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![US armed forces target rail cars south of Wonsan, North Korea, an east coast port city, in 1950 during the Korean War.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2018_0529k_-400x300.jpg)
Historically, the Biggest Violator of Human Rights on the Korean Peninsula Isn’t North Korea
The US is to blame for the most abhorrent abuses.
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A Look Back at the My Lai Massacre, MLK’s Assassination, Columbia Protests and the Catonsville Nine
A look at the key events of 1968 and the Vietnam War.
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War and Moral Injury
Veterans often wrestle with the things they've done in war. When will ordinary Americans do the same?
![Members of the Old Guard arrive with packs full of US flags to place on graves at Arlington National Cemetery on May 24, 2018, ahead of Memorial Day in Arlington, Virginia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/GettyImages-962189428-400x300.jpg)
The Cost of War at the End of Empire
It's a lethal machine aimed to extract profit.
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Kurdistan Continues to Neglect Gravesite of Massacre That Inspired the Term “Genocide”
Assyrian victims of the original genocide are forgotten.
![An F-16 Fighting Falcon prepares for takeoff from Joint Base Balad, Iraq, June 8, 2010. Including future costs to care for this country's war vets, a staggering $5.6 trillion has gone to the US "war on terror."](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/4706951418_c6d66398bd_o-400x300.jpg)
The United States Is a Force for Chaos Across the Planet
The US's endless war has resulted in endless failures.
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House Democrats Help GOP Pass Massive Pentagon Budget That Includes Billions for Expanded Nuclear Arsenal
While the world responds with alarm over President Donald Trump's spontaneous decision to cancel diplomatic talks with North Korea scheduled for next month -- which aimed to ease rising …
![Women representing South Korea and more than 16 other countries gathered this week in Seoul for the #WomenPeaceKorea symposium and Women's DMZ walk.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/JHK_5418-Koera-vigil-May-23-2018-400x300.jpg)
Seventy Years After Korea’s Division, Women Lead Push for Peace
This week, the Korean peace makers were joined by an international delegation of women peace activists for a symposium focused on ending the Korean War. A women's peace walk …
![A US Air Force MQ-1B Predator unmanned aerial vehicle carrying a Hellfire missile lands at a secret air base after flying a mission in the Persian Gulf region on January 7, 2016.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/GettyImages-503831464-400x300.jpg)
Trump Drones On: How Unpiloted Aircraft Expand the War on Terror
Trump has made it clear that he has no interest in peace.
![A US soldier maneuvers through a smoke screen during live fire exercises in Djibouti, December 27, 2017.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/25040058927_683a369c6d_o-400x300.jpg)
An Empire of Nothing at All? The US Military Takes Us Through the Gates of Hell
Although the peace movement is not a loud voice at this time in the US, it should be.