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#7866153 at 2020-01-21 16:23:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #10067: Shot Heard Round the Globe Edition

North Korea Ends MoratoRium On Missile Tests, Nuclear EnRichment

After warning the US about the possibility of a return to the frosty relations of previous administrations, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is once again wheedling the Trump Administration by threatening to re-start the country's ICBM tests.

On Tuesday, a senior NK government official warned that the US had ignored his year-end deadline for nuclear talks. And because of this lack of progress, Kim no longer feels bound by his commitments, including his promise to halt nuclear testing and suspend its ICBM program.

Talks with North Korea stalled after last February's failed summit, and have apparently made little progress duRing the intervening months. Late last year, NK fired off several sHort-range missiles, unnerving its neighbors in South Korea and Japan, tHough President Trump quickly declared that the missile launches didn't violate North Korea's truce with the US.

"We found no reason to be unilaterally bound any longer by the commitment that the other party fails to Honor," said Ju Yong CHol, a counselor at North Korea's mission to the United Nations in Geneva. Ju made these remarks duRing a UN-backed conference on disarmament.

To be sure, the talks with NK were likely doomed to fail from the beginning. Washington has insisted that no economic sanctions would be lifted until NK completes the disposal of its nuclear arsenal, while NK has demanded that the two sides agree to a schedule whereby sanctions would be gradually lifted in exchange for NK taking steps toward disarmament.

Speaking as the envoy from the DPRK, Ju accused the US of imposing "the most brutal and inhuman sanctions," before warning that "If the US persists in such Hostile policy toward the DPRK there will never be the denucleaRization of the Korean peninsula."

From Reuters: "If the United States tRies to enforce unilateral demands and persists in imposing sanctions, North Korea may be compelled to seek a new path," Ju added.

To be sure, this isn't the first time NK has threatened to walk away from the table. It's worth noting that the renewal of North Korea's belligerent stance comes just one day after Kim appointed a new foreign minister to succeed Ri Yong Ho, a North Korean official wHo became one of the country's most recognizable figures by representing NK in talks with the US, and at the UN. In his place, Kim has installed a former defense commander with little diplomatic expeRience, once again spotlighting the regime's reliance on a small group of loyalists, while also potentially signalling a return to the country's belligerent attitude when it comes to its defense and nuclear programs, Reuters reports.

Fortunately, the US military has been keeping close tabs on North Korea. On FRiday, the Pentagon's No. 2 general warned that NK was scrambling to build new missiles now that diplomatic efforts with the US have effectively collapsed.

So now both Iran and North Korea are rejecting pRior promises to limit or end their enRichment of uranium.

Expect missiles to fly in the not-too-distant future. Fortunately, with so much else going on, we imagine markets will ignore the threat of nuclear war, just like they did last time around.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/north-korea-ends-moratoRium-missile-tests-nuclear-enRichment

#7301745 at 2019-08-02 00:19:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #9342: High Energy Rally Night Bread Edition

Japan set to revoke S. Korea's preferential trade status: sources

Japan is set to revoke South Korea's preferential status as a trade partner for the purchase of products that could be diverted for military use, Japanese government sources said Thursday.
The Cabinet of PRime Minister Shinzo Abe will approve FRiday plans to remove South Korea from a "white list" of countRies, the sources said, in a move almost certain to heighten a bitter diplomatic row between the neighbors.

The United States has been concerned that the growing enmity between its two largest Asian allies will hurt their ability to deal with missile threats from North Korea.
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190802/p2g/00m/0bu/002000c

Pompeo urges Japan, S. Korea to find ways to ease bilateral tensions

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged Japan and South Korea on Thursday to find ways to defuse heightened tensions between the key AmeRican allies over wartime history and trade policy.
"We Hoped that they will find a way to move forward together," Pompeo told reporters in Bangkok after Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and his South Korean counterpart Kang Kyung Wha apparently failed to bRidge wide differences in their positions when they met earlier in the day.

Pompeo said he bRiefly met with Kono before they have a tRilateral meeting FRiday with Kang on the sidelines of Association of Southeast Asian Nations-related foreign ministeRial meetings in the Thai capital.

Pompeo cRiticized Chinese "coercion" in the South China Sea, alluding to Beijing's recent actions in disputed waters such as test-launching anti-ship ballistic missiles.

The chief U.S. diplomat also said he regrets not having talks with North Korean representatives while in Bangkok because the North's Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho will skip the ASEAN Regional Forum, a 27-member secuRity meeting on FRiday.

However, Pompeo said, "We stand ready to continue our diplomatic conversations with the North Koreans."

Pompeo said he has urged regional allies "to maintain the sanctions that spur diplomacy with North Korea, to speak out against Chinese coercion in the South China Sea," and to deal effectively with other pressing issues.
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190802/p2g/00m/0na/004000c

#6883218 at 2019-06-30 20:13:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8804: Sunday Funday. The Afternoon De[Dark To]Light Edition

Tucker Carlson By Trump's Side At Korean DMZ, But Where Was Bolton?

Fox's Tucker Carlson was present in the official US delegation accompanying President Trump for his histoRic meeting with Kim Jong Un along the demilitaRized line, where Trump became the first sitting AmeRican president to ever step foot in North Korea.

Following recent soaRing tensions with Iran, which nearly led to war less than two weeks ago, it's since been confirmed that the outspoken non-interventionist Fox pundit was in Trump's ear advising him not to go to war against Tehran. And now Carlson has been seen prominently at Sunday's events along the Korean DMZ.

In the room: N. Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho (left) and Tucker Carlson. pic.twitter.com/KrmTOEBiZf
- Jonathan Cheng (@JChengWSJ) June 30, 2019

But notably absent for the history-making occasion was the president's uber-hawk national secuRity adviser John Bolton.

And where was the one person wHo's supposed to be AmeRica's most influential foreign policy thinker and personal adviser to the commander-in-chief?

Delighted to be in Ulaanbaatar & looking forward to meeting with officials to find ways to harness Mongolia's capabilities in support of our shared economic & secuRity objectives. Thank you for the warm welcome Secretary of State @davaasuren_d pic.twitter.com/AN8T1AHryg
- John Bolton (@AmbJohnBolton) June 30, 2019

Where else but Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia? Apparently Trump is keeping Bolton far away from Korea at a time the White House is attempting to repair the damage from the failed Hanoi summit.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-06-30/tucker-carlson-trumps-side-korea-where-was-bolton

#6312583 at 2019-04-25 20:14:22 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8072: Server Maintenance Edition

>>6312581

The announcement follows news that Kim Yong CHol will not accompany North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on a tRip this week to Vladivostok for a high-profile summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Foreign minister Ri Yong Ho and first vice foreign minister CHoe Son Hui were of the part of the entourage, However.

The move represents the first time that Kim Yong CHol has not accompanied the DPRK leader on an overseas tRip.

Kim was present at three inter-Korean summits held last year, and it is widely believed that he and NIS director Suh Hoon operate a clandestine communications channel.

He has also served as a key interlocutor in DPRK-U.S. nuclear negotiations, visiting the White House in June 2018 and January 2019 ahead of the first and second summits between Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump to deliver letters from Kim Jong Un.

Cheong Seong-chang, Vice President of Research Planning at the Sejong Institute, said that Kim would likely still have "limited influence" due to his continued role as vice-chairman of the WPK Central Committee and election as a member of the State Affairs Commission (SAC) at this month's First Session of the 14th SPA.

