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Knives Are Out Again for Those Advocating For Peace on the Korean Peninsula

Ms. Cat

The knives are out again for those advocating for peace on the Korean Peninsula. Almost eight years to the day, I wrote “The Knives are Out For Those Who Challenge Militarization of the Korean Peninsula,” about Washington Beltway pundits and those on the payroll of organizations and corporations that make money out of the U.S. bureaucracy’s need for an enemy. These groups had focused their outrage and diatribes at Women Cross DMZ for organizing the 2015 trip to North and South Korea and daring to challenge the status quo of US policy toward North Korea.

Knives Are Out Again for Those Advocating For Peace on the Korean Peninsula

North Korea has yet to begin coronavirus vaccinations as delays hamper U.N.-backed rollout

Ms. Cat

North Korea has yet to begin coronavirus vaccinations as delays hamper U.N.-backed rollout

Lee said North Korea rejected British-Swedish AstraZeneca vaccines because of concerns over rare side effects. He added that the Chinese and Russian vaccines are now on North Korea’s radar, and that the regime has expressed interest in accepting vaccines from Moscow if the Russians would provide the doses at no charge.

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North Korean state media have warned of a lengthy battle with coronavirus and said that vaccines are “never a universal panacea.”