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South Korea provocatively rehearsed cruise-missile strikes on the North using live weapons yesterday as the US accused China and Russia of being soft on sanctions.
In a joint exercise with US forces, the South test-fired a missile it claimed it can hit any part of the North and destroy hardened bunkers.
On Monday, the UN security council unanimously passed a greatly watered-down resolution placing limited new sanctions on Pyongyang for its recent nuclear bomb and ballistic missile tests.
Despite opposition from Greenland’s people and Denmark, Washington intends to control the Arctic territory one way or another. Strategic dominance, mineral wealth and military power are the driving forces at play, writes ROGER McKENZIE
In a speech to the 12th Xiangshan Forum in Beijing, SEVIM DAGDELEN warns of a growing historical revisionism to whitewash Germany and Japan’s role in WWII as part of a return to a cold war strategy from the West — but multipolarity will win out
