Tim Shorrock adds new details to the ever more interesting story of Adrian Hong , the former Ted Talk host and alleged ringleader of the Feb. 22 invasion of the North Korean embassy in Spain. Shorrock focuses on Lee Wolosky, Hong’s lawyer. He’s a former national security adviser to Presidents Bush and Obama and leader...
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TED Fellow Allegedly Led Attack on the North Korean Embassy in Madrid
Six years ago, human rights activist Adrian Hong commanded the stage at a TEDGlobal event in Scotland. As a guest host, the 27-year-old Yale graduate moderated a group discussion on “Forces of Change” highlighting what he called “the strong movements, energies and people that are driving major shifts in the world, particularly in Africa and...
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China Installed A Top Cop to Steer Interpol. Then He Disappeared.
Of the world’s most powerful intelligence agencies, China’s Ministry of State Security ranks near the top. The MSS has created the Orwellian surveillance and “re-education” system to control the ethnic Uighur people in western China. In Beijing, the hand of the MSS can be discerned in puzzling headlines about the disappearance of Meng Hongwei, the...
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Chris Hayes Talks About the Uighurs and China’s Secret Internment Camps
One of the most under-covered new stories in the world is the Chinese government’s “Orwellian” repression of the Uighur people in western China. China’s Ministry of State Security is responsible. MSNBC’s Chris Hayes picked up the story on his podcast. Right now, roughly ten percent of the Uyghur population has been ‘disappeared’, held indefinitely in...
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Most 2020 Democrats Scoff at the Trump-Kim Handshake
Over the weekend, President Trump became the first sitting U.S. President to set foot in North Korea, after he stepped over the border during a summit at the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) between North and South Korea. You Can read more about the summit and border crossing here. Thumbs Up Thumbs Down Amy Klobuchar John Hickenlooper...