Dr. Mark P. Barry

Followed US-DPRK relations for 36 years. Met Kim Il Sung in 1994; my NGO met Kim Jong Il in 2005. PhD, UVA. 📨 [email protected] 🇰🇷🇰🇵🇺🇸 ✎Migrated to Bsky🦋

[Dr. Mark P. Barry @DrMarkPBarry]

Court extends suspension of detention for Unification Church’s Han Hak-ja by one month - to May 30 - due to need for continuing hospital treatment https://t.co/4e5fjzWHAB

[CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil @CBSEveningNews]

EXCLUSIVE: Inside the Strait of Hormuz, where war with Iran has choked one of the world’s most critical shipping lanes, CBS News' @ImtiazTyab is the first American network news correspondent to witness the growing backlog of oil tankers and cargo ships. Here’s what he saw. https://t.co/O4YTAOPp3S

[Jonathan Cheng @JChengWSJ]

@LibraryJournal @KirkusReviews @MikeCosper @hesp365 @JaccoZed @nknewsorg It’s here. Twelve years in the making, KOREAN MESSIAH is on sale today. I hope you pick up a copy, and I hope it gets you thinking. An excerpt:
https://t.co/FELil3PicK

[Barry R McCaffrey @mccaffreyr3]

April 22 the truce expires. Both US and Iran interests ill served by renewed naval combat. No US allies. The Trump counter blockade of Iran incredible complexity. ROE may well lead to all out war at sea. China response possible. Uncontrolled escalation ahead.

[Dr. Mark P. Barry @DrMarkPBarry]

N. Korea's missile upgrade raises new security questions for Seoul | Arirang News https://t.co/kVMOi26GJ2

[ציפי לבני Tzipi Livni @Tzipi_Livni]

למדינה ריבונית יש טריטוריה, חוק אחד לכולם ומונופול על הנשק.
לישראל אין גבול מוסכם , כבר אין חוק ומשפט אחד לכולם אלא מערכת חוק ומשפט דתי במקביל לחוקי המדינה, ויש מיליציות חמושות ואלימות שמתפרעות כרצונן .
ממשלת ישראל מפוררת את מדינת ישראל .

[Robert E Kelly @Robert_E_Kelly]

And they’re both effectively randos, which may be even worse than the grift.

They have no relevant diplomatic, strategic, or cultural training.

[UK in Korea🇬🇧🇰🇷 @UKinKorea]

⚠️ A large BTS concert will take place in Gwanghwamun on Saturday evening. Significant disruption is expected in the surrounding area.

Please check our updated travel advice before you go:
https://t.co/diAmHopVIO

[Adam Schwarz @AdamJSchwarz]

Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi's reaction as Trump says "Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Habour?"

Undoubtedly the worst American diplomatic gaffe in post-war US-Japan history.

[Seung Min Kim @seungminkim]

Trump, when asked why he didn't inform allies ahead of initial Iran strike:

"We didn't tell anybody about it because we wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor, OK? Right?"

[Joe Kent @joekent16jan19]

After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.

I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.

It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC.

May God bless America.

[Dr. Mark P. Barry @DrMarkPBarry]

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[Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto]

Zelensky says the U.S. is now asking that same “far away” country for help intercepting Shahed drones.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

Karoline Leavitt: "we had a very stupid and incompetent leader in this White House for four years who gave away many of our best weapons for nothing, for free, to another country very far away by the name of Ukraine."

Honestly, the sheer heartlessness, ruthlessness, and cruelty of saying that while we are still under attack, trying to survive. While entire families are being killed in russian bombings due to a lack of air defense missiles, and when we barely survived last winter’s humanitarian catastrophe caused by russian strikes on our infrastructure. I don’t know... I’m just stunned.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Blumenthal: I am more fearful than ever after this briefing, that we may be putting boots on the ground

[Senator Andy Kim @SenatorAndyKim]

My office is receiving panicked calls from Americans stuck in the Middle East, outraged that our government has provided zero evacuation support.

This Administration must immediately develop a plan to get our citizens out of harms way, including by working with our allies and partners to secure transportation options for all Americans who wish to depart.

[Senator Andy Kim @SenatorAndyKim]

I worked at State Dept before and the safety of Americans overseas is the highest responsibility. Warnings to citizens to evacuate 3 days into this war, when airspace is closed, is a clear sign of ZERO strategy and planning by the Trump admin.

Now Americans have limited options to evacuate at an extremely dangerous moment with no government assistance. This administration is failing its citizens.

[Aaron David Miller @aarondmiller2]

Notion Netanyahu was decisive in pushing Trump to war is absurd. Trump was quite capable of initiating reckless war of choice on slimmest of justifications on his own. And if Netanyahu egged him on and Trump liked what he heard, this is still on him. https://t.co/K7uoDNK97b

[Chris Gloninger, CCM, CBM @ChrisGloninger]

The guy who promised no new wars and threw a tantrum over not getting the Nobel Peace Prize just started a war with Iran. He should be impeached, removed, convicted, and imprisoned. But hey — how's the 'I fell for it again' crowd feeling this morning? This is your 'America First' president…

[Aaron David Miller @aarondmiller2]

I’m stunned by way we seem to be sleepwalking to a potentially massive attack that could spark a regional war, including real concern of terror attacks here at home. Where is Congress, media, former security and defense officials, chattering classes asking right questions.