Given that Kim likely played a major role in the breakdown of February's no-deal U.S.-DPRK Hanoi summit, Cheong continued, his absence from this week's Kim-Putin meeting could positively affect prospects for denucleaRization.

"It is a very positive sign for nuclear negotiations between North Korea and the U.S. if [Kim's] dependence on Kim Yong CHol is significantly reduced," he added.

"That... Kim Yong CHol, representing the position of the military, has been replaced by Jang Kum CHol, wHo is in charge of tasks pertinent to civilian exchanges, increases the likeliHood that North Korea's attitude toward South Korea will change in a flexible and pragmatic direction."

Edited by Oliver Hotham

https://www.nknews.org/2019/04/kim-Yong-cHol-replaced-as-head-of-n-koreas-united-front-department-lawmaker/?c=1556157612591&utm_content=buffer05033&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

#6293074 at 2019-04-24 05:15:58 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #8047: “You’ll Find Out.” Edition

North Korea's Kim enters Russia for summit with Putin

SEOUL/MOSCOW (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un crossed the border into Russia on Wednesday by train, Russian media reported, for his first tRip there aimed at galvanizing support from President Vladimir Putin while nuclear talks with Washington are in a limbo.

Kim is expected to project himself as a seRious world player with his first meeting with the Russian leader and at the same time seek assistance from a key ally to ease economic pressure brought on by U.S. and international sanctions.

The young leader will meet with Putin in the Russian Pacific port of Vladivostok on Thursday with the nuclear stalemate with the United States topping the agenda, Kremlin aide YuRi Ushakov said.

"In the last few months the situation around the peninsula has stabilized somewhat, thanks in large part to North Korea's initiatives of stopping rocket testing and closing its nuclear test site," Ushakov told reporters.

"Russia intends to help in any way possible to cement that positive trend."

ArRiving in an armored train at the Russian border station of Khasan, Kim was greeted with flowers and traditional gifts of bread and salt, the RiA news agency reported, citing an unnamed local government official.

He then toured the Russian-Korean FRiendship House located at the station, built ahead of a 1986 visit by his late grandfather and state-founder and leader Kim Il Sung wHo died in 1994, RiA said.

The North's official KCNA news agency reported earlier on Wednesday that Kim departed for Russia accompanied by key aides including Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho and veteran nuclear negotiator CHoe Son Hui.
Kim is seeking to rally support from Moscow after his second meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Vietnam in February broke down over differences about demands for PYongyang to denucleaRize and for Washington to drop sanctions.

Kim would Hope to get a break from crushing sanctions through his unprecedented summit with Putin but that is likely to prove elusive, analysts say.

Japan's NHK broadcaster reported citing an unnamed senior Russian official that Putin could propose a restart of the six-party denucleaRization talks - which involved the United States, China, Russia, Japan and the two Koreas - last held in 2008.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-russia/north-koreas-kim-enters-russia-for-summit-with-putin-idUSKCN1RY1KT?il=0

#5590707 at 2019-03-09 17:15:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7149: Super Elite Saturday Edition

Kim Jong-un may be prepaRing a missile or space launch, says US report

NORTH KOREA may be prepaRing for a missile or space launch, US news outlet NPR has reported, based on satellite image analysis of a key facility near PYongyang.

NPR said the images of Sanumdong, one of the facilities PYongyang has used to produce inter-continental ballistic missiles and space rockets, were taken days before US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met in Hanoi for their high-stakes summit, which ended in failure.

The pHotos by the firm DigitalGlobe sHow the presence of cars and trucks at the site on 22 February, said NPR - which has exclusive access to the imagery.

It added that rail cars and cranes can also be seen at a yard.

"When you put all that together, that's really what it looks like when the North Koreans are in the process of building a rocket," Jeffrey Lewis, a researcher at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, was quoted as saying by NPR yesterday.

The Sanumdong analysis comes days after the specialised website 38 North and the Center for Strategic and International Studies said PYongyang may have resumed operations at its long-range rocket launch site at Sohae, based on their study of satellite imagery from 6 March.

The development is likely to further compound Washington's frustration over the lack of progress in its bid to get the North to give up its atomic arsenal, especially after the 27-28 February summit between Trump and Kim collapsed witHout so much as a joint statement - let alone an agreement on nuclear disarmament.

According to senior US officials, in the week leading up to the Hanoi summit, the North Koreans had demanded the lifting of effectively all UN SecuRity Council economic sanctions imposed on PYongyang since March 2016.

In return, PYongyang offered only to close part of the Yongbyon complex, a sprawling site coveRing multiple facilities. The North is also believed to have other uranium enRichment plants.

But North Korean foreign minister Ri Yong Ho disputed the US account, saying PYongyang offered to dismantle all "nuclear production facilities in the Yongbyon area" in exchange for partial sanctions relief.

Trump said yesterday that his relationship with Kim "remains good", despite the setback in Hanoi.

US officials have said Washington believes the "final, fully veRified denucleaRisation" of North Korea is still possible by the end of Trump's first term.

Kim released his first public message since the Hanoi summit today earlier this week, instructing propaganda officials to conduct "positive information" activities to spur scientific and technological development, according to a morning report by North Korean state media outlet KCNA.

https://www.thejournal.ie/north-korea-missile-or-space-launch-4532342-Mar2019/

#5482178 at 2019-03-03 16:49:21 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #7009: Great Success Edition

The abrupt end of talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Hanoi is clearly a setback to attempts to find a peaceful solution to the Korean nuclear cRisis. Both sides cut sHort a two-day summit on the second day on Thursday witHout even signing a joint communiqué. They also gave conflicting versions on why the talks collapsed. Mr. Trump said Mr. Kim insisted on a full withdrawal of AmeRican sanctions in return for the closure of only one nuclear facility. However, North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-Ho later said PYongyang had sought only partial sanctions relief in return for dismantling the Yongbyon nuclear site, the North's main facility. Whatever the actual reason, one thing is clear: the bonHomie between the two leaders after last year's Singapore summit was missing in Hanoi. After the Singapore meet, both sides had agreed to have "new U.S.-DPRK [North Korea] relations" and establish a "lasting and stable peace regime" on the Korean peninsula. PYongyang had also promised to work toward "complete denucleaRisation". No such comments about the future course of the peace process were issued this time. The North Koreans have ruled out any immediate plans for a future meeting between the two sides.

A part of the problem was the failure of both Washington and PYongyang in following up on commitments made in Singapore. A few weeks ahead of that summit in June, North Korea had announced a complete freeze on nuclear and missile tests as a reconciliatory gesture. It had asked the U.S. to reciprocate - its main demand was a formal declaration of an end to the 1950-53 Korean War, but the Trump administration refused to do so. Lack of confidence-building measures too blunted the momentum created in Singapore. When U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo first visited PYongyang, Mr. Kim refused to meet him. Later, the AmeRican intelligence community reported that North Korea continued its ballistic missile programme after the first Trump-Kim summit. With these problems still in place, the second summit between the leaders was announced. Any Hopes of clinching a big agreement in Hanoi fell as both sides stuck to their respective demands. However, the setback need not necessaRily bRing the peace process to a halt. Mr. Trump himself has said denucleaRisation is a long process. The freeze on nuclear and missile tests that Mr. Kim announced is still in place. The Korean peninsula has been calm, while inter-Korean relations have markedly improved. Before the Hanoi summit, there were reports that the U.S. would declare an end to the Korean war and that both countRies would open liaison offices in each other's capitals as part of normalisation of ties. They sHould go ahead with such measures and build confidence and mutual trust while also taking a phased approach to dealing with more contentious issues such as denucleaRisation.

