Bruce Gagnon of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space was recently on a whirlwind speaking tour of Korea. This article talks about the opposition to a proposed Korean naval base in Jeju island. Jeju is a world heritage peace island, with beautiful volcanic peaks and semi-tropical weather, pristine waters abundant with… Read more »
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Another NYT article: Japan Cools to America
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/world/asia/12prexy.html?ref=asia November 12, 2009 Japan Cools to America as It Prepares for Obama Visit By HELENE COOPER WASHINGTON — President Obama will arrive in Tokyo on Friday, at a time when America’s relations with Japan are at their most contentious since the trade wars of the 1990s — and back then, the fights were over… Read more »
NYT article about Okinawan opposition to U.S. bases
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/12/world/asia/12okinawa.html?_r=1 Okinawans Grow Impatient With Dashed Hopes on U.S. Base By MARTIN FACKLER Published: November 11, 2009 GINOWAN, Japan — Okinawans like Zenji Shimada, who have spent most of their lives under the thudding of helicopters from a busy American air base, are accustomed to disappointment. Decades of complaints about the base here and others… Read more »
Gavan McCormack: “Yet Another ‘Battle of Okinawa'”
This Op Ed published in the Japan Times is critical of the “colonial” nature of the so-called Guam Treaty which provides for the relocation of U.S. Marines from Okinawa to Guam, commits Japan to foot most of the bill, allows the expansion of the military base at Henoko, Okinawa, and overrides many of Japan’s own… Read more »
Homeland Security Hawai’i style: “above all, protect our visitors”
The Asia Pacific Homeland Security Summit is taking place in Honolulu. It is one of the venues through which the homeland security-military-industrial complex has tried to exploit emerging markets for military/intelligence/security technologies and services. Ed Texeira, head of Hawai’i Civil Defense, was quoted in the news report as saying “We’ve never said Hawaii was really… Read more »
North, South Korean ships exchange gunfire
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/10/AR2009111000392.html?wpisrc=newsletter North, South Korean ships exchange gunfire NAVAL CLASH FIRST IN 7 YEARS Tensions rise ahead of Obama visit to region By Blaine Harden Washington Post Foreign Service Wednesday, November 11, 2009 TOKYO — A brief naval skirmish erupted Tuesday between North and South Korea, raising tension in Northeast Asia as President Obama prepares this… Read more »
Inouye rewarded by lobbyist for his support of the F-22
There is an interesting parallel between recent AP articles about Senator Inouye’s earmarks going to major contributors to his campaign and his support for the F-22 fighter jet. Tony Podesta, one of Washington’s top lobbyists, who lobbied for funding for the F-22, held fundraisers for three of only four Democrats who voted to continue… Read more »
“The Good Soldier” opens Veteran’s Day November 11
The Good Soldier http://thegoodsoldier.com/index.html Directed by Lexy Lovell and Michael Uys (DGA, Los Angeles Film Critics, and Peabody Award winners for Riding the Rails) The Good Soldier follows the journeys of five combat veterans from different generations of American wars as they sign up, go into battle, and eventually change their minds about what it… Read more »
Another article on the 8th Army HQ remaining in Korea
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/11/205_55022.html 11-06-2009 18:04 8th US Army to Remain in Korea By Jung Sung-ki Staff Reporter The Eighth U.S. Army (EUSA) will remain in South Korea even after Korean commanders take over wartime operational control (OPCON) of its forces from the U.S. military in 2012, the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) announced Friday. The United States will… Read more »
U.S. 8th Army headquarters will stay in Korea
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2009/11/07/200911070015.asp U.S. Army headquarters to stay The U.S. military in Korea has scrapped an idea to relocate its key Army headquarters to Hawaii, in a move to reaffirm its commitment to the defense of South Korea, a military source said yesterday. “I understand that the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff and the U.S. Army have… Read more »
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