego, New York (52%); Stratford, Connecticut (40%); and Troy, Alabama (8%), and is expected to be completed in December 2024. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the […]
Republic of Korea (South Korea) unveiled a prototype of the KF-21 Boramae fighter jet, formerly known as the KF-X, state-run KTV reported. President Moon Jae-in visited Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province, Friday, for the unveiling ceremony of the first KF-21 Boramae. Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto and more than 230 government officials from both countries also attended the ceremony. Indonesia is a partner in the project. “A new era in self-defense has come and we have set a historical milestone in the progress of our aviation industry,” Moon said. “I also express sincere gratitude to the Indonesian […]
South Korea’s Korea Aerospace Industries announced last week that it aims to develop its own military transport aircraft. South Korean aerospace giant said that it plans to developed new multipurpose aircraft to meet domestic demand for the planes. Yonhap News Agency also quoted the company’s Executive Vice President Ryu Kwang-su saying that KAI has already reached a consensus with the Defense Acquisition Program Administration on the need to develop future transport and multipurpose aircraft. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – “Currently, there are 30 multipurpose and 70 transport planes operated by the Army, Navy and Air Force. We are targeting […]
The U.S. Navy is steaming a massive Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group into strategically vital areas off the South China Sea. According to a recent service news release, the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) entered the South China Sea April 4 to conduct routine operations. This is the second time TRCSG has entered the South China Sea during its 2021 deployment to U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – “It is great to be back in the South China Sea to reassure our allies and partners that we remain committed to freedom of the […]
The Republic of Korea (South Korea) has cleared to buy a batch of U.S.-made AGM-114R multi-purpose Hellfire II missiles. The U.S. military’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency issued a press release on March 19, 2021, that announced that the State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Republic of Korea of AGM-114R Hellfire missiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $36 million. The potential sales, announced on the website of the DSCA, involve hundred eighty-eight AGM-114R Hellfire missiles. Also included are AGM-114R spare parts; U.S. Government and contractor engineering, technical, and logistics support services; […]
A U.S. military official denied a media report that Pentagon has a plan to deploy new anti-missile assets in South Korea. In a release Friday, the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) said its commander’s recent remark on a plan to build new missile defense capabilities on the Korean Peninsula does not involve the introduction of new equipment or units. Earlier this week, U.S. Forces Korea commander Army Gen. Robert Abrams, said that the United States will deploy two “specific” anti-ballistic missile capabilities in South Korea this year in addition to one that is already in place. His remarks raised speculation that the […]
South Korean media reported on Wednesday that the Republic of Korea Armed Forces has reportedly decided to buy additional attack helicopters. On March 10, Bizhankook.com reported that the South Korean military has decided to buy more heavy-attack helicopters to lead the deployment across enemy lines should conflict erupt on the Korean Peninsula. The new acquisition program will bring the number up to 72, essentially replacing the existing AH-1S Cobra 1:1, according to a report. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – As a new helicopter, the Korean Army is considering primarily the American AH-64E Apache twin-turboshaft attack helicopter in the latest […]
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) plans to unveil a prototype of South Korea’s first indigenous fighter jet in April, the arms procurement agency has said. According to the arms procurement agency, KAI is set to roll out the first prototype of its next-generation fighter jet, better known as the Korean Fighter eXperimental (KF-X) aircraft. Jung Kwang-sun, heading the KF-X program at the Defense Acquisition Program Administration, said the planned rollout event will be a “landmark moment” for the country and the aerospace industry.“After working only with the blueprint so far, we will now have something we can actually see and test whether […]
The South Korean arms procurement agency has announced on Monday that Hyundai Rotem has completed the development of a new armored command vehicle. The new wheel type vehicle, based on the K808 platform, allows commanders to lead combats while moving around and is equipped with devices to defend against enemy’s chemical, biological and radiological (CBR) attacks, according to a recent service news release. The agency said the vehicle’s development, which began in 2017, was completed earlier in the month. “With the success of the development of a wheel-type command post vehicle, infantry units’ maneuverability and survivability will be greatly improved,” an […]
The Iraqi armed forces displayed South Korean-made Promoter DAPC-2 4×4 armoured vehicles for the first time during the military parade on 6 January. The parade in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone was held to mark the 100th anniversary of Army Day. Formations of ground, air, and naval forces, as well as tanks and other military vehicles, marched in the parade, while formations of aircraft and helicopters flew overheads in Grand Festivities Square. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The annual military parade also included a recently delivered Promoter 4×4 armoured vehicles. The Promoter DAPC-2 is an armored personnel carrier developed by […]
