CAMBRIDGE — An anti-Israel protest at Harvard University was disrupted by a group of South Korean Christians who blasted worship music and loudly defended Israel as the university students chanted &#8220;from the river to the sea.&#8221;
“What is happening at Harvard right now is something that is not normal,” the group&#8217;s pastor Joseph Kim said through a translator on a blaring microphone next to the anti-Israel protest. “South Korea supports Israel.”
Kim&#8217;s group, the Newsong Worship Teens, arrived at the Thursday protest organized by several anti-Israel groups and disrupted their speeches with both music and speeches of their own. “Harvard is broken down, and so liberal,” Kim told The Daily Wire through a translator. “So we&#8217;re here to actually heal that.”
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Harvard has been under mounting criticism for its response to Hamas’ massacre, including a lawsuit being filed by Jewish students that accuse the school of enabling anti-Semitism and selectively enforcing its policies to avoid protecting Jewish students from harassment.
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Protestors chanted “from the river to the sea,” a phrase calling for the eradication of Israel. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) questioned former Harvard president Claudine Gay before Congress about the use of this chant on campus, before she resigned from her position amid the firestorm over her failure to stand up to anti-Semitism at the university.
“These students are actually brainwashed, and they&#8217;re actually supporting that kind of violence,” Kim said. “It’s so sad because they are in these universities and supporting something that they shouldn’t be.”
Kim’s group said they are activists to raise awareness about the tyrannical North Korean regime, and were surprised to see American college students standing on the same side as the supporters of their northern unfriendly neighbor.
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“The country that has no freedom at all, Hamas in Palestine actually supports,” Kim said before the crowd. “Russia, China, and Iran support North Korea as well. And in North Korea, that country, there is no happiness or freedom at all.”
The group posted footage of their demonstration on their <a href="https://youtu.be/cMWCccEnljI?si=bqfK7evwTBG5yM-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">YouTube channel</a> with about 158,000 subscribers.
The anti-Israel demonstration was marketed as an event to call for a ceasefire and divestment, and had about 150 students — a smaller turnout than the protests immediately following Hamas&#8217; massacre of Israeli civilians on October 7.
“There is no ‘calm’ in Gaza, so there can be no ‘calm’ on campus,” one of the groups posted to Instagram with an advertisement for the event. “Come this Thursday to prove the movement for a Free Palestine is not over.”
The event included several student speakers and Harvard Medical School assistant professor Nasrien E. Ibrahim.
“We call on Harvard to reject funding from donors attempting to control or censor on campus speech or course curriculum,” she said. “We also call on Harvard to stop accepting donations conditioned upon the suppression of ideas and expression on campus.”
One of the student speakers said she agreed with megadonor Ken Griffin, who has donated over $500 million to the university, deciding to cease donations over the school producing “whiny snowflakes.”
“I agree with Ken Griffin, Zionist students are whiny snowflakes,” the student said, detracting from Griffin’s opposition to the school’s DEI agenda.

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The leader of the South Korean liberal Democratic Party, who lost in the country’s last presidential election, was stabbed in the neck while walking through a crowd Tuesday morning. 
Lee Jae-myung, 59, had just toured the site of a planned airport and finished taking questions from journalists when a man approached him and asked for his autograph before lunging at him with a knife, The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/01/world/asia/south-korea-opposition-lee-jae-myung.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Video footage <a href="https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1742002648482553862" target="_blank" rel="noopener">captured</a> the attack, showing the man making his way through the crowd before attacking the political leader. 
Lee was transported to a hospital in Busan, South Korea, before being flown by helicopter to Seoul. According to a spokesman for the liberal Democratic Party, Jae-myung was conscious and recovering from a two-hour-long surgery, which repaired blood clots and his damaged jugular vein. Doctors said the stab wound was not life-threatening, the BBC <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67860330" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. 
“It was a close call because it was not an artery, but a vein” that was stabbed, said Jung Chungrae, a senior member of Lee’s party, according to the Times. 
Police detained a 66-year-old man following the attack and are investigating him for a possible charge of attempted murder. The suspect reportedly dressed as a supporter of Lee, wearing a plastic crown with the words, “I am Lee Jae-myung.” Authorities said the suspect used a knife with a blade between 5 and 7 inches long. 
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol expressed “deep concern” for Lee after the stabbing and ordered his government to conduct a quick investigation into the attack. Yoon condemned the stabbing, saying, “[T]his form of violence should not be tolerated under any circumstances in our society.”
The liberal Democratic Party called the stabbing attack on its leader an “act of terror” and an “attack against democracy.”
