# military affairs (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover military affairs. Page: Feed: --- ## [Meta Agrees to $17 Billion Settlement](https://outsidethebeltway.com/meta-agrees-to-17-billion-settlement/) _2026-08-27 · James Joyner · OutsideTheBeltway_ For a nuisance tax write-off, the tech giant bought the right to set the standard for the whole industry. ## [More Trump overtures to North Korea likely to come, former NSC official says](https://www.nknews.org/2026/08/more-trump-overtures-to-north-korea-likely-to-come-former-nsc-official-says/) _2026-08-27 · Jooheon Kim · NK News – North Korea News_ President Donald Trump is likely to make another attempt to diplomatically engage North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as he seeks to salvage his foreign policy legacy after the controversial war with Iran, according to a former National Security Council official Thursday. Speaking at a discussion panel at the annual Global Korea Forum hosted by \[…\] ## [Thursday’s Forum](https://outsidethebeltway.com/thursdays-forum-299/) _2026-08-27 · Steven L. Taylor · OutsideTheBeltway_ OTB relies on its readers to support it. Please consider helping by becoming a monthly contributor through Patreon or making a one-time contribution via PayPal. Thanks for your consideration. ## [Ask a North Korean: What is it like working as a nurse in North Korea?](https://www.nknews.org/2026/08/ask-a-north-korean-what-is-it-like-working-as-a-nurse-in-north-korea/) _2026-08-27 · Lena · NK News – North Korea News_ “Ask a North Korean” is an NK News series featuring interviews with and columns by North Korean defectors, most of whom left the DPRK within the last few years. Readers may submit their questions for defectors by emailing ask@nknews.org and including their first name and city of residence. Today’s question is about what life is \[…\] ## [North Korea to supply luxury anti-aging cosmetics to Russia: records](https://www.nknews.org/2026/08/north-korea-to-supply-luxury-anti-aging-cosmetics-to-russia-records/) _2026-08-27 · Anton Sokolin · NK News – North Korea News_ A North Korean luxury skincare brand is set to ship its ginseng-based anti-aging creams to the Russian market, according to official records, following the arrival of DPRK beer and other goods in the allied country. The Sinuiju-based Korea Cosmetics Trading Company teamed with Invest Stroi in Moscow to supply its ginseng creams under the Pomhyanggi \[…\] ## [Trump’s outreach, Seoul’s dilemma and lessons from decades inside the DPRK](https://www.nknews.org/2026/08/trumps-outreach-seouls-dilemma-and-lessons-from-decades-inside-the-dprk/) _2026-08-27 · Alannah Hill | Joon Ha Park | NK News · NK News – North Korea News_ Korea Risk Group Correspondent Joon Ha Park joins this week’s podcast to discuss the latest signals from Pyongyang following President Donald Trump’s renewed outreach to Kim Jong Un and the decision to shorten the Ulchi Freedom Shield joint military exercises from 11 days to five. He breaks down two recent statements from Kim Yo Jong, \[…\] [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/nknews/podcast01.nknews.org/podcast/north-korea-news-podcast/nk-news-podcast-trumps-outreach-seouls-dilemma-and-lessons-from-decades-inside-the-dprk.mp3) ## [A Decline in Student Visas (and Therefore Students)](https://outsidethebeltway.com/a-decline-in-student-visas-and-therefore-students/) _2026-08-26 · Steven L. Taylor · OutsideTheBeltway_ Trump's policies in action. ## [Dolly Parton, 1946-2026](https://outsidethebeltway.com/dolly-parton-1946-2026/) _2026-08-26 · James Joyner · OutsideTheBeltway_ The legendary singer, songwriter, actress, and philanthropist is gone at 80. ## [Wednesday’s Forum](https://outsidethebeltway.com/wednesdays-forum-304/) _2026-08-26 · Steven L. Taylor · OutsideTheBeltway_ OTB relies on its readers to support it. Please consider helping by becoming a monthly contributor through Patreon or making a one-time contribution via PayPal. Thanks for your consideration. ## [North Korea plans to send over 100 athletes to upcoming Asian Games in