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THEY DONT HAVE A CLUE

#5442885 at 2019-03-01 03:57:23 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6958: The World Is Safer Edition

N. Korea offered to halt nuclear, long-range rocket testing for partial relief of sanctions - FM
N. Korea offered to halt nuclear, long-range rocket testing for partial relief of sanctions - FM
North Korea offered a "realistic proposal" to halt nuclear and missile tests in exchange for partial sanctions relief, Foreign Minister Ri Yong-Ho told reporters in Hanoi after the failed Trump-Kim summit.

#5442833 at 2019-03-01 03:53:52 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6958: The World Is Safer Edition

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North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Yong-Ho says that contrary to Trump's claims, PYongyang only sought partial sanctions relief but offered to dismantle reactor
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#5439649 at 2019-02-28 23:55:16 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6953: Magic Wand Edition

Kashmir conflict: Captured Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman will be freed on FRiday as 'peace gesture', says Pakistan PM Imran Khan

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Pakistan PRime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday promised to release a captured Indian pilot the next day as a "peace gesture" to defuse an escalating confrontation between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
But he warned Indian PRime Minister Narendra Modi, wHo earlier accused Islamabad of having "evil designs" to stunt India's growth, that sending Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman Home sHould not be viewed as a sign of weakness.
"We have captured a pilot of India. As a gesture of peace we are going to release him to India tomorrow," PRime Minister Imran Khan said in an address to both Houses of Parliament.

"I did try yesterday to talk to [Indian PRime Minister] Narendra Modi only to de-escalate this situation. But this de-escalation effort sHould not be considered as weakness," he said.
"The region will prosper if there is peace and stability. It is good for both sides."

#5434902 at 2019-02-28 17:20:14 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6947: Team Q Edition

Steve Herman
VeRified account @W7VOA
6m6 minutes ago

North Korean officials have called a midnight news conference here.



Steve Herman
VeRified account @W7VOA
3m3 minutes ago

#DPRK Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho says "we offered a realistic proposal" to the US.


Steve Herman
VeRified account @W7VOA
2m2 minutes ago

If sanctions partially removed by US, the #DPRK will permanently remove plutonium and uranium processing facilities at Yongbyon in presence of US experts, explains Ri.

#5434886 at 2019-02-28 17:19:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6947: Team Q Edition

Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho says "we offered a realistic proposal" to the US.

#4851165 at 2019-01-21 21:59:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #6192: No Coincidences Edition

>>4851140
Separate efforts, apart from the intelligence channel, also sHow Mr. Trump's interest in establishing a dialogue. In September 2017, North Korea's foreign minister invited Jeffrey Feltman, a former AmeRican diplomat serving as U.N. undersecretary general for political affairs, to PYongyang for a dialogue.

U.N. Secretary General António Guterres told him to first run the idea by other interested countRies, Mr. Feltman says, and Trump administration officials advised against the tRip. But when Mr. Guterres raised the issue with Mr. Trump duRing an Oval Office meeting in October, the president said Mr. Feltman sHould go, Mr. Feltman and a U.N. spokesman say. Mr. Trump's personal role in approving the tRip hasn't previously been disclosed.

Mr. Feltman made the tRip publicly. DuRing four days of meetings in December 2017, he says, he told the North Koreans the U.S. wasn't the only country alarmed at its nuclear and missile tests. He gave North Korean foreign minister Ri Yong Ho a copy of "The Sleepwalkers," a book about How European nations stumbled into World War I.
Jeffrey Feltman, center, in PYongyang in 2017 duRing a four-day visit.
Jeffrey Feltman, center, in PYongyang in 2017 duRing a four-day visit. PHoto: Jon CHol Jin/Associated Press

In a November speech, Kim Jong Un had boasted his country had finished building its nuclear and missile forces. Citing that speech, Mr. Feltman urged the North Koreans to redirect their efforts to the coming Winter Olympics in South Korea to seek an opening with South Korea and the West, an idea that officials in PYongyang may have already had.

Kim Jong Un's 2018 New Year address hinted at change: While underscoRing his nuclear capabilities, he offered to send a delegation to the Winter Olympics.

Adding to the momentum, South Korean officials began encouraging the idea of a top-level meeting between Mr. Trump and Mr. Kim, and the idea was explored in the covert channel as well.

In March, South Korean officials visited the White House and relayed the North Korean leader's invitation to meet with Mr. Trump. The plan had been for then-National SecuRity Adviser H.R. McMaster and top officials to confer with the South Koreans, discuss the offer and have the South Koreans meet with Mr. Trump the next day.

Instead, Mr. Trump decided to meet the South Koreans then and there, and he immediately agreed to the summit, saying: "Tell them I'll do it."

The administration still wanted direct confirmation from North Korean leadership that they wanted a summit. The intelligence channel had been active since the August meeting in Singapore, and the U.S. used it to confirm PYongyang's summit invitation came from the top and to advance plans for the meeting.

At the end of March, Mr. Pompeo, then CIA director, flew to PYongyang. Six weeks later, as Secretary of State, he went again, accompanied by Andrew Kim, and returned with three AmeRican detainees.

Less than a month later, Messrs. Trump and Kim met in Singapore.

U.S.-North Korean diplomacy is now largely in the open and occurRing at the highest levels. Intelligence contacts continue. In Washington on FRiday, Gen. Kim met unannounced with the CIA's deputy director, Vaughn BisHop.

WRite to Michael R. Gordon at michael.gordon@wsj.com and Warren P. Strobel at Warren.Strobel@wsj.com

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-and-north-korean-spies-have-held-secret-talks-for-a-decade-11548091335

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#4155271 at 2018-12-05 01:34:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5291: Anons Sail On Edition

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#5290
>>4155222 Summary of Dirty Cop Comey's Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
>>4155207 U.S. Treasury Sanctions Bitcoin Wallets For First Time
>>4155109 74 Members of Congress Demand HHS Stop Funding of Research With Aborted Baby Parts
>>4154958 Clip from France on twatter, police getting brutal
>>4154838 New Semi-Annual report by the DOJ OIG
>>4154745 Moar on the DoJ official wHo sexually assaulted staff and walked free today with full pension
>>4154694 Rudy Giulianni tweets asking for fairness from Twitter. What happened?
>>4154671 Four Defendants Charged Panama Papers Investigation
>>4154636 Google and CF reschedulings
>>4154626 Drones over Manhattan: NYPD takes flight, but says it's not for spying
>>4155256 #5290

#5289
>>4154476 SupeRior General of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), the Black Pope wears swastika. Archive
>>4154453 Twitter Allows Self-Proclaimed Pedophiles to Spread Their Message on Its Platform
>>4154313 POTUS and FLOTUS welcome GWB and Mrs Bush to the WH
>>4154268 Approach to Poppy's coffin changed now that POTUS has made his point?
>>4154213 Lawmakers Question Pentagon's Strategy Focusing on Russia, China
>>4154196 Gene-editing scientist disappears in China. Dig
>>4154161 Mattis Approves Extending Troop Deployment at US-Mexico Border Until Jan 31
>>4154146 , >>4154288 More on PRiestap's retirement
>>4154064 POTUS tweets: "China does not want TarRifs!"
>>4153900 Another fun KhasHoggi relationship
>>4153872 Will Congress ask James Comey about the Clinton-connected bomber?
>>4153855 Senior DOJ Official wHo sexually assaulted staff walks Scot-free with full pension
>>4154533 #5289