Lee narrowly lost to Yoon, a conservative, in the 2022 election, which was the closest presidential election in South Korea’s history. After his election loss, Lee has faced multiple corruption charges, including <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lee-jae-myung-stabbed-south-korea/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allegations</a> that he granted favors to a private investor that profited off a questionable housing project in Seongnam, a city where Lee was a mayor from 2010 to 2018. 
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Lee went on a three-week hunger strike last year to protest the charges against him, accusing Yoon of targeting his political rival in an attempt to intimidate his opponents. Last September, a South Korean court denied an arrest warrant for Lee, finding no clear risk that he would destroy evidence. In its denial of the warrant, the court also <a href="https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-opposition-leader-lee-arrest-corruption-a2788076d0e6049d9cceffed939a104c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the evidence collected by prosecutors raises “substantial suspicion” about his involvement in the Seongnam housing case. 
South Koreans are divided over Yoon and Lee as supporters of each politician view the opposing leader as corrupt. Lee, who currently holds a seat in the South Korean parliament, is widely expected to run for president again in 2027.

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South Korean <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">actor</a> Lee Sun-kyun, best known for starring in the Academy Award-winning film “Parasite” (2019), was found <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/death">dead</a> at the age of 48. No immediate cause of death was revealed.
The announcement comes after an exhaustive search for the missing actor. His family had called authorities and requested their assistance after they allegedly found a message which sounded like a suicide note, <a href="https://deadline.com/2023/12/lee-sun-kyun-dead-parasite-actor-1235682207/">according</a> to Deadline. 
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/south-korea">South Korea</a>’s emergency office confirmed the news of the actor’s death to the Associated Press on Wednesday. His body was discovered in a parked car in Seoul.
The 48-year-old star had previously been arrested and was under investigation for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/drugs">drug use</a> allegations, per Deadline, as the South Korean government had begun targeting illegal drug crimes more stringently. A local news outlet in Korea noted how Lee had been questioned by authorities as recently as last week regarding his drug usage. He told authorities he was tricked into using the illegal substances. 
The outlet noted that Lee had reportedly dropped out of a new film project, “No Way Out,” shortly after it started production.
Lee is known to American audiences for starring as the family patriarch in “Parasite.” Besides the black comedy thriller becoming the first non-English language film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, he and his co-stars also won the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in 2020.
The movie follows a poor family who schemes to become employed by a wealthy family and infiltrates their household by pretending to be professionals in various fields. Lee played Park Dong-ik, a wealthy architect and homeowner who was the victim of the scam.
Besides “Parasite,” Lee also starred in Apple TV+’s 2021 Korean thriller drama “Dr. Brain.” The role was also highly regarded and earned the actor an International Emmy Award nomination for his performance.
Lee is survived by his wife, two sons and siblings, per <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/world/asia/lee-sun-kyun-parasite-dead.html">The New York Times</a>. His talent agency, Hodu&amp;U Entertainment, said in a statement that a funeral would be held privately and open to friends and family only.
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/north-korea" target="_blank" rel="noopener">North Korea</a> launched what it claimed was a spy satellite into orbit on Tuesday, an operation that drew a rebuke from the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/white-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House</a> and alarm from U.S. allies in the region.
State-run media reported a Chollima-1 rocket launched from North Korea&#8217;s west coast and it &#8220;accurately&#8221; placed the Malligyong-1 reconnaissance satellite into orbit, per South Korea&#8217;s <a href="https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20231122000600315" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yonhap News Agency</a>.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un himself reportedly observed the launch, which followed two failed attempts earlier this year. Pyongyang cast the latest operation as being part of its &#8220;legitimate&#8221; right to strengthen &#8220;self defense&#8221; and vowed more satellites would follow in &#8220;a short period of time.&#8221;
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/white-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">White House</a> issued a statement saying the United States &#8220;strongly condemns&#8221; North Korea&#8217;s use of ballistic missile technology in &#8220;brazen violation&#8221; of multiple United Nations (UN) Security Council resolutions.
National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson added that the launch &#8220;raises tensions&#8221; and &#8220;risks destabilizing the security situation in the region and beyond.&#8221;
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South Korea&#8217;s military said it detected the launch from the Tongchang-ri area in the evening local time and that the rocket flew over waters west of the border island of Baengyeong, <a href="https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20231121010052315?section=nk/nk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">which according to Yonhap</a>, came hours before a 10-day launch window North Korea gave to Japan as a safety warning.
South Korean officials believe North Korea was able to make progress with the help of Russia after the technical issues mired the prior two launches this year, as reported by <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/21/world/asia/north-korea-russia-rocket-launch-spy-satellite.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a>.
