PETER HITCHENS: Now even this North Korean warns we’re being brainwashed! 

The most bitterly funny story of the week is that a defector from North Korea thinks that even her homeland is ‘not as nuts’ as the indoctrination now forced on Western students. Yeonmi Park fled from the Hermit Kingdom when she was just 13, and endured horrible things during her escape. Eventually, she reached South Korea. … Read more

Russia and China using cyber attacks to ‘steal, sabotage and ransack’ the West, Dominic Raab warns

Dominic Raab accuses Russia of ‘sheltering’ criminal cyber gangs who are using attacks to ‘steal, sabotage and ransack’ the West and ‘want to undermine the very foundations of our democracy’ as oil pipeline hack cripples US Raab speaking at  National Cyber Security Centre’s CYBERUK conference today  Says authoritarian regimes  are using technology to attack international … Read more

US State Department will issue ‘Level 4: Do Not Travel’ advisory for 80% of countries

The U.S. Department of State announced on Monday it will issue a ‘Level 4: Do Not Travel’ advisory, its highest warning, for about 80 percent of countries. In an official statement, the agency said the risk of COVID-19 while traveling remains too high and urged Americans to ‘reconsider all travel abroad.’  ‘This does not imply … Read more

US State Department will issue ‘Level 4: Do Not Travel’ advisory for 80% of countries

BREAKING NEWS: US Department of State will issue ‘do not travel’ advisory for 80% of countries due to COVID-19 risk The U.S. Department of State announced it will be issuing ‘Level 4: Do Not Travel’ advisories for 80% of countries In a statement on Monday, officials recommended that Americans ‘reconsider all travel abroad’ Level 4 is … Read more

North Koreans don masks to celebrate birth of founder despite country’s claims of no Covid cases

Thousands of North Koreans wearing masks danced in a plaza and climbed a hill in Pyongyang to mark the 109th birthday of the country’s founder despite Kim Jong Un’s claims there have been no coronavirus cases in the state. The grandfather of the current leader, Kim Il Sung, was born 109 years ago and April … Read more

North Korea threatens US with nation’s ‘invincible physical power’

North Korea said on Saturday that the Biden administration had taken a wrong first step and revealed ‘deep-seated hostility’ by criticizing its self-defensive missile test. On Friday, North Korea said it had launched a new type of tactical short-range ballistic missile. President Joe Biden said the test violated UN Security Council resolutions but he remained … Read more

Kim Jong Un misses test firing of new ballistic missile

Kim Jong GONE? North Korean despot misses test firing of Pyongyang’s short range tactical ballistic missile North Korea claimed it successfully launched a new short-range ballistic missile The tactical missile launch was the first test by North Korea in more than a year Kim Jong Un normally attends such shows of strength to provide ‘field … Read more

North Korea ‘fires another missile’ after Biden ‘laughed off’ previous test as ‘business as usual’

North Korea has fired its first ballistic missiles in a year, Japan’s Defense Ministry confirmed – a move likely to increase tensions after it fired its first cruise missiles at the weekend.  The two short-range ballistic missiles were launched from North Korea on Wednesday (Thursday, local time) – fired from Wonsan on North Korea’s eastern coast … Read more

North Korea ‘fires another missile’ after Biden ‘laughed off’ previous test as ‘business as usual’

North Korea has fired its first ballistic missiles in a year, Japan’s Defense Ministry confirmed – a move likely to increase tensions after it fired its first cruise missiles at the weekend.  The two short-range ballistic missiles were launched from North Korea on Wednesday (Thursday, local time) – fired from Wonsan on North Korea’s eastern coast … Read more

North Korea fires off short-range missiles following warning from Kim Jong-un’s sister

North Korea fires off short-range missiles following ‘sleep in peace’ warning from Kim Jong-un’s sister, presenting Joe Biden with another foreign policy challenge The launches came over the weekend They follow a round of joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises Dictator’s sister Kim Yo-jong said if the U.S. ‘wants to sleep in peace for the coming … Read more