Republic of Korea Armed Forces, also known as the ROK Armed Forces, reportedly has awarded the multi-million dollar contract to Hanwha Defense to supply M3 amphibious bridging vehicles. The contract, reported Friday by the Asiae.co.kr, is worth more than $458 million and covers the supply of 110 M3 amphibious bridging vehicles. Within the contract, Hanwha Defense partnered with General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) to produced and support of new amphibious bridge and ferry systems. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The M3 is an amphibious bridging vehicle developed by the GDELS. As noted by the company, it is the […]
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has awarded a contract worth nearly $480 million to Hyundai Rotem to produce additional K2 Black Panther main battle tanks. DAPA says that it has awarded Hyundai Rotem a new contract to commence 3rd production of the K2 Black Panther main battle tank. Within the contract, all tanks of the ‘3rd production batch’ will be delivered to the Republic of Korea Army by 2023. The first production lasted between 2010 and 2015 while the second production began in 2014 and is expected to end in 2021. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – As […]
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has shared new footage that shows the production process of South Korea’s next-generation fighter jet, known popularly as KF-X. South Korean aerospace giant has released new photos of the KF-X assembly line in Sacheon, south of Seoul. According to new photos, the first prototype of future fighter aircraft has vertical stabilizers installed, and the second prototype is being assembled with an automated Fuselage Automated Splice System (FASS). – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The KF-X (Korean Fighter eXperimental) is a next-generation stealth aircraft that combines elements of a 5th-gen fighter jet. KAI says the KF-X is […]
On Tuesday, the South Korean Defense Acquisition and Program Administration (DAPA) has reported that the MH-60R SeaHawk helicopter was chosen as the winner of the long-awaited Maritime Operational Helicopter-II program. According to a press release issued 15 Dec. by DAPA, a total of 12 MH-60R helicopters will be delivered to the Republic of Korea Navy by 2025, boosting anti-submarine warfare capability. Earlier in August 2019, the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the Pentagon’s top arms broker, announced that the U.S. State Department has cleared a possible $800 million foreign military sale to the Republic of Korea for 12 MH-60R SeaHawk multi-mission […]
South Korea is becoming a top arms dealer, joining the ranks of the U.S., Russia, Germany and France, according to an annual government report showed 14 December. Over the past five years, South Korea was one of the largest exporters along with the United States, Russia, France and Germany and China, according to data from the report. Seoul was the 10th-largest arms exporter in the 2015-2019 period, accounting for 2.1 percent of the world’s total defense exports, the report said. According to Yonhap, South Korea ranked 11th in last year’s report. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The United States […]
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has reported that the new Light Armed Helicopter, commonly known as LAH, has been initially declared fit for combat. DAPA’s evaluation has concluded that the LAH program can transition from the development to the pre-production phase, according to multiple reports. The new helicopter, developed by the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), designed for replacing the Republic of Korea Army’s aged attack helicopters (MD-500, AH-1S). The LAH project is the one that aims to develop a cutting-edge armed helicopter suitable for the modern battlefield. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The LAH has been developed […]
The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced this week that the U.S. State Department recently approved the potential sale to the Republic of Korea of two American-made Phalanx weapon systems. According to the Pentagon’s top arms broker, the State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Republic of Korea of two MK 15 MOD 25 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) Block 1B Baseline 2 (IB2) systems and related equipment for an estimated cost of $39 million. In addition, its notice says that South Korea also has requested to buy four thousand rounds and 20MM cartridge […]
South Korean arms maker LIG Nex1 has announced that it has delivered the first battery of the Cheongung II medium-range surface-to-air missile systems to the Republic of Korea Air Force. According to a company news release, the South Korean Air Force has taken delivered the first Cheongung II (Block-II) missile defense system on 26 November. The Cheongung II, also known as KM-SAM, is a mid-range surface-to-air guided missile that can respond effectively to mid/high altitude aerial threats. It has a stated maximum range of 50km with an altitude of 20km. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – South Korean officials reported […]
South Korea plans to enter low-rate initial production of a new tactical ballistic missile designed to destroy underground artillery bases in North Korea, according to multiple reports. South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced on 25 November that it has decided that the initial production of the locally developed Korean Tactical Surface to Surface Missile (KTSSM) system will begin in 2020. “This project is to destroy long-range artillery pieces hidden in underground tunnels in order to neutralize enemies’ attack at the shortest time possible,” the arms procurement agency said in a statement. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – DAPA […]