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Japan as well as South Korea had <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-20/japan-warns-north-korea-after-getting-notice-of-satellite-launch?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=business&amp;utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&amp;utm_source=twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pressed</a> North Korea to halt the launch. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida warned North Korea against the use of ballistic missile technology in violation of U.N. resolutions and said it would pose a &#8220;serious threat that affects the safety of our people.&#8221;
Indeed, following the launch on Tuesday, the Japanese government issued a J-Alert missile warning urging residents in Okinawa to take shelter for a short time, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-spy-satellite-japan-5e16266707e0e4034eca022fde44ffa7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted the Associated Press</a>.
Bloomberg News <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-20/japan-warns-north-korea-after-getting-notice-of-satellite-launch?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=business&amp;utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&amp;utm_source=twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that officials in South Korea&#8217;s capital of Seoul believe North Korea&#8217;s satellite would be relatively primitive, but the report said it could help foster &#8220;target lists&#8221; as North Korean continues development of missiles meant to carry nuclear warheads.  Meanwhile, South Korea is <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-11-06/south-korea-plans-to-launch-its-1st-military-spy-satellite-on-nov-30" target="_blank" rel="noopener">planning to launch</a> its first home-built satellite to assist with surveillance efforts at the end of November using one of SpaceX&#8217;s Falcon 9 rockets, with more to follow.
President Joe Biden and his national security team are &#8220;assessing the situation in close coordination with our allies and partners,&#8221; Watson said in her statement on Tuesday.
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The U.S. urges &#8220;all countries to condemn this launch and call on [North Korea] to come to the table for serious negotiations,&#8221; she continued. The door has not closed on diplomacy but Pyongyang must immediately cease its provocative actions and instead choose engagement. The United States will take all necessary measures to ensure the security of the American homeland and the defense of our Republic of Korea and Japanese allies.&#8221;

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The president of South Korea is warning officials in the United States of the possibility of a “Hamas-style&#8221; attack from North Korea. 
In a meeting on Sunday, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol told United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin that both the U.S. and South Korea face the possibility of a brutal attack from North Korea similar to what Israel experienced on October 7 at the hands of Hamas terrorists, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/yoon-warns-south-korea-united-states-must-be-ready-hamas-style-surprise-attack-north-korea" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. 
The South Korean president called for &#8220;a vigilant South Korea-US combined defense posture capable of promptly and decisively retaliating against any provocations from North Korea, including surprise attacks resembling Hamas-style tactics due to its miscalculation,&#8221; according to Yoon&#8217;s spokesman, Lee Do-woon. 
Yoon issued the warning during a dinner with Austin and U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff General Charles Q. Brown, Jr.
To help thwart a potential attack, South Korean officials are discussing suspending a 2018 inter-Korean military agreement made by North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and former liberal South Korean President Moon Jae-in, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-us-austin-north-korea-nuclear-96d8d4623db45040f3449266695f8410" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>. The agreement in question created no-fly and buffer zones along various land and sea borders. Suspending it would allow the South to increase surveillance capabilities on the North. Secretary Austin reportedly said he would work with South Korean National Defense Minister Shin Won-sik on the possibility of suspending the agreement. 
During Austin’s visit to Seoul for annual security talks, Yoon also expressed his belief that North Korea has been involved “directly and indirectly” in the conflict in Israel and the war between Russia and Ukraine, according to the AP. 
Previously, South Korean officials <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/13/south-korea-us-austin-north-korea-nuclear/b1662616-8202-11ee-924c-6e6807155e36_story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have said</a> that Hamas may have used North Korean-made munitions – including rocket-propelled grenades – during its massacre of Israelis last month. According to the AP, Kim is potentially considering selling weapons to other terror groups in the Middle East.
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Earlier this month, South Korean officials said that the North had sent Russia rifles, rocket launchers, short-range ballistic missiles, and anti-tank missiles for its war against Ukraine. The news came on the heels of a visit Kim Kong-un made to Russia in September, where the two <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kim-jong-un-putin-discuss-military-cooperation-space-tech-and-ukraine-war-at-russian-summit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">discussed</a> topics including Ukraine, space technology, and the potential for military cooperation. 
On Sunday, Austin told Yoon of President Joe Biden’s hopes to continue strengthening the alliance between the U.S. and South Korea, and on Monday, the two countries updated a security agreement to better respond to nuclear and missile threats from North Korea, according to the AP. Also agreed upon during the security talks was a plan between South Korea, the U.S., and Japan to improve real-time information-sharing on missile threats. 
