Daily Archives: 26. August 2018


26.08.2018 - 22:00 [ Jason Ditz / antiwar.com ]

US Navy stellt Atlantikflotte wieder her, um Russland zu konfrontieren

Die Verantwortlichen hatten bereits früher von Plänen gesprochen, einen solchen Schritt zu machen, und der Chef der Marine-Operationen Admiral John Richardson sagte, dass dieser Schritt die Notwendigkeit für die USA widerspiegelt, „eine groß angelegte Einheit für Seemanöver-Kriege“ im Atlantik zu unterhalten.

26.08.2018 - 21:57 [ Jason Ditz / Antiwar.com ]

US Navy Re-establishes Atlantic Fleet to Confront Russia

The US Navy has announced on Friday that they are formally reactivating the 2nd Fleet, which is the Atlantic Ocean fleet for the US, and had been deactivated in 2011. The fleet will be based in Norfolk, Virginia.

26.08.2018 - 21:26 [ Ruptly / Youtube ]

Syria: Damascus International Fair makes comeback after five years

The Damascus International Fair opened in the Syrian capital, Thursday, after five years of forced absence due to the conflict which has ravaged the country. The fair used to be an important economic event for the Middle Eastern country before fighting broke out. Some 23 countries are taking part in the fair this year, including Western nations such as Britain, France and Germany.

26.08.2018 - 12:10 [ Yonhap ]

Moon to mediate deal between U.S., N. Korea in summit with Kim: official

„I believe President Moon‘s role has only become greater,“ the official from the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said when asked about any possible change to Moon‘s scheduled trip after U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday abruptly called off Pompeo‘s visit.

26.08.2018 - 10:50 [ SuperTheseus / Youtube ]

„Arirang“ (Symphony Orchestra Music) – Korean Folk Music

Arirang (Symphony Orchestra Music) – Korean Folk Music 아리랑 교향곡 – KBS 교향악단 일본공연 2007 Conductor : 장윤성 Jang Yun-Sung KBS Symphony Orchestra S.Korea Tour Overseas (Tokyo & Osaka) 03rd,OCT,2007 Osaka Symphony Hall in Osaka Japan.

26.08.2018 - 10:34 [ Korea Herald ]

Unified Korean canoeing team wins gold in women‘s 500m dragon boat racing

This was the second medal won by a joint Korean team at an international multi-sport competition. The women‘s team on Saturday earned bronze in the 200m dragon boat racing.

The medal doesn‘t count to either South Korea nor North Korea in the Asian Games medal standings. Instead, it will be awarded to „Korea.“

It will be the first time that „Arirang,“ Korea‘s most popular folk song, will be played at a medal ceremony.

26.08.2018 - 10:32 [ Arirang News / Youtube ]

Unified Korean team wins first ever medal

In the women‘s 200-meter dragon boat race, the Koreans won a historic medal on Saturday. Out of six teams, they took bronze,… marking the first time a joint Korean team has medaled at an international sporting event. The medal won‘t count for South or North Korea in the medal standings, but will be tallied separately for „Korea.“

26.08.2018 - 10:11 [ Rodong Sinmun (Nordkorea) ]

Implementation of Panmunjom Declaration Ensures Peace, Prosperity and Reunification

For the full implementation of the declaration, the adoption of war-end declaration is a task that brooks no further delay. Its adoption is of weighty significance in ensuring the peace and security of the Korean peninsula and the world, to say nothing of the confidence-building between the DPRK and the U.S. and the improvement of their relations.

There is no need to read someone’s face and hesitate over the implementation of the declaration related to the destiny and interests of the Korean nation.

26.08.2018 - 10:07 [ Yonhap ]

Red Cross chiefs of two Koreas agree to hold more family reunions this year

The two Koreas‘ Red Cross chiefs have agreed to hold another family reunions event as early as October.

Park Kyung-seo, the head of the South Korean Red Cross, said Saturday that he made the agreement with his North Korean counterpart during their talks on the sidelines of a meeting of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War at the North‘s Mount Kumgang resort.

26.08.2018 - 10:05 [ Arirang News / Youtube ]

As reunion ends, South and North Korean families to say goodbye

Let‘s go to our Kan Hyeong-woo who is at the Unification Observatory in Goseong, South Korea, right next to the border. Hyeong-woo, what‘s the atmosphere like? and give us the details on the agenda for today.

