According to Andrii Chernyak, representative of the Defence Intelligence Service of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is supplying Russia with missiles to attack Ukraine.

The Russian army has used around 60 missiles of this type. A representative of the Ukrainian defence intelligence service pointed out that the North Korean KN-23 missiles are based on obsolete technology, which is detrimental to their accuracy. Russia also receives a large quantity of artillery ammunition from North Korea, amounting to millions of units.

"We're constantly observing the movement of shipments and containers. We cannot rule out the possibility that they may contain artillery munitions produced by North Korea, which are already stored on site. This also represents a major danger for Ukraine," added Mr Chernyak.

The Ukrainian Defence Intelligence Service representative also pointed out that, despite its military resources, Russia relies on ammunition produced in North Korea.

Earlier this summer, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un signed a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement. This document provides for mutual support in the event of aggression against either party.

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28 Feb 2025

Beijing has rolled out a series of amendments to its regulations on the People’s Liberation Army, putting a stronger focus on the importance of war readiness and overseas missions.

Set to take effect in April, the amendments emphasised that “winning battles should be the military’s top responsibility” and directed the PLA to establish a “fundamental focus on preparation and readiness for combat,” according to state news agency Xinhua.

In a report last Friday, Xinhua said the revised regulations would “further enhance the rule of law within the military, cultivate a solid force that is loyal to the party, capable of fighting effectively and maintains a strong sense of discipline and integrity”.

The change is part of Beijing’s efforts to refine and enhance its legal framework and regulations amid intensifying geopolitical tensions with the United States and in the South China Sea.

It also echoed the goals of President Xi Jinping, who also chairs the Central Military Commission. He has said the PLA must modernise by 2035 and become a top-ranked military by 2050.

More details of the three revised regulations were released this week after they were signed by Xi. They covered wide-ranging areas including the PLA’s internal affairs, discipline and military formations.

Source: South China Morning Post

27-2-2025

North Korea says it has conducted a military exercise to launch strategic cruise missiles off the western coast of the Korean Peninsula.

The drill follows Pyongyang's sharp criticism of an upcoming joint military exercise between the United States and South Korea that could be held next month.

North Korea's state-run Korean Central Television reported on Friday that the country's leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the drill on Wednesday.

It said missiles hit their targets after flying along a 1,587 kilometer-oval trajectory for over two hours.

The report quoted Kim as saying that it is a responsible exercise of the country's "war deterrence" to continuously test the reliability and operation of the components of its nuclear deterrence and demonstrate their might.

Kim also reportedly stressed that it is the mission and duty of the North Korean nuclear armed forces to permanently defend the national sovereignty and security with the reliable nuclear shield.

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Friday that North Korea had launched cruise missiles toward the Yellow Sea at about 8 a.m. on Wednesday.

Source: NHK World

Reports show that a Chinese court has commenced its first trial against 23 individuals from Myanmar’s northern Shan State-based telecom fraud syndicate, who are facing multiple criminal charges, the Chinese news agencies reported.

The individuals, linked to the Ming family gang, are facing charges for 11 different crimes, including telecom fraud, murder, intentional harm, unlawful detention, extortion, operating a gambling den, organizing prostitution, and drug trafficking, as reported by state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) on February 19.

Prosecutors in Wenzhou, located in China's eastern Zhejiang province, claimed that the Ming family used their power and armed forces to establish industrial parks and collaborated with financial backers on numerous crimes since 2015. This led to the deaths of 14 Chinese nationals, six others being injured, and billions of yuan lost to fraud, as reported by the Global Times.

The gang's activities were reportedly centered in Kokang, located in Myanmar's northern Shan state, which borders China's southwestern Yunnan province.

Prosecutors stated that the Ming syndicate sets up a network of industrial estates and compounds that accommodated thousands of scammers. They employed various tactics to deceive victims, including fraudulent investment schemes, phishing scams, and extortion.

Prosecutors mentioned that evidence showed that in October 2023, Ming's gang murdered Chinese captives who attempted to escape while being transferred to another compound.

The Ming crime syndicate was headed by Ming Xuechang, a Chinese-Myanmar national, who reportedly died in an apparent suicide in November 2023 after being detained by Chinese authorities.

The Wenzhou Intermediate People's Court in East China's Zhejiang Province heard the case involving the Ming family from Friday to Wednesday before adjourning, with plans to announce the verdict at a later time.

The case marks China's latest attempt to crack down on cross-border telecoms syndicates that, according to authorities, have caused substantial financial and emotional harm on countless Chinese citizens. The crackdown has focused on suspects operating from their bases in the Golden Triangle area between Myanmar, Thailand and Laos. 

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A major construction project at a North Korean long-range nuclear missile factory has slowed in recent months in a possible sign of resource or project direction issues, NK Pro analysis of satellite imagery has found, after work started with urgency last summer.

Planet Labs imagery shows that basic framework construction on two large buildings covering around 2.5 acres (1 hectare) outside tunnel entrances at the Thaesong Machine Factory near Pyongyang stalled with little progress between early December and mid-February.

While it remains possible that renovations or installation of new machinery has continued inside the mountainside tunnels, the abandonment of half-finished structures outside suggests the project was poorly planned or is facing shifting priorities.

NK Pro was first to report on the start of the upgrade project last July, detailing evidence that the factory’s western complex, where construction is now taking place, likely housed liquid-fuel engine production lines for intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) or satellite carrier rockets in the past.

