Japan will consider whether to allow North Korean athletes to participate in next year's Asian Games in Nagoya after the North expressed its intention to take part, the Japanese government said Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/09/18/more-sports/north-korea-asian-games-nagoya/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #northkorea #northkoreajapanrelations #2026asiangames #nagoya #aichi
Ahn Hak-sop was captured during the Korean War by the South and imprisoned for more than 40 years. Now 95, he wants to return to the North to die. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/16/asia-pacific/politics/north-korea-communist-warrior/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #southkorea #northkorea #us #pow
Recent moves raise broader strategic questions for U.S. forces in South Korea beyond simple troop numbers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/16/world/trump-and-the-south-korea-alliance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #southkorea #us #southkoreausrelations #china #northkorea #defense#leejaemyung
North Korean hackers have used ChatGPT to help forge deepfake identification document for use in a phishing target in South Korea, according to cybersecurity researchers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/asia-pacific/crime-legal/north-korean-hackers-chatgpt-deepfake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #northkorea #hacking #ai #chatgpt #deepfakes #southkorea
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful sister condemned upcoming joint military drills by South Korea, the U.S. and Japan as a "reckless show of strength" that would bring "bad results." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/14/asia-pacific/north-korea-military-exercises/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #kimyojong #kimjongun #northkorea #nuclearweapons #southkorea #usmilitary #sdf #defense
The Defense Ministry plans to have the Maritime Self-Defense Force's Aegis destroyer Chokai test-fire a U.S.-made Tomahawk cruise missile in the United States by next summer. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/14/japan/msdf-chokai-test-fire-tomahawk/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #defense #msdf #missiles #aegis #usjapanrelations #sdf #usmilitary #china #northkorea #russia
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Pyongyang will unveil a policy to advance both its nuclear arsenal and conventional military power at an upcoming key ruling party meeting, state media said Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/13/asia-pacific/north-korea-kim-nuclear-conventional-military/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #kimjongun #russia #nuclearweapons
#NorthKorea is famously secretive, but a newly released #satellite image from a Seattle-area startup called #Xplore shows what's happening there in hyperspectral detail. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/xplore-hyperspectral-north-korea-satellite/ #space
Virtually all nuclear weapons trends are negative and the institutions built to address them are failing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/09/world/nuclear-picture-grows-darker/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #nuclearweapons #defense #us #china #northkorea #russia #nuclearnonproliferationtreaty#npt
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back have agreed to make mutual visits a regular practice and stake out areas of high-tech defense cooperation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/08/japan/politics/japan-south-korea-defense-ministers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #southkorea #southkoreajapanrelations #gennakatani #ahngyuback #defenseministry #defense #northkorea #shigeruishiba#leejaemyung
How a top secret SEAL Team 6 mission into North Korea fell apart: A 2019 operation, greenlit by President Donald Trump, sought a strategic edge. It left unarmed North Koreans dead. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/06/asia-pacific/navy-seals-north-korea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #us #usmilitary #donaldtrump #northkorea
China’s diplomatic moves echo Japan’s 1943 Greater East Asia Conference, as Xi Jinping showcases military power, courts authoritarian allies and promotes a global governance agenda while challenging Western influence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/04/world/time-to-divide-the-dictators/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #northkorea #russia #xijinping #us #donaldtrump #kimjongun #vladimirputin #pla #defense #usmilitary #wwii
China’s massive Beijing parade showcased military power, historical revisionism and calls for a new world order, signaling Xi Jinping’s ambition to elevate China’s global leadership. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2025/09/05/china-looks-the-past-to-signal-its-future/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #editorials #china #northkorea #russia #xijinping #us #donaldtrump #kimjongun #vladimirputin #pla #defense #usmilitary #wwii
Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday, state-run media said, a day after Kim joined Xi to view a massive military parade through the heart of Beijing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/04/asia-pacific/politics/china-north-korea-xi-kim/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #northkorea #china #xijinping #kimjongun
China’s extravagant military parade on Wednesday sent a clear signal: Beijing possesses the firepower, partnerships and ambition to mold a new world order — one it aims to dominate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/04/world/china-parade-shows-who-is-calling-the-shots/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #northkorea #russia #xijinping #us #donaldtrump #kimjongun #vladimirputin #pla #defense #usmilitary #taiwan #wwii
Chinese leader Xi Jinping's gathering to commemorate the end of WWII reflected Beijing’s authoritarian vision for the future. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/03/world/the-message-behind-chinas-grand-parade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #northkorea #russia #xijinping #us #donaldtrump #kimjongun #vladimirputin #myanmar #cuba #humanrights
Flanked by Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un, Xi Jinping's massive military parade in Beijing highlights China's willingness to redefine the postwar U.S.-led global order. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/03/asia-pacific/politics/china-xi-kim-putin-military-parade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #china #northkorea #russia #xijinping #us #donaldtrump #kimjongun #vladimirputin #pla #defense #usmilitary #taiwan
Alex Akselrod
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i'm sure it's just a coincidence that the bitcoin wallet that #OFAC just sanctioned because it was being used by Russian and North Korean weapons programs just so happened to be sending all its bitcoins to crypto exchanges belonging to Trump's Chinese business partners: Justin Sun's #HTX and Changpeng Zhao's #Binance.