Well Ji-yeon, as you could imagine… seeing their long-lost relatives for the first time in decades and having to be apart again,… words cannot describe how heartbreaking it must be.

26.08.2018 - 10:03 [ Arirang News / Youtube ]

Long-lost family members from both Koreas relish every moment of their second day together

Sixty-seven-year-old Cho Jung-ki from the South, meeting his 88-year old father from the North,… whom he‘d never seen before Friday… as his father was separated from his wife when she was three months pregnant,… is concerned about his father‘s health. „This is red ginseng made in South Korea. There‘s red ginseng in North Korea, but please make sure you drink it. It‘s good for you. “

26.08.2018 - 09:45 [ Xinhua ]

China urges relevant parties to adhere to political settlement of Korean Peninsula nuclear issue

Lu said China supports the United States and the DPRK in actively advancing the process of political settlement to the issue according to the consensus reached by the two countries‘ leaders in Singapore. However, he added that all relevant parties should stick to the direction of political settlement, and show more sincerity and flexibility, instead of being fickle or laying the blame on others.

26.08.2018 - 09:33 [ CBS News ]

China, South Korea respond to Trump‘s criticism on North Korea progress

Meanwhile, while describing the postponement of Pompeo‘s trip as a setback, South Korea‘s Foreign Ministry said it expects China to continue serving a „constructive role“ in international efforts to solve the nuclear crisis and noted that Beijing continues to express commitment to fully implement sanctions against the North.

26.08.2018 - 09:25 [ Express.co.uk ]

Brexit HQ? Rees-Mogg moves into HUGE mansion as he edges closer to Downing Street

(24.8.2018) Mr Rees-Mogg will use the residence to plot his latest Commons revolt as he sets out his own vision for a bright future outside of the European Union.

A faction of Brexiteer rebels, spearheaded by the eccentric MP, is working to create an “alternative view” to the Government’s Chequers plan, which was rubbished both by Westminster and the EU.

26.08.2018 - 09:20 [ Telegraph.co.uk ]

Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Brexiteers‘ dream team, may soon be a reality

(1.8.2018) Until recently, Theresa May managed to keep a shaky truce in her party over her handling of Brexit. But the offer to Brussels she agreed at Chequers shattered it, as David Davis and Boris Johnson were forced to leave her cabinet in protest.

The Prime Minister hoped that she could neutralise Mr Johnson by keeping him prisoner in the gilded cage of the Foreign Office.

26.08.2018 - 09:14 [ Express.co.uk ]

‚Hard Brexit NOT end of world‘ – WTO chief TRASHES Philip Hammond warning over no-deal

Director general of the World Trade Organisation, Roberto Azevêdo, said a no-deal Brexit would not be the “end of the world”.

It comes as a contradiction to the controversial letter published by Chancellor Philip Hammond which said there would be “large fiscal consequences” in the event of the UK failing to reach a deal with the EU.

26.08.2018 - 09:01 [ Telegraph.co.uk ]

This chaotic, contradictory government is creating a Project Fear all of its own

In the miasma of contradiction and incoherence which now envelops the government’s Brexit strategy, may I ask a simple question? Why is everybody pretending that we have a choice between the prime minister’s Chequers plan, and no-deal?

26.08.2018 - 08:58 [ Independent.co.uk ]

Brexit: China looking at ‚top-notch‘ trade deal with UK after EU withdrawal

A statement from China’s commerce ministry said that the two countries agreed to “actively explore the possibility of discussing a top-notch free trade agreement between the two sides after Brexit”.
The move has the full backing of Eurosceptic MPs keen to boost investment and expand trade in services in a post-Brexit world.

26.08.2018 - 08:40 [ ORF.at ]

Van der Bellen: „Die EU wird am Brexit nicht zerbrechen“

„Die EU wird am Brexit nicht zerbrechen. Davon bin ich überzeugt. Der Brexit hat den Zusammenhalt der EU-27 vorübergehend sogar gestärkt. Und wenn die Befürchtungen eintreffen, dass der EU-Austritt dem Vereinigten Königreich wirtschaftlich sehr schaden wird, dann wird sich jeder der verbliebenen EU-27 davor hüten, in eine ähnliche Situation zu geraten.“