North Korea

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In the latest indication that the US is desperate to reach a diplomatic compromise over North Korea, even if it means appeasing Beijing and Moscow, Reuters reports that while the UN Security Council is set to vote on Monday afternoon on a U.S.-drafted resolution to impose new sanctions on North Korea over latest nuclear test, as discussed on Friday, the new draft no longer proposes blacklisting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, while also dropping a proposed oil embargo - something Beijing had vocally opposed - and instead intends to impose a ban on condensates and natural g

Authored by Mac Slavo via SHTFplan.com,

CNN allegedly found a North Korean defector through University researchers working in conjunction with the South Korean government.

The news outlet interviewed the alleged defector, who claims Kim Jong-Un’s days as “supreme leader” are numbered.

CNN says that the defector had worked among the elites in Pyongyang. In order to protect the man’s anonymity, the descriptions and his name were omitted from the interview.

Following an uneventful weekend, ahead of which markets were on edge over another probable North Korean ICBM launch, the futures have breathed a sigh of relief, with the USDJPY and dollar jumping, while gold has tumbled by $10 from Friday's highs.

Authored by Daniel Lazare via ConsortiumNews.com,

The bigger picture behind Official Washington’s hysteria over Russia, Syria and North Korea is the image of a decaying but dangerous American hegemon resisting the start of a new multipolar order...

President Donald Trump being sworn in on Jan. 20, 2017. (Screen shot from Whitehouse.gov)