The U.S. Navy sent the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) to South China Sea to conduct maritime security operations and promote peace and stability in the region. “A continued presence in the South China Sea is vital in maintaining a free and open indo-pacific,” said Cmdr. Chris Gahl, Barry’s commanding officer. “The freedom of all nations to navigate in international waters is critically important. Barry’s transit of the Taiwan Strait yesterday ensured the right and instills the confidence of all nations to trade and communicate in the South China Sea.” “It is incredible the number of fishing boats […]
Northrop Grumman has reported that the U.S. Army in partnership whit the corporation has deployed enhanced Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) capabilities in South Korea, advancing battlespace awareness and missile defense in the region. This new site will enable JTAGS to provide a viable and operationally effective in-theater missile warning capability for U.S. Armed Forces and allies. Korea’s strategic location enables U.S, allied, and partner nation forces to deploy and respond as required to ensure security and stability in Asia. As noted by the Northrop Grumman, this deployment marks the completion of phase one of the JTAGS modernization program. The system […]
How South Korea’s Intelligence Service Quietly Pushes Peace Talks By Tim Shorrock, Deep State Blog. November 1, 2020 How South Korea’s Intelligence Service Quietly Pushes Peace Talks2020-11-012020-11-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/moon-trump.jpg200px200px Above photo: South Korean president Moon Jae-In and Donald Trump. Tensions between the two Koreas escalated again last month after a South Korean fisheries official, possibly attempting to defect, was shot dead by North Korean army troops after he swam across their disputed maritime border known as the Northern Limit Line. A shocked President Moon Jae-in, who has made engagement with North Korea the centerpiece of his administration, demanded an explanation. Some US “experts” boldly predicted that North Korea had killed off Moon’s peace […]
A concert that was canceled for its potential to massively spread COVID-19 in the hot zone of South Dakota has been brought back from the dead with a new featured artist—one who’s already been slammed for playing to packed pandemic crowds. Country singer Chase Rice will perform at Saturday’s event, after the original headliner, Chris Young, dropped out following a Daily Beast report on the potential danger of such a big indoor gathering. At the time, The Daily Beast reported that Sanford Health, a nonprofit hospital system, was sponsoring the event in conjunction with Gov. Kristi Noem, who also took heat […]
A Milestone For South African Shack Dwellers Movement By Pan Africanism Today Secretariat, Black Agenda Report. October 19, 2020 A Milestone For South African Shack Dwellers Movement2020-10-192020-10-19https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/shackdwellers_845x400.jpeg200px200px Abahlali baseMjondolo celebrates 15 years of revolutionary struggle for land, housing and dignity. “South Africa’s largest and most vibrant social movement has emerged through poverty, hardship, death and also tremendous courage.” The shack dwellers’ movement of South Africa marked 15 years of struggle for land, housing and dignity on October 4. It held a seminar, Sifike kanjani la? (How did we get to where we are?) and, the following day, relaunched the eKhenana branch […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/business/202010161080796517-intuitive-machines-company-wins-order-to-search-for-ice-at-moons-south-pole-nasa-says/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – A Texas high tech company has won a $47-million contract to search for frozen water resources at the South Pole of the Moon, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said in a press release. “NASA has awarded Intuitive Machines of Houston approximately $47 million to deliver a drill combined with a mass spectrometer to the Moon by December 2022 under the agency’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative,” the release said on Friday. The delivery of the Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment (PRIME-1) will help NASA search for ice at the […]
Dangers Of Military Confrontation Around Taiwan And South China Sea By Ann Wright, Popular Resistance. October 14, 2020 Dangers Of Military Confrontation Around Taiwan And South China Sea2020-10-142020-10-14https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/rimpac-e1602701091778.jpg200px200px Above photo: US Navy Photo. Over the past two years, the United States has dramatically increased the number of U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and destroyers sent into the South China Sea as a freedom of navigation show of force missions to remind the Chinese government that the U.S. considers the Western Pacific and the South China Sea as a part of the oceans of America and its allies. Additionally, in 2020, the Trump […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/07/1080689723_0:0:3072:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_2ec0dfdb186ca96e1be509dc4dde1f05.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202010141080773178-us-and-south-korea-committed-to-denuclearizing-pyongyang-mark-esper-says/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States and South Korea remain strong military allies and both are still committed to the goal of getting North Korea to scrap its nuclear and ballistic missile arsenals, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said, welcoming recently appointed Seoul Defense Minister Suh Wook to the Pentagon. “We agree that North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs remain a serious threat to the security and stability of the region and the world. In the face of these and other threats, the United States remains committed to the security of the Republic […]