&#8220;Around the world, as you see our troops deployed and working together, it is impressive,&#8221; Austin <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/yoon-warns-south-korea-united-states-must-be-ready-hamas-style-surprise-attack-north-korea" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> ceremony during his visit. &#8220;The United States military is the most powerful military in the world, and we absolutely take pride in our relationship with our Korean counterparts.&#8221;

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Over the years, the United States has produced many remarkable generals and admirals, but only a few have stood out as world-class strategists and leaders of troops. As Veterans Day approaches on November 11, let’s remember and celebrate them. Here is my list of America’s finest 11 commanders.
<h2>Matthew B. Ridgway, 1895-1993 (WWII and Korea)</h2>
Few generals have done more to completely reverse a catastrophic strategic situation — proverbially pulling victory from the jaws of defeat — in so little time, as did the infectiously driven Ridgway during the Korean War. West Point Class of 1917, this was a man who parachuted with the 82nd Airborne into Europe during World War II at age 49. His standard accoutrements of a grenade hanging on one breast pocket and a first aid kit on the other projected the image of a bona fide field general, which he was, endearing him to the men.
<div id="attachment_646321" style="width: 471px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-646321" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-large wp-image-646321" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-515488010-461x576.jpg" alt="(Original Caption) Portrait of General Matthew B. Ridgway, Chief of Staff, United States Army." width="461" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-515488010-461x576.jpg 461w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-515488010-240x300.jpg 240w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-515488010-768x959.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-515488010.jpg 820w" sizes="(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px" />(Original Caption) Portrait of General Matthew B. Ridgway, Chief of Staff, United States Army. Getty Images.</div>
Such a tough, no-nonsense commander was needed in Korea in the winter of 1950-51, when Ridgway’s superior, Douglas MacArthur, found himself in headlong retreat following the massive Chinese counterattack which negated his stunning victory at Inchon in the fall and subsequent advance through North Korea to the Yalu River on China’s border. The heady days of MacArthur’s optimistically named “Home By Christmas” offensive were long gone. By January 1951, the South Korean capital Seoul was back in communist hands, and the seemingly invincible Chinese People’s Liberation Army looked ready to push the withdrawing UN forces off the peninsula entirely.
The U.S. was fortunate to have Ridgway, who had never served in Asia before he got the call to fly to Korea and take over the Eighth Army after a jeep accident killed its previous commander, Gen. Walton Walker. In fact, as he took stock of the seemingly desperate situation on the peninsula, he soon realized he’d seen this scenario before, and Ridgway was well-suited to halt Mao’s winter offensive.
<div id="attachment_646323" style="width: 727px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-646323" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-large wp-image-646323" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-640478517-717x576.jpg" alt="(Original Caption) : (Douglas MacArthur at the front lines above Suwon, Korea, accompained by Courtney J. Whitney, Matthew B. Ridgway, William B. Kean, and others.) Photoprint by USASC 28 Jan. 1951(no. SC 356736) lot 8755 (Photo by Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)" width="717" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-640478517-717x576.jpg 717w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-640478517-300x241.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-640478517-768x617.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-640478517.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px" />(Original Caption) : (Douglas MacArthur at the front lines above Suwon, Korea, accompanied by Courtney J. Whitney, Matthew B. Ridgway, William B. Kean, and others.) Photoprint by USASC 28 Jan. 1951(no. SC 356736) lot 8755 (Photo by Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)</div>
During the Second World War, Ridgway had been instrumental in blunting the German winter attack of 1944-45 through the Ardennes, popularly called The Battle Of The Bulge. He restored order and discipline to his panicked troops, a circumstance eerily similar to the UN “bug-out” before him. While some saw the Red Chinese as supermen, Ridgway had no such fearful delusions. In fact, he understood that by the time the communists had retaken Seoul, they were over-extended and suffering from exposure to the elements as well as malnourishment due to severely taxed logistics. This was not unlike the position Von Rundstedt’s Panzer groups found themselves in by January 1945. While some generals and civilian authorities alike were declaring Korea lost and planning for evacuation, Ridgway saw an opportunity to destroy Mao’s exhausted, starving, frost-bitten legions.
Stern, ramrod straight, in excellent physical health, one gets the feeling that were we to look up “U.S. General” in the dictionary, Ridgway’s resolute face would glare back at us. And his determination to win prompted him to get the word out that the plague of defeatism was over. The U.S. would go on the offensive and end this “bug out” nonsense. In fact, he forbade even the use of that defeatist term. Ridgway officially took command of the Eighth Army on December 26, 1950, and by January 15 the U.S. and Republic of Korea (R.O.K.) divisions were holding firm. There would be no evacuation of the peninsula.
