North Korea

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.

According to South Korea's defense minister, since last year, North Korea has shipped about 7,000 containers of ammunition and other military equipment to Russia.

North Korea fires a ballistic missile into the sea during US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's visit to South Korea, escalating regional tensions.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has used a Russian Aurus Senat limousine, a gift from Putin, for the first time, signaling a growing friendship between the two countries.

North Korea prohibits keeping dogs as pets, allowing them to be used only for meat and fur in accordance with socialist principles.

According to the Federation of American Scientists, Russia has the world's largest stockpile of nuclear warheads - about 5,580, including 1,710 strategically deployed.

The EU leaders will demand new sanctions against Belarus, North Korea and Iran for helping Russia wage war against Ukraine, further restrictions on Russia's access to military components, and condemn Israel's decision to allow the construction of new settlements in the West Bank.

Without additional military assistance from the United States, Ukraine will face new challenges on the battlefield and will gradually lose more and more territory to Russia, according to senior U. S. intelligence officials.

European Union leaders are ready to impose significant new sanctions on Iran amid reports that Tehran has provided ballistic missiles to Russia for use against Ukraine.

Russia produces about 3 million artillery shells a year, which is almost three times more than the 1. 2 million shells produced by the United States and Europe for Ukraine.

russia has the resources from high oil prices, sanctions evasion and state investment to sustain the war in Ukraine at the current intensity for at least two more years, according to a report by Lithuanian intelligence services.

Kim Jong-un personally led large-scale military exercises, including the storming of border posts. He urged the army to prepare for war amid annual joint US-South Korean military exercises, which led to an escalation of tensions with South Korea.

The United States imposed new sanctions against the Wagner PMC, the Russian Aerospace Forces, and related individuals and companies for transferring or acquiring weapons of mass destruction from Syria, Iran, and North Korea.