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Received — 7 October 2026 ⏭

Sanctioned 22-Year-Old Tanker Makes Rare Late-Season Arctic Voyage

✇gCaptain
By: Malte Humpert
7 October 2026 at 19:35
A 22-year-old product tanker sanctioned by the European Union is making an unusual late-season voyage along Russia's Northern Sea Route, highlighting the growing use of older, lower-specification vessels to move petroleum products through the Arctic.

Scandal Erupts Between Kiev and Seoul: The Price of a “Free” Choice

✇New Eastern Outlook
By: Konstantin Asmolov
7 October 2026 at 09:30
Behind the cacophony of the diplomatic rift between South Korea and Ukraine hides a fundamental question: what is the price Seoul has had to pay for access to North Korean prisoners of war and how will this affect regional security? Essence of the Conflict In January 2025, in Kursk Oblast, Ukrainian forces captured two North […]
Received — 6 October 2026 ⏭

How geopolitical tensions tainted the 2026 Asian Games

✇Asia Times
By: Jung Woo Lee
6 October 2026 at 20:37

The 2026 Asian Games in Japan drew to a close on October 4 following two weeks of competition between 45 countries and territories across 43 sports. Despite the official slogan “Imagine One Asia,” fragmented regional politics came to the fore as the event unfolded. Just days before the games officially began, tensions between Japan and […]

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Logistics test: sustaining Northeast Asia trilateral deterrence

✇Asia Times
By: Christopher S. Lee
6 October 2026 at 03:56

Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article is republished with permission. While operational planners in the United States, the Republic of Korea and Japan have made historic strides institutionalizing trilateral security cooperation, the credibility of deterrence ultimately hinges on a more punishing variable: wartime sustainment. Washington, Seoul, and Tokyo have expanded joint exercises, real-time missile […]

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Received — 2 October 2026 ⏭
Received — 1 October 2026 ⏭

When Will Vietnamese Victims of South Korean Violence Get Justice?

✇New Eastern Outlook
By: Konstantin Asmolov
1 October 2026 at 14:59
The crimes of South Korean military personnel in Vietnam are well known to researchers, but they still remain unpunished. An attempt to achieve justice during the rule of the “democratic” President Moon Jae-in effectively led nowhere, but a new initiative under Lee Jae Myung may change the situation. Let’s Recall the Facts The author has […]

To keep the peace, South Korea’s Lee must prepare for war

✇Asia Times
By: Ronny P Sasmita
1 October 2026 at 08:34

When a South Korean soldier stepped on a land mine in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on September 21, it might have been taken as a grim reminder of a war that never formally ended. Instead, the explosion has revealed something more unsettling: the Korean Peninsula’s old security order is shifting, even as Seoul tries to […]

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Received — 22 September 2026 ⏭

What Is Really Behind the Cancellation of the Freedom Shield Exercise?

✇New Eastern Outlook
By: Konstantin Asmolov
22 September 2026 at 09:30
The reduction in the scale of US-South Korean military exercises is not a gesture of goodwill toward the DPRK, but rather an instrument of Donald Trump’s political pressure on Seoul aimed at forcing it to support US foreign policy in the Middle East and to block South Korea’s ambitions to gain operational control over its […]
Received — 16 September 2026 ⏭

South Korea’s Hormuz Dilemma: A Test of Strategic Decision-Making

✇New Eastern Outlook
By: Taut Bataut
16 September 2026 at 14:59
South Korea faces a difficult choice over whether and how to support maritime security efforts in the Strait of Hormuz. With pressure from the United States, risks from Iran, and the continuing threat from North Korea, Seoul must balance alliance commitments with its own security priorities. The Hormuz crisis has placed South Korea in a […]

In Tribute to the Koreans Killed After the Great Kantō Earthquake

✇New Eastern Outlook
By: Konstantin Asmolov
16 September 2026 at 12:30
On September 1, 2026, Tokyo’s Yokoamichō Park hosted a memorial ceremony to commemorate the Koreans who succumbed to the “Kantō Massacre” that followed the Great Kantō Earthquake of 1923. The organizers of the ceremony called on the Japanese authorities to establish a full picture of what happened and to prevent a recurrence of such events. […]
Received — 28 August 2026 ⏭
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