Andrew Korybko US President Joe Biden scandalously quipped during Wednesday’s press conference that NATO might be divided over how to respond in the event that Russia stages a so-called “minor incursion” into Ukraine. This reveals that his team’s strategy towards Russia isn’t fully formed in the context of the undeclared US-provoked missile crisis in Europe that talks …
There is something very fishy about the Anti Doping Rule Violations (ADRVs) pinned on the Russian curler and Russian bobsledder during the final week of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
It makes no logical sense that an athlete would do a one-time consumption of a chemical that is of no value in circumstances where it is almost certain to be detected with huge negative consequences.
(ANTIWAR.COM) — The latest North Korean delegation to the South has reiterated the nation’s eagerness to pursue diplomacy, saying North Korea is “very willing” to hold direct talks with the United States. South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in has been pushing such talks, saying that the US and North Korea need to talk at “an early date” as a way […]
(ANTIWAR.COM) — The 2018 Winter Olympics have been a prime case for sports diplomacy, with North and South Korea making heavy diplomatic progress. Vice President Mike Pence is in South Korea trying to reassure reporters that this progress is illusory. “There is no daylight between the United States, the Republic of Korea, and Japan,” Pence insisted, saying […]
(COMMONDREAMS) — Despite global calls for #KoreanPeace and hopes that U.S. Vice President Mike Pence would use his trip to South Korea for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games to engage in diplomatic talks to ease rising tensions with North Korea, Pence remained icy toward the country’s delegation. As he left the Olympics on Saturday, Pence told reporters aboard Air Force Two […]
(ANTIWAR.COM) — History was made Friday, as South Korean President Moon Jae-in shook hands with Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, as part of the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics. Kim is leading the highest level delegation of North Koreans to have visited South Korea since the two countries were first […]
(ANTIWAR.COM) — Weeks of diplomatic efforts with North Korea have the South Korean government upbeat, and presenting the Winter Olympics as the next step toward even better bilateral ties, and new opportunities to come. While the US had previously been loathe to publicly clash with South Korea about the matter, the fact that the diplomacy is ongoing […]
(ANTIMEDIA) East Asia — With the mainstream media contemplating the significance of Kim Jong-un sending his sister to the Olympic Games in South Korea, as well as any messages found within the North’s military parade on Thursday, the larger question still looms: Will the current thaw in relations between the United States and North Korea last beyond the games in Pyeongchang? On Thursday, […]
(ANTIWAR.COM) — Facilitating the North Korean participation in the Winter Olympics continues to be a struggle for South Korea, who is now petitioning the United Nations for a special exemption to allow one of the North Korean delegation to attend the games. North Korean Sports Minister Choe Hwi was announced to be part of the delegation led by […]
With less than a month to go before the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in South Korea, leaders of the North and South have agreed to form a joint Olympic hockey team and march together at the opening ceremony under one unified flag, as reported by the AP.
BREAKING: South Korea says rival Koreas have agreed to form their first joint Olympic team and march together in opening ceremony.
— The Associated Press (@AP) January 17, 2018
