EDITOR—A heartfelt and insightful discussion of what imperialism is all about, the struggles of socialist countries to gain and sustain sovereignty, and the accelerating rise of the global anti-imperialist bloc, led by China, Russia and Iran, precisely at a moment when the US-led “rules-based order” seems more unhinged, dangerous, and depraved than ever. Joti Brar, a leader of Britain’s Communist Party (ML), is eloquent and masterful in her analysis of North Korea’s heroic and exemplary struggle for survival and independence in the face of the most vicious enemy of humankind in modern times: US imperialism. With Russia as a formal ally, the people of North Korea can accelerate their development in all social and strategic fields, and no longer worry about diplomatic isolation, sadistic attacks or the strangulation of their revolution via starvation. Moscow, who has stood by North Korea since its birth, and has often been, and still is, like Pyongyang, the target of NATO’s depraved fury, fully understands her suffering, and also her immense value as a military ally.
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GARLAND NIXON—The SK people had deposed US-puppet dictator Syngman Rhee in a massive popular uprising in April of 1960. Not long after the popular uprising, Park Chung Hee launched a military coup of the elected civilian government, taking power with 20 armed divisions and forcing the resignation of the civilian government. The leader of the army met with JFK on May 24th, and by June, the US had fully approved the coup. NK was worried Park would attack NK (he had spent the whole half of his early career trying to hunt down guerrilla leader Kim Il Sung in Manchuria for the Japanese imperial army. NK was worried about this, anticipated a new war by SK, and signed treaties of mutual aid with both the USSR and China by July of 1961.
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KARL SANCHEZ-[Quoting V. Putin]±Despite external pressure, our countries are successfully developing on a sovereign and independent basis, and have provided and will continue to provide full support to each other as true friends and good neighbors.
We will also continue to counteract the very practice of sanctions strangulation as a tool that the West is used to using in order to preserve its hegemony in politics, economy and other spheres. In this context, I would like to note that the indefinite restrictive regime of the UN Security Council against the DPRK, inspired by the United States and its allies, should be reviewed.
The propaganda cliches repeated by Westerners are no longer able to disguise their aggressive geopolitical intentions, including in the North-East Asian region. Our assessments of the root causes of the escalation of military-political tensions coincide. This is the confrontational policy of the United States to expand its military infrastructure in the sub-region, which is accompanied by a significant increase in the scale and intensity of various military exercises involving the Republic of Korea and Japan.
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Putin’s state visit to North Korea: Warm welcome, bilateral agreements and a new comprehensive partnership treaty
12 minutes readEDITOR—Following the bilateral negotiations, Putin and Kim signed a Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, designed to “lay the groundwork” for future bilateral relations in all spheres, including cultural and tourist ties, trade, economic relations and security.
The agreement also includes a pledge by Russia and the DPRK to assist each other in case of foreign aggression, as both leaders decried attempts by the US and its satellites to destabilize the situation in Southeast Asia.
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North Korea ahead of US in hypersonic weapons
15 minutes readDRAGO BOSNIC—America’s futile attempts to field a working hypersonic weapon demonstrate just how far behind in missile tech the rogue superpower has fallen. While it was busy with futile attempts to tarnish the reputation of Russian hypersonic missiles, the rest of the world kept doing its homework and the effort is finally paying off. Namely, on April 2, North Korea conducted the first test launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) with a hypersonic warhead. While it’s not entirely clear what sort of weapon is on top of the missile, it looks to be a glide vehicle (HGV). Dubbed the “Hwasong-16B” in most military sources, the missile is expected to complement the rapidly growing arsenal of other North Korean strategic weapons such as the “Hwasong-10” and “Hwasong-12” that entered service in previous years.