<div id="attachment_646333" style="width: 467px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-646333" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-large wp-image-646333" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-613478342-457x576.jpg" alt="" width="457" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-613478342-457x576.jpg 457w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-613478342-238x300.jpg 238w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-613478342-768x967.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-613478342.jpg 813w" sizes="(max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px" />(Original Caption) Commander Of The 8th Army Goes To The Front, Korean Battle Continues. Lieutenant General Matthew B. Ridgeway, commanding General 8th Army talks with James H. Lee, Dallas, Texas, during the former&#8217;s inspection of the front line positions in Korea. The General is on the right. (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)</div>
In preparation for his counteroffensive, Ridgway led by example; his first order of business was to move the Eighth Army Headquarters from 115 miles south right up to the front lines. Then he constantly roamed and overflew the lines, getting a feel for the men’s needs and concerns. Having stabilized the front (a Ridgway hallmark) he then instilled in his men a sense of a righteous mission to save the world from communist enslavers.
Beyond ideological verve, Ridgway made sure that his troops had the full support of their commanders who would provide them with good winter clothes, plenty of food and ammo, reliable weaponry, and a sense that, as badly worn as they were, the Chinese were much worse off. Indeed, with severe winter laying waste to the poorly equipped, drained enemy, he viewed the bitter cold as an ally. A point he made sure was driven home to the men as well.
With this renewed confidence, Ridgway’s command opened up its February 1951 counteroffensive; he set about using his overwhelming advantage in artillery and air power to systematically destroy the malnourished and exhausted Chinese. As a clue to his mindset as a no-nonsense warrior, Ridgway dubbed his offensive operations pugnacious names like “Killer,” “Ripper,” and “Rugged.”  This was typical Ridgway bravado, designed to inculcate in his men a ruthlessness that gushed down from their commanding general to the lowliest private.
<div id="attachment_646337" style="width: 633px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-646337" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-large wp-image-646337" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-104715082-1-623x576.jpg" alt="Lieutenant General Matthew B. Ridgway (1895-1993), CG of the United States Eighth Army, standing in front of his USAF B-17 plane 'Hi Penny' during the Korean War, Korea, 30 January 1951. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)" width="623" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-104715082-1-623x576.jpg 623w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-104715082-1-300x277.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-104715082-1-768x710.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-104715082-1.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px" />Lieutenant General Matthew B. Ridgway (1895-1993), CG of the United States Eighth Army, standing in front of his USAF B-17 plane &#8216;Hi Penny&#8217; during the Korean War, Korea, 30 January 1951. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)</div>
Soon the U.S. and R.O.K. columns were advancing northwards again, retaking Seoul in March 1951. So successful was Ridgway’s 100-day turn-around of UN fortunes, that President Truman felt he had political clout to fire the outspokenly recalcitrant MacArthur and put Ridgway in overall theater command. It is no exaggeration to say that Ridgway saved the war, and with it Truman’s presidency and the United States’ credibility.
As with certain iconoclastic figures, Ridgway could rub his peers in the military and those in the political arena the wrong way with his strong views on how wars and policy should be conducted. Yet, unlike MacArthur – whom he publicly praised while privately vowing not to repeat his mistake racing to the Yalu – he understood and respected his subordinate role. He was a firm believer in military subservience to civilian control. Married three times, the maverick general who lived to 98, managed throughout his career to speak his mind, unconcerned for his career path. In particular, he clashed with Eisenhower over mission creep in Southeast Asia and U.S. hegemony. In turn, Eisenhower despised Ridgway so much that in his memoirs he never even mentions him, falsely showering credit for retaking Seoul onto Ridgway’s Eighth Army command successor Gen. Van Fleet.
<div id="attachment_646335" style="width: 735px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-646335" decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-large wp-image-646335" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-515363988-725x576.jpg" alt="(Original Caption) General Matthew B. Ridgway (right) is greeted by President Truman as he arrives, May 19, at the White House with General Omar Bradley (left), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Ridgway is enroute to Europe where he will replace Gen. Dwight Eisenhower as NATO commander. While in Washington, Ridgway will be called before the Senate Armed Services Committee, May 21, to be questioned on the Koje Island prison capture of an American General." width="725" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-515363988-725x576.jpg 725w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-515363988-300x238.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-515363988-768x611.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/11/GettyImages-515363988.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px" />(Original Caption) General Matthew B. Ridgway (right) is greeted by President Truman as he arrives, May 19, at the White House with General Omar Bradley (left), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Ridgway is enroute to Europe where he will replace Gen. Dwight Eisenhower as NATO commander. While in Washington, Ridgway will be called before the Senate Armed Services Committee, May 21, to be questioned on the Koje Island prison capture of an American General.</div>
Ridgway’s vision for a modern military went beyond strategy. He was a champion of integration of all armed forces, while opposing women in combat. Seen by the Left as too merciless and the Right as too isolationist, nevertheless, it was Matthew Ridgway, along with Truman and MacArthur, who was most responsible for saving South Korea, and with it, the millions of citizens who were spared the hellish existence of living under their northern antagonists — enemies whom this underappreciated American general knew how to fight so well.
