🇰🇷🇰🇵 Military agreement fractures as tensions rise with North Korea

Among the concrete steps stemming from the move, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said South Korea would immediately resume reconnaissance of the North's forces in border areas.

South Korea's national security council said it planned to "suspend the effect of Article 1, Clause 3" of the 2018 military agreement, enabling Seoul to restore reconnaissance and surveillance activities along the border.

Under that clause, both countries agreed to establish no-fly zones close to their border.

#SouthKorea #NorthKorea

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🇰🇵🇨🇳 North Korea delegation in China for talks

A North Korean diplomatic delegation is visiting China for talks on strengthening cooperation, North Korean state media said.

North Korean Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Pak Myong Ho and counterpart Sun Weidong discussed boosting strategic cooperation and bilateral relations on Friday, KCNA said in a statement.

#NorthKorea #China

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🇰🇵 North Korea leader Kim Jong Un orders heightened war preparations

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected field training of troops at a major military operations base in the western region of the country and ordered heightened readiness for war, state KCNA news agency reported.

The tour of the base, the location of which was not identified, comes after the start of annual combined military drills by US and South Korean forces on Monday.

Kim said the military must "dynamically usher in a new heyday of intensifying the war preparations in line with the requirements of the prevailing situation."

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#Russia / #Ukraine 🇷🇺🇺🇦: #Russian combatants released photos of various projectiles with "For #Crocus" ("За #Крокус") writings on the shells.

Seemingly, the units use #NorthKorea / #DPRK-made 🇰🇵 120mm HE-FRAG mortar bombs and 152mm HE-FRAG artillery projectiles.

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1772720431922893032

#Iran (#Sistan and #Baluchestan) 🇮🇷: "Jaish al-Adl" (JaA) militants carried out armed attacks and captured a warehouse of #IRGC in the city of #Rask.

As a result 130mm #Chinese 🇨🇳 Type 59 projectiles and possible #NorthKorea/#DPRK-made 🇰🇵 HE-FRAG projectile were seized by JaA.

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1775682129831022927

🇰🇵🇰🇷 North Korea launches nearly 200 trash balloons overnight

North Korea sent more than 180 trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea overnight, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Thursday, in what marked its third consecutive balloon launch this week.

Some 70 balloons, largely carrying small pieces of paper, mostly landed in Seoul and the northern part of Gyeonggi Province that surrounds the capital, the JCS said.

Since May 28, North Korea has launched thousands of balloons over seven instances in a tit-for-tat move against anti-Pyongyang leaflets sent by North Korean defectors and activists in the South.

#NorthKorea #SouthKorea

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#Myanmar (#Burma) 🇲🇲: It was reported that Junta Forces targeted the town of #Lashio in #Shan with rockets.

Judging by the characteristics; one of the rockets seems to be a 240mm "R-240" lacking the —which is originally made by #NorthKorea/#DPRK 🇰🇵.

https://x.com/war_noir/status/1808694237749297621

#Syria 🇸🇾: 'Free Syrian Army' (#TFSA) targeted Syrian Democratic Forces (#SDF) positions in #Aleppo.

107mm Type 63 MLRS with R-107 rockets (#NorthKorea/#DPRK 🇰🇵), Fadjr-1 rockets (#Iran 🇮🇷), Type 63-2 rockets (#China 🇨🇳) and 82mm M69 mortar with O-832-DU bombs (#Sudan 🇸🇩) used.

https://x.com/war_noir/status/1832894539440210212

🇰🇷🇰🇵🇷🇺🇺🇦 South Korea pledges countermeasures over North Korea-Russia military cooperation

South Korea will gradually take countermeasures in line with the level of military cooperation between Russia and North Korea, Deputy National Security Adviser Kim Tae-hyo told a briefing on Tuesday.

Kim made the comments after a meeting hosted by National Security Adviser Shin Won-sik on the dispatch of North Koreans troops.

Kim accused Pyongyang of acting like a "criminal organization" by sending young North Koreans to fight in Russia and vowed to cooperate with allies in ensuring countermeasures against North Korea-Russia military cooperation.

#SouthKorea #NorthKorea #Russia #Ukraine

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#Lebanon / #Palestine / #Israel 🇱🇧🇵🇸🇮🇱: #Hezbollah carried out multiple attacks against Israeli locations.

Group used rare #NorthKorea/#DPRK-made 🇰🇵 107mm 'R-107' artillery rockets and possible #Iran-made 🇮🇷 333mm 'Falagh-2' artillery rockets.

https://x.com/war_noir/status/1852352175227244850

#Palestine / #Israel 🇵🇸🇮🇱: Al-Qassam Brigades (#HAMAS) ambushed #IDF Troops & Merkava Tanks in #Rafah, #Gaza.

Group used RPG-7 Launchers, "Al-Yassin 105" rockets, #NorthKorea/#DPRK-made 🇰🇵 'F-7' rocket, #Iran-made 🇮🇷 AM-50 'Sayyad' sniper, AK-103-2 rifles (from #Libya 🇱🇾).

https://x.com/war_noir/status/1863238196454146215

#Palestine / #Israel 🇵🇸🇮🇱: Al-Qassam Brigades (#HAMAS) ambushed #IDF Troops in east of #Rafah, #Gaza.

Group used RPG-7 Launchers, "Al-Yassin 105" Tandem projectile, #NorthKorea/#DPRK-made 🇰🇵 'F-7' projectile, AKM rifles and #China-made 🇨🇳 Type 56-1 rifles.

https://x.com/war_noir/status/1863954414370791496

#Palestine / #Israel 🇵🇸🇮🇱: Al-Qassam Brigades (#HAMAS) ambushed and shot #IDF soldiers in a building in Al-Khazindar, #Gaza Strip.

Group used #China-made 🇨🇳 Type 69 RPG Launcher, #NorthKorea/#DPRK-made 🇰🇵 "F-7" projectile and #Iran-made 🇮🇷 AM-50 'Sayyad' 12.7mm sniper rifle.

https://x.com/war_noir/status/1858197982463566315