No New World Order Here
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. The highlights this week: China shows off its relationship with North Korea and Russia at a military parade, South Korea navigates a diplomatic dilemma, and ...
Tag: North Korea
Exclusive—Rep. Joe Wilson: Assad’s Fall a ‘Berlin Wall Moment,’ Calls on Congress to Repeal Caesar Act
Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) urged Congress to back President Donald Trump’s Middle East strategy and repeal the Caesar Act during an exclusive interview on Breitbart News Saturday one day after ...
China’s Military Parade Sends a Pointed Message to the West
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at Chinese President Xi Jinping’s message for the world, the United States targeting suspected Venezuela-tied drug smugglers, and an Israeli attack near ...
Modi, Lee, and Trump’s Nobel Prize Obsession
Although there are striking similarities between the geopolitics of the Indian subcontinent and the Korean Peninsula, the international relations community rarely pays attention to their parallel trajectories. Recent events provide ...
Xi’s New World Order
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at expanding Chinese influence on the world stage, Belgium pledging to recognize Palestinian statehood, and alleged Russian interference with a European Commission ...
North Korea’s Economy Surges to 8-Year High — Thanks to Military Ties with Russia
South Korea’s central bank, the Bank of Korea (BOK), estimated on Friday that North Korea’s economy grew by 3.7 percent in 2024, its fastest rate of growth in eight years. ...
California man admits to shipping weapons to North Korea — sentenced to 8 years in prison
A California man has been sentenced to eight years in prison after admitting to shipping weapons and ammunition to North Korea that he said were to be used for a surprise attack ...
North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-un Orders More Nuclear Weapons
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un on Monday ordered a rapid buildup of nuclear weapons, ostensibly because recent joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea were an “obvious ...
North Korea’s tallest building is an abandoned hotel that has never hosted a single guest. Take a look at the ‘Hotel of Doom.’
A traffic policeman is dwarfed by the 105-story Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. Construction of the pyramid-shaped hotel, the capital city's most conspicuous landmark, began ...
Trump Won’t Find a Nobel Peace Prize in Pyongyang
U.S. President Donald Trump, in a reprise of two previous summits and one meeting, has said he will reach out to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. This sentiment was ...