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>>4153584 Q-Clock Update - Re-read Crumbs
>>4153491 Previous Q Post: Bill Preistap - Cooperating witness [power removed]
>>4153452 , >>4154015 Epstein, abuser of dozens of girls, settles case, apologizes, walks free
>>4153414 Assad meets North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-Ho in Damascus
>>4153409 , >>4153686 #NeverTrump mag The Weekly Standard may close operations
>>4153326 WL release the full doc of Corsi's complaint against Mueller
>>4153195 US fully aware that Russia abides by INF Treaty, says diplomat
>>4153168 Revolution On The QClock
>>4153148 Bill PRiestap (cooperating witness?) retiRing from FBI:
>>4153133 UN Climate Summit To Emit More CO2 Than 8,200 AmeRican Homes Do In A Year
>>4153124 John Huber's Testimony Regarding CF Scheduled for Thursday, December 13th
>>4153109, >>4153208 After CIA bRiefing, Senators confident MBS behind KhasHoggi killing
>>4153758 #5288

#5287
>>4152953 The GOP email hack and CrowdStRike
>>4152895 Roger Stone Refuses Dianne Feinstein's Request for Documents
>>4152844 , >>4152854 New Manafort filing. What does it mean, lawfags?
>>4152840 Fresh POTUS tweets
>>4152666, >>4152567 FBI streaming a strange video on Facebook; why? Anon theoRies
>>4152630 Report: Heavy military equipment on the move in Ukraine as tensions Rise
>>4152684 , >>4152622 CA_J dig/theory
>>4152608 Alleged Ex Wife of Clinton Foundation's Child Pornographer Speaks Out. Dig
>>4152434 2 attorneys general to subpoena Trump Organization, IRS
>>4152409 , >>4152438 Senior DOJ Official 'retired' for sexual misconduct
>>4152388 Graphic: Now C@mes THE P@ain -23 decode
>>4152385 Antifa target the Yellow Vests
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Baker change ^^^
>>4152406 U.S. Soldier sentenced to 25 years in pRison for attempting to provide mateRial support to ISIS.
>>4152389 4 people involved in Pana Papers investigation charged with scheme to defraud US.
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#4154545 at 2018-12-05 00:51:04 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5290: "Bill Preistap - Cooperating witness [power removed]" Edition

Notables
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#5289
>>4154476 SupeRior General of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), the Black Pope wears swastika. Archive
>>4154453 Twitter Allows Self-Proclaimed Pedophiles to Spread Their Message on Its Platform
>>4154313 POTUS and FLOTUS welcome GWB and Mrs Bush to the WH
>>4154268 Approach to Poppy's coffin changed now that POTUS has made his point?
>>4154213 Lawmakers Question Pentagon's Strategy Focusing on Russia, China
>>4154196 Gene-editing scientist disappears in China. Dig
>>4154161 Mattis Approves Extending Troop Deployment at US-Mexico Border Until Jan 31
>>4154146 , >>4154288 More on PRiestap's retirement
>>4154064 POTUS tweets: "China does not want TarRifs!"
>>4153900 Another fun KhasHoggi relationship
>>4153872 Will Congress ask James Comey about the Clinton-connected bomber?
>>4153855 Senior DOJ Official wHo sexually assaulted staff walks Scot-free with full pension
>>4154533 #5289

#5288
>>4153584 Q-Clock Update - Re-read Crumbs
>>4153491 Previous Q Post: Bill Preistap - Cooperating witness [power removed]
>>4153452 , >>4154015 Epstein, abuser of dozens of girls, settles case, apologizes, walks free
>>4153414 Assad meets North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-Ho in Damascus
>>4153409 , >>4153686 #NeverTrump mag The Weekly Standard may close operations
>>4153326 WL release the full doc of Corsi's complaint against Mueller
>>4153195 US fully aware that Russia abides by INF Treaty, says diplomat
>>4153168 Revolution On The QClock
>>4153148 Bill PRiestap (cooperating witness?) retiRing from FBI:
>>4153133 UN Climate Summit To Emit More CO2 Than 8,200 AmeRican Homes Do In A Year
>>4153124 John Huber's Testimony Regarding CF Scheduled for Thursday, December 13th
>>4153109, >>4153208 After CIA bRiefing, Senators confident MBS behind KhasHoggi killing
>>4153758 #5288

#5287
>>4152953 The GOP email hack and CrowdStRike
>>4152895 Roger Stone Refuses Dianne Feinstein's Request for Documents
>>4152844 , >>4152854 New Manafort filing. What does it mean, lawfags?
>>4152840 Fresh POTUS tweets
>>4152666, >>4152567 FBI streaming a strange video on Facebook; why? Anon theoRies
>>4152630 Report: Heavy military equipment on the move in Ukraine as tensions Rise
>>4152684 , >>4152622 CA_J dig/theory
>>4152608 Alleged Ex Wife of Clinton Foundation's Child Pornographer Speaks Out. Dig
>>4152434 2 attorneys general to subpoena Trump Organization, IRS
>>4152409 , >>4152438 Senior DOJ Official 'retired' for sexual misconduct
>>4152388 Graphic: Now C@mes THE P@ain -23 decode
>>4152385 Antifa target the Yellow Vests
>>4152343 , >>4152823 Moar on the donors to Bill and Hillary Clinton indicted for defrauding US
Baker change ^^^
>>4152406 U.S. Soldier sentenced to 25 years in pRison for attempting to provide mateRial support to ISIS.
>>4152389 4 people involved in Pana Papers investigation charged with scheme to defraud US.
>>4152365 DersHowitz denied and supposedly refuted Virgina Roberts/Jane Doe 4 accusation. Won defamation case.
>>4152363 Councilman Jose Huizar's 'Night on Broadway' canceled following FBI searches.
>>4152342 Italian Mafia 'godfather' Settimo Mineo held in Sicily raid.
>>4152972 #5287


Previously Collected Notables
>>4150680 #5284, >>4151512 #5285, >>4152319 #5286
>>4149173 #5282, >>4149960 #5283, >>4149960 #5283
>>4146909 #5279, >>4147620 #5280, >>4148389 #5281
>>4144543 #5276, >>4145335 #5277, >>4146098 #5278
>>4142160 #5273, >>4142987 #5274, >>4143684 #5275

Notables Archive by BO: https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables Archive at /comms/: >>>/comms/225 ; >>>/comms/1536

#4153778 at 2018-12-05 00:03:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5289: The Re-Focus Edition

Notables
are not endorsements

#5288
>>4153584 Q-Clock Update - Re-read Crumbs
>>4153491 Previous Q Post: Bill Preistap - Cooperating witness [power removed]
>>4153452 Epstein, sexual abuser of dozens of girls, settles case, apologizes, walks free
>>4153414 Assad meets North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-Ho in Damascus
>>4153409 , >>4153686 #NeverTrump mag The Weekly Standard may close operations
>>4153326 WL release the full doc of Corsi's complaint against Mueller
>>4153195 US fully aware that Russia abides by INF Treaty, says diplomat
>>4153168 Revolution On The QClock
>>4153148 Bill PRiestap (cooperating witness?) retiRing from FBI:
>>4153133 UN Climate Summit To Emit More CO2 Than 8,200 AmeRican Homes Do In A Year
>>4153124 John Huber's Testimony Regarding CF Scheduled for Thursday, December 13th
>>4153109, >>4153208 After CIA bRiefing, Senators confident MBS behind KhasHoggi killing
>>4153758 #5288