At the beginning of October, young white farmer Brendin Horner was brutally murdered in South Africa’s Free State. Two black suspects have now been charged in relation to his killing, with the court hearing on the case witnessing riots from pressure groups which see Horner’s death as ethnically motivated. South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa rejected claims that recent attacks on farmers should be viewed as racial actions, according to his comments distributed in a weekly newsletter. “Contrary to the irresponsible claims of some lobby groups, killings on farms are not ethnic cleansing”, the President wrote. “They are not genocidal. They are acts […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/08/1080713095_0:229:1960:1331_1200x675_80_0_0_ea035960fc85332f11aeb09d5bdb907b.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Muhammad Osman. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/asia/202010081080713078-video-giant-fire-engulfs-33-storey-tower-injures-15-in-south-korean-city-of-ulsan/ The massive fire is thought to have begun on the 12th floor at around 23:00 local time (14:00 GMT), before it spread – due to strong winds – to the rest of the 102-metre-tall building in the Dal Dong district of Ulsan. A huge fire engulfed a 33-storey commercial and residential building in the South Korean city of Ulsan on Thursday night, according to the Yonhap News Agency. The fire reportedly started on the 12th floor of the Samhwan Art Nouveau commercial and residential building at around 23:00 local time (14:00 GMT). […]
Conservative critics of South Korea’s government persist in pressing claims of widespread fraud in the country’s April elections, pointing to what they say is new evidence—in the form of alleged electronic distortions and mail-in balloting irregularities—to suggest the country’s ruling party won its majority in the National Assembly with expertise and advice from China. The ongoing controversy comes as U.S. President Donald Trump and his Justice Department claim interference from China, not Russia, is the biggest threat to voting in the U.S. Facebook has already taken down a slew of China-linked pages targeting both Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden. (Meanwhile […]
It is one thing to flout a coronavirus travel ban to fly overseas for the purposes of buying a yacht. It’s altogether another matter to do so when your wife is the one who made the rules. South Korea’s foreign minister, Kang Kyung-wha, came under pressure to resign Monday after her husband defied her ministry’s advice against all but essential travel overseas, and flew to the United States on Saturday to buy himself a new boat. Lee Yill-Byung, a university professor, has now become the focus of considerable outrage in Korea, after he was confronted by a television crew as he […]
The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale to South Korea of AIM-9X Block II Tactical Sidewinder Missiles and related equipment. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced this week that the State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Republic of Korea of AIM-9X Block II Tactical Sidewinder Missiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $158.1 million. According to the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency, the complete package includes 115 AIM-9X Block II Tactical Sidewinder missiles; 50 AIM-9X Block II Captive Air Training Missiles (CATM); 20 AIM-9X Block II Tactical Missile Guidance […]
Preempting Progress In The South By Hunter Blair, David Cooper, Julia Wolfe, and Jaimie Worker, EPI. October 4, 2020 Preempting Progress In The South2020-10-042020-10-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/ala-e1601821893288.jpg200px200px Above photo: State interference in local policymaking prevents people of color, women, and low-income workers from making ends meet in the South. A new report from the Economic Analysis and Research Network (EARN) at EPI and the Local Solutions Support Center (LSSC) describes the ways in which state interference—in the form of preemption—is impeding local democracy and hamstringing progress on a variety of economic, social, and public health issues for communities throughout the South. The report also describes how this interference is a […]
The industry giant Hyundai Rotem has announced that it had a new contract for supply additional armored personnel carriers to the Republic of Korea Army. The details were given in a 29 September media release, to announce that Hyundai Rotem has signed a contract worth 407.7 billion won ($348.4 million) with the Defense Acquisition Program Administration to supply K806 and K808 wheeled armored vehicles by 2023. As noted by the company, it will mass-produce the third batch of K806 and K808 armored personnel carriers to DAPA by 2023. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – Hyundai Rotem won the order for […]
In late October 2004, South Park aired one of its most iconic episodes—a pre-election installment called “Douche and Turd,” which crystallized the show’s nihilism, political and otherwise. The douche and turd were an on-the-nose symbol for the idea that in any given election, both politicians tend to be equally unappealing. But on Wednesday night, the long-running animated show defied its central tenet—the one insisting that caring at all is the stupidest position to take in any argument. And it did so in a way that one might imagine could perplex its creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, in their younger years. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/18/1080564546_0:46:3077:1777_1200x675_80_0_0_b6e485bc461db167eb501d12896f37a0.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202009291080614982-pompeo-to-travel-to-japan-south-korea-mongolia-from-4-8-october/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Japan, South Korea and Mongolia from 4 to 8 October, State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus said in a press release. This will be another Pompeo’s tour recently, after he visited Suriname, Guyana, Brazil, and Colombia with the aim of strengthening the partnership between the countries and tackling “threats” posed by “Maduro’s regime” in Venezuela, the State Department said. “Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo will travel to Tokyo, Japan; Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; and Seoul, the Republic of Korea (ROK) 4 to 8 October”, Ortagus […]
