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Para-demolition bombs being dropped on supply warehouses and dock facilities at a port in Wonsan, North Korea by the Fifth Air Force's B-26 Invader light bombers (ca. 1951). From USAF (photo 306-PS-51(10303)), public holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 541959., Public Domain, Link. Tim Beal is a retired New Zealand academic who has written extensively on Asia with a special focus on the Korean peninsula. His most recent work is the entry on Korea for The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialis...

IWM Duxford is considered Britain’s best-preserved Second World War airfield, from which historic and contemporary flying continues today. The American Air Museum was designed by renowned architects Foster + Partners in collaboration with Ove Arup and Partners as consulting engineers. 'Counting the Cost' memorial at IWM Duxford by Renato Niemis outside the American Air Museum. Picture: IWM American Air Museum IWM Duxford - Credit: IWM Although not yet 30 years old, the museum is considered an outstanding and innovative architectural site, and won critical acclaim in 1998 when it was awarded...

Episode 14: Tanzania's Opposition Leader Tundu Lissu on Politics after Magufuli The death of President Magufuli, a populist authoritarian and COVID-denier, officially from a heart failure, raises questions about whether newly sworn-in President Samia Suluhu Hassan will change course or maintain her predecessor’s authoritarian track. Tundu Lissu, Tanzania’s main opposition leader, joins Alan Boswell this week to discuss the late President Magufuli’s legacy and policies in Tanzania. Tundu says President Magufuli’s death is an opportunity to reverse trends and ensure accountability in ...

4.7K shares For nearly five years,  Canadian photographer Brant Slomovic focused his camera lens on Israel’s lone soldiers, the young men and women who come from around the world to serve in the Israel Defense Forces, leaving their families behind in their countries of origin. “When I first heard about lone soldiers and started reading about them, it struck me that this is such an extraordinary way of searching for a sense of belonging,” Slomovic said in an interview with The Times of Israel from his home in Toronto. At any given time, there are approximately 3,500 foreigners ser...

© DCT Media Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up A group of 12 Korean War veterans from across the north-east and Highlands have received special plaques in recognition of their services, 70 years on from the start of the conflict. Sometimes dubbed the Forgotten War, the conflict between South and North Korea started on June 25, 1950. Although combat ceased in July 1953 with the signing of an armistice, no peace treaty w...