World’s cartoonists on this week’s events

World’s cartoonists on this week’s events

First published in Le Temps, Switzerland, November 10, 2024 | By Patrick Chappatte First published on PoliticalCartoons.com, November 12, 2024 | By Arend van Dam First published in U.T. Independent, India, November 12, 2024 | By Paresh Nath First published in De Volkskrant, The Netherlands, November 8, 2024 | By Schot First published on PoliticalCartoons.com, … Read more

Commentary: Trump’s biggest impact in East Asia will be in Korea

Commentary: Trump’s biggest impact in East Asia will be in Korea

Trump will likely try to resume his relationship with Kim in his second term. This sets up a situation where the United States favours a dictatorship over a treaty ally in its foreign policy. That would be a shift more remarkable than the coming abandonment of Ukraine, which is not a formal US ally. Trump … Read more

North Korea Says Test-fire ‘Perfected’ New Solid-fuel ICBM

North Korea Says Test-fire ‘Perfected’ New Solid-fuel ICBM

North Korea’s latest weapons test “perfected” its newest and most advanced solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile, state media said Friday, as global criticism mounts over Pyongyang’s purported deployment of troops to Russia. Leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test of the Hwasong-19 missile, which flew higher and further than any previous missile, according to the North … Read more

World’s cartoonists on this week’s events

World’s cartoonists on this week’s events

First published on PoliticalCartoons.com, Bulgaria, Oct. 22, 2024 | By Christo Komarnitski First published on PoliticalCartoons.com, Oct. 23, 2024 | By Plop and KanKr First published on PoliticalCartoons.com, Croatia, Oct. 24, 2024 | By Nikola Listes First published on PoliticalCartoons.com, Oct. 21, 2024 | By Plop and KanKr First published in The Boston Globe, United … Read more

Elon Musk ‘Has Been In Regular Contact With’ Vladimir Putin For Years: Report

Elon Musk ‘Has Been In Regular Contact With’ Vladimir Putin For Years: Report

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk may be a U.S. citizen, but we’ve known for a while that he was at least sympathetic to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin after he refused to allow Ukraine to use Starlink to attack Russian ships in the Black Sea with drones. Then, as if there was any doubt, he went all-in … Read more

Putin’s North Koreans now in combat zone, Kyiv says – POLITICO

Putin’s North Koreans now in combat zone, Kyiv says – POLITICO

According to updated estimates from Kyiv, Pyongyang has transferred about 12,000 troops to Russia, including 500 officers and three army generals. Earlier this week Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine had already spotted North Korean army officers in the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine’s eastern region of Donbas. Russian President Vladimir Putin has not confirmed or … Read more

North Korea’s Kim Threatens To Use Nukes If Attacked

North Korea’s Kim Threatens To Use Nukes If Attacked

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country would use nuclear weapons “without hesitation” if attacked by the South and ally the United States, state media reported Friday. Relations between the two Koreas are at one of their lowest points in decades, with Seoul this week staging a military parade where it showcased its … Read more

Russian security chief Shoigu meets Kim Jong Un in North Korea

Russian security chief Shoigu meets Kim Jong Un in North Korea

MOSCOW: The head of Russia’s Security Council Sergei Shoigu met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday (Sep 13), Moscow said, weeks after the Kremlin signed a defence pact with Pyongyang. The visit comes as Moscow seeks ammunition to continue its more than 30-month offensive in Ukraine and as the West accuses Pyongyang of sending … Read more

Kim Unveils New North Korea ‘Suicide Drones’

Kim Unveils New North Korea ‘Suicide Drones’

North Korea has unveiled a new “suicide drone”, state media said Monday, with leader Kim Jong Un overseeing a performance test of the weapons, which experts said could have come from Russia. Wearing a cream baker boy hat, Kim was shown beaming as he watched, aided by high-powered binoculars, as the drones blew up targets, … Read more

North Korea to reopen for international visitors, tour operators say

North Korea to reopen for international visitors, tour operators say

North Korea will resume international tourism this winter, ending a COVID-era ban on travelers, according to operators that organize trips to the country. Travel companies KTG and Koryo Tours, which organize trips to North Korea, said on Wednesday that their partners in the country had informed them about government plans to allow travel to some … Read more