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New rules for Ashfield council house tenants defended amid 'North Korea' criticism

The Ashfield MP has raised concerns about changes to the tenancy agreement

Nottingham Post · Oct 20, 2022

North Fires More Shells Toward Inter-Korean Sea Buffer Zone

North Korea fired about 100 more artillery shells toward the sea Wednesday in response to South Korean live-firing drills at border areas as the rivals accuse each other of dialing up tensions on the Korean Peninsula with weapons tests. The drills conducted by both sides come amid heightened animosities over…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Oct 19, 2022

U.S., S.Korean troops stage river-crossing drills as North Korea protests

South Korean and American troops practiced building floating bridges to ferry tanks and other armoured vehicles across rivers on Wednesday, part of a larger joint military exercise that has angered North Korea.

Reuters · Oct 19, 2022

Analysis-Japan rushes to rearm with eye on 2027 - and China's Taiwan ambitions

Between China's 20th Communist Party Congress, that began Sunday, and the next one in 2027, Japan will undertake its biggest arms buildup since World War Two in a race to deter Beijing from war in East Asia, according to Japanese government officials and security analysts.

Reuters · Oct 18, 2022

N.Korea fires shots to warn S.Korea, urges 'enemies' to stop causing tensions -KCNA

North Korea on Wednesday said it fired warning shots toward its east and west coasts to send "grave warning" against South Korea for firing dozens of artillery shells on Tuesday and urged that its "enemies" should immediately stop any provocative actions that cause military tensions, according to its state media…

Reuters · Oct 18, 2022

US needs to rebuild Latin American alliances as Russia grows global pro-war power base

As Russia builds a closer alliance with China, Iran and North Korea, a new alliance in the western hemisphere seems overdue. The US, however, faces a two-pronged challenge: how to balance first Russia in Europe, and second, China in Latin America and the Caribbean.

The Conversation · Oct 18, 2022

North Korea fires artillery shells near border with S. Korea

South Korea says North Korea has fired artillery shells near the rivals’ sea border in its latest weapons test

The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022

N.Korea fires artillery shells to send 'serious warning' to S.Korea

North Korea fired 100 more artillery shells off its west coast on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, just hours after it launched hundreds of shells into the sea off its east and west coasts in what it called a grave warning to South Korea.

Reuters · Oct 18, 2022

S. Korea seeks to arrest former officials in N. Korea case

South Korean prosecutors have requested arrest warrants for the former defense minister and coast guard chief in the country’s previous government as they reinvestigate its handling of North Korea’s killing of a fisheries official in 2020 near the rivals’ tense sea border

The Independent UK · Oct 18, 2022

North Korea abductee Soga laments mother's absence

Hitomi Soga, 63, abducted by North Korea in the late 1970s, on Monday expressed her current state of mind, saying, "It's hard not being able to see my precious mother even once."

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Oct 18, 2022