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North Korea is pairing big public displays with weapons claims, but the two carry different levels of proof.

• Parade display: A nighttime parade...

Xi's June 2026 visit to Pyongyang, his first since 2019, looks like a restoration of closer ties. The analysis, however, reads it as less a full...

Japan and the U.S. used their first foreign-chief talks since Republicans' midterm defeat to confirm a commitment to strengthen alliance deterrence...

KCNA says the new torpedo's combat effectiveness was verified, but the reports give few technical details.

• Test claim: KCNA says the system was...

Elliptic's tracing suggests the reported $430,000 NEAR flow is a small piece of a much larger operation:

• Pool hops: One wallet group bought the new...

South Korea is seeking to keep a 15% tariff arrangement with the United States, but Washington has not yet disclosed final measures from its...

Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul said the government has no intention of closing existing military academies. Asia Today reads this as a signal that...

• Elliptic says launderers mint their own tokens, pair them with NEAR in liquidity pools, and use separate wallet sets to buy and sell, so funds never...

• Announced test: KCNA says a new torpedo was test-fired in the East Sea on November 9.
• Self-reported verification: According to KCNA, institutions...

Federal prosecutors allege an Akron man's video-game software company was a front for a scheme placing North Korean IT workers in U.S. remote jobs....

Pyongyang's public line is firm: Kim Yo Jong calls the U.S. accusation a “preposterous rumor”. Yet a North Korean intelligence officer in China...

Peace requires both deterrence and dialogue. Deterrence relies on defense capabilities to prevent attacks, while dialogue reduces the risk of...

A retired American military officer argues the alliance must stay above the fortunes of individual leaders, and that U.S. obligations reach beyond any...

The FBI has attributed the Binance breach, in which approximately $6.34 billion in digital assets were compromised, to North Korea's TraderTraitor...

Activists call the Cheonghae Unit move a "disguised deployment" and demand its withdrawal, asking why Seoul is trying to act as Trump's "lackey".

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The UN Security Council decided to toughen sanctions after North Korea's January nuclear test and February rocket launch. Under a US-proposed...

Kyodo News reported that North Korea has agreed to let the International Civil Aviation Organization inspect its missile facilities. The move...

Hanwha Aerospace's US subsidiary plans two Chunmoo missile test-firings from a vessel off the southern US coast later this month, to assess the...

A KAI and Hyundai Rotem memorandum could give South Korea more control over KF-21 weapons integration. It is legally non-binding, but it ties fighter...

According to one report, Kim Jong Un has assembled a world-class hacker force through a programme more than a decade old. The programme reportedly...