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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that Russia's attack on Ukraine, as well as the situation in the Middle East and East Asia, requires changes in the country's policy. Geopolitical tensions have pushed the world to a "historic turning point" and forced Japan to change its defense strategy.

South Korea successfully launched its second military reconnaissance satellite to better monitor North Korea, and plans to launch a total of five spy satellites by 2025.

Russia's use of North Korean missiles in Ukraine gives North Korea a rare chance to test its weapons in combat and learn lessons to improve their effectiveness.

South Korea will allocate $12 million for the rehabilitation of the Ukrainian military through the NATO Trust Fund and a $2. 3 billion aid package to Ukraine.

Ukraine has air defense systems capable of shooting down Iranian Fateh-110 and Zolfagar ballistic missiles with a range of 300 and 600 km, respectively, but needs more of them to counter a large number of missiles.

Microsoft warns that China is likely to use AI-generated content to disrupt elections in the US, South Korea, and India in 2024 after attempting to do so during the Taiwanese presidential election.

South Korea plans to hold a trilateral summit with Japan and China in May to discuss economic cooperation, regional issues, including nuclear and missile threats from North Korea, and to resume trilateral dialogue after a break since 2019.

Blinken insists that Ukraine urgently needs additional assistance, such as air defense, artillery, and ammunition, and calls on the allies to double or triple their resources, as Ukraine's security is a matter of global security.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba expects the blocked US military aid to arrive by November.

Russia's veto of North Korea's ballistic missile control and their cooperation in providing weapons to attack Ukraine demonstrates the close ties between Russia and North Korea amid Russia's aggression against Ukraine, Borrell points out.

Russia's economy is suffering greatly from Western sanctions due to the war in Ukraine: falling revenues, high inflation, capital outflows, industrial decline, and growing dependence on China.

North Korea has successfully tested a new medium-range hypersonic missile, the Hwasong-16B, which Kim Jong Un called a key element in deterring enemies such as the United States, South Korea, and Japan.

South Korea detained a 3,000-ton flagless cargo ship suspected of violating UN sanctions, allegedly heading to Russia from North Korea via China.

North Korea has successfully tested a new medium- and long-range hypersonic missile on its east coast, as reported by the authorities of South Korea and Japan.

South Korea has imposed sanctions on two Russian companies and their executives for cooperating with North Korea, which violates UN sanctions by facilitating arms trade and nuclear/missile development.

North Korea launches a ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan, according to South Korean and Japanese authorities.

Despite Western sanctions, russia increased its imports of nitrocellulose, a key ingredient for gunpowder production, by 70% in 2022 from companies in the US, Germany, Taiwan, and other countries.

Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu warned that stopping the supply of U. S. weapons to Ukraine would encourage China to aggress against Taiwan and strengthen Beijing's anti-American propaganda.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba emphasizes that russia's veto of the UN resolution on the continuation of sanctions monitoring against North Korea confirms military cooperation between moscow and Pyongyang, which is a violation of sanctions.

russia vetoed a UN resolution to extend the mandate of the group monitoring sanctions against North Korea, defying the 13 other Security Council members who supported it.

The head of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, paid a 3-day visit to North Korea and discussed with DPRK State Security Minister Lee Chang-dae the strengthening of cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang.

The United States imposed sanctions on the Vladivostok-based company Alis LLC and five other legal entities and individuals for their ties to North Korea.

The United States is negotiating to increase purchases of explosives from Turkey to increase the production of artillery shells for Ukraine.

The United States and South Korea have created a new working group aimed at preventing North Korea from illegally obtaining oil bypassing UN sanctions.

The Pentagon is monitoring military cooperation between Russia and North Korea, which is a concern because North Korea could provide weapons to Russia to support its military aggression against Ukraine.

russia has begun direct oil supplies to North Korea in violation of UN sanctions, and Pyongyang is providing russia with weapons in return, a barter deal that openly violates sanctions.

The United States and Japan are set to announce the largest update to the security treaty in more than 60 years, which includes restructuring the U. S. military command in Japan and strengthening operational planning and military exercises between the two countries, due to shared concerns about China's influence.

Russian forces fired two Iskander-M missiles and seventeen S-300 missiles at energy facilities in Kharkiv and the region on the morning of March 22, according to Ukrainian officials.

Russia launched the largest simultaneous missile attack on energy facilities in the Kharkiv region, using at least 18 S-300 and Iskander missiles, leaving settlements without electricity and causing fires.

Russia has officially used North Korean Hwasong-11 missiles to strike Ukraine, as confirmed by experts.