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Imran Khan of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan on Monday, July 22, 2019, to the West Wing Lobby entrance of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian) public domain

International

Crises loom in Pakistan and Korea

Pakistan and Korea are both under pressure from the US

23 August 2022

Comment

Korean War showed up imperialist barbarism

The ‘forgotten war’ that began 70 years ago wrecked a country so that big powers could grab more influence, writes Sophie Squire

05 July 2020

Socialist Review Archive

Letter from South Korea

The handshake in Singapore between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un marked a radical shift in US policy towards North Korea. It was an unfamiliar scene, indeed. For more than 70 years, US and North Korea have been in armed stand-off. During the summit Kim is reported to have told Trump: “Many people will think of...

02 July 2018

Alex Callinicos

Koreas are pawns in a much bigger game

Is Donald Trump about to have a “Nixon in China” moment? The signs are that his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un may actually deliver a diplomatic success instead of descending into a disastrous war between the two countries.

24 April 2018

International

Imperialist tensions lie behind North and South Korean peace negotiations

Many Koreans were delighted to see North and South Korean athletes marching as part of one delegation at the Winter Olympics’ opening ceremony last Friday.

13 February 2018

Alex Callinicos

Erratic Trump gives a boost to US rivals

Anyone who's watched Ken Burns’s flawed but absorbing documentary about the Vietnam War must have been struck by the interplay between presidential politics in Washington and the rhythm of combat in Southeast Asia.

06 November 2017

Socialist Review Archive

Korean War: ‘Systematic and ruthless destruction’

It is important that we remember the war that created the belligerent North Korean regime, writes John Newsinger, and that Britain's Labour government supported it at the time, though the public didn't.

27 October 2017

Splits won’t stop nasty offensive from Trump

News

Trump’s chilling speech at UN makes threats of nuclear war

Warmonger in chief Donald Trump threatened to “totally destroy North Korea” at the United Nations (UN) on Tuesday.

19 September 2017

International

‘We’re opposing Trump’s drive to war’, say South Korean socialists

Members of Workers' Solidarity, Socialist Worker's sister newspaper in South Korea, spoke about what's behind the nuclear tensions—and how the South Korean working class movement is responding

15 September 2017

Alex Callinicos

Nato hypocrites are feeding the drive to war

The conflict is a consequence of the US decision, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, to expand Nato

12 September 2017

Donald Trump’s row with North Korea could prove deadly

What We Think

Trump—horseman of imperialist apocalypse

Two deeply unpleasant men are facing off over North Korea’s nuclear weapons. The world feels closer to the possibility of nuclear war than at any time for half a century.

05 September 2017

International

Donald Trump’s showdown with North Korea risks disaster

Threats against the US’s imperial rivals China and North Korea are reckless and dangerous

04 September 2017

Socialist Review Archive

US-North Korea standoff adds to instability

North Korea’s latest ballistic missile tests prompted US president Donald Trump to respond with threats of “fire and fury”. The heightened state of tension in the Korean peninsula is unlikely to lead to an immediate war. However, it is certain to add to the instability in the region, at the root of which lies growing...

04 September 2017

International

Trump risks deadly war over rivalry with China

US president Donald Trump has warned that the US military is “locked and loaded” with “military solutions fully in place” in a confrontation with North Korea.

15 August 2017

International

Trump ramps up tensions in Asia

Warmonger in chief Donald Trump is ramping up tensions in Asia with fresh sanctions against the North Korean dictatorship.

06 August 2017

International

Donald Trump’s row with North Korea could prove deadly

Warmongering US president Donald Trump is ramping up tensions across the world to assert the US’s global dominance.

18 April 2017

Features

China crisis – could island strife lead to world war?

A recent dispute over islands in the South China Sea is a sign of how imperialist tensions between the US and China could set the region ablaze, writes Dave Sewell

26 July 2016

Socialist Review Archive

Crisis in Korea

The increasing tensions on the Korean peninsula over the last few months have brought a renewed sense of insecurity to many in the region. The two Koreas are no strangers to these sorts of tensions, but this time the crisis has prompted some to make comparisons with the Cuban missile crisis of 1962.

01 May 2013

Comment

‘Don’t support US aggressive gamble against North Korea’

Tensions around Korea are making many people nervous. Some are reminded of the Cuban missile crisis.

23 April 2013

Features

Waiting for peace in Korea

North Korea is demonised as a pariah state. Sadie Robinson argues that its fear of attack is not so irrational if you know its history

23 April 2013

International

US rhetoric and sanctions ramp up dangerous tension with North Korea

North Korea recently issued a “No.1 combat readiness alert” announcing that the “North and South are at war”. Leader Kim Jong-un also put his strategic missile units on standby for launch.

05 April 2013