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North Korea shifts focus from "NK infiltration drills" to "threat regional countries and destroy the security balance" in response to the US-ROK military exercises​North Korea has shifted its focus from "North Korea infiltration drills" to "threat regional countries" and "destroy the security balance."​North Korea's latest commentary expands the US-ROK military exercises and the "regional peace ..

European Leaders Unite to Pressure Trump, Putting a Ceasefire First, Not Peace Seven European leaders have joined forces to defy US President Trump's "Peace First" policy and instead prioritize a "Ceasefire First." The New York Times reported on the process of the Zelensky-Putin summit. At a roundtable with the seven European leaders gathered at the White House, with President Trump in the cente..

The Declaration of the Summit on Democracy stated that it “reaffirms the common belief that democracy is mankind’s age-old means to promote peace, prosperity, equality, sustainable development and security,” and President Seok-Yeol Yoon said he was a “freedom promoter in the international community.” In a video address on the 29th, President Yoon revealed the spread of “freedom promotion” to the..

On the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine, changes in Europe are taking a sharp turn from “high growth, separated from economic cooperation and security umbrellas” supported by the US, to “indivisible.” The Times Paris bureau chief covered the changes across Europe for a special article on the first anniversary of the war, quoting a Finnish expert on Russia saying, "Even if the war ends soo..

The New York Times reported that Chancellor Schultz’s pacifism that “peace cannot be achieved through military force” played a role in the “rejection of German tanks’ aid to Ukraine.” The Germans are overwhelmingly supporting Ukraine in the fight, but their reluctance to send tanks "reflects the deep ambivalence of a country with a catastrophic history of aggression during World War II and the r..

Democratic presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung spoke of peace for “residents of the Korean Peninsula,” and the assistant secretary of state revealed the gap with “regional security on the Korean Peninsula.” In the remarks made public during the meeting with the Democratic Party on the 11th, Candidate Lee stated that "the issue of peace on the Korean Peninsula is a critical matter that depends o..

Rep. Yoon Geon-young, who was the inter-Korean negotiator at the Blue House, seems to have deviated from denuclearization by formalizing the confrontation between the two Koreas to increase arms. On the 15th, Rep. Yoon said, "Deputy Director Kim (Journey) has said that every time North Korea launches a missile it is a normal and self-defense measure. In the missile test launch, not only Presiden..