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I'm old enough to remember how USAID was used as a cover by the CIA to teach torture techniques to Uruguay's military and Costa-Gavras made an incredible film about it called STATE OF SIEGE. Surely Democracy Now knows this history.
March 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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She's right - Trump has nothing but contempt for the people of South Korea. "Former U.S. envoy warns Trump could sideline South Korea like Ukraine in potential talks with North." koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-02...
Former U.S. envoy warns Trump could sideline South Korea like Ukraine in potential talks with North
Former U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Kathleen Stephens warned Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump may potentially sideline Seoul if he attempts direct negotiations with Pyongyang.
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February 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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What to expect at President Yoon Suk Yeol's criminal trial - Insurrection leader charge ruling expected by July, life sentence looms. www.koreaherald.com/article/1042...
What to expect at President Yoon Suk Yeol's criminal trial
Insurrection leader charge ruling expected by July, life sentence looms On Thursday, for the first time in South Korean history, a sitting president will be tried in a court of criminal law, beginning...
www.koreaherald.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Despite the good feelings following the first Ishiba-Trump summit, there are major challenges ahead.

Caught in the Shockwave: Japan-US Relations Under Trump
Despite the good feelings following the first Ishiba-Trump summit, there are major challenges ahead.
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February 19, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Because the USAF was led by the most blood-thirsty general of all time, Curtis LeMay. Japan was mercilessly bombed until the very last day of the war, weeks after its surrender. "Why did US indiscriminately attack civilian targets in Kyushu in WWII's final stage?" mainichi.jp/english/arti...
Why did US indiscriminately attack civilian targets in Kyushu in WWII's final stage? - The Mainichi
CHIKUSHINO, Fukuoka -- Mysteries still shroud a tragedy 80 years ago in which many civilian passengers died in U.S. military attacks on running trains
mainichi.jp
February 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Hankyoreh: "The Red scare shaking Korean democracy to its core. The Republic of Korea is where the Red scare remains the strongest in the world." english.hani.co.kr/arti/english...
[Column] The Red scare shaking Korean democracy to its core
The Republic of Korea is where the Red scare remains the strongest in the world
english.hani.co.kr
February 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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For anyone who thinks that Japan is a sovereign nation. This is another disaster waiting to happen.

"US Army Black Hawk helicopters like in fatal DC collision also routinely fly low above Tokyo." mainichi.jp/english/arti...
US Army Black Hawk helicopters like in fatal DC collision also routinely fly low above Tokyo - The Mainichi
TOKYO -- U.S. military Black Hawk helicopters, like the one involved in a fatal collision with a passenger jet near Washington D.C. Jan. 29, are stati
mainichi.jp
January 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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First report in the Korean media I’ve seen that recognizes that Trump’s deportation plans will wreck havoc on Korean-American communities and Korea adoptees. Many unaware that there are tens of thousands of illegal Korean immigrants in the US.

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150,000 Koreans in U.S. subject to Trump's deportation order: Report
Some 150,000 Koreans living in the United States are reportedly subject to deportations ordered by U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a local news report.
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com
January 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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FYI, I'll be speaking tonight at 7:30 pm EST on a webinar sponsored by Massachusetts Peace Action on ROK President Yoon's failed military coup and its implications for US policy in East Asia. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
January 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM