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ADVERTISEMENT Moon, thanks to Trump’s subtle but firm diplomacy, kept the alliance in place, and Biden on Friday shut the door to the South Korean’s behind-the-scenes subversion.  “This was quite a historic day for the alliance,” David Maxwell of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said at the conclusion of the Biden-Moon press conference on Friday. “They put the alliance on the right track,” he said, referring to the two leaders’ joint statement and accompanying fact shee...

The new US president is repairing American alliances after four years of damage.

Was making a bigger base a bad idea? Heres What You Need To Know: Pyongyang has been improving its heavy artillery in parallel with efforts to develop increasingly heavy, accurate, and long-range ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads. A multi-billion-dollar plan to move thousands of U.S. troops farther from the Korean demilitarized zone in order to get them out of firing range of North Korean artillery appears to have failed. At the same time that the Americans are moving ont...

Get all our news and commentary in your inbox at 6 a.m. ET. email Biden, Moon Seek Return to Normal After Four Years of ‘Chaotic’ Trump But the U.S. and South Korean leaders remain far apart on topics from North Korea to human rights. After years of Donald Trump’s claims that Seoul is ripping off America, Joe Biden will seek to heal the allies’ strained relations in his first presidential meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-In. But Friday’s summit will be just t...

An archeologist and accumulator turns an obsession into a lesson

An archeologist and accumulator in Port Coquitlam turns an obsession into a lesson Author of the article: Laura Brehaut Publishing date: May 17, 2021  •  6 hours ago  •  6 minute read  •  At its height, David Maxwells collection included 4,500 beer cans. Photo by David Maxwell Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article content David Maxwel...

Pentagon weighs keeping Trump-era change to ‘psychological operations’ The policy change highlights tension between military leaders and diplomats about how the U.S. handles gray-area operations that fall short of all-out war. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington on May 6, 2021. | AP Photo/Susan Walsh Link Copied In the final months of the Trump administration, then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper quietly moved to let the military run influence ...

North Korea Is Chinas Weapon | Opinion On 5/10/21 at 7:00 AM EDT On April 30, the Biden administration revealed how it will handle North Korea. Americans should not be optimistic. "Our policy will not focus on achieving a grand bargain, nor will it rely on strategic patience," White House Press Secretary Jen Psakisaid to reporters on Air Force One, indicating that President Biden had rejected both Obama-style neglect and Trump-style engagement. In words that could mean anything...

Radio Iowa You are here: Home Legislature votes for alcohol sales to begin at 6 a.m. on Sunday Craig Johnson The Iowa House and Senate have voted to let alcohol sales start two hours earlier on Sunday mornings, “creating uniformity across each of the days of the week,” Senator Craig Johnson of Independence said. Under current law, a business has to get a special permit to sell alcohol on Sundays, and can’t sell booze before 8 a.m. The bill that passed the House and Senate last week would ...

Heres what we know about it. Heres What You Need to Remember: Although the plan reportedly focuses not on a full-blown war but on limited warfare, a preemptive strike can escalate from a small skirmish into a large-scale war. It is hard to understand how the Korean troops would play a leading role while should a war start, Korea would not have military operational control. North Korea’s unpredictable leader Kim Jong-un has many ways of making war upon his neighbors. He can unleash commandos...