…from SouthFront On September 27, a new regional war in South Caucasus arose from the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region. Pro-Armenian forces captured the region in the early 90s triggering an armed conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Further development of the hostilities and the expected offensive by pro-Azerbajian forces were stopped by a Russian intervention in May of 1994. As of September 2020, the Nagorno-Karabakh region and nearby areas are still under the control of Armenian forces, de-facto making it an unrecognized Armenian state – the Republic of Artsakh (more widely known as the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic). The 2018 political […]
President Moon Jae-in has voiced his sadness and frustration over the killing of a South Korean official by North Korean troops but said the tragedy could serve as a springboard for renewed dialogue. The shooting of the civil servant, who worked for the South Korean Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, was “regrettable and unfortunate,” Moon said on Monday. He called for further efforts to determine the circumstances leading up to the official’s death and said Seoul would work to develop “substantive” policies to ensure that a similar incident does not occur again. The South Korean leader acknowledged the shock and anguish […]
Seoul has called on its northern neighbor to investigate the circumstances surrounding the killing of a South Korean government official, adding that it will increase security measures in response to the incident. North Korean troops shot and killed a South Korean Oceans and Fisheries Ministry staffer after he floated into disputed waters while apparently trying to defect. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un issued a rare apology over the officials’ death, but Seoul is still seeking answers. President Moon Jae-in said in a statement that he requested that North Korea conduct a full investigation into the matter, and asked Pyongyang to agree […]
People at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul watch a news program Friday showing a file image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who said he was sorry over the killing of a South Korean fisheries official near the two countries’ disputed sea boundary. Ahn Young-joon/AP hide caption toggle caption Ahn Young-joon/AP People at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul watch a news program Friday showing a file image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who said he was sorry over the killing of a South Korean fisheries official near the two countries’ disputed sea boundary. Ahn Young-joon/AP North […]
South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s office has said that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un apologized for the “unsavory” shooting of a state official earlier this week. In a formal notice sent to Seoul, Kim said that he feels “very sorry” for “disappointing” Moon and South Koreans in connection to the case, Suh Hoon, the director of national security at the president’s office, told reporters. In a statement cited by South Korean media, Kim acknowledged that the incident was “something that should not happen.” According to Suh Hoon, Kim said that the official was shot as part of the measures to fight the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202009241080555493-south-korean-defence-ministry-accuses-dprk-of-shooting-missing-state-official-burning-body/ The South Korean official from the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries disappeared from the inspection boat in waters near the island of Yeonpyeong on Monday, according to Yonhap. South Korean Defence Ministry said in a statement that North Korea fatally shot a missing South Korean official and burned his body, demanding “to provide an explanation and punish those responsible”, state-run news agency Yonhap reported. “North Korea found the man in its waters and committed an act of brutality by shooting at him and burning his body, according to our military’s thorough analysis of diverse […]
Most everyone following the heated U.S. Senate contest in South Carolina recognizes that the opening of a U.S. Supreme Court seat—six weeks before Election Day—has shifted the balance of the race. Which candidate will ultimately benefit, though, depends on who you ask. Sen. Lindsey Graham was already facing a determined challenge from Democrat Jaime Harrison before Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death last Friday. Less than a day later, Graham officially discarded his stance from 2016 that high court appointments shouldn’t be made in an election year—and fully embraced his role as President Donald Trump’s warrior in securing a third Supreme Court […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/11/1080482758_0:59:3086:1795_1200x675_80_0_0_a36ec953a12a8296d9e3c9e2ea068154.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/africa/202009171080482788-south-korea-to-allocate-300000-in-aid-for-floods-hit-sudan–reports/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – South Korea will provide Sudan, which is hit by heavy floods, with $300,000 in humanitarian aid, South Korean media reported on Thursday. The country’s foreign ministry said that a part of the aid would be provided in kind – for example, water purification tablets and blankets – while the rest of the assistance would be provided via the UN humanitarian body, the Yonhap news agency reported. Since mid-July, Sudan has been experiencing an unusual level of heavy rains, which intensified over the last week prompting the government to declare a three-month […]