* presser: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0230
* sanctioned entities: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0230
* wallet: https://intel.arkm.com/explorer/address/1HmqvgSXUVES1jn4TQPzk9dxo1NE8wim2T
#sanctions #russia #putin #ukraine#Ukrainewar#DPRK#NorthKorea#kimJongUn #weapons #armstrafficking #bitcoin #crypto #uspol#corruption #cryptocurrency #bitcoin #trump#WLFI#JustinSun #sanctions #sanctionsEvasion
screenshot of outflows from the sanctioned bitcoin wallet
![Specially Designated Nationals List Update
The following individuals have been added to OFAC's SDN List:
ANDREYEV, Vitaliy Sergeyevich (Cyrillic: АНДРЕЕВ, Виталий Сергеевич), Russia; DOB 29 Sep 1980; POB Vladivostok, Russia; nationality Russia; citizen Russia; Gender Male; Digital Currency Address - XBT 1HmqvgSXUVES1jn4TQPzk9dxo1NE8wim2T; Secondary sanctions risk: North Korea Sanctions Regulations, sections 510.201 and 510.210; Transactions Prohibited For Persons Owned or Controlled By U.S. Financial Institutions: North Korea Sanctions Regulations section 510.214; Tax ID No. 253908966176 (Russia) (individual) [DPRK2] (Linked To: CHINYONG INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION COMPANY).](https://media.universeodon.com/media_attachments/files/115/119/135/933/234/552/original/a025565674c4bcef.png)
Specially Designated Nationals List Update
The following individuals have been added to OFAC's SDN List:
ANDREYEV, Vitaliy Sergeyevich (Cyrillic: АНДРЕЕВ, Виталий Сергеевич), Russia; DOB 29 Sep 1980; POB Vladivostok, Russia; nationality Russia; citizen Russia; Gender Male; Digital Currency Address - XBT 1HmqvgSXUVES1jn4TQPzk9dxo1NE8wim2T; Secondary sanctions risk: North Korea Sanctions Regulations, sections 510.201 and 510.210; Transactions Prohibited For Persons Owned or Controlled By U.S. Financial Institutions: North Korea Sanctions Regulations section 510.214; Tax ID No. 253908966176 (Russia) (individual) [DPRK2] (Linked To: CHINYONG INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION COMPANY).
screenshot of treasury dept presser
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was set to arrive in Beijing he makes his debut on the multilateral stage Wednesday at a military parade overseen by Chinese leader Xi Jinping and attended by Russia's Vladimir Putin. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/02/asia-pacific/north-korea-kim-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #kimjongun #missiles #nuclearweapons #china #russia #xijinping #vladimirputin #us #donaldtrump #beijing #pla
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has inspected a major new missile factory, saying that his country’s five-year plan to boost production had been achieved — a key milestone announced ahead of a rare visit to Beijing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/01/asia-pacific/north-korea-kim-missiles-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #northkorea #russia #china #kimjongun #missiles #nuclearweapons #xijinping #donaldtrump #vladimirputin