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/north-korea" target="_blank" rel="noopener">North Korea</a> accused the U.S. of an “an undisguised military provocation” on Friday as an American aircraft carrier battle group arrived in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/south-korea" target="_blank" rel="noopener">South Korea</a>.
The USS Ronald Reagan sailed to the southeastern port of Busan on Thursday after participating in naval exercises with Japan and South Korea in international waters, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-nuclear-weapons-us-aircraft-carrier-be56e91daba9eeeaf2edefdccf3c9133" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Associated Press.
South Korean officials said the Reagan was there as a means of deterrence while North Koreans claimed it was going to be part of a U.S. attack on North Korea.
“The [North Korean] doctrine on the use of nuclear weapons already opened to public allows the execution of necessary action procedures in case a nuclear attack is launched against it or it is judged that the use of nuclear weapons against it is imminent,” the government&#8217;s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Friday.
The KCNA added that North Korea’s “most powerful and rapid first strike will be given to the ‘extended deterrence’ means, used by the U.S. to hallucinate its followers, and the bases of evil in the Korean peninsula and its vicinity.”
North Korea also <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/north-korea-denies-its-weapons-used-by-hamas-against-israel-2023-10-13/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criticized</a> reports that its weapons had been used by Hamas terrorists during their brutal attack against Israel that began last Saturday. The communist country claimed that the reports were an attempt at U.S. propaganda.
&#8220;It is nothing but a bid to shift the blame for the Middle East crisis caused by wrong hegemonic policy onto a third country and thus evade the international criticism focused on the empire of evil,&#8221; KCNA said.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby has said that he has not been able to confirm the reports of North Korean weapons being used in the terror attacks.
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Relations between the the U.S. and North Korea have been sour in recent months, especially after North Korea’s Kim Jong Un <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kim-jong-un-putin-discuss-military-cooperation-space-tech-and-ukraine-war-at-russian-summit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">met with</a> Russian President Vladimir Putin last month to discuss the war in Ukraine, space technology, and the potential for military cooperation between the two countries.
According to the White House, North Korea <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/north-korea-sent-over-1000-containers-of-ammo-to-russia-white-house-5509709?ea_src=frontpage&amp;ea_med=top-news-world-0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">has been</a> supplying Russia with arms and ammunition, sending 1,000 weapons shipments to a Russian munitions depot.
“We now have information that North Korea has delivered arms to Russia for use in Ukraine,” Kirby said this week. “Our information indicates that in recent weeks North Korea has provided Russia with more than 1,000 containers of military equipment and munitions.”

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North Korean state media warned <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-military">U.S. Military</a> officials on Monday that &#8220;thermonuclear war&#8221; could break out after denouncing the U.S. and South Korea joint military drills test-firing strategic cruise missiles on the Korean Peninsula.
U.S. and South Korean militaries began their annual Ulchi Freedom Shield computer-simulated command post exercise, which Navy officials <a href="https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/Press-Releases/display-pressreleases/Article/3491680/the-republic-of-korea-and-united-states-announce-exercise-ulchi-freedom-shield/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> is designed to ensure the Alliance is ready to defend the Republic of Korea and promote security and stability in Northeast Asia. But North Korea has long viewed the drills as a potential war simulation.
&#8220;A thermo-nuclear war, the first ever in history, is more than likely on the Korean peninsula,&#8221; KCNA news agency <a href="http://www.vok.rep.kp/index.php/detail_com/comde/ien230822001/18/en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
The warning comes days after leaders of the U.S., South Korea, and Japan met at Camp David in Maryland last week to form their first stand-alone trilateral agreements dubbed the &#8220;Camp David Principles,&#8221; as threats from China and North Korea increase in the Pacific.
&#8220;The purpose of our trilateral security cooperation is and will remain to promote and enhance peace and stability throughout the region,&#8221; U.S. President Joe Biden, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida <a href="https://apnews.com/article/camp-david-summit-biden-south-korea-japan-0bc36bb3705a3dc1b69dc8cd47b35dd3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> said in a joint statement.
The allied nations consented to ramp up ballistic missile defenses to counter North Korea&#8217;s nuclear missile threat.
