Anybody who believes Trump is "antiwar" is a fool. pic.twitter.com/atABStKU5x

— Tim Shorrock (@TimothyS) March 7, 2025

N. Korea warns S. Korea, U.S. will pay 'horrible price' over next week's joint military drills https://t.co/k4pfDKxiF5

— Tim Shorrock (@TimothyS) March 7, 2025

There were 55 joint or trilateral military exercises last year according to Hankyoreh. The large scale bilateral US South Korea exercises and trilateral exercises started up again in earnest with Yoon's assumption of the presidential office. This of course, was during the Biden administration, which dismantled any limits left on deployment of large ground forces, live fire exercises near the DMZ, and the deployment of US strategic assets (nuclear subs, strategic bombers, and aircraft carriers) to South Korea. This in effect was an abandonment of any restraint concerning military exercises, which Trump imposed in spite of the breakdown in US-DPRK negotiations at Hanoi in 2019.

An impeachment decision on suspended President Yoon is more or less imminent from the Constitutional Court at this point. In manifestly poor timing the Seoul Central District Court granted Yoon's petition to be released from custody. Don't really understand what happening there. Yoon's attorney's and PPP assembly reps who have been in contact with Yoon, have been supporting crowds making threats against the CIO, the National Election Commission, and the Legislature. I'm pretty sure they said there was no concern over destruction of evidence. Really? How about intimidation of judges, and witnesses? According to Raphael Rashid's article:

The Seoul central district court accepted Yoon’s petition to cancel his custody, in a ruling delivered on Friday and seen by the Guardian, though the president still faces serious criminal charges that could result in life imprisonment or even the death penalty if convicted.

Police and Yoon supporters were seen gathering around the presidential residence in the capital before his possible return.

Despite the court’s decision, Yoon will not be released immediately. His lawyer, Seok Dong-hyun, said the president would remain in detention while prosecutors decided whether to appeal against the ruling within their seven-day window. The justice ministry said it was awaiting the prosecution’s decision on whether to issue release orders.

and

On Friday, the court ruled that prosecutors had indicted Yoon after his legal detention period had expired, calculating that the 10-day detention limit had passed when counting actual hours rather than full days.

Okay so the ringleader of an insurrection, potentially facing the death penalty or life in prison, is to be released from pretrial detention? Hopefully, there is an appeal, followed by his dismissal from office by the CC, before he is released.

South Korea court cancels President Yoon’s detention as insurrection case continues.

My latest: https://t.co/xpaFhQps4a

— Raphael Rashid (@koryodynasty) March 7, 2025

N. Korea warns S. Korea, U.S. will pay 'horrible price...

Citing a plan by Seoul and Washington to increase the number of large-scale on-field drills to 16 this year from 10 the previous year, the North said the enemies' "war frenzy" is rising on a steep upward curve to a dangerous level.

"The enemies will pay a horrible price due to their foolish and reckless war drills that will require us to take just measures of a sovereign state for self-defense as well as the toughest threatening action," the KCNA said.

North Korea has long denounced the allies' joint military drills as rehearsals for an invasion and uses them as a pretext for provocations. South Korea and the U.S. have said their exercises are defensive in nature.

Last week, Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, warned of stepped-up action in response to the latest arrival of the USS Carl Vinson, a U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, in South Korea.

Oops!

New video shows bombs striking South Korean town near DMZ

The South Korean Air Force says 8 MK-82 bombs were mistakenly dropped by a jet during a war drill with the US.

The MK-82 is a US-manufactured 500 lbs bomb.

15 people are reported injured. pic.twitter.com/txfESOlXUF

— Nodutdol | 노둣돌 (@nodutdol) March 6, 2025

"Trump noted that 'there is a very interesting arrangement with Japan...under no circumstances is Japan obligated to defend us,' questioning, 'Who made such an arrangement?'" This will not inspire confidence in US treaty obligations to defend Japan.https://t.co/WstSiCmfkI

— Jeffrey J. Hall (@mrjeffu) March 6, 2025

Lots of news the past few days, but I have the flu, unable to post much. So if this seems a little disorganized, it is.

(edit to correct a couple of errors)