This is the first time that Russia has admitted that North Korean troops have been aiding them in their war against Ukraine:
Russian President Vladimir Putin has thanked North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for the deployment of troops to support its war with Ukraine, pledging that their bilateral friendship, forged on battlefields, will continue to grow in all areas, the Kremlin said Monday.
Putin conveyed his gratitude to Kim for the “active role” played by North Korean soldiers in the fight against Ukraine, his statement updated on the website of his office said, just hours after Pyongyang officially confirmed its troop deployment to Russia.
He praised the solidarity, justice and genuine camaraderie North Korean soldiers had shown, adding that “We highly appreciate this and are sincerely grateful, personally to the Chairman of State Affairs, Comrade Kim Jong-un, as well as the entire leadership and the people” of North Korea.
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Hopefully this fire can be contained before it spreads into the city:
A fire on a mountain in Daegu began spreading toward nearby villages Monday, triggering the second-highest firefighting response.
The blaze began around 2 p.m. on Mount Hamji in the city some 230 kilometers southeast of Seoul, prompting forest authorities to issue a Level 1 wildfire response involving 19 helicopters, 38 pieces of equipment and 165 personnel.
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The PPP knows that the Supreme Court ruling is the only way they have any chance of beating Lee Jae-myung in the upcoming Presidential election:
The conservative People Power Party criticized the liberal Democratic Party on Sunday for remaining “a one-man system” after its former leader, Lee Jae-myung, was chosen as the party’s presidential candidate, calling for a court ruling on Lee before the June election.
The criticism came just hours after Lee secured the party’s presidential nomination. He is currently the front-runner in opinion polls for the upcoming presidential election, which follows the ouster of PPP-affiliated former President Yoon Suk Yeol for his shocking martial law imposition in December.
“There is no courage or system left within the DP to put the brakes on the Lee Jae-myung party. All that remains now are countless risks,” PPP spokesperson Shin Dong-wook said in a release.
Claiming that the DP is “displaying arrogance as if it has already seized power,” the PPP urged the Supreme Court to deliver a verdict on Lee before the June 3 presidential election to “let the people know the truth and make the right choice.”
The top court has expedited its review of alleged election law violations involving Lee, referring his election law violation case to the full bench last week and holding deliberation sessions.
The case has posed a major legal hurdle for Lee, and the timing and outcome of the ruling could affect his eligibility.
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It looks like USFK’s airpower could see a signficant increase if this news become reality:
The U.S. military is considering the permanent deployment of advanced F-35A radar-evading fighter jets to South Korea, a source said Sunday.
The deployment, if realized, would mark a major addition to U.S. air assets in South Korea, which consist mostly of older-generation F-16 fighter jets. F-35s have previously only been temporarily deployed for joint training.
“The U.S. military has a concept of permanently deploying F-35As at Kunsan Air Base,” the source said. “It will first deploy one squadron, and there is a possibility of rotationally deploying another squadron.”
A squadron is an Air Force unit made up of around 20 aircraft.
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Not that there was ever any doubt, but Lee Mae-myung is the official Democratic Party candidate now for the Korean Presidential election scheduled for June 3rd:
Former Democratic Party (DP) leader Lee Jae-myung, who has made economic recovery and talks with North Korea his top priority, won the party’s presidential nomination Sunday and solidified his stance as front-runner for the June 3 presidential election.
Lee, a human rights lawyer-turned-politician, won 89.77 percent of all votes cast in the party’s primary, becoming the party’s formal presidential candidate for the second time, after former President Yoon Suk Yeol was removed from office over his failed martial law bid.
This marks the highest figure ever recorded in a presidential primary among DP-affiliated candidates since South Korea achieved its full-fledged democracy in 1987.
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