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Written by  Prof Michel Chossudovsky ; Originally appeared at  Global Research While the Singapore June 12 summit is back on, will it result in a bilateral peace agreement? It is highly unlikely that Pyongyang will cave in to US demands which require a unilateral process of “denuclearization” on the part of the DPRK. Meanwhile, Donald Trump remains committed to his 1.3 trillion dollar nuclear weapons program which is casually heralded as a means to ensure America’s national security, at tax payers expense. Trump has reiterated that US economic sanctions directed against North Korea will prevail; he also stated that a new set of sanctions are currently envisaged, but they will be only implemented if there is a “breakdown in negotiations”. North Korea will be demanding something in return, which the US is unlikely to accept. Moreover, unless the 1953 armistice agreement is replaced by a peace treaty, war is still on the drawing board of the Pentagon. North Korea lost 30%

On June 3, three soldiers were killed an attack by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in the Turkish province of Hakkari near the border with Iraq, according to the Turkish military. The killed soldiers were protecting a road building team in the Daglica district of the province. According to media reports, one soldier was also wounded in same province when the PKK launched a rocket from a mountainous area on the Iraqi side of the border. On June 4, the Turkish Interior Ministry said that a total of 30 PKK members, including three leaders, were “neutralized” in security operations across Turkey during the past week. The ministry added that Turkish forces had carried out 1,419 counter-terrorism operations in the period between May 28 and June 4. The PKK is a Kurdish separatist organization, which de-facto seeks to establish an independent Kurdish state in southern Turkey and, if it’s possible, northern parts of Iraq and Syria. It wages a long time insurgency against the Turki

SOURCE: twitter.com/EnglishPars On June 4, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei adressed people in the Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini. He said that all measures taken by opponents of Iran are the result of their desperation and confusion. “We are well aware of the enemy’s plot and disclose it to people,” he said, mentioning economic, psychological and practical pressures as three major components of the plot against the Iranian nation. He said that the measures taken again the Iranian nation may slow down the forward march of the nation, but cannot stop its progress. Khamenei  also warned of Iran’s harsh response if attacked by its enemies and said that the country’s ballistic missile program is essential for its defense. “Tehran will attack ten times more if attacked by our enemies… Our enemies don’t want an independent Iran in the region… We will continue our support to oppressed nations… our enemies have engaged in economic and psychological warfare