Tag: Asia
Former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage is Alleged to Have Coordinated CIA Drug Trafficking Network in Southeast Asia that Financed Black Operations
Jeremy Kuzmarov - 2
The New York Times and other obituaries predictably left this out
Richard Armitage, the number two official at the State Department from 2001 to 2005, died on April 13.
The New York Times and other obituaries emphasized that Armitage was a Naval Academy graduate and Bronze Star recipient...
An on-the-ground account challenging Western propaganda
Upon landing in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (commonly known as Xinjiang), it is evident that the Uyghurs, a Turkic-speaking Muslim minority, call this home.
As I exited the airport arrivals hall, I noticed a restaurant sign reading “EGG BOMB.” The...
Trump Greenlit a Deadly Covert Operation in 2019 That Further Poisoned U.S.-North Korean Relations
Jeremy Kuzmarov - 0
During the 2024 presidential election campaign, Kamala Harris and other Democrats ridiculed Donald Trump for supposedly having cozied up to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
While Trump did meet with Kim, new disclosures reveal that he also ordered an illegal and deadly SEAL Team 6 covert operation into North...
Government Officials Who Push the Button of Nuclear Weapons Will Die First, As They Should—Or Should They Have to Face the Consequences?
Colonel (Ret.) Ann Wright - 1
On the 80th Year Commemoration of Deaths in Hiroshima and Nagasaki From U.S. Atomic Weapons
In early August, I was in Hiroshima, Japan speaking at a conference on the 80th Anniversary of the horrific and unnecessary U.S. atomic bombing of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I also...
Stanford Center Gives Journalism Award to CIA-Linked Media Outlet That Helped Provoke Disastrous Regime-Change Operation in Bangladesh
Jeremy Kuzmarov - 0
In May, Stanford University’s Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) announced that the Bangladesh-focused media outlet Netra News was the recipient of the 2025 Shorenstein Journalism Award.
Left unmentioned was that Netra News received funding from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a CIA-front organization founded in the 1980s to advance U.S. global...
CovertAction Bulletin: U.S. Makes Threats While China Plans Its Infrastructure
Rachel Hu and Chris Garaffa - 0
The founder of Tech Buzz China, Rui Ma, posted on X after a recent trip to China about her observations on energy there. “Energy is considered a solved problem...
U.S. Military Bases in South Korea and Japan Confronted with Persistent Protests
Jeremy Kuzmarov - 0
In late June, during public commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa—one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific War that resulted in over 240,000 deaths—local authorities called for a reduction of the U.S. military presence in Okinawa, which hosts over 20,000 U.S. troops.
Last August, a...
As legislators across North America continue bashing the People’s Republic of China, some Canadians, including this author, were invited on a tour of three Chinese cities during the spring.
During our time in China, we saw beautiful nature and technological innovation in Hangzhou, the peaceful coastline in Qingdao, and a...
Legacy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Nuclear Attacks Continues to Be Felt Eighty Years Later
Colonel (Ret.) Ann Wright - 0
Dedicated peace activists are committed to abolishing nuclear weapons amidst looming threat of nuclear war
Thank you for the opportunity to speak at the 2025 World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs.
I bring you greetings and solidarity from civil society movements in the U.S. which have been working diligently for...
Japanese People Rally to Retain Leader Resisting Trump and Trying to Prevent Japan’s Involvement in a U.S. War Against China
Emanuel Pastreich - 0
Japan is gripped by an unprecedented political crisis that has been entirely obscured in the media around the globe.
On July 24, the day after the Upper House elections, all the morning newspapers in Japan featured headlines screaming out that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba had been pressured by his party,...