Members of conservative right-wing and Christian groups take part in an anti-government rally in Seoul on Aug. 15. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images Members of conservative right-wing and Christian groups take part in an anti-government rally in Seoul on Aug. 15. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images A decade ago, building cleaner Noh Il-soon was in the market for a new church. She had previously moved within Seoul, and when she did, she looked for a local congregation to join. A missionary introduced her to a Presbyterian church called Sarang Jeil, Korean for […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Water accumulated as a result of flash floods that hit Sudan and South Sudan amid the stalled talks on the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) construction should not be wasted but rather efficiently utilized by the Nile basin countries, South Sudan’s Ambassador to Russia Chol Tong Mayay Jang said. “We in South Sudan are also concerned because we are all along the Nile. The Nile basin countries are supposed to sit and reach an agreement on how to use the Nile water. The downstream countries and the upstream countries should really agree because each of them are beneficiaries… […]
Following reports of “missing locals” allegedly being abducted by the Chinese military from Arunachal Pradesh, the Indian Army on Sunday sent an emergency message to China’s People’s Liberation Army to seek information about them, confirmed India’s Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju. China on Monday said that they have no details to release regarding the Indian Army’s inquiry about five locals missing from India’s northern Arunachal Pradesh and refused to recognise the state as Indian territory. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian stated that Beijing has never recognised Arunachal Pradesh as Indian territory, calling it China’s South Tibet region. “China has […]
By Justin Franz, Kaiser Health News When Tamarack Dispensary opened in the northwestern Montana city of Kalispell in 2009, medical marijuana was legal but still operating on the fringes of the conservative community. Times have changed. Owner Erin Bolster no longer receives surprised or puzzled looks when she tells people what she does. Now, her business sponsors community events and was recently nominated as a top marijuana provider by a local newspaper. “We’ve become a normal part of the community, and it feels good that the community has finally accepted us,” Bolster said. How far that acceptance goes will be tested […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202009011080334962-two-south-korean-intel-officers-charged-with-raping-of-female-defector-from-north-reports-say/ SEOUL (Sputnik) – The South Korean Defence Ministry’s prosecutors have filed charges against two military intelligence officers accused of raping a female North Korean defector, the Yonhap news agency reported on Tuesday, citing officials. According to the news agency, the prosecutors accused a master sergeant and a lieutenant colonel of the Defence Intelligence Command of abusing their authority to rape the victim between May 2018 and February 2019, while she was under their protection and supervision for espionage operations. The defector filed a criminal complaint against the two officers back in 2019, the news […]
Four locals have been killed and an American soldier suffered minor injuries after a passenger car with two couples on board collided with a US armoured vehicle, heading to a military base not far from Seoul. The crash took place in the city of Pocheon, some 40 km (25 miles) north of South Korea’s capital of Seoul, late on Sunday, Yonhap news agency reported. The car, with four civilians on board reportedly butted the rear of a US military vehicle on its way to a military base in Cheorwon, Gangwon Province. The four victims, all in their 50s, were taken to […]
North Korea has for the first time used a YouTube channel to send coded messages to its spies across the border, South Korean media has reported, apparently falling for a hoax that had nothing to do with Pyongyang. On Saturday, North Korea had broadcast a coded message to its agents, notably using YouTube instead of radio waves, the Yonhap News Agency and other Southern and international outlets have reported. The message was read by a female announcer and contained phrases such as “No. 23 on Page 564, No. 19 on Page 479” addressed to “No. 719 expedition agents.” It’s an example […]
Military tensions are growing between the US and China as Washington continues to pursue a policy of attempting to dominate global affairs, Mike Wong, the vice president of the San Francisco chapter of Veterans for Peace, told Radio Sputnik’s Loud & Clear Friday. “There’s been a steady upbeat in US naval exercises in both the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait,” Wong told host Brian Becker on Friday. “We sent two carrier battle groups together running through the South China Sea. That started it off. Now, we’re doing other ships. We sent a missile cruiser by just yesterday and, of […]
