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The South Korean military confirmed on Tuesday that it fired warning shots near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) as it had observed North Korea destroying roads leading south, behavior it described as “very abnormal” and condemned as belligerent.

The Pentagon announced on Sunday that it would deploy a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery for missile defense to Israel in response to incessant threats from Iran.

Speculation has built for weeks over the presence of North Korean soldiers, and now Zelensky has acknowledged their presence.

The North Korean military announced on Wednesday that it will sever all road and rail links to South Korea and construct more fortifications on the border, deepening the chasm between the two peninsular governments.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian claims he has reached a “good understanding” with Qatar for access to the $6 billion windfall of cash paid by President Joe Biden after a prisoner exchange deal with the United States in September 2023.

North Korea’s Kim Jong-un delivered a violent rant in which he questioned the mental abilities of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol.

North Korea’s U.N. representative claims America’s “anti-DPRK war machine” has brought the Korean Peninsula to the brink of conflict.

Police in Chennai, India, detained 104 striking employees of the local Samsung Electronics plant because they were allegedly planning to hold a protest march without obtaining proper permission.

South Korea has removed over 1,300 Chinese-made security cameras from miltiary bases after they were found to pose a security risk.

North Korea published photos of Kim Jong-un touring a national “Nuclear Weapons Institute,” where the regime is allegedly enriching uranium.

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) reports that China has become the world leader in roughly 90% of critical technologies.

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un vowed to “exponentially” increase North Korea’s nuclear arsenal to meet “threats” posed by the United States.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed on Tuesday that military units had arrived in Vladivostok, Russia, to participate in joint military exercises with Moscow, part of a greater plan to for China to also host the Russian military in exercises in the Sea of Japan.

Vice President Kamala Harris published a policy page on her official website Sunday promising she is “ready to be Commander in Chief on day one,” but she cited one of her most notorious foreign policy gaffes — claiming the United States has a “strong alliance” with North Korea — as evidence.

The South Korean Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that many of the government’s climate change goals are unconstitutional.

The South Korean Defense Intelligence Agency has documented over 13,000 shipping containers, believed to contain weapons, traveling from North Korea to Russia throughout the course of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a South Korean lawmaker revealed Tuesday.

South Korean officials found toxic substances in women’s accessories that Chinese e-commerce giants Shein, AliExpress, and Temu sell.

The Korea Times on Tuesday reported some consternation in Seoul over the mysterious disappearance of “denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula” from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) platform.

The Chinese government has implemented tighter health screening for travelers from Africa, where a new outbreak of monkeypox or “mpox” was recently declared a global public health emergency by the World Health Organization (W.H.O.).

Mercedes-Benz and BMW have reportedly disclosed the names of their electric vehicle battery suppliers in South Korea, following a recent EV explosion that triggered widespread revolt against electric vehicles.

The Japanese stock market suffered its worst single-day sell-off in history Monday, losing even more points than on “Black Monday” in 1987.

Statistics Korea, a government operation run by the South Korean Ministry of Economy and Finance, released data on Monday that showed the population rose by 0.2 percent in 2023.

The International Olympic Committee apologized to the nation of South Korea for incorrectly identifying its delegation as North Korea’s.

The armed forces of South Korea began what they confirmed will be daily, unceasing loudspeaker broadcasts on the border with North Korea on Friday, typically featuring anti-communist content, news banned by the Kim regime, and South Korean popular music.

South Korean media revealed on Tuesday that senior North Korean diplomat Ri Il-kyu, 52, defected from the North Korean embassy in Cuba in November.

According to North Korean state media, dictator Kim Jong-un sent a message of sympathy to former president Donald Trump and his family on Saturday night after the failed assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Wednesday issued a statement condemning North Korea’s weapons exports to Russia and expressing concern about the alliance between Pyongyang and Moscow.

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is expected to participate in this week’s NATO summit and pressure NATO to monitor North Korea.

South Korean officials reported that North Korea has ordered all of its overseas students to return home for “political indoctrination.”

Authorities in Seoul, South Korea, confirmed the deaths of nine people and at least six injured on Monday after a driver rammed into them.

The Chinese Communist regime in Beijing announced new regulations on Monday that will empower its officials to inspect smartphones and other personal electronics at will, including those belonging to foreign visitors.

Multiple outlets in Ukraine and South Korea reported this week that communist North Korea is preparing to send military engineers to aid the Russian invasion of Ukraine – reports Pyongyang has not confirmed at press time, but the Pentagon addressed on Tuesday as concerning.

A major fire at a lithium battery plant in South Korea killed approximately 23 workers on Monday at a building owned by manufacturer Aricell.

The Institute for National Security Strategy (INSS), a South Korean state-managed think tank, published a report this week suggesting that the government of President Yoon Suk-yeol should consider developing a nuclear weapons arsenal in response to North Korea signing a mutual defense treaty with Russia.

Russian strongman Vladimir Putin sent a letter to North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un thanking him for a warm welcome in Pyongyang.

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol declared a “demographic national emergency” and promised to spare no effort in increasing birth rates.