North Korea, despite international sanctions, aggressively invests in AI. A recent report sheds light on North Korea’s bold push into artificial intelligence (AI) technology, which includes critical areas like COVID-19 response, nuclear energy, surveillance, and even war games (via Reuters). The report, … Read More
A Japanese robot has successfully touched down on the Moon but problems with its solar power system mean the mission may live for just a few hours. The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (Slim) put itself gently on the lunar … Read More
North Korean officials claim they have tested an “underwater nuclear weapons system.” According to Newsweek, the city of Pyongyang tested a “Haeil-5-23” weapon in the East Sea, sometimes called the Sea of Japan. The nation claimed to have first tested the … Read More
Rare footage obtained by BBC Korean shows North Korea publicly sentencing two teenage boys to 12 years of hard labour for watching K-dramas. The footage, which appears to have been filmed in 2022, shows two 16-year-old boys handcuffed in front … Read More
North Korea launched over 200 rounds of artillery shells off its west coast toward South Korea’s Yeonpyeong island between 09:00 to 11:00 local time, said Seoul’s military, the BBC reports. South Korea responded by ordering civilians on the island to … Read More
Dec. 14 (UPI) — South Korea scrambled fighter jets on Thursday after Chinese and Russian military aircraft flew into its air defense identification zone, Seoul’s military said. Two Chinese and four Russian aircraft entered and departed South Korea’s air defense identification … Read More
SEOUL, Dec 6 (Reuters) – South Korean police are investigating whether a North Korean hacker group, accused of stealing data from 14 entities, obtained information on defence technology including an anti-aircraft laser, a Seoul city police official said on Wednesday. … Read More
Eleven hikers have been found dead near the crater of Indonesia’s Mount Marapi volcano after it erupted over the weekend, rescuers say. Twelve others are missing and the search was suspended on Monday after another, smaller eruption. There were 75 … Read More
North Korea claims it has successfully put a military spy satellite into space, drawing condemnation from neighbouring countries. State news agency KCNA said the satellite, named Malligyong-1, had accurately entered orbit. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed the launch, … Read More
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s trip to boost security ties with the Philippines led to a number of agreements, as both countries push back against ever more assertive behavior by China‘s maritime forces. Japan chose the Philippines as the first … Read More