Hanoi, Jul 19 (Prensa Latina) The growing tension on the Korean peninsula since the sinking of the Cheonan warship is worrying for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which says peace is needed to achieve regional goals. Read more…
Pyongyang, July 19 (Xinhua) — Rodong Sinmun, a leading newspaper of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), urged the United States to sincerely respond to the peace agreement proposed by the DPRK in a commentary published on Monday. Read more…
BY YOSHIHIRO MAKINO (The Asahi Shimbun)
Seoul — The United States appears to have backed off considerably from its calls for strict measures against North Korea over the March sinking of a South Korean warship. Read more…
BY HILARY KEENAN (21st Century Socialism)
Only a small coterie in the USA and South Korea know for sure what really happened to the South Korean warship. But, unreported in the Western media, the ‘proof’ that the Cheonan was sunk by North Korea has been thoroughly discredited. Read more…
Prensa Latina, July 17, 2010
Havana — The leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, has again warned of the dangers of a nuclear war in either Iran or North Korea spurred by the U.S. and the threats posed for humanity. Read more…
Fear of the second Sino-American military clash proliferates as authorities of the United States and south Korea have indifferently to Chinese public opinion foretold their joint military drills in the West and East Seas of Korea in the near future. Read more…
BY SHEN DINGLI, Global Times
The US and South Korea are implementing joint military exercises this month in the Yellow Sea, with the possibility of deploying the US aircraft carrier George Washington. Read more…
BY AL PESSIN (VOA)
Pentagon — The United States says planned naval exercises with South Korea have been delayed at least until after next week’s bi-lateral ministerial meeting in Seoul. Read more…
Seoul Faces New China Tensions Over Naval Drill
Analysts suggest Korea should take steps to ease Beijing security fears
BY JUNG HA-WON (JoongAng Daily)
Seoul — South Korea could face a period of increased tensions with China due to the joint naval exercise it plans to hold with the U.S. in the Yellow Sea in spite of objections by Beijing. Read more…
Pyongyang, July 13 (Itar-Tass) –The DPRK’s authorities will make all the necessary steps to investigate the real circumstances of the Cheonan corvette sinking in the Yellow Sea on March 26 in the interests of peace, stability and denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, the KCNA news agency says in comments to the UN SC statement, showing its attitude to this incident. Read more…