International Viewpoint - online socialist magazine

North and South Korea at a turning point after 70 years

Karen Yamanaka — 2024-01-29T22:44:01Z

“The situation on the Korean Peninsula has become more tense recently, with North Korea still conducting a series of missile tests from late last year into this year.”

- IV588 - January 2024 / South Korea, North Korea

Racism deliberately concealed for 100 years

Karen Yamanaka — 2024-01-07T08:30:01Z

“However, racism in Japanese society has been deliberately concealed by successive right-wing and conservative governments. Japanese governments have deliberately failed to investigate or even keep proper statistics on the frequent incidents of racial discrimination in Japan. ”

- IV588 - January 2024 / Japan, Racism and Islamophobia

Start of radical political change for the working class in Japan

Karen Yamanaka — 2023-12-25T16:23:00Z

The kickback scandal involving the fundraising parties of the Abe faction, the largest faction of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), has become a major problem that is shaking the foundations of the Kishida regime in Japan.

- IV587 - December 2023 / Japan

Changing dynamics of world politics after the Hamas attack on Israel

Karen Yamanaka — 2023-12-05T17:29:47Z

“In the context of a changing world order, the dynamics of world politics are shifting from an era of confrontation between military powers to an era of multipolarity and nonpolarity.”

- IV587 - December 2023 / Palestine, Israel

Fruitless "joint struggle" between nuclear states

Karen Yamanaka — 2023-10-10T06:59:27Z

On 13 September, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un met at the Russian launch base at the Vostotchny cosmodrome. The meeting was organized at Putin's insistence. Kim Jong-un's visit to Russia is aimed at strengthening military and security cooperation between Russia and North Korea.

- IV585 - October 2023 / Russia, North Korea

North Korea's chronic food shortages exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic

Karen Yamanaka — 2023-08-29T08:46:21Z

The North Korean regime has faced a severely deteriorated economic situation due to international sanctions, floods, and the Covid-19 pandemic. In January 2020, the country blocked cross-border trade and expelled humanitarian workers and foreign diplomats facing the danger of the Covid-19 pandemic. The closure of the country delayed the arrival of the pandemic. However, as early as March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that a Covid-19 epidemic was developing in North Korea. Its strategy of sealing its external borders in January 2020 prevented essential supplies from entering the country, leading to food shortages and a faltering economy.

- IV583 - August 2023 / North Korea, Covid-19 Pandemic

Twelve years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster: for the world without nuclear power

Karen Yamanaka — 2023-03-24T10:18:34Z

“Nuclear disaster is ongoing. The very existence of nuclear power is a threat to the survival of humanity not only in this region but also in the world.”

- IV578 - March 2023 / Japan, Nuclear power

Revenge politics to raise the ghost of the elite pro-nuclear consensus

Karen Yamanaka — 2023-02-20T22:26:34Z

“Regardless of the energy output the nuclear tests, heightened and intensified regional tensions in this area will endanger geopolitical stability which may trigger unexpected nuclear weapons also in other parts of the world.”

- IV577 - February 2023 / South Korea, North Korea

Geopolitical Instability Which May Cause Unexpected and Worldwide Nuclear Weapons Accidents

Karen Yamanaka — 2022-11-11T22:50:42Z

“Regardless of the energy output the nuclear tests, heightened and intensified regional tensions will endanger geopolitical stability which may trigger unexpected nuclear weapons not only in the Asia-Pacific region but in other parts of the world. ”

- IV574 - November 2022 / Japan, China, North Korea

Ukraine is not the Neoliberal Laboratory for Transnational Capital

Karen Yamanaka — 2022-10-07T06:49:22Z

“The ongoing war in Ukraine is a factor to speed up neoliberal reconstruction in Ukraine. The war has also taken on the character of an economic war. ”

- IV573 - October 2022 / South Korea, Ukraine