Asia North Korea The tests of a new rail-based ballistic missile system continue; state media claim it was able to fire missiles from a train to hit a target 800 kilometers off the east coast
Asia North Korea North Korea will welcome Chinese leader Xi Jinping next week, traveling to the country in first State visit since 2019
Asia North Korea North Korean soldiers marched through Moscow’s Red Square for the first time; the Victory Day parade honored Pyongyang’s deployment to Russia’s Kursk region; their involvement in Ukraine war is unclear and leader Kim Jong Un was not present at the event
Asia North Korea Runways at Wonsan beach resort as well as Sinuiju and Samjiyonon on the border with China are being updated, according to satellite images; new angled taxiways will allow large planes to exit faster and suggest a planned commercial expansion
Asia North Korea A Chinese passenger train crossed into Sinuiju for the first time since the strict border closure of the COVID-19 pandemic; videos circulating on Chinese social media show a 6-cars convoy back the news