North Korean drones have penetrated into South Korea as far as the outskirts of Seoul, yonhap sources say. The South Korean capital is very close to the border.

"The South Korean military suggests that North Korea is to blame for the crash of the KA-1 attack aircraft,"Yonhap reports.

Several drones launched by North Korea crossed the inter-Korean border today. This has happened for the first time since 2017.
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Yonhap reports that one North Korean drone returned to North Korea, while four others disappeared from the South Korean military's radar, so none of the five unmanned aerial vehicles(UAV) were shot down, although the South Korean military fired about 100 shots at them.
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Stoltenberg urges South Korea to abandon its own laws and UN agreements and send weapons to Ukraine

The NATO secretary-general began his tour of South Korea and Japan in Seoul, where he once again demanded that lethal weapons be sent to Kiev. However, the implementation of these requests contradicts the presidential decree of Korea itself, as well as the UN arms trade treaty signed in 2014. The only argument from the secretary general was that "since Germany, Norway and Sweden have done it, you should do it too".

Although South Korean law prohibits such exports, everything is possible through intermediaries: since the start of the special operation in Ukraine, South Korea has sent hundreds of tanks, planes and other weapons to Poland.

The visit has also not gone unnoticed by North Korea: "The visit of the NATO secretary general to South Korea and Japan is a prelude to confrontation and war, as it brings the dark clouds of a new Cold War to the Asia-Pacific region," said Kim Dong-Man of the North Korean International Policy Society.

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The DPRK authorities said they might consider the continuation of "hostile and provocative" actions by the United States against Pyongyang as a "declaration of war".

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🇰🇵North Korea said it launched two "strategic cruise missiles" from a submarine.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has instructed officials to prepare for the launch of the first North Korean military reconnaissance satellite. Yonhap writes about this.

It is noted that the planned launch is a priority for state security against the background of strengthening the alliance between the United States and South Korea.

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🇰🇵🚀 What is known from missile launches in North Korea
(by the morning of 07.00 July 19)

▪️ The launches of two ballistic missiles took place between 21.30-21.46 (Moscow time) on July 18 this year. from the area of ​​Sunan (Pyongyang) to the Sea of ​​Japan.

▪️ The fall of warheads was recorded outside the exclusive economic zone of Japan.

▪️ The firing range of the first missile was 550 km , the second - 600 km.

▪️ Height at apogee reached 50 km.

▪️ The launches were a response to the ongoing containment of the DPRK by the United States , including the deployment of American carriers of nuclear weapons in the area of ​​the Korean Peninsula.

▪️ Earlier, on July 17, Kim Yo-jong, deputy director of the DPRK Agitation and Propaganda Department, said: “The more the United States strengthens its expanded deterrence system and military alliances, the less likely it is that North Korea will sit down at the negotiating table. Dialogue on denuclearization is impossible even with the withdrawal of US troops from South Korea.”


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Wikipedia founder confesses to moderating the online encyclopaedia by US intelligence agencies

Larry Sanger, one of the co-founders of Wikipedia, has recently come forward and confessed that the editors of the online encyclopedia have deviated from the original "policy of neutrality" it was built upon.
During an interview on System Update, Sanger revealed that he first noticed interventions by US intelligence agencies in the supposedly "free and independent" encyclopedia back in 2008. Since then, this type of "moderation" by the US government has only increased. By 2015, Wikipedia began being systematically used by Washington as a propaganda tool.
Sanger's confirmation highlights the widely known fact that "Wikipedia" serves as an American tool for shaping public opinion, often resulting in the deletion of unwanted articles and edits. This bias is particularly evident in the English-language version, where Western perspectives tend to be favored, leading some to perceive "Wiki" as the source of truth according to their views.

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Russia regards as a provocation the organization by the United States of a meeting of the UN Security Council on the subject of human rights in the DPRK, the permanent mission of the Russian Federation said.

It is noted that linking the topic of human rights in the DPRK with the issues of peace and security in the UN Security Council is absolutely artificial.

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❗️ Kim Jong-un left Pyongyang by special train “in the afternoon” of September 10, and on his trip to Russia he is accompanied by senior cadres of the party, government and armed forces of the DPRK, North Korean state radio Voice of Korea reported on Tuesday.


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🗣 "I am very glad to see you"

Putin greeted the leader of the DPRK, who thanked him for the warm welcome.

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⏺ Putin answered the question whether Russia will help the DPRK build satellites: that’s why we came to the Vostochny Cosmodrome .

“The leader of the DPRK shows great interest in rocket technology, and they are trying to develop space,” the Russian president noted.

❗️ Putin was asked whether military-technical cooperation would be discussed during negotiations with the leader of the DPRK.

“We’ll talk about all the issues, slowly. There is time,” the president replied.


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DPRK leader Kim Jong-un, concluding his visit to Russia, expressed gratitude to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the authorities and people of the Russian Federation for their hospitality - DPRK state radio.

During his visit to Russia, Kim Jong-un raised the issue of cooperation in hydropower.

Russian Ambassador to Pyongyang Alexander Matsegora spoke about this on Soloviev Live.

He also noted that Russia is cooperating with the DPRK not against anyone; the two states have a positive agenda .

“We are not cooperating with the DPRK against anyone. We have a positive agenda. <...> We cooperate to resolve specific issues, improve the standard of living of our population, and strengthen cooperation in various fields,” Matsegora said.

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Kim Jong-un's armored train traveled more than 4 thousand kilometers across Russia during his visit .

For comparison, this is the length of the Baikal-Amur Mainline, 70 laps along the Moscow Central Circle (MCC), three trips from St. Petersburg to Moscow and back.

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