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South Korea launches its second military spy satellite following North Korea's reaffirmed plans for multiple reconnaissance satellite launches this year. The satellite, launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, aims to enhance monitoring capabilities. South Korea plans to launch five spy satellites by 2025 under a contract with SpaceX. Meanwhile, North Korea, which launched its first spy satellite in November, seeks its own space-based surveillance network to counter perceived military threats. The U.N. prohibits North Korea's satellite launches, viewing them as disguised tests of long-range missile technology, escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
Russia vetoed the annual renewal of a panel of experts monitoring enforcement of longstanding United Nations sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programmes.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin seems to have his sights set on a trip to North Korea. It's been more than two decades since he last visited, and now the
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Tensions over the rise of China should be addressed with globalisation and multilateralism, which can do a lot of the work that diplomatic braggadocio and military deterrence are now vainly attempting.
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and to make people question that sense of security. although there is also probably the belief that this individual suspected of doing this might have had motivations that are far different from the average person in japan who wouldn't even think about pulling out a gun and using it against someone else never mind trying to assassinate the former prime minister. but the shockwaves also come in terms of why would this have happened. shinzo abe, he did have some controversial political views in terms of japan's defensive posture, giving a more assertive role to the self-defense force. he spoke out very often about the island of taiwan and the need for japan to come to its defense, to defend self governing democracy in a region at a time that china is heightening its military tensions. and that is why i think that you have all these leaders from the taiwanese president and you mentioned donald trump tweeting
mr. putin. he's built-up this force. he's had this option all along. he's going to play it for all it's worth. we don't know if he's made the decision, but let's don't blame ourselves. this all in his hands. >> so as the military tensions grow, questions about when a possible invasion could come. i spoke about that with the director of the eurasia democracy initiative. >> obviously vladimir putin wants to continue making a credible threat, so everything that is happening could be interpreted as either signs of an imminent invasion or a vladimir putin bluff. but part of his bluff is once again to make it seem like an invasion can happen at any moment. this is done while negotiations are happening -- just took place in berlin as part of the normandy talks to try to
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