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North Korea Fires Multiple Ballistic Missiles Toward East Sea in First Test of 2026

The timing points to calibrated signaling before key political milestones.

Japan–China Standoff Deepens as Tokyo Holds Line on Taiwan and Ramps Up Defense Spending

North Korea Condemns Reported Japanese Nuclear Push, Says It 'Must Be Prevented'

Taiwan Reports 40 Chinese Sorties as 26 Cross Taiwan Strait Median Line

Philippines Files Formal Protest Over China Coast Guard Water Cannons at Sabina Shoal

US B-52s Fly With Japanese Fighters After China–Russia Patrols Near Japan

China Releases Drill Audio as U.S. Backs Japan in Radar Dispute

Taiwan Reports 8 PLA Sorties, 5 PLAN Vessels as Two Cross Strait Median Line

Kim Jong Un Pledges New 'Strategic Assets' for Air Force, Linking Service to Nuclear Deterrent

China Warns Japan of ‘Painful Price’ Over Taiwan as Tokyo Pushes Yonaguni Missile Plan

Japan Softens Tone as China Demands Retraction Over Taiwan Remarks

Japan Defense Research Institute Says China Is Accelerating Bid to Recast Global Order

China–Japan Row Deepens Over Takaichi’s Taiwan Remarks as Expulsion Calls Grow

Taiwan Vice President Addresses European Parliament as China Lodges EU Protest

China Commissions EMALS-Equipped Carrier Fujian as Navy Weighs Next Build

North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile Into Sea of Japan as U.S. Calls the Test Destabilizing

North Korea Fires Suspected Short-Range Missile 700 Kilometers Into East Sea, Seoul Says

China Commissions EMALS-Equipped Aircraft Carrier Fujian in Hainan

Taiwan Dismisses China’s Protest Over Japan PM’s APEC Meeting With Taipei Envoy

Trump Says Xi Knows the Consequences on Taiwan, Keeps U.S. Response Unstated