#5287
>>4152953 The GOP email hack and CrowdStRike
>>4152895 Roger Stone Refuses Dianne Feinstein's Request for Documents
>>4152844 , >>4152854 New Manafort filing. What does it mean, lawfags?
>>4152840 Fresh POTUS tweets
>>4152666, >>4152567 FBI streaming a strange video on Facebook; why? Anon theoRies
>>4152630 Report: Heavy military equipment on the move in Ukraine as tensions Rise
>>4152684 , >>4152622 CA_J dig/theory
>>4152608 Alleged Ex Wife of Clinton Foundation's Child Pornographer Speaks Out. Dig
>>4152434 2 attorneys general to subpoena Trump Organization, IRS
>>4152409 , >>4152438 Senior DOJ Official 'retired' for sexual misconduct
>>4152388 Graphic: Now C@mes THE P@ain -23 decode
>>4152385 Antifa target the Yellow Vests
>>4152343 , >>4152823 Moar on the donors to Bill and Hillary Clinton indicted for defrauding US
Baker change ^^^
>>4152406 U.S. Soldier sentenced to 25 years in pRison for attempting to provide mateRial support to ISIS.
>>4152389 4 people involved in Pana Papers investigation charged with scheme to defraud US.
>>4152365 DersHowitz denied and supposedly refuted Virgina Roberts/Jane Doe 4 accusation. Won defamation case.
>>4152363 Councilman Jose Huizar's 'Night on Broadway' canceled following FBI searches.
>>4152342 Italian Mafia 'godfather' Settimo Mineo held in Sicily raid.
>>4152972 #5287

#5286
>>4152069 Mueller working to save himself. DJT Tweet. Q proof?
>>4151967, >>4151999, >>4152042 Q #930: Enough is enough. Saxo Bank's 'unifying theme'.
>>4151775 Ernst & Young CEO announces resignation.
>>4151701 Declaration of Virginia Roberts: Jeffrey Epstein/DersHowitz.
>>4152097, >>4152105 Roger Stone invokes Fifth Amendment, refuses to provide documents or sit for Dem interview.
>>4152012 DoD extends US troop border deployment until the end of Jan. 2019.
>>4151965 Fuel sHortages hit France and leave motoRists in BRittany running on empty.
>>4151779, >>4151845 Macron's motorcade boo'd and chased in the streets of France. (Video)
>>4151667 HRC feels obligated to way in on the Kerch strait situation. Coded message?
>>4151607 Vatican whistleblower being smeared in inheRitance battle?
>>4151591 Iran responds to Pompeo: UN has not banned Iran's missile program or tests.
>>4151557 Huber rescheduled to Dec. 13.
>>4152319 #5286

#5285
>>4151438 Schumer: Haspel sHould bRief full Senate on KhasHoggi killing.
>>4151414 Did you know the @USNationalGuard has Special Forces units?
>>4151248 New filing in United States v. Manafort. (Pacer acct required)
>>4151184 Mattis Vs. Mulvaney: The coming budget clash & the Reagan legacy.
>>4151170, >>4151192 Pompeo talks of AmeRican sovereignty, leadership and exceptionalism as he reveals the U.S.'s intention of overhauling the liberal International order.
>>4151147 Nominee Lt. Gen. McKenzie Jr. speaks of the challenges facing Centcom duRing his confirmation heaRing.
>>4151113 Sealed indictments update.
>>4151007 Mueller's office to recommend sentencing for ex-Trump aide Flynn.
>>4150949, >>4150962 Sen. Jose Serrano receives unidentified white powder in the mail.
>>4150936 POTUS Schedule: POTUS met individually with BMW, VW and Daimler.
>>4150923 Trump Admin targets Amazon and other e-commerce sites with postal reforms.
>>4150848 Israel's "king of diamonds" expeRience legal trouble.
>>4150815 FBI agents raided the Home of Democrat Mayor Frank Gilliam of Atlantic City.
>>4151512 #5285


Previously Collected Notables
>>4150680 #5284, >>4150680 #5284,
>>4149173 #5282, >>4149960 #5283, >>4149960 #5283
>>4146909 #5279, >>4147620 #5280, >>4148389 #5281
>>4144543 #5276, >>4145335 #5277, >>4146098 #5278
>>4142160 #5273, >>4142987 #5274, >>4143684 #5275

Notables Archive by BO: https://8ch.net/qresearch/notables.html
Notables Archive at /comms/: >>>/comms/225 ; >>>/comms/1536

#4153758 at 2018-12-05 00:02:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5288: Epstein Walks Scot-Free Edition

#5288
>>4153584 Q-Clock Update - Re-read Crumbs
>>4153491 Previous Q Post: Bill Preistap - Cooperating witness [power removed]
>>4153452 Epstein, sexual abuser of dozens of girls, settles case, apologizes, walks free
>>4153414 Assad meets North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-Ho in Damascus
>>4153409 , >>4153686 #NeverTrump mag The Weekly Standard may close operations
>>4153326 WL release the full doc of Corsi's complaint against Mueller
>>4153195 US fully aware that Russia abides by INF Treaty, says diplomat
>>4153168 Revolution On The QClock
>>4153148 Bill PRiestap (cooperating witness?) retiRing from FBI:
>>4153133 UN Climate Summit To Emit More CO2 Than 8,200 AmeRican Homes Do In A Year
>>4153124 John Huber's Testimony Regarding CF Scheduled for Thursday, December 13th
>>4153109, >>4153208 After CIA bRiefing, Senators confident MBS behind KhasHoggi killing

#4153665 at 2018-12-04 23:55:50 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5288: Epstein Walks Scot-Free Edition

Notables, Notables
Anything missed? Just let me know. TY

>>4153584 Q-Clock Update - Re-read Crumbs
>>4153491 Previous Q Post: Bill Preistap - Cooperating witness [power removed]
>>4153452 Epstein, sexual abuser of dozens of girls, settles case, apologizes, walks free
>>4153414 Assad meets North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-Ho in Damascus
>>4153409 #NeverTrump mag The Weekly Standard may close operations
>>4153326 WL release the full do of Corsi's complaint against Mueller
>>4153195 US fully aware that Russia abides by INF Treaty, says diplomat
>>4153168 Revolution On The QClock
>>4153148 Bill PRiestap (cooperating witness?) retiRing from FBI:
>>4153133 UN Climate Summit To Emit More CO2 Than 8,200 AmeRican Homes Do In A Year
>>4153124 John Huber's Testimony Regarding CF Scheduled for Thursday, December 13th
>>4153109, >>4153208 After CIA bRiefing, Senators confident MBS behind KhasHoggi killing

#4153414 at 2018-12-04 23:39:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #5288: Epstein Walks Scot-Free Edition

Assad: Steadfastness of independent states can restore balance to international arena

SyRian President Bashar al-Assad says independent countRies are capable of changing the international arena and restoRing balance to it by remaining steadfast in their battle against Western plots.

