Special to WorldTribune.com Compiled by Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com Week-long Chinese-Russian naval exercises in the Yellow Sea ended April 27 with much official hype but little convincing enthusiasm. That’s because throughout the exercises China desperately tried to convince the world that a solid Sino-Russian military alliance was in the works. The Chinese Defense Ministry called the […]
East-Asia-Intel.com, March 28, 2012 Fear of a military coup and major uprisings prompted the highest uniformed officer in China’s leadership to issue an unusual statement warning the nation and the PLA to “more tightly unite around the Party’s Central Committee led by Comrade Hu Jintao.” Gen. Guo Boxiong, vice chairman of the powerful Central Military […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By East-Asia-Intel.com”>Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com North Korea’s newly-installed ruler Kim Jong-Un has been accelerating efforts to form his own independent power base, placing individuals loyal to him in key positions of authority after purging a number of potential rivals, sources in Seoul said. “A series of reshuffles are undergoing in the Party, the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com North Korea has planted land mines and installed wooden planks studded with sharp iron nails along its border with China in one of the strictest measures yet to deter starving citizens from fleeing into China, according to Seoul-based defectors’ groups. “North Korea is planting a number of land […]
Special to WorldTribune.com From East-Asia-Intel.com Chinese President Hu Jintao revealed Beijing’s continued his commitment to Communist ideology last week when he denounced what he called cultural imperialism from hostile Western forces. Hu told Communist Party members that hostile forces are seeking to divide and westernize China and called for opposing all efforts to change the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com EAST-ASIA-INTEL.com Wednesday, June 16, 2004 South Korea’s Pyeonghwa (Peace) Motors Corporation plans to stage an inter-Korean golf game next month in the North’s capital city of Pyongyang, company officials say. “We have agreed with North Korean authorities to hold a friendly golf competition between the two Koreas from July 30 to Aug. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com New Edition, Geostrategy-Direct.com LONDON — After years of suspicion, Western intelligence agencies have confirmed that former Soviet scientists had provided significant help to Iran’s nuclear weapons program. NATO intelligence agencies have concluded that the former Soviet Union and its neighbors allowed hundreds of scientists to work in Iran and work to enhance […]
By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com North Korea’s military has been ordered to shoot anyone crossing the border into China, even if they had reached Chinese soil. The directive was issued by Kim Jong-Il’s son and heir-apparent, Kim Jong-Un, who is seeking to tighten his grip on the populace, activists and media reports from Seoul say. It […]
Special to WorldTribune.com from East-Asia-Intel.com SEOUL — North Korea is abbreviating the grooming period for 28-year-old Kim Jong-Un, the youngest son of current leader Kim Jong-Il, a lawmaker said. As part of efforts to shorten the learning curve, Kim Jong-Un practiced controlling the military during his father’s overseas trips, Hwang Jin-Ha from the Grand National […]
Special to WorldTribune.com East-Asia-Intel.com, Oct. 12, 20011 Inside China, by Willy Lam Nobody takes culture so seriously as the Communists, especially the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Chairman Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution in 1966 to 1976 — in which millions of Chinese perished — was waged in the name of “purifying and improving” Chinese civilization. Beginning […]
