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Local media reported that while Japanese authorities believe the ship made a mistake, its captain is still being questioned for the 20-minute incident.

Japan is scrambling to explain why its naval destroyer pushed into Chinese waters where Beijing was conducting live-fire drills near Taiwan

The Associated Press

GIMHAE AIR BASE, South Korea (AP) — The United States wrapped up its first multidomain exercise with Japan and South Korea in the East China Sea on Saturday, a step forward in Washington’s efforts to strengthen and lock in its security partnerships with key Asian allies in the face of growing threats from North Korea and China.

As North Korean and Chinese threats rise, US looks to lock in defense partnerships with Asian allies

- Advertisement - It was reported that a high-ranking North Korean military official, responsible for managing funds for the country’s “weapons modernization” project, embezzled $30 million and fled last month. This amount reportedly constitutes 30% of the $100 million slush fund allocated by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for the modernization project.

North Korean military official in China flees with $30M from weapons project

- Advertisement - Another North Korean diplomat stationed in China has defected to South Korea, signaling a potential diplomatic exodus. According to the South Korean media outlet TV Chosun on July 17, following reports of defections in Cuba and France, it has now been confirmed that a North Korean diplomat and his family have defected to South Korea from China, one of North Korea’s closest allies.

North Korean diplomat’s family in China defects to South, possible sign of diplomatic exodus

- Advertisement - Citing a South Korean government official, local cable channel TV Chosun reported on Thursday that the North Korean authorities publicly shot the middle school students last week for allegedly watching South Korean dramas stored on USBs. These USBs allegedly had been sent via balloons by North Korean...

North Korea executes 30 teens for watching South Korean TV shows

Fox News

North Korean engineering and construction personnel deployed to Russia-occupied Ukraine would be "cannon fodder," the Pentagon warned at a Tuesday press conference.

Pentagon threatens North Korean soldiers will be 'cannon fodder' if sent to aid Russia in Ukraine

WashingtonExaminer

Underlining its gratitude for China’s economic and military support for its war on Ukraine, Russia is again improving the People’s Liberation Army’s ability to hunt and sink U.S. Navy submarines. From Monday to Wednesday, two Russian corvettes (the Gromkiy and the Rezkiy) will conduct exercises alongside the PLA Navy. The Russian defense ministry says the […]

Russia gives China another lesson on how to hunt US submarines

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump recently said Taiwan needs to do more for its defense. And he’s right. In an interview with Bloomberg, the former president was asked if he would defend Taiwan against China. The Chinese Communist Party routinely violates Taiwan’s sovereignty and has threatened to take over the island nation. CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping […]

Trump is right on Taiwan

The Independent

 Philippine forces will defend themselves with “the same level of force” if they come under assault again from China’s coast guard in the disputed South China Sea, where Chinese personnel armed with machetes and spears injured Filipino navy personnel and damaged two of their boats in a chaotic faceoff last month, the Philippine military chief said Thursday.Armed Forces of the Philippines chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. asked China to pay 60 million pesos ($1 million) in damages for the two navy boats and return seven rifles which he said were seized by Chinese coast guard personnel during the June17...

Philippine military chief warns his forces will fight back if assaulted again in disputed sea

The Standard

Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has warned of potential new rubbish-filled balloon launches towards South Korea in response to anti-Pyongyang leafleting campaigns.On Saturday, Kim Yo Jong criticised efforts to infiltrate the North Korean regime and said her government would send more rubbish-laden balloons southward.North Korea has already dispatched numerous balloons containing refuse such as cigarette butts, cloth scraps and manure across the border since May.In response, South Korea suspended a 2018 tension-reduction agreement with North Korea and resumed live-fire military drills in border areas.The escalating tensions highlight the fragile state of inter-Korean...

Kim Jong Un's sister says North Korea will send more rubbish balloons to South Korea

The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called South Korea’s front-line live-fire drills “suicidal hysteria” as she threatened unspecified military steps.The warning by Kim Yo Jong came after South Korea performed firing exercises in its tense land and sea borders with North Korea in the past two weeks. The exercises were the first of their kind since South Korea suspended a 2018 agreement with the North aimed easing front-line military tensions in June.“The question is why the enemy kicked off such war drills near the border, suicidal hysteria, for which they will have to sustain terrible disaster,”...

Powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim hits out at South Korea’s ‘suicidal hysteria’

New York Post

North Korea has publicly executed a 22-year-old man for listening to and sharing K-pop as part of Pyongyang’s ruthless crackdown on outside information and culture, according to South Korea.

Details of the case were released in the 2024 Report on North Korean Human Rights by South Korea’s unification ministry on Thursday, which included testimonies from 649 North Korean defectors.

According to one of the testimonies from an unnamed source, the young man from South Hwanghae province was publicly executed in 2022 for listening to 70 South Korean songs, watching three films, and distributing them.



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North Korea publicly executed 22-year-old man for listening to K-pop

While some Taiwanese agree with Trump's assessment of an imbalance in the defense partnership, others point to Taiwan's significant contributions, including billions of dollars spent on U.S. weapons.

Taiwan reacts to Trump’s they 'should pay us for defense' comments

- Advertisement - South Korea resumed full-scale loudspeaker broadcasts toward the North on Sunday in response to the North’s launch of another batch of waste-laden balloons toward the South. “As we have warned repeatedly, our army will begin full-scale loudspeaker broadcasts on all fronts starting at 1 p.m.,” the...

South Korea scales up loudspeaker broadcasts toward North Korea after trash balloon launch

War History Online

Still held captive, the USS Pueblo (AGER-2) sits moored in Pyongyang, North Korea. It was captured by the country's military in January 1968.

One American Warship Has Been Held Hostage By North Korea Since the Vietnam War

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Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has launched the ninth Mogami-class guided-missile frigate ordered by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. The future JS Natori is scheduled for delivery and commissioning in 2025, with the entire fleet of 12 warships planned for induction by 2028. MHI and its subsidiary Maritime Systems are building...

Japan Launches 9th Futuristic Mogami Warship

The New York Times

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, said that Taiwan should pay the United States for defending it from China, a remark highlighting the uncertainties — and high stakes — of how he might handle the smoldering Taiwan Strait dispute if he should win a second term.

Trump Tells Taiwan to Expect a Higher Price Tag for U.S. Defense

SEOUL, South Korea -- Trash from at least one North Korean balloon fell on the South Korean presidential compound Wednesday, raising worries about the security of key South Korean facilities from North Korean provocations. The rubbish that fell on the ground at the compound in central Seoul contained no dangerous...

Trash dropped by a North Korean balloon falls on South Korea’s presidential compound

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Submarine scandal: Did South Korean tech aid Taiwan’s naval project?

In late September of last year, Taiwanese media simultaneously reported that classified files on the Hai Kun, Taiwan’s first indigenous submarine, had been handed over to...

Submarine scandal: Did South Korean tech aid Taiwan’s naval project?

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