Left Review Online September 9, 2020
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is a people-centered state in which everything serves people. It was founded by President Kim Il Sung on 9 September 1948. He led the anti-Japanese armed struggle to victory, liberated the country from the Japanese colonial rule and wisely led the...more
The national emblem of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) bears the design of a grand hydroelectric power station under Mt Paektu and the beaming light of a five-pointed red star, with ears of rice forming an oval frame, bound with a red ribbon bearing the inscription...more
The people who visited the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea say that the country has a bright and optimistic future. They take its educational policy as an example. The country introduced universal primary compulsory education, the first of its kind in the East, in 1956 and then universal...more
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea was founded on September 9, 1948. During these 72 years, it has been turned from a backward colonial agrarian country into a dignified, powerful socialist country, drawing great attention of the international community. Its features can be seen from various angles. A...more
We have recently observed the 5th anniversary of the publication of the Ten-Point Programme of the Great Unity of the Whole Nation for the Reunification of the Country and soon will greet the 50th anniversary of the historic Joint Conference of Representatives of Political Parties and Public Organizations...more
Indian officials and media outlets have been hyping up tensions with China both on the border and in trade and investment, but the latest official data might have revealed a deeper problem for the populous country and its Prime Minister Narendra Modi: its virus-stricken economy. Data from the...more
The People's Bank of China (PBC), the central bank, is preparing for a digital currency, with various tests proceeding in different regions of China as the country develops more digital currency applications. Sun Guofeng, an official with the PBC, said Tuesday at a regular press conference that the...more
India's overconfidence in its economic strength and its many challenges against Chinese enterprises will hurt itself more in the longer term amid bilateral tensions and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, analysts warned, adding that a tit-for-tat tariff war was unlikely. Such comments came after a report by the Hindustan...more
Kathmandu. International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) Philippines condemns the brutal killing of Filipino human right activist Zara Alvarez. Issuing a statement, ILPS Philipines condemned the killing. Full text of the statement: The International League of Peoples’ Struggle Philippines strongly condemns the murder of human rights worker Zara...more
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network joins the people’s movement of the Philippines and international voices of solidarity in demanding justice for the murder of Zara Alvarez, a human rights activist, paralegal and a member of the Negros Integrated Health Program. She was shot down in the street in...more
The Israel–United Arab Emirates peace agreement, or the Abraham Accord, was agreed by Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on August 13, 2020. The UAE last week became the first Gulf state to normalize relations with Israel, in a US - as a broker in the accord...more
Seventy-five years ago, Japan was defeated in World War II and was hence "completely disarmed and demilitarized." Since then, the US has been using Japan's pacifist constitution to control the island nation. The pacifist constitution was originally intended to allow other countries to keep track of Japan and...more
Kim Jong Un: Attractive Leader Many people around the world are unstinting in their praise of Kim Jong Un, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, calling him a man to whom everyone cannot but be attracted. Beloved Leader of the People...more
The 3rd China-LAC Foreign Ministers Forum is not due until January of 2021. But in July, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi co-hosted with Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard, the pro tempore chair of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), a teleconference with...more
Jiaqu could barely speak any Putonghua, the standard Chinese national language, but he was eager to share with the Global Times reporter his excitement and gratitude for moving to his current home. "I never dreamed that I would one day live in such a nice home," Jiaqu said...more