The Lee Administration's recent consideration of deploying Korean forces to the Strait of Hormuz has sparked backlash from civil society and even among Lee's supporters. As public opposition grows, questions arise about
Beijing’s recent export controls on rare earth elements have triggered a worldwide race to reduce dependence on China, but experts warn that breaking its dominance will be neither quick nor easy. In
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The United States is quietly investing hundreds of millions of dollars in building and upgrading military infrastructure for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), according to newly uncovered documents published by Haaretz. The
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Samsung Electronics has stunned investors with a forecast of a 56% drop in second-quarter operating profit, as ongoing U.S. export restrictions on China and setbacks in supplying advanced AI memory chips to
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As U.S.-China trade tensions disrupt global supply chains, Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, is quietly turning volatility into opportunity — and helping America offload unwanted cargo in the process. According to a
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I started my career in journalism during the early 1960s as a reporter for the City News Bureau of Chicago, a now long-gone local news agency that was set up by the
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Editor’s Note: As the Big Beautiful Bill scrapes through the Senate, Chinese strategist Prof. Wang Xiangsui warns it may offer short-term relief at the cost of long-term ruin. From deep cuts to
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The cry echoes up and down New York City’s crowded streets. Out of nowhere has emerged a malevolent Muslim candidate for mayor named Zohran Mamdani. He’s 33 years old and born in
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China has sharply criticized the recent US-Vietnam trade agreement, expressing fears that President Donald Trump is using his so-called “liberation day” tariff negotiations with third countries to restrain China’s export-driven economy. The
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The US President Donald Trump’s latest Truth Social post yesterday on Iran nuclear issue reads as follows: “Tell phony Democrat Senator Chris Coons that I am not offering Iran ANYTHING, unlike Obama, who
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Sweeping cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) could result in more than 14 million additional deaths globally by 2030, reversing decades of progress in the fight against deadly diseases
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The U.S. dollar is experiencing its steepest first-half decline in over half a century, falling more than 10% in the first six months of 2025 — its worst start to the year
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For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit ~ Noam Chomsky Introduction: A Crisis of Vision in a Hyperconnected Age We are living in a paradox, at no point in history
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President Donald Trump has abruptly terminated all trade negotiations with Canada, citing the country’s imposition of a digital services tax on American technology companies as the primary reason. Trump described the tax
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As I expected last week, on Saturday evening the United States bombed Iran’s most fortified enrichment site at Fordow along with the Natanz and Isfahan nuclear facilities, officially becoming a co-combatant in Israel’s
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Top central bankers have delivered a blistering critique of stablecoins, declaring them unfit to function as mainstream money and warning of major risks if they are elevated to a central role in
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