On July 27, 1953, the U.S. signed an Armistice agreement with China and North Korea to temporarily halt the fighting that claimed 4 million lives and divided 10 million families pending a formulation of a peace treaty. Despite the desire of people in North and South Korea for peace and reconciliation, no peace treaty has been signed, though China has normalized relations with the U.S. and South Korea.
A proposed naval base on the South Korean island of Jeju has encountered fierce resistance from the residents.
A State Department official resigned after describing Okinawans as “extortionists” and “lazy.” Here’s the story behind the story.
Closing U.S. military bases overseas is a key part of moving the money to meet human needs at home and abroad.
While the world’s attention is focused on the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, the construction of a new U.S. military base gathers steam in Okinawa.
What we call “defense” is pretty funny.
In the last year of Chalmers Johnson’s life, the deficit hawks’ bluff got called.
Chalmers Johnson believed that the United States risks “losing our democracy to keep our empire.”
In the wake of Chalmers Johnson’s passing, we must carry on his crusade to dismantle the American empire.
According to a 2006 report, 14 of the 38 most valuable large bases in the world are concentrated in Japan.
Despite a legal setback, the State Department says that existing agreements permit the United States to continue its military presence in Colombia.
The U.S. military base in Okinawa is at the forefront of three Japanese elections this year.
U.S. military intervention is counter-productive to U.S. national interests, argues the best-selling author and professor of international relations.
Okinawans are nowhere to be seen at this summer’s U.S. military appreciation day at the controversial Futenma air base.
One day the deficit will force us to bring all those troops home, like it or not.