Stu Smallwood

@stu_smallwood

Writes about the US empire in Korea (mostly). Articles at and Global Research. Kor-Eng translator. Twitter active since June 2018.

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jul 26

    My latest : “The US administration’s reversion to a hardline approach and reluctance to declare an end to the Korean War as a confidence-building measure threatens to stall the peace process completely.”

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  2. 9 hours ago

    This guy uses quotes of two parade participants as proof that the NK govt has no intention of denuclearization. Funny how average NKoreans are usually depicted as completely powerless/indoctrinated/irrelevant—unless they can be used to bolster your argument against engagement

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    20 hours ago

    Ok, so it is meaningless if they don't show ICBMs during a parade. Fine. But why on earth does then everyone freak out if they do?

    Is there one expert who believes Norh Korea withheld displaying ICBMs in its military parade to prove their willingness to give up nukes? There are small lies and there are big lies. This is a gratuitous whopper—it’s just about something technical
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  4. 14 hours ago

    “Maximum pressure” was not only cruel/inhumane/an act of war, it was never a sustainable policy. The question is whether SK will be blocked off from the process of NK’s economic opening by the US (or whether the SK govt will allow SK to be blocked off). Here’s guessing it won’t.

    Chinese president Xi Jinping says after three meetings with Kim Jong Un this year, he is "willing to join hands with Kim to promote sound and stable development of ties over the long run, thus benefiting both countries and their people"
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  5. 14 hours ago

    Sure looks like three decades of “strategic patience”/containment (sanctioning regular people to death while maintaining a policy of military belligerence) has worked! The NK people look primed to rise up and bring down the govt any day now! 🧐

    Third night in a row of spectacle in the North Korean capital. Tonight, a torchlight procession in Pyongyang’s Kim Il Sung square with students marching, shouting, and forming slogans in formation
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    18 hours ago

    perhaps, but I can't help thinking there are some methodological problems present amongst some experts when both displaying nukes during parades and not displaying nukes during parades are both taken as evidence of unwillingness to denuclearise

    Is there one expert who believes Norh Korea withheld displaying ICBMs in its military parade to prove their willingness to give up nukes? There are small lies and there are big lies. This is a gratuitous whopper—it’s just about something technical
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  7. Sep 9

    The obvious effort by NK to focus less on displays of military power—a clear gesture of future policy orientation domestically and an olive branch to the rest of the world—won’t matter. It will simply be ignored or spun as a ruse of some kind by most US media.

    Just back from an evening orchestral performance in Pyongyang where musical and visual artists celebrated 70 years of DPRK history. Notably, the 2hr+ event featured no imagery of missiles, nuclear weapons or rocket systems. Focused entirely on economic / scientific development.
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  8. Sep 9

    The capacity and willingness of China and Russia to stand up to the US agenda, economically and militarily—a crucial reason why NK might continue to denuclearize even if the US remains belligerent. It’s not all about the US—this is true now more than ever.

    China highly values North Korea’s efforts to denuclearize and will continue to safeguard the peace and stability on the Korean peninsula, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported Sunday citing Li Zhanshu, a special envoy sent to North Korea by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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  9. Retweeted
    Sep 6

    all three Kims have at one time or another stated their flexibility over the question of US troops in the South, yet it remains one of the hawks' favourite arguments that the North Koreans want nothing more than the US to leave

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  10. Sep 7

    Human rights concerns,the velvet glove over the iron fist of imperialism. Be wary of anyone who blows the HR whistle while calling for further isolation of N Korea. They’re just spear-carriers for empire, knowingly or not. Economic and social interaction=true way to help NKoreans

    Thae Yong Ho: "Progressive politicians who were affiliated with socialism and nationalism in the past…seem to be more afraid of aggravating the N. Korean regime than being concerned about the suffering of their N. Korean compatriots."
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    Sep 1

    I’m only one to report this! CIA: “SSCI ‘staff members’ visited the Salt Pit CIA black site in Afghanistan (codenamed COBALT) in late 2003. According to the CIA, the SSCI staff found it compared ‘favorably’ w/ detainee facilities at Bagram & Guantanamo.”

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  12. Sep 1

    McCain’s funeral carried live on every major news network in Canada.

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    Sep 1

    "The world will never be the same for what , for what , for what did." of .

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  14. Aug 31

    Sovereignty: “Supreme and independent power or authority in government as possessed or claimed by a state or community.” This is something South Korea clearly lacks, unless you don’t consider foreign policy an aspect of independent power or authority.

    Incredible. "Seoul failed to convince USFK chief on joint railway."
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    Aug 31

    Unbelievable. For those who say let the Koreans work it out, here’s evidence for why it’s not just up to the two Koreas, but that in fact the US remains a huge obstacle to peace. I’d say it’s time to organize another DMZ crossing.

    Incredible. "Seoul failed to convince USFK chief on joint railway."
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  16. Aug 29

    South Korea’s sovereignty is at stake. By that I mean the potential for sovereignty, which it hasn’t had since before Japanese occupation. Moon must say no to military drill resumption and test US sanctions. He must show the “alliance” depends on peace, not perpetual war with NK.

    This is the centrist Korea Times. "South Korea, US: allies no longer?" The SecDef values the US-ROK alliance so much he didn't even consult with South Korea before yesterday's announcement.
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  17. Aug 28

    There goes Pompeo intentionally getting it backwards again, pretending the Singapore agreement didn’t happen.

    Pompeo via State Dept. spokeswoman: "Despite the decision to delay my trip to Pyongyang, America stands ready to engage when it is clear that Chairman Kim stands ready to deliver on the commitments that he made…to completely denuclearize N. Korea."
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  18. Aug 28

    Not sure where this is coming from, but I can tell you after the candlelight revolution, this sort of thing simply isnt happening.

    What’s really happening: John Bolton meeting with arch reactionaries in South Korea to carry out a regime change plan against Moon Jae-in in order the crush any possible peace agreement between US and North Korea and rapprochement between the North and South.
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  19. Retweeted
    Aug 28

    Abe and his LDP are doing all they can to drum up the North Korean "threat" so they can change Japan's peace constitution and become a full-fledged military force (under US tutelage, of course). That domestic imperative is totally missing from this and other coverage of Japan.

    Japan seeks stronger ties with US, says North Korean threat ‘imminent’ despite summit pledge
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  20. Aug 28

    Great work by@MoonofA on the media’s treatment of the not-at-all “belligerent” NK letter to Pompeo used as the excuse to cancel his trip to NK and basically declare the end of NK-US negotiations.Correction made by Reuters long after wide publication of original report—damage done

    Replying to @stu_smallwood @willripleyCNN
    A take on the 'belligerent' letter
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  21. Aug 28

    If the letter contained what says, it was far from belligerent—more like “realistic”: negotiations could fall apart and NK may resume testing if theUS is not committed to peace before denuclearization. US cancelled due to unwillingness to follow Singapore agreemnt

    Who has seen the letter? How is it “belligerent”? Is it “belligerent” because your anonymous sources say it is? How does it compare to Trump’s letters to Kim? Is CNN’s confirming source the same as yours? Still far more questions than answers.
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