Donald Trump’s national security advisor has tried to justify Washington’s air and sea operations in the South China Sea by saying the US has the “freedom” to do so, and dismissing all of Beijing’s objections. “The US always reserves its right to have freedom of navigation and freedom of aviation,” Robert O’Brien told the Atlantic Council on Friday. “I certainly reject any Chinese claims that flights over the South China Sea … constitute some sort of breach of a norm or a rule.” He added that, to him, it seems Beijing seeks “to annex a vast swath of the Western Pacific […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1c/1080305410_0:0:1201:675_1200x675_80_0_0_c0b96cbee622b5f9e25afcd19a0f4a4b.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Irina Acheeva. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/viral/202008281080305613-black-mamba-swims-in-shallows-scaring-tourists-in-south-africa/ The black mamba is the most common venomous snake in South Africa. These snakes live in the central, southern, and eastern parts of the African country and pose a lethal threat to humans. Their venom can lead to death within 7-15 hours from the moment it enters the body if an antidote is not administered. A large black mamba has scared tourists on the Durban beachfront. When people on Addington Beach in South Africa went swimming, they spotted a snake in shallow water and called in a snake-catching service. Herpetologists from the South African […]
Huffington Post White House reporter Shirish “S.V.” Dáte called Republicans attending President Trump’s renomination acceptance speech at the South Lawn on the White House Thursday night, “flthy” and “diseased.” Like many reporters concern trolling the event, Dáte was commenting about the lack of social distancing among the 1,000 attendees, most of whom were observed to not be wearing masks. However Dáte unleashed venomous vitriol on the attendees, saying, “Trump’s not speaking for two and a half hours. Why should they have to take their seats next to their filthy, diseased neighbors already?” Trump’s not speaking for two and a half hours. […]
Earlier this week, Washington slapped sanctions on 24 Chinese companies over their alleged role in building military fortifications on artificial islands in the South China Sea. US Defence Secretary Mark Esper slammed Beijing during his visit to Palau, stating that China has repeatedly fallen short of promises to follow international laws. “Communist China is exerting financial and political pressure, publicly and privately, on many Indo-Pacific and European nations – large and small – while pursuing new strategic relationships worldwide… In fact, the smaller the country, the heavier the hand of Beijing”, Esper said. The official stressed that Beijing seems to be […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/05/1080077510_0:0:1355:762_1200x675_80_0_0_1ffa1c782a27839ec1694448dd80e4f4.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202008261080285083-beijing-reportedly-fires-2-missiles-into-south-china-sea-in-warning-to-us/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – China fired two missiles into the South China Sea on Wednesday in an act of “warning” to the United States after a US spy plane intruded its army’s no-fly airspace, a source close to the Chinese military told the South China Morning Post newspaper. “This is China’s response to the potential risks brought by the increasingly frequent incoming US warplanes and military vessels in the South China Sea,” the source said, as quoted in the report, adding “China doesn’t want the neighbouring countries to misunderstand Beijing’s goals.” The missiles included a […]
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South Korea’s third largest crypto exchange, has reportedly been seized by police over allegations it faked most of its trading volume. Source link
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202008241080260380-nine-killed-17-injured-by-twin-blast-in-philippines-south-reports-suggest/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – At least nine people were killed and 17 others injured as a result of two consecutive explosions in the Philippines’ south province of Sulu, media reported on Monday, citing the Philippine authorities. According to China’s Xinhua news agency, citing the Philippine military and police, the first blast occurred near a grocery store along a busy street in Jolo, the capital of Sulu province, at around noon, followed by the second near a church some 70 meters (230 feet) away an hour later. Singapore’s Straight Times reported, in turn, that the first […]
Global South Calls For Sanctions On Apartheid Israel August 20, 2020 Global South Calls For Sanctions On Apartheid Israel2020-08-202020-08-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/website-launch-1_0.png200px200px Israel’s decades-old regime of apartheid and theft of Palestinian land is continuing unabated. Reports that Israel is “suspending” formal annexation are a smokescreen for continued colonisation and piecemeal ethnic cleansing of Indigenous Palestinians. Around the world, advocates for justice are pushing back.The Global South response, initiated by South African civil society, brings together notable figures, intellectuals, policy makers, civil society leaders and experts from Africa, Latin America and Asia, in a joint effort to promote lawful sanctions on Israel to end its […]
In June, South Korea’s leading newspaper The Chosun Ilbo reported that Kim Jong-un had personally put his sister, said to be in her mid-thirties, in charge of relations with Seoul. Several days after the alleged change North Korea made an about-face in relations with its neighbour and blew up an inter-Korean liaison office, a de-facto embassy. North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong-un has reportedly delegated part of his authority to his aides, including his sister Kim Yo-jong, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported, citing the country’s spy agency. “Currently, Kim Yo-jong, the first vice department director of the Workers’ Party Central Committee, […]
Texas regulators ordered MTI to cease and desist in July, alleging it was a crypto fraud. Source link
