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REPORT: The Choe Hyon — North Korea launches its largest destroyer with nuclear missiles aboard
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea officially commissioned the 5,000-ton destroyer Choe Hyon. It is the largest and most advanced surface vessel
DECODING: Xi Jinping in Pyongyang — how Beijing shields Kim Jong-un from all international pressure
From June 8 to 10, 2026, Xi Jinping traveled to Pyongyang for his first official visit to North Korea since 2019. Seven
ANALYSIS: The anti-DPRK archipelago — how Japan, the Philippines, and South Korea build their bulwark
In late June 2026, the Indo-Pacific has become an immense military training ground. Five simultaneous multilateral exercises are underway in the region,
FACT-CHECK: North Korean soldiers in Ukraine — verified figures and what they reveal
On June 23, 2026, South Korea officially announced that it would welcome all North Korean prisoners of war captured by Ukraine who
ESSAY: The KN-23 missile — when Ukraine becomes Kim Jong-un's laboratory
There is one statistic I want to engrave in the mind of every Western strategist who still thinks the war in Ukraine
NARRATIVE: Kim Jong-un orders "exponential" nuclear expansion — and the world holds its breath
In late June 2026, at a plenary session of the Korean Workers' Party, Kim Jong-un uttered a sentence that should haunt strategists
PROFILE: Kim Jong-un and Putin, two years of alliance — what Iran understood that the West refuses to see
June 19, 2026 marks the second anniversary of the mutual defense treaty signed between Russia and North Korea at the Pyongyang summit.
INVESTIGATION: The CRINK Axis — China, Russia, Iran, North Korea Against the West
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) published an analysis on June 25, 2026 that puts a name to what observers
REPORT: Moscow, Beijing, Pyongyang — The Three Spectators Calculating the Iran Deal
When the USA-Iran MOU was signed at Versailles on June 17, 2026, three capitals were watching the scene with particular attention: Moscow,