North Korean state media reported authorities said the summit between allied nations aimed at formulating a &#8220;nuclear war provocation.&#8221;
&#8220;If the agreements fabricated at the Camp David Resort are additionally put into practice in the war drill &#8230; the possibility of outbreak of a thermonuclear war on the Korean peninsula will become more realistic,&#8221; KCNA news agency said.
According to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/north-korea-kim-jong-un-cruise-missile-us-south-korea-drills-rcna100903" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC</a>, North Korea has conducted over 100 weapons tests, including nuclear-capable missiles designed to attack the U.S., South Korea, and Japan since the beginning of last year.
The state-run commentary also said the armed forces of North Korea &#8220;will wait for a chance&#8221; to &#8220;punish the hostile forces threatening the sovereignty of our state and our people&#8217;s right to live century after century is waiting for the moment of flush.&#8221;
According to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/north-korea-says-camp-david-agreements-raise-possibility-thermonuclear-war-2023-08-21/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reuters</a>, the Japanese Coast Guard said North Korean officials plan to launch a satellite between Aug. 24 and Aug. 31 in the direction of the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea.
South Korean lawmakers reportedly said the North could protest the joint military drills and last week&#8217;s summit with the United States and Japan by showing force of military strength by test-firing an intercontinental ballistic missile.

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The propaganda arm of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/north-korea" target="_blank" rel="noopener">North Korean</a> dictatorship released its first public comment about its detainment of American soldier Travis King, claiming he entered the communist country because he faced mistreatment in the U.S. Army. 
King, 23, sprinted across the heavily guarded demilitarized zone (DMZ) line last month while on a civilian tour and was taken into custody by North Korea. When he crossed into the communist country, King had reportedly been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/american-soldier-in-north-korean-custody-was-facing-disciplinary-action-over-assault" target="_blank" rel="noopener">disciplined</a> for assault in South Korea and was facing further disciplinary action in the U.S.
North Korean state media said Wednesday that King fled into the country because he “harbored ill feelings against inhuman mistreatment and racial discrimination within the U.S. Army” and “was disillusioned at the unequal American society,” POLITICO <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/15/north-korea-u-s-soldier-disillusioned-00111394" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. 
A Pentagon official <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/north-korea-makes-first-public-comments-about-detained-u-s-soldier-travis-king-48ace148" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Wall Street Journal that it cannot verify King made these comments. The North Korean media arm reporting on King’s alleged dissatisfaction with America releases statements tailored to the communist regime&#8217;s wishes, which usually involves painting the U.S. as an evil empire.  
“We can’t verify these alleged comments,” the Pentagon official said. “We remain focused on his safe return. The department’s priority is to bring Pvt. King home, and we are working through all available channels to achieve that outcome.”
Former CIA analyst Soo Kim told POLITICO that the regime’s statement “is 100% North Korean propaganda in its element. King, as an American citizen held in North Korea, has no sway in how the DPRK chooses to cast its narrative.”
“As for King’s release, his fate rests in North Korea’s hands. Perhaps the regime will try to ‘bargain’ King’s life in exchange for financial concessions from the U.S. More than likely, negotiations won’t be easy, and terms will be dictated by Pyongyang,” she added.
King was the <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/07/19/1188656665/travis-king-north-korea-soldier-history" target="_blank" rel="noopener">first</a> American soldier to voluntarily cross into North Korea since 1982. American civilian Otto Warmbier was detained and imprisoned by the communist country in 2016 on phony charges of subversion before he was released 17 months later in a coma; he died shortly after coming home to the U.S.
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Prior to crossing into North Korea, King was involved in at least two separate episodes where Korean police were brought in to intervene, including incidents in September and October 2022. 
In September, King had a case settled after he was accused of punching a man in the face at a South Korean club. The following month, he was accused of acting aggressively toward police officers responding to a call about a fight, court documents obtained by Reuters show. 
He spent almost two months in detention for the assault charge, according to The Associated Press. The news agency reported that he had been released on July 10. Officials have said that King was going to be sent back to America before he crossed into North Korea. 
Leif Le Mahieu contributed to this report.

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North Korea Claims American Soldier Entered Country After Becoming 'Disillusioned' By 'Unequal American Society'

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The family of the American soldier who “willfully” <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/18/asia/us-national-north-korea/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crossed</a> into North Korea earlier this month is speaking out, revealing what their “worst fear” is and encouraging the U.S. government to do more to bring him home. 
Travis King, a 23-year-old U.S. Army private, was with a tour group at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating North and South Korea when he ran across the border into the North. On Wednesday, some of King’s family members <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/travis-king-north-korea-family-suffering-emotionally-rcna96518" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spoke with NBC News</a> about the situation and the efforts to get him back. 