US and Chinese warships both conducted drills in the South China Sea over the weekend, with a corvette from the Hong Kong garrison engaging in live-fire target practice while a US aircraft carrier carried out flight operations. On Sunday, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) corvette Huizhou practiced shooting at a variety of targets in the South China Sea, and the Hong Kong garrison’s Sina Weibo account posted a video of the drills. A Type 056 Jiangdao-class corvette, the 295-foot, 1,500-ton warship is dwarfed even by destroyers and commonly used for escort duties and coastal defense. The Chinese Type 056 corvette […]
Officials believe church gatherings in the greater Seoul region are largely responsible for a sudden increase in COVID-19 infections. South Korea had been praised for its control of the virus. (Image credit: Lee Jin-man/AP) Source link
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has said that her state is opting out of the new government-sponsored unemployment benefits boost since the economy has bounced back quickly due to the fact that it was never shut down completely. “My administration is very grateful for the additional flexibility that this effort would have provided, but South Dakota is in the fortunate position of not needing to accept it,” Noem, a Republican, said in a statement on Friday. My administration is very grateful to @realDonaldTrump for the additional flexibility that the “Lost Wages Assistance” would have provided, but South Dakota is in the […]
The Republic of Korea Army retired its UH-1H Huey helicopters after 52 years of service. South Korean UH-1N Huey service has flown 792,000 hours and 146,000,000 km and being officially retired from service on July 31st. The Army has operated 129 UH-1H choppers. They flew an accumulated 792,000 hours over 146 million kilometers during the period, it said. The basic UH-1 design predates the Vietnam War. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The UH-1H choppers were mobilized in various missions and trainings, as well as in rescue operations and fire suppression activities. Replacing the UH-1H choppers is South Korea’s indigenous […]
The People’s Liberation Army forces reportedly hold massive landing drills amid U.S. recent increased military activities in the South China Sea region. Ministry of the National Defense People’s Republic of China said that Ground and naval forces have been on concentrated schedules in amphibious landing and maritime exercises in the past weeks and will continue to do so in the weeks to come, at a time when the US has been frequently conducting provocative military activities near the island of Taiwan and in the South China Sea. “The PLA drills are a show of capability and determination, and the US should […]
South Dakota will play host to the yearly Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, with hundreds of thousands of bikers riding to the Mount Rushmore state amid rising concerns over a spike in coronavirus cases. Thousands of bikers taking part in South Dakota’s annual 10-day Sturgis Motorcycle Rally will not be granted permission to pass through Cheyenne River Sioux checkpoints, a Native American group spokesperson said on Saturday. The move is meant to prevent access to native tribal sites during the rally but has put seven tribes that make up the Great Sioux Nation in conflict with federal and state authorities, which claim the checkpoints […]
F-15 fighter-bombers of the Oregon Air National Guard, the legitimate state militia. by Gordon Duff, VT Sr. Editor, …with New Eastern Outlook, Moscow (1816) – First published … August 08, 2020 – Talk of war with war between the US and China is the only real news, but is it? With the planet paralyzed from COVID 19, military operations are largely curtailed. COVID 19 has secretly swept through America’s military, particularly the US Navy, crippling its capability. Trump is planning a war with China to save his regime from disgrace and himself from prison but the Pentagon may well not be […]
‘How The South Won The Civil War’ August 4, 2020 ‘How The South Won The Civil War’2020-08-042020-08-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/08/service.jpg200px200px Above photo: The Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Bull Run, Va. July 21st 1861, Currier and Ives. Library of Congress. Yes, the Civil War brought an end to the slave order of the South and the rule of the plantation oligarchs who embodied white supremacy. But the Northern victory was short lived — Southern ideals spread quickly to the West. It’s all about America’s ongoing battle between oligarchy and democracy. ANNOUNCER: Welcome to Moyers on Democracy. If you want to understand this moment in […]
South Korea’s Agency for Defense Development has reportedly conducted a new test of the latest ballistic missile, known as the Hyunmoo-4. Some sources reported that the Agency for Defense Development conducted test-firing of Hyunmoo-series missile systems with 800km range drawing by the recent airspace restriction notice. The new Hyunmoo-4 ballistic missile is an 800 km-range missile with a 2,000 kg payload that would be used for destroying hard and deeply buried targets, such as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea command center near Chunghwa. – ADVERTISEMENT – CONTINUE READING BELOW – The development of Hyunmoo-4 began in 2017 when the Trump Administration eliminated […]
by Asif Haroon Raja Role of Jewish lobby Washington has a long record of bullying nations to meet its demands, changing regimes and of engaging in illegal wars of aggression in the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa. After the demise of USSR and end of the Cold War, the US locked horns with another communist giant China, and is also engaged in neo-colonizing the Muslim world. Zionists and the American-Jewish lobby have been influencing the minds of the policy makers in Washington and have had a big role in the election of the US president. Without their support, no […]