Tag: North Korea

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The road winds through beautiful pine forests, following the banks of the Oskil River. The trees are tall and old, but their trunks bear fresh, black wounds where fire and shrapnel have torn through them. The wind whispers through the needles. (more…)

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It is not easy to end a war. The frustration, hatreds, and objectives only half-achieved at the expense of so many lives make the negotiations very difficult. One war, which was ended despite the objectives of the belligerents only being half-achieved, was in Korea. (more…)

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On December 3, 2024, the President of South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, declared martial law. The Korean Army ruled the land until opposition parliamentarians organized a riot in Seoul and the whole thing fell apart after two hours or so. (more…)

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Už tak velice nízká porodnost v Jižní Koreji se v roce 2023 dále propadla na pouhých 0,72 dítěte na ženu, což je přibližně jen třetina hodnoty nutné pro zachování velikosti populace (2,1). Na webu BBC se dokonce objevil článek, jehož autorka si klade otázky, proč se tolik Korejek rozhodlo zůstat bezdětných. (more…)

South Korean teens in Jongno, Seoul. (Photo courtesy of Flickr)

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South Korea’s birth rate per woman, which was already low, fell even lower in 2023 to 0.72, which is roughly a mere third of the country’s replacement level of 2.1. The BBC even published an article exploring why women in South Korea are choosing not to have children. (more…)

Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum Klaus Schwab (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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In August of this year, China engaged in military exercises and heated rhetoric against Taiwan and the United States in light of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the embattled island nation. Veteran paleoconservative pundit Pat Buchanan believes that a “US-China collision somewhere in the Western Pacific appears inevitable,” with Taiwanese sovereignty as the catalyst. (more…)

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Things have taken a downward slide lately, to say the least. 

The most notable event was the stolen Presidential election. Local courts didn’t want to hear it. SCOTUS didn’t want to hear it, despite reports of a shouting match in their chamber. (more…)

Frédéric Delavier

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Frédéric Delavier is a French author of books on bodybuilding, who also became a philosopher. His book Guide to Bodybuilding Movements was first published in 1998 and was a worldwide bestseller, with over two million copies sold. It has been translated into more than thirty languages. He is also known as an educational and critical videographer on his YouTube channel. He recently published a treatise on philosophy, The Awakening of Consciousnesses (L’Éveil des Consciences), which is awaiting translation into English.

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It is unquestionably true that today’s China has grown into a major geopolitical, economic, and military rival of America, with both an active ambition and an increasing capacity to challenge, threaten, and eventually dethrone America on the global stage in the coming decades if globalization, through which China has demonstrably been the foremost beneficiary, continues unabated. (more…)

Jared Kushner donned his smartest business casual attire for his visit to American troops in Iraq, while Ivanka wrote his name across the front of his bulletproof vest so that everyone in the changing room would know it was his.

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The article “Russians Are Not #Ourguys” by Mr. Dewitt has generated a whirlwind of heated response from Counter-Currents readers. In my humble and candid opinion, the article reeks of being a piece of neocon shilling (dotted by some ostensibly decent and rational remarks, admittedly) which reads like it’s straight from the National Review or even The Weekly Standard. (more…)

Kim Jong Il teapot by Charles Krafft

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Sim, eu sou um racialista branco, e eu admiro a Coréia do Norte. Deixe-me explicar.

Coréia do Norte – Não é Comunista

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I’m no economist. I don’t know whether the gold standard is a silver bullet or an anachronistic and deflationary hustle. I don’t quite understand how “social credit” would work.

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"Wicked Man" -- North Korean Poster

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Francis Pollini’s Night was published by Olympia Press around fifty years ago and deals with the Korean War, but it is still relevant for all that. It concerns the Communist brain-washing techniques used by the Maoist Chinese forces on American prisoners of war during that conflict. These were based on various behaviorist ideas which were very much in the air at that time and were used extensively by the KGB, CIA , MI6, the French secret services, and other parallel or adjacent bodies. (more…)