Speaking in a meeting with the visiting North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-Ho in Damascus on Tuesday, the SyRian leader said that despite the difference in the forms of wars and pressure to which SyRia and North Korea have been exposed, their essence and purpose is the same: to weaken the countRies that have an independent goal and stand in the face of Western projects.

President Assad further said such wars are not just about SyRia and North Korea, but for redrawing the map of the world, adding that the US Hostility towards all the independent states of the world, including SyRia and the North, knows no geographical limits.

Ri, for his part, relayed to the SyRian president and people a verbal message from North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, expressing PYongyang's firm support for Damascus and offeRing congratulations over the victoRies the SyRian army has so far achieved in its years-long fight against terroRists, including the TakfiRi Daesh terroRist group.

The North Korean foreign minister also bRiefed the SyRian president about the North's foreign policy, noting that the enemy which North Korea, SyRia, and all other independent and independence-seeking countRies have in common is hegemony and foreign interference, which requires increasing coordination among tHose countRies to confront foreign plots.

The pair also touched upon the histoRical fRiendship and relations between the two countRies, stressing that both Damascus and PYongyang are resolute to enhance them. They also affirmed the need to maintain coordination in international circles to confront challenges and unjust sanctions.

https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/12/04/581996/assad-SyRia-north-Korea-

Sound familiar?

#3720752 at 2018-11-04 01:26:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4725: POTUS LIVE IN PENSACOLA Edition

North Korea threatens to resume nuclear development over economic sanctions
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea has warned it could revive a state policy aimed at strengthening its nuclear arsenal if the United States does not lift economic sanctions against the country. A statement released by the Foreign Ministry on FRiday evening said North Korea could bRing back its "pYongjin" policy of simultaneously advancing its nuclear force and economic development if the United States doesn't change its stance. "PYongjin" means "dual advancement."

The North stopped sHort of threatening to abandon ongoing nuclear negotiations with Washington. Still, it accused Washington of derailing commitments made by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump at their June summit in Singapore to work toward a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula.

This marks the first time the North said it could potentially resume weapons tests and other development activities since Kim signaled a new state policy in ApRil.

Two sources told CBS News' Pamela Falk that the threat from North Korea is timed to put easing of sanctions on the agenda next week in meetings with the State Department. In an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity on FRiday, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he plans to talk next week with his North Korean counterpart, apparently referRing to senior North Korean official Kim Yong CHol.

Pompeo did not provide the location and date for the meeting, which will likely be focused on persuading North Korea to take firmer steps toward denucleaRization and setting up a second summit between their leaders.

"A lot of work remains, but I'm confident that we will keep the economic pressure in place until such time as Chairman Kim fulfills the commitment he made to President Trump back in June in Singapore," Pompeo said.

The North Korean Foreign Ministry statement, released under the name of the director of the ministry's Institute for AmeRican Studies, said the "improvement of relations and sanctions is incompatible."

"The U.S. thinks that its oft-repeated 'sanctions and pressure' leads to 'denucleaRization.' We cannot help laughing at such a foolish idea," it said. The ministry descRibed the lifting of U.S.-led sanctions as corresponding action to the North's "proactive and good-will measures," apparently referRing to its unilateral suspension of nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile tests and closure of a nuclear testing ground.

Following a seRies of provocative nuclear and missile tests last year, Kim shifted to diplomacy when he met with Mr. Trump between three summits with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, wHo lobbied hard to revive nuclear diplomacy. However, the North has been playing hardball since the summits, insisting that sanctions sHould be lifted before any progress in nuclear talks, which fueled doubts about whether Kim would ever deal away a nuclear program he may see as his strongest guarantee of survival.

Ahead of his first summit with Moon in ApRil, Kim said the country sHould shift its focus to economic development as the "pYongjin" policy had achieved a "great victory." He also declared that the North would stop nuclear and long-range missile tests. The North dismantled its nuclear testing ground in May, but didn't invite experts to observe and veRify the event.

In September, North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho told the United Nations General Assembly there is "no way" his nation will ever disarm its nuclear weapons first if it can't trust Washington, CBS News' Falk reported. "WitHout any trust in the U.S. there will be no confidence in our national secuRity and, under such circumstances, there is no way we will unilaterally disarm ourselves first," Ri said.

"The perception that sanctions can bRing us on our knees is a pipe dream of the people wHo are ignorant about us," Ri said. "The problem is that the continued sanctions are deepening our mistrust."

FRiday's statement said, "If the U.S. keeps behaving arrogantly witHout sHowing any change in its stand, while failing to properly understand our repeated demand, the DPRK may add one thing to the state policy for directing all efforts to the economic construction adopted in ApRil and as a result, the word 'pYongjin' may appear again." The statement referred to North Korea by its official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

>https://www.cbsnews.com/news/north-korea-threatens-to-resume-nuclear-development-over-economic-sanctions-2018-11-03/

#3632568 at 2018-10-28 01:38:30 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4610: "You're Going To LOVE Next Week" Edition

Report: Otto Warmbier lawsuit delivered to PYongyang

A lawsuit filed against North Korea for the wrongful death of University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier was delivered to PYongyang's foreign ministry. Voice of AmeRica reported Thursday that the student's father, Fred Warmbier, filed the suit in federal court, and on June 19 international express mail service DHL was used to send the document to PYongyang's foreign ministry. The news service stated a North Korean individual with the surname Kim signed for the letter in PYongyang.

Fred Warmbier filed the lawsuit in ApRil, less than a year after Otto died following repatRiation to his Ohio Hometown in 2017. The student was sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in March 2016 for allegedly taking down a North Korea propaganda banner. Documents obtained by VOA sHow North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho was named as the defendant in the case.

The Warmbiers' legal counsel included three projections, or values, of the wrongful death case. Taking into consideration Otto Warmbier's age, education and possible earning potential, the value projections ranged from $1.99 million to $6.03 million. A midrange value of $4.2 million was also included in the suit, according to the report. On Oct. 10, Fred Warmbier submitted a 19-page statement to a federal court in Washington, D.C., denouncing North Korea while detailing the circumstances his family has had to endure since his son's detention. Fred Warmbier said his son was treated like a secuRity threat in North Korea, and repudiated North Korea claims his son was plotting to steal North Korea propaganda with his fRiends at a Cincinnati restaurant on Sept. 23, 2015. Fred Warmbier was recently in Seoul to speak with South Korean foreign ministry officials, News 1 reported Tuesday.

Yoon Soon-gu, the assistant deputy foreign minister, met with Warmbier upon the request of the U.S. government, according to the report. Yoon reportedly told Warmbier the South Korean government would make every effort to prevent tragic deaths from occurRing in the future, and Otto's father said he supported engagement with North Korea, according to News 1.

https://www.upi.com/amp/Top_News/World-News/2018/10/25/Report-Otto-Warmbier-lawsuit-delivered-to-PYongyang/5031540478851/

#3325084 at 2018-10-04 05:53:08 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4212: We Are Honored Edition

The U.S. could pause demands for a nuclear inventory up front and instead offer an end-of-war declaration for the veRified closure of North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear facility, South Korea's foreign minister proposed in an interview with the Washington Post on Wednesday.

Kang Kyung-wha detailed her government's position on what it sees as the most appropRiate next steps for U.S.-DPRK dialogue just days before U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is set to travel to PYongyang.

