Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats is in South Korea meeting with President Moon Jae-in. Moon is trying to coax Trump into an agreement with North Korea that will end the Korea war and gradually denuclearize the Korean peninsula. On this issue, many Democrats in Washington are mindlessly siding with John Bolton against the peace-minded...
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China Surveillance App Targets Tourists in Xinjiang Province
No longer content with mass surveillance of their ethnic minority populations, the Chinese authorities have begun cybersurveillance of visitors to the northwestern province of Xinjiang. according to the New York Times. The Times reports that travelers, tourists and visitors to Xinjiang are now being required to turn over all of their electronic devices to the...
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Trump-Kim Handshake Restarts Denuclearization Talks
If there’s one thing Democrats agree on, it is that President Trump’s very brief visit to the Korean Demilitarized Zone to shake hands with North Korean leader is a “photo op” not a substantive move, a stunt not diplomacy. Kamala Harris said it. Elizabeth Warren said it. Former Obama adviser Ben Rhodes said it. So...
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Moon Rising: Trump and Kim Letters Revive Hope for Denuclearization Talks
Maybe the U.S.-Korea denuclearization talks aren’t dead after all. President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have exchanged friendly letters and Trump is headed to South Korea for a visit. These developments are boost for South Korean president Moon Jae-in who has facilitated the on-again, off-again negotiations of the two mercurial leaders. With talks...
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Trump Curbs CIA: He Promises Kim He Won’t Use Relatives as Assets
After reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s late half-brother Kim Jong-nam, who was assassinated in 2017, had been a CIA asset, President Trump weighed in while taking questions from the press while en route to Marine One. The president said he had received a “beautiful letter” from Kim, and called the North Korean...