Chinese middlemen launder the proceeds of North Korean hackers’ cyber heists while Chinese ships deliver sanctioned North Korean goods to Chinese ports. Chinese companies help North Koreans workers – from cheap labourers to well-paid IT specialists – find work abroad. A Beijing art gallery even boasts of North Korean artists working 12-hour days in its … Read more
File image shows delegates participating in the conference on facilitating the CTBT on Nov 11, 2001 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. | Photo Credit: AP As tension between Moscow and Washington mounts, Russia on Wednesday passed the second and third readings of a Bill to revoke its ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear … Read more
Russia and North Korea confirmed on September 11 that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will visit Russia in a highly anticipated meeting with President Vladimir Putin that has sparked Western concerns about a potential arms deal for Moscow’s war in Ukraine. A brief statement on the Kremlin’s website said Mr. Kim’s visit is at … Read more
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed the test-firing of strategic cruise missiles from a navy ship, as the U.S. and South Korean militaries kicked off major annual drills, on August 21, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited a navy unit and oversaw a strategic cruise missile test, state … Read more
Home Minister Amit Shah tells Lok Sabha that the government is ready for discussion Union Home Minister Amit Shah told the Lok Sabha on July 24 that the government was ready for a discussion on Manipur on the floor of the House as the country needs to know the truth about the sensitive situation in the State. Union … Read more
Photos showing North Korea’s missiles, right, are displayed at the Unification Observation Post in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Thursday, July 20, 2023. North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea Wednesday in what appeared to be a statement of defiance as the United States deployed a nuclear-armed submarine … Read more
File photo of members of the Philippine Coast Guard taking part in a simulation during a trilateral maritime exercise with Japan and U.S. Coast Guard | Photo Credit: Getty Images The National Security Advisers of the United States, Japan and the Philippines held their first joint talks on June 16 and agreed to strengthen their defence … Read more
Officials of Ishigaki city, Okinawa prefecture, in Japan gather at the city hall in response to a missile alert on May 31, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Japan extended its alert on ballistic missile defences on June 11 despite the expiration of North Korea’s deadline for launching a satellite had passed. Japan put its ballistic … Read more
Kim Yo Jong vowed again Sunday, June 4, 2023, to push for a second attempt to launch a spy satellite as she lambasted a U.N. Security Council meeting over the North’s first, failed launch. | Photo Credit: AP The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed again on June 4 to push … Read more
Sedition law can be retained but with safeguards: Law Commission The Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code dealing with sedition needs to be retained but certain amendments could be made for greater clarity regarding its usage, the 22nd Law Commission has said in its report to the government. The commission said sedition being a … Read more