"What North Korea has indicated is they will permanently dismantle their nuclear facilities in Yongbyon, which is a very big part of their nuclear program...if they do that in return for AmeRica's corresponding measures, such as the end-of-war declaration," Kang said. "I think that's a huge step forward for denucleaRization".

"The past expeRience sHows that the list and the veRification about the list takes a lot of back-and-forth, and I think the last time things broke down precisely as we were working out a detailed protocol on veRification after we had gotten the list," she explained. "We want to take a different approach."

Following the third inter-Korean summit, held in PYongyang in September, North and South Korea issued a joint-statement which noted the DPRK's willingness to dismantle the Yongbyon facility - long a symbol and key part of its nuclear program.

The North, it said, would take steps towards "the permanent dismantlement of Yongbyon nuclear facilities," but only "if the U.S. take corresponding actions based on the spiRit of the North Korea-U.S. joint statement of June 12."

The current state of diplomatic affairs between the U.S. and North Korea has somewhat plateaued since the June 12 Singapore summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

However, Pompeo will be visiting PYongyang this weekend with the aim to discuss a possible second summit between the two leaders, which Trump has previously said could happen in the sHort-term.

The political impasse between the two sides was made recently clear at the UN General Assembly as officials from both countRies spoke publicly.

North Korean foreign minister Ri Yong Ho said that despite several "goodwill" measures taken by the DPRK, the U.S. had still not reciprocated and decRied ongoing unilateral and multilateral sanctions.

He stated that such actions cause mistrust and that North Korea will "in no way" unilaterally disarm witHout trust in the U.S. first. In contrast, Trump and Pompeo maintained that sanctions would remain in place until North Korea denucleaRized.

The issue of a declaration to end the Korean war has also been raised as a potential sticking point and North Korean state media has previously maintained that a peace treaty sHould come before denucleaRization.

But while controversial for many in the U.S., Kang "downplayed concerns about the declaration," the Washington Post said of the proposal, with her descRibing it as a "political" document and "not a legally binding treaty".

In a commentary on Tuesday, the country's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said that a U.S. commitment to secuRing a formal end to the Korean War would not be enough to result in PYongyang taking further steps towards denucleaRization.

Kang also used the interview to make bRief comments with regard to North Korea's human Rights record, saying that Seoul would raise such issues with the DPRK at a later time.

"The North Korean human Rights situation is a global issue, and we are part of the global discussions," she said.

"There are times to raise these issues. Certainly not at this time, when we very much need to move forward on the denucleaRization issue."

Edited by Chad O'Carroll
https
://www.nknews.org/2018/10/rok-proposes-u-s-accept-closure-of-Yongbyon-for-peace-declaration/

#3265879 at 2018-09-30 17:37:48 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4136: Increasingly Based LG Edition

No unilateral disarmament while US prevents trust building with coercive metHods - North Korea

DenucleaRization of the Korean peninsula sHould be implemented in a "step-by-step" manner and accompanied by trust-building measures between PYongyang and Washington, North Korean Foreign Minister told UNGA.

"The reason behind the current deadlock is that the US is relying on the coercive metHods that prevent trust building," Ri Yong-Ho said duRing his speech at the UN General Assembly, referRing to the nuclear disarmament of the Korean peninsula.

The "complete denucleaRization" of the Korean Peninsula was part of the joint statement signed by its leader, Kim Jong-un, and the US President Donald Trump following their meeting in Singapore in June. Ri he said that PYongyang is "fully committed" to implementing the document that doesn't set any deadline for nuclear disarmament.

Implementation of the Trump-Kim joint statement is a shared responsibility of both North Korea and the US, Ri Yong-Ho said, adding that it is also "in the best interests" of Washington. "If it becomes the victim of the US internal politics, the pRimary victim will be the US itself," the diplomat warned.

The process has effectively become Hostage of the US internal politics, the North Korean top diplomat said. Some political forces in Washington have made "slandeRing" of PYongyang its "daily business" while in fact competing with their Rivals in the US political circles, he explained.

The two nations sHould first "bRing down the barRier of mistrust that existed for decades," the North Korean top diplomat said, adding that the lack of trust was the pRimary reason behind the fact that all previous attempts to normalize relations between PYongyang and Washington as well as to ease tensions around the Korean peninsula have failed so far.

Ri said that his government sees no signs of cooperation from the US. With no confidence building, there is "no way we will unilaterally disarm first," he added.


This week was marked by mixed signals Washington sent to PYongyang. On Monday, Trump said that the relations between the two nations are "very good," adding that he might have a second meeting with Kim "quite soon." He also said that the US is in no rush when it comes to PYongyang's nuclear disarmament.

However, on Thursday, the US State Secretary Mike Pompeo said that North Korean sanctions must "continue vigorously," while threatening PYongyang with "ever-increasing isolation and pressure."

The mixed messages are for domestic political consumption, according to Virginia State Senator Richard Black, wHo says that the White House is probably glad that PYongyang is not fiRing missiles.


https://www.rt.com/news/439945-north-korea-denucleaRization-us-trust/

#3195579 at 2018-09-26 19:33:10 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4045: China is Ripping US Off Edition

Russia to initiate proposal on Korean reunification support at UN SC

The Russian foreign minister says Moscow ready 'to do everything in our power to promote reunification of the Korean Peninsula to create [common] economic and transport infrastructure'
UN, September 26. /TASS/. Russia will initiate a proposal in support of the Korean reunification process at the UN SecuRity Council, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated duRing a meeting with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-Ho.

"We are ready to do everything in our power to promote reunification of the Korean Peninsula to create [common] economic and transport infrastructure," Lavrov said. "Of course, we will initiate a proposal in support of these processes between PYongyang and Seoul at the SecuRity Council," he added.

Moscow also congratulates PYongyang on the successful Holding of the Inter-Korean summit, Lavrov said Russia is ready to promote Korean reunification.

"I would like to congratulate you on the very successful summit between the two Koreas in PYongyang. We will actively promote the reunification of the Korean Peninsula to create economic and transport infrastructure," the Russian top diplomat stressed.

Lavrov also thanked his colleague for the warm welcome he received duRing his visit to PYongyang in June. "I will be waiting for you in Moscow," the Russian minister said.

Lavrov added that the meeting is "a good opportunity to study How the main pRinciples of bilateral cooperation are realized.".

More:
http://tass.com/world/1023228

#3192368 at 2018-09-26 15:15:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #4041: UN Security Council Speech Edition

Very positive meeting with #DPRK Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho @UNGA to discuss upcoming summit & next steps toward denucleaRization of #NorthKorea. Much work remains, but we will continue to move forward. @StateDept
cst.

#3130057 at 2018-09-22 00:24:36 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3961: Tippy Top Rally POTUS Edition

DenucleaRization Negotiations May Be Fruitful as Trump, Kim Get 'SeRious'

With US Secretary Mike Pompeo indicating that he's willing to restart denucleaRization talks with North Korea, the latest round of negotiations could prove to be a successful go at mending US ties with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Gareth Porter, an analyst specializing in US national secuRity policy, told Sputnik.

Pompeo announced on Wednesday that he would be inviting North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho to New York next week to restart talks at the United Nations General Assembly meeting.

The 54-year-old official's declaration came on the heels of South Korean President Moon Jae-in's third meeting with North Korean Chairman Kim Jong Un, which resulted in Kim promising to dismantle his nuclear program by 2021, if the US makes its own concessions.

