South Korean workers load packs of rice for North Korea into a Vietnamese ship at Gunsan port in Gunsan, South Korea. (AP/ Lee Jin-man)
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As Sanctions Hit Civilians, South Korea To Send Food & Medicine To North Korea

Mounting UN-imposed sanctions on North Korea are endangering local children and forcing cuts in both health and education.

by Jason Ditz | Antiwar.com

Venezuela Accused Of Drug Peddling After Dropping U.S.’ Petrodollar Trade Scheme

U.S. President Donald Trump recently signed a determination that singles out Venezuela for failing to adhere to counternarcotics obligations. The accusation came – perhaps not so coincidentally – on the same day that Venezuela declared it will no longer participate in the U.S.’ petrodollar trade system.

Venezuela Accused Of Drug Peddling After Dropping U.S.’ Petrodollar Trade Scheme

In what is set to be a major blow to the U.S.’ increasingly fragile “petrodollar” system, Venezuela announced on Wednesday that it would no longer accept U.S. dollars as payment for its crude oil exports. According to

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Whitney Webb

Whitney Webb

Whitney Webb is a staff writer for MintPress News who has written for several news organizations in both English and Spanish; her stories have been featured on ZeroHedge, the Anti-Media, and 21st Century Wire among others. She currently lives in Southern Chile.

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McCain Takes U.S.-Korea Saber-Rattling To A New Level, Threatens “Extinction”

Threats of annihilation and other inflammatory rhetoric play well with the home crowd and can be sold as “deterrence,” but in the case of North Korea are far more likely to provoke and escalate conflict. Given how clear this is from experience, McCain’s threats seem intended to do just that.

McCain Takes U.S.-Korea Saber-Rattling To A New Level, Threatens “Extinction”

With the U.S. touting another round of unanimously-passed sanctions as the cure-all for the situation in North Korea (DPRK), there are grounds for concern that President Donald Trump himself may pose a major hurdle to their successful implementation. On Sunday, Trump

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Whitney Webb is a staff writer for MintPress News who has written for several news organizations in both English and Spanish; her stories have been featured on ZeroHedge, the Anti-Media, and 21st Century Wire among others. She currently lives in Southern Chile.

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Venezuela Quits US Dollar For Crude Oil Payments

Maduro hinted further that the South American country would look to using the Chinese yuan instead, among other currencies.

Venezuela Quits US Dollar For Crude Oil Payments

Did the doomsday clock on the petrodollar (and implicitly US hegemony) just tick one more minute closer to midnight? Apparently confirming what President Maduro had warned following the recent US sanctions, 

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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.

UN Nuclear Watchdog Defends Iran Deal

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

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US Media Dismisses Venezuelan Help For Harvey Victims As Cynical Posturing

Ironically, in the wake of President Trump’s most calculated return to Texas last weekend and “generous” pending offer of $1 million to some yet unknown recipient(s) connected with Harvey relief, Venezuela’s donation of $5 million to the relief efforts has been ignored or written off as posturing by U.S. media.

US Media Dismisses Venezuelan Help For Harvey Victims As Cynical Posturing

After a year in which bilateral relations between the U.S. and Venezuela deteriorated significantly, many assumed that gestures of goodwill between the two countries were out of the question. This year, the U.S. sanctioned the

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Could Sanctions Stop Myanmar’s Ethnic Cleansing Of The Rohingya?

To end Myanmar’s human rights abuses, some experts have argued that targeted sanctions, rather than general criticism, are the best way forward to effectively help the ethnic minorities of Myanmar.

Could Sanctions Stop Myanmar’s Ethnic Cleansing Of The Rohingya?

Around 90,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar since a campaign of state-sponsored violence broke out in the country's Muslim-majority Rakhine state on August 25.

UN-sponsored aid camps in neighbouring Bangladesh have received thousands of refugees fleeing the Myanmar army's scorched earth policies, the UN's

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