Existing evidence suggests the eastern complex has been used for final liquid-fuel IRBM and ICBM assembly and the western complex for rocket engine production, but additional functions are not confirmed.

The new construction could be related to North Korea’s stated aim of developing a new liquid-fuel engine for the country’s military reconnaissance satellite program.

If construction is indeed related, a likely contributing factor to the delay would be Kim Jong Un abandoning his goal of launching three military satellites in 2024, after the only launch attempt of the year failed in May.

Meanwhile, North Korea has pursued expensive military projects elsewhere in the last year like new warship construction and even major upgrades to other weapons factories, some of which experienced their own delays prior to resurgences in activity.

18-2-2025

China will fly home about 200 of its nationals found in call-centre scam compounds on the Thailand-Myanmar border, a Thai security official said on Tuesday, as part of a multinational effort to crack down on illegal online operations in the region.

Hundreds of thousands of people trafficked by criminal gangs have been forced to work in such compounds that have sprung up across Southeast Asia, including the border area between Thailand and Myanmar, the United Nations says.

The Chinese group will be flown back on a commercial aircraft on Thursday from Mae Sot in Tak province, which borders Myawaddy town in Myanmar, said Maj Gen Thanathip Sawangsaeng, a spokesman for the Thai Ministry of Defence.

Source: Bangkokpost.com 

NORTH Korea fired several short-range ballistic missiles into the sea on Tuesday, according to Seoul’s military, in what experts said could be a message to US President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration.
The launch came as Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya visited South Korea for a series of meetings with top officials, with the Asian neighbours seeking to boost bilateral ties before Trump returns to office next week.
“The South Korean military detected several short-range ballistic missiles fired into the East Sea,” the military in Seoul said, referring to the body of water also known as the Sea of Japan.
South Korean and US intelligence agencies had monitored Pyongyang’s launch preparations, the military said, with Seoul maintaining “full readiness” and sharing information with Washington and Tokyo. — AFP

Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar

At least 49 people have been killed, and 75 injured in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip over the past day, the Gaza Strip's Health Ministry said on Mon-day. 

"Over the last 24 hours, the Israeli occupation carried out three mass killings of families in the Gaza Strip. Hospitals received 49 fatalities and 75 injured individuals," the statement read. 

Overall, since the escalation of the conflict in October 2023, the death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 45,854, with more than 109,000 people wounded, the ministry added.

On October 7, 2023, Israel was subjected to an unprecedented rocket attack from the Gaza Strip. In addition, fighters of Palestinian movement Hamas infiltrated the border areas, opened fire on the military and civilians and took hostages. Israeli authorities say that about 1,200 people were killed during the raid. In response, the Israel Defense Forces launched Operation Iron Swords in Gaza and announced a complete blockade of the enclave. Sputnik

Source: Myawady Daily Newspaper

MIZUHO Bank said Tuesday that its systems experienced connection disruptions from around 7 am, affecting online transactions for individuals and corporations, but it stressed there are no other issues detected such as a loss of customer data. One of Japan’s three megabanks suggested it may have been targeted by a distributed denial-of-service, or DDoS attack, in which networks are overwhelmed by data from multiple sources over a short period. The bank said internet transactions were functioning again by approximately 10 am.

The system failure led the Tokyo-based financial institution to encourage customers to use automated teller machines for urgent transactions. — Kyodo

Source: Global New Light of Myanmar

The Russian Navy has officially commissioned the nuclear-powered submarine Arkhangelsk, the latest addition to the Yasen-M-class of fourth-generation submarines. 

Built at the Sevmash Shipyard in northwestern Russia, the Arkhangelsk will serve in the Northern Fleet of the Russian Navy, according to an announcement from the Ministry of Defense.

On December 27, an official ceremony was held at the Sevmash Shipyard, where the Arkhangelsk was delivered to the Navy. 

The event was presided over by Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Alexander Moiseyev, who handed over the St. Andrew’s naval flag to the submarine’s commanding officer, Captain First Rank Alexander Gladkov. The flag was hoisted aboard the submarine, officially marking its entry into active service.

The Arkhangelsk, named after the historic Russian city in the northern region of Pomorye, is the fourth submarine of its kind in the Yasen-M class. The Malakhit Design Bureau of Marine Engineering in St. Petersburg designed the boat.  

The vessel was rolled out of the shipyard’s slipway on November 29, 2023. It has since undergone 13 months of sea trials, including navigation and weapons testing in the White and Barents Seas. Following the success of these tests, the submarine has now become part of the Russian Navy’s powerful fleet of nuclear-powered submarines. 

This marks the 141st nuclear-powered submarine built at the Sevmash Shipyard, a testament to Russia’s long history of advanced naval construction. 

Alexander Moiseev said, “The nuclear submarine Arkhangelsk is a carrier of all types of naval missile weapons, capable of effectively hitting both sea and coastal targets. This allows the Yasen-M class submarines to remain an effective and promising weapon. Thanks to this, they make an invaluable contribution to maintaining global and regional security in peacetime.”

The construction of the Arkhangelsk was a complex and extensive process, with over 400 organizations from across Russia playing a role. The submarine now features the latest advancements in military technology, naval weaponry, radio-electronic systems, and upgraded power plants.  

Source: https://www.eurasiantimes.com