&#8220;When he went to the Army to fight for America, America should fight for him, fight for him to come home,&#8221; Myron Gates, King’s uncle, told NBC. The comments from Gates came after a U.S. State Department spokesman <a href="https://www.state.gov/briefings/department-press-briefing-july-26-2023/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told reporters</a> in a press briefing that he had “no updates or news to share” on the situation. 
“At the end of the day, I just feel like it should be no men left behind,” King’s sister, Jaqueda Gates, added. 
Since his detention, King’s family has reportedly been in contact with the parents of Otto Warmbier, an American college student who was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/american-in-north-korean-custody-after-crossing-dmz-during-tour" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a> and imprisoned in North Korea after he was accused by the government of stealing a propaganda poster. In June 2017, Warmbier was returned to the United States in a coma, where he died within six days. 
King’s uncle told NBC that his “worst fear” was that his nephew would return to the U.S. in a “vegetative state” like Warmbier. “I hope he comes back the same way he went in,&#8221; he said, adding that Warmbier’s parents had been helpful to the King family by giving them advice. 
&#8220;The days are getting longer, nights are worse,&#8221; Jaqueda Gates said about the time her brother has been gone. &#8220;All I think about is what he can be doing.&#8221;
She also told NBC that she had spoken with King just 48 hours before he crossed the border, calling the event “crazy.” She said King isn’t “the type to get into trouble like that,” and said it all sounds “made up.” 
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Prior to his dash across the DMZ, King was facing disciplinary action over a confrontation with South Korean police. He was supposed to fly back to Fort Bliss and was at the airport — but not in custody — in Incheon, South Korea. He didn’t board his plane but instead left the airport, Newsweek <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/travis-king-family-speak-north-korea-defection-1815695" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. 
On Monday, American officials confirmed that there had been no communication with North Korea since last week. Matthew Miller, a State Department spokesman, said that an initial message from the United Nations command had been acknowledged by North Korea, but that has been the extent of communications, NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/travis-king-north-korea-american-runaway-united-nations-rcna95885" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.

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The U.S. soldier currently detained in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/north-korea" target="_blank" rel="noopener">North Korea</a> after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/american-in-north-korean-custody-after-crossing-dmz-during-tour" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crossing into the communist nation</a> at the DMZ line was facing disciplinary action for alleged assault, according to military officials. 
The soldier, identified as 23-year-old Travis King, willingly crossed the border into North Korea, according to Pentagon officials. King had reportedly been disciplined for assault in South Korea and was facing further disciplinary action in the U.S. 
King was involved in at least two separate episodes where Korean police were brought in to intervene, including incidents in September and October 2022. 
In September, King had a case settled after he was accused of punching a man in the face at a South Korean club. The following month, he was accused of acting aggressively toward police officers responding to a call about a fight, court <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-soldier-got-fights-damaged-police-car-before-dash-north-korea-court-docs-2023-07-19/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">documents obtained</a> by Reuters show. 
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The Korean court said that King then shouted expletives aimed at police and Koreans and damaged the police car when he was taken in for questioning. In the aftermath, King reportedly paid to repair the vehicle and was fined $4,000 by the Seoul Western District Court in February after he pleaded guilty to assault and destruction of public goods. 
He spent almost two months in detention for the assault charge, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-us-soldier-travis-king-tourist-witness-92f96befe0b2b8d2e7d016d645d21180" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The Associated Press. The news agency reported that he had been released on July 10. Officials have said that King was going to be sent back to America before he crossed into North Korea. 
“We believe he is currently in [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea] custody and are working with our [Korean People’s Army] counterparts to resolve this incident,” U.S. Forces Korea spokesperson Col. Isaac Taylor <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/18/asia/us-national-north-korea/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, adding that the entry into North Korea was done “willfully and without authorization.”
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One witness <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/07/19/travis-king-got-into-fights-damaged-police-car-before-defection/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that King ran across the border yelling “ha-ha-ha,” according to The New York Post. 
“I assumed initially he had a mate filming him in some kind of really stupid prank or stunt, like a TikTok, the most stupid thing you could do,” a New Zealand tourist named Leslie <a href="https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-us-soldier-travis-king-tourist-witness-92f96befe0b2b8d2e7d016d645d21180" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the AP. “But then I heard one of the soldiers shout, ‘Get that guy.’”
The detention comes just days after the U.S. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-us-north-korea-nuclear-0c6a71344452d5b12420c13fd66a5a1f" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sent</a> the USS Kentucky to South Korea, the first time a nuclear-armed submarine had been sent to the area in more than 30 years.

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