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China and Russia Jets Enter South Korea’s KADIZ in 11th Joint Strategic Patrol

The flights drew fighter scrambles and formal protests and highlighted the growing risk of accidental clashes in crowded Northeast Asian airspace.

North Korea Commissions 5,000‑Ton Destroyer and Orders Annual Build of Larger, Nuclear‑Capable Warships

Taiwan Expels Chinese Ships After Coordinated Coast Guard and Survey Patrols Near Pratas

Mongolia Faces New Pressure From Child‑Safety Data, Energy Rollout and Political Disputes

Japan Launches Defense Review as Lethal-Export Ban Falls and Beijing Denounces the Shift

Japan Authorizes Lethal Arms Exports to Vetted Partners

Japan Lifts Postwar Curbs on Arms Exports

North Korea Fires Short-Range Missiles From Sinpo, Testing Cluster Warheads

Japan Fields First Long-Range Missiles as Counterstrike Plan Enters Service

North Korea Unveils Ground Test of Higher-Thrust Solid-Fuel Missile Engine

North Korea Denounces Japan’s Long-Range Missile Rollout as Kumamoto Deployment Nears

Japan Moves Type-12 Long-Range Missiles to Kyushu for End‑March Deployment

Russia Pledges Support to China Over Taiwan Citing 2001 Treaty

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

China Masses Warships Across East Asia as Australia Tracks Type 075–Led Flotilla

Kim Reasserts Nuclear Priority as Seoul Warns of 2,000 Kg HEU and Four Enrichment Sites

Trilateral Military Chiefs to Convene in Seoul Next Week

China Conducts Largest Military Drills Near Taiwan in Decades

North Korea Unveils Uranium Enrichment Facility for First Time

ASEAN Condemns Myanmar Violence, Urges Peaceful South China Sea Resolutions