North Korea: Trump ‘Begged for a Nuclear War’ During Visit to Korean Peninsula

While Trump is greeted by protesters across the continent, North Korea says he has “laid bare his true nature as destroyer of world peace and stability”

Common Dreams
By Common Dreams
Members of "No Trump Coalition" hurl salt at a banner showing images of the U.S. President Donald Trump during a rally against his visit in front of the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 8, 2017. (AP/Ahn Young-joon)

As protests continue across the continent while U.S. President Donald Trump travels Asia, North Korea on Saturday called Trump a "destroyer of world peace and stability" who "begged for a nuclear war" during his visit to South Korea earlier this week. "Trump, during his visit, laid bare his true nature as destroyer of world peace and stability

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UN Nuclear Watchdog Defends Iran Deal

The head of the U.N. agency monitoring Iran’s compliance with the nuclear deal said Monday that Tehran is implementing the agreement.

Jason Ditz
By Jason Ditz
In this March 6, 2017 file photo, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Yukiya Amano of Japan speaks in Vienna, Austria. .(AP/Ronald Zak)

The UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), is responsible for verification of the P5+1 nuclear deal with Iran. This means they offer monthly assessments, all of which have affirmed Iran is in total compliance with its requirements under the deal. Monthly reminders of that fact are increasingly seen as insufficient,

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Beating The Drum For A “Good” Nuclear War With North Korea

Wars don’t start these days with the invader/attacker saying “We want war” (even Hitler ginned up a false-flag attack as pretext for launching WW II). So Kim Jong Un is “crazy,” North Korea “begging for war,” and “enough is enough.” The drum beats on and justifications assemble themselves.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
U.S. Gen. Vincent Brooks, commander of Combined Forces Command, center, salutes with incoming Deputy Commander Gen. Kim Byung-joo, left rear, and outgoing Deputy Commander Gen. Leem Ho-young, right, in a car, at a U.S. military base, in Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 11, 2017. U.S. and South Korean military officials later engaged in large-scale military exercises later that month. (AP/Lee Jin-man)

United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley has proven herself to be one of the most hawkish U.S. representatives to the UN, likely a reflection of the increasingly hawkish veer of the U.S. President Donald Trump, who had originally campaigned on anti-interventionism. On September 5th, following a nuclear weapon test conducted by North Korea a few days

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Trump Says Dialogue With North Korea Is ‘Not The Answer’

President Trump declared yesterday that talking with North Korea is not the answer” and claimed the US has been “paying them extortion money for 25 years.”

Jason Ditz
By Jason Ditz
A man watches a television screen showing President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Aug. 10, 2017. (AP/Ahn Young-joon)

Continuing to ratchet up the rhetoric on North Korea, President Trump once again disavowed assurances from his cabinet that the goal is a diplomatic solution, declaring yesterday that “talking is not the answer” and claiming the US has been “paying them extortion money for 25

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South Korea Reserves Right To Veto US War With North Korea

President Moon campaigned on a return to diplomacy with North Korea, but has seen his brief time in office dominated by repeated US threats to destroy North Korea.

Jason Ditz
By Jason Ditz
South Korea Reserves Right To Veto US War With North Korea

In an unusually pointed statement on the ongoing fear of a US attack on North Korea, South Korean President Moon Jae-in gave a speech insisting that he has absolute right to veto any US military action against North Korea, and intends to do so. Moon declared the decision needed to be made “by ourselves and not by anyone else,” adding that he

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North Korea Points Missiles At Ocean, Washington Says Strike On Guam Imminent

Saber rattling hits critical mass when at least one side actually wants a war. The Gulf of Tonkin, “weapons of mass destruction,” and now “enveloping fire.” How North Korea’s threat to target missiles at an area of the Pacific ocean 20 miles from Guam became U.S.’ latest pretext for a “preemptive” war.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
A submarine missile is paraded across Kim Il Sung Square during a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea to celebrate the 105th birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung, the country's late founder and grandfather of current ruler Kim Jong Un, April 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

When North Korea responded to U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent threats by “seriously considering a strategy to strike Guam,” the war sharks in Washington smelled blood in the water. The next day, headlines across both the mainstream media and some independent media outlets stated that North Korea’s threat had become a reality and that Pyongyang

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