For Peace With North Korea, Biden Must End the US-South Korea Military Exercises
If the Biden administration chooses to go through with the U.S.-South Korea joint military exercises in March, it could sabotage prospects for diplomacy with North Korea.
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One of the thorniest foreign policy challenges the Biden administration will need to face is a nuclear-armed North Korea. Talks between the U.S. and North Korea have been stalled since 2019, and North Korea has continued to develop its weapons arsenal, recently unveiling what appears to be its largest intercontinental ballistic missile.
As a retired U.S. Army Colonel and U.S. diplomat with 40 years of experience, I know all too well how actions by the U.S. military can exacerbate tensions that lead to war. That’s why the organization I am a member of, Veterans for Peace, is one of several hundred civil society organizations in the U.S. and South Korea urging the Biden administration to suspend the up
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Updated : 2021-01-20 18:13
This notice on the U.S. Forces Korea Facebook account shows the extension of its shelter in place directive for the U.S. Army Garrison (USAG) Yongsan through Sunday amid a consistent increase in the number of COVID-19 infections among service members, civilian contractors and dependent family members. / Captured from USFK Facebook
By Jun Ji-hye
The U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) is struggling to cope with an increasing number of COVID-19 cases among its service members, civilian contractors and dependent family members here, most of whom tested positive upon their arrival here from the United States.
Good riddance, 2020. Here’s what I’m looking forward to in 2021 (opinion)
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Thank God that 2020 is over, right? We’ve all had enough of the cursed year that brought coronavirus into our lives.
Frankly, I’ve been sick of hearing about and talking about COVID-19 for months now. It’s been a “Groundhog Day” movie that I can’t escape from. Groundhog Day movie staring Bill Murray. (Photo courtesy of Moviefone)
That doesn’t mean that I don’t take the deadly global pandemic seriously. I do. I know we have an ongoing situation on our hands.
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US Forces In Asia Get COVID Vaccinations
Video from the U.S. military shows members of the U.S. armed forces stationed in Asia receiving their first shots of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday.
Medical personnel administered shots at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Okinawa, Japan.
Vaccines were also administered to personnel at Osan Air Base and at Camp Humphreys in South Korea.
The footage from Camp Humphreys showed General Robert B. Abrams, Commanding General for United States Forces Korea and Command Sergeant Major Walter A. Tagalicud, Senior Enlisted Advisor for United States Forces Korea sitting down and receiving their vaccinations together.