Day: May 12, 2012

Science & Technology

The PRC’s Shenlong (‘Divine Dragon’) Space Plane and the Pentagon’s Assessment of China’s Military Space Program

The Pentagon produces an annual report about the People’s Republic of China’s military with regard to its capabilities in space. This report is similar to a Cold War-era document published by the Department of Defense titled Soviet Military Power (SMP), a mix of propaganda showing photographs and illustrations of future Soviet weaponry as well as a […]

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News

Yi Seok: Heir of Korea’s Jeonju Yi Dynasty

After the Japanese transformed Korea into a colony, the Joseon Dynasty’s Jeonju Yi clan were maintained as puppet rulers of the formerly independent Korean Empire. Yi Seok, grandson of Gojong and the Yi household’s successor, would be King of Korea today if not for the colonial period and ensuing years of war and division of […]

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