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Launches, detected by South Korea and Japan, came after US scaled back exercises with South Korea in apparent overture to Kim Jong-unNorth Korea launched about 10 short-range ballistic missiles towards the sea on Thursday, South Korea’s military said, a day after North Korea shrugged off Trump’s order to scale back military drills with South Korea in an apparent bid to resume diplomacy.The joint chiefs of staff said the launches happened from North Korea’s capital region around 5pm (0800 GMT) on Thursday. The military said the missiles were launched towards North Korea’s eastern waters. Continue reading...

President Lee Jae Myung has long pushed for stronger homegrown defences, yet Donald Trump’s move has sparked alarm in some quartersAt their first summit, in August last year, South Korean president Lee Jae Myung told Donald Trump: “If you, Mr President, become the peacemaker, then I will assist you as the pacemaker.”The remark at the Oval Office captured the thrust of Lee’s approach to the North: dial down the military posturing and make repeated peace overtures to revive dialogue, even if they have been consistently rejected by Pyongyang largely over Seoul’s insistence on denuclearisation. Continue reading...

Lee Jae Myung reiterates desire for full command back in Seoul’s hands after Donald Trump cuts joint exercises, citing warm ties with Kim Jong-un‘Inane, haphazard decision’ by Trump to gut South Korea allianceSouth Korea’s president ⁠has renewed his push to regain independent control of the military from the US in the event of war and urged faster progress in acquiring nuclear-powered submarines after Donald Trump’s order to cut joint drills.On Sunday night, Trump instructed the Pentagon to “substantially reduce” this week’s joint military exercises with South Korea, saying the nuclear-armed North “has been unthreatening and respectful” and that the US president had a “very good relationship with Kim Jong-un”. Continue reading...

President says move is based on ‘very good relationship with Kim Jong-un’ but US military officials have said Ukraine war is boosting regime’s combat capabilitiesDonald Trump has said he is scaling back joint US military drills with South Korea aimed at deterring North Korea, despite military officials from both countries warning that Kim Jong-un’s regime was learning new battlefield tactics from the Ukraine war.The drills under Ulchi Freedom Shield, one of two major annual exercises held by South Korea and the US, start on Monday and run until 27 August. Continue reading...

• A new trend has emerged where generative AI and large language models (LLMs) are recruiting other AI systems to act as partners in committing coordinated cyberattacks. • Analysis from AI Insider reveals that these AI-to-AI collaborations create a more formidable force for malicious activity than single-model attacks. • This development is critical because it bypasses traditional security assumptions and highlights a dangerous gap in current AI safety protocols.

• Japan has confirmed a joint currency intervention with the United States to stabilize the yen. • U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that Washington will not hesitate to participate in further joint interventions if necessary. • This coordinated action aims to curb excessive volatility in the foreign exchange market and prevent the yen from weakening further.

• Tokyo is expected to announce a joint action with the United States to support the Japanese yen, marking the first such coordinated effort since 2011. • The move follows comments from US Treasury Secretary Bessent on July 30, who stated that the yen appears to be "very undervalued." • This intervention aims to stabilize the currency market and counteract the significant depreciation of the yen against the US dollar.