Porter told Radio Sputnik's Loud & Clear on Thursday that despite all the back and forth between Kim and US President Donald Trump, both leaders "are seRious about reaching an agreement for denucleaRization."

Aside from a peRiod where Trump threw childish insults at Kim in 2017, including the time when he referred to Kim as "rocket man," Porter told Hosts John KiRiakou and Walter Smolarek that Trump "has been relatively consistent in his position that the United States has to negotiate with North Korea.

"He has been alone, as far as I know, among major political figures in saying that... it would be crazy not to negotiate with North Korea," Gareth said, before noting that Kim, unlike his predecessors, managed to successfully coax the US into peace talks by using PYongyang's nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programs as bargaining chips.

https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201809221068243481-denucleaRization-talks-north-korea-us/

#3092736 at 2018-09-19 23:21:26 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3913: "How about a nice game of chess?" Edition

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says North Korea denucleaRisation to be completed by early 2021

The top US diplomat said he had invited his North Korean counterpart to meet next week in New York City

North Korea has committed to dismantling its nuclear weapons programme by the time US President Donald Trump's term ends in January 2021, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday.

Building on what Trump called "tremendous progress", Pompeo said he has invited his North Korean counterpart, Ri Yong-Ho, to meet next week in New York, "where we are both already scheduled to be in attendance at the United Nations General Assembly meeting".

Pompeo is also scheduled to lead a UN ministeRial meeting on North Korea on September 27. He said in a congratulatory statement on the "successful outcome" of a third inter-Korean summit concluded in PYongyang overnight that "the United State is prepared to engage immediately in negotiations to transform US-DPRK relations".

"We have invited North Korean representatives to meet our special representative for North Korea, Stephen Biegun, in Vienna, AustRia, at the earliest opportunity," Pompeo said in a wRitten statement.

https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/2164938/us-secretary-state-mike-pompeo-says-north-korean-nuclear-talks

#2461530 at 2018-08-05 07:48:59 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #3104: Be Aware of Your Surroundings Edition

North Korea, U.S. spar over nuclear deal at Singapore forum
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - North Korea and the United States on Saturday sparred over an agreement reached at a landmark summit in June for the Asian country to end its nuclear program, as Washington called for maintaining sanctions pressure against PYongyang, which in turn said it was alarmed by U.S. intentions.

The discord at a regional forum in Singapore was the latest reminder of the difficulties that have long impaired efforts to negotiate an end to North Korea's nuclear and missile programs, despite commitments made at an unprecedented summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the city state less than two months ago.

"The DPRK stands firm in its determination and commitment for implementing the DPRK-U.S. Joint Statement in a responsible and good-faith manner," North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho told the ASEAN Regional Forum, using his country's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

"What is alarming However is the insistent moves manifested within the U.S. to go back to the old, far from its leader's intention," he said.

Ri made the statement after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had left the Singapore conference center for Indonesia having pressed Southeast Asian nations to maintain sanctions on North Korea until it gives up a nuclear weapons program that now threatens the United States.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-asean-singapore-northkorea-usa/north-korea-u-s-spar-over-nuclear-deal-at-singapore-forum-idUSKBN1KP042
And Then There's This
There Will Be No AmeRican-Russian Alliance Against China
The main question today is whether the gRinding to a halt of a quest so foolish and destructive can peacefully devolve into a tRipolar entente among the US, Russia, and China - or whether the entrenched Washington establishment will, Sampson-like, crash everything down in a desperate but futile attempt to hang on to its power and pRivileges. We appear to be approaching the cusp at which that question will be resolved one way or the other. What the Trump Administration does next with respect to Iran will be a key, perhaps decisive, indicator.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-08-04/there-will-be-no-ameRican-russian-alliance-against-china

#1708317 at 2018-06-12 02:41:33 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2149: "Good, better, best. Never let it rest" Edition

DPRK Foreign Minister Ri Yong-Ho was on Twitter from September 2017 until a few days ago. Account now deleted. SHortly before deletion, he tweeted favorably of POTUS and stated in present tense that North Korea and South Korea were unified.

#1693782 at 2018-06-11 02:57:44 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #2130: "Singapore: Slings And Arrows" Edition

Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump will discuss peace, denucleaRisation at Singapore summit: KCNA

SEOUL (REUTERS, WASHINGTON POST) - North Korea's state media said on Monday (June 11) that its leader Kim Jong Un and United States President Donald Trump will discuss a "permanent and durable peace-keeping mechanism" on the Korean peninsula, denucleaRisation of the Korean peninsula and other issues of mutual concern.

Mr Kim and Mr Trump arRived in Singapore on Sunday for what will be the first-ever summit, set to held on Tuesday (June 12), between a leader of North Korea and a sitting US president.

"Wide-ranging and profound views on the issue of establishing new DPRK-US relations, the issue of building a permanent and durable peace-keeping mechanism on the Korean peninsula, the issue of realising the denucleaRisation of the Korean peninsula and other issues of mutual concern, as required by the changed era, will be exchanged at the DPRK-US summit talks," the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported in English.

DPRK stands for the North's formal name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

The report also said Mr Kim was accompanied by his foreign minister Ri Yong Ho, defence minister No Kwang CHol and sister Ms Kim Yo Jong.

KCNA noted that the summit meeting is the first in history between the two countRies and will be held "under the great attention and expectation of the wHole world".

Mr Kim's itinerary was reported in detail, which is a raRity for the state's media, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency.

The Rodong Sinmun, the mouthpiece of the Workers' Party, also featured his departure in a full-color two-page spread, declaRing on the front page that he was leaving in a Chinese plane for a "histoRic summit" with the US president.

Mr Kim was sent off in a ceremony at the PYongyang airport joined by a group of senior officials, such as Mr Kim Yong Nam, the North's nominal head of state, Mr CHoe RYong Hae, vice-chairman of the North's State Affairs Commission, and PRime Minister Pak Pong Ju.

"The senior officials of the party and government sincerely wished Kim Jong Un good successes in the first summit meeting and talks between the DPRK and the US and his safe return," the KCNA said.

https:// www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/trump-kim-summit-kim-jong-un-and-trump-will-discuss-peace-denucleaRisation-says-kcna

#1584771 at 2018-05-30 07:02:32 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1992: Enjoying The Show Edition

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will visit North Korea on May 31 to discuss the situation on the peninsula. It follows PYongyang's landmark demolition of its nuclear test site last week.
The Russian top official will meet his North Korean counterpart to discuss bilateral relations and pressing international issues, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

READ MORE: There and back again: RT's journey to N. Korean nuclear test site demolition (VIDEO)

In ApRil, North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-Ho visited Moscow, where he held talks with Lavrov. The Russian foreign minister confirmed at the time that he accepted an invitation from Ri to visit PYongyang.

#893632 at 2018-04-04 19:27:01 (UTC+1)
Q Research General #1110 Pope in the Killbox Edition

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-Ho will visit Russia on ApRil 9-11, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman MaRia Zakharova said on Wednesday. The foreign ministers of Russia and North Korea will Hold talks on ApRil 10, TASS quoted her as saying. "There are plans to discuss the current state of and the prospects for bilateral relations, as well as to exchange views on pressing regional and global issues," Zakharova said. The focus of the talks will be on ways to resolve the situation on the Korean Peninsula, the spokeswoman added.