Japan](https://www.nknews.org/2026/08/north-korea-plans-to-send-over-100-athletes-to-upcoming-asian-games-in-japan/) _2026-08-26 · Shreyas Reddy · NK News – North Korea News_ North Korea plans to send over 100 athletes to compete in next month’s Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, the largest sporting delegation the country has ever sent to Japan. In an interview published Tuesday by Choson Sinbo, the official newspaper of the pro-DPRK General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon), DPRK Olympic Committee Secretary-General Ko Chol \[…\] ## [Meet Claude, an AI assistant (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/6BdA7jYpFngC) _2026-08-26 · **Sponsored**_ Chat with Claude at claude.ai — a conversational AI assistant. ## [Russian checkpoint by North Korea car bridge 65% completed: authorities](https://www.nknews.org/2026/08/russian-checkpoint-by-north-korea-car-bridge-65-completed-authorities/) _2026-08-26 · Anton Sokolin · NK News – North Korea News_ Russia is nearing the completion of a border checkpoint next to its newly built road bridge to North Korea, according to local authorities, just weeks ahead of the expected opening of the motorway link between the two states. The assessment came as Russia’s Far Eastern Transport Prosecutor Alexander Voronin, Federal Security Service and customs officials \[…\] ## [North Korea caught erasing former leader’s Russian heritage](https://www.nknews.org/2026/08/north-korea-caught-erasing-former-leaders-russian-heritage/) _2026-08-26 · Choi Hyun Jun · NK News – North Korea News_ A recent investigation into a decades-old children’s poem authored by a young Kim Jong Il provides evidence that the former North Korean leader was called by his Russian-derived childhood name Kim Yu Ra, which Pyongyang has spent decades trying to erase from history. Long before the world knew him as Kim Jong Il, the former \[…\] ## [Kim Jong Un leads politburo meeting on economy without disclosing details](https://www.nknews.org/2026/08/kim-jong-un-leads-politburo-meeting-on-economy-without-disclosing-details/) _2026-08-26 · Colin Zwirko · NK News – North Korea News_ North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a politburo meeting on Tuesday to discuss state-led development projects under the new five-year plan that kicked off earlier this year, according to state media. The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) published a brief report on the “fourth enlarged meeting” of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) Central \[…\] ## [Another Injunction](https://outsidethebeltway.com/another-injunction/) _2026-08-26 · Steven L. Taylor · OutsideTheBeltway_ The vote-by-mail legal drama continues. ## [The Better Late Than Never Forum](https://outsidethebeltway.com/the-better-late-than-never-forum/) _2026-08-25 · Steven L. Taylor · OutsideTheBeltway_ OTB relies on its readers to support it. Please consider helping by becoming a monthly contributor through Patreon or making a one-time contribution via PayPal. Thanks for your consideration. ## [The Wayward Court](https://outsidethebeltway.com/the-wayward-court/) _2026-08-25 · Steven L. Taylor · OutsideTheBeltway_ Suppose that the president ordered the storage of very heavy items on the floor of the building above your apartment, and it was known that one more shipment to that storage facility would cause the floor to collapse, destroying your apartment and killing everyone below. And let’s suppose that you were able to get an \[…\] ## [Air Force Major Who Protested Trump Faces Criminal Charges](https://outsidethebeltway.com/air-force-major-who-protested-trump-faces-criminal-charges/) _2026-08-25 · James Joyner · OutsideTheBeltway_ CNN (“Trump criticism leads to rare criminal charges for Air Force officer who called for impeachment“): A US airman who was arrested twice, once on the steps of the US Capitol while calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, was officially criminally charged Monday for his comments, according to a charging document his attorney shared \[…\] ## [Supreme Court Won’t Block Trump Mail Voting Order Yet](https://outsidethebeltway.com/supreme-court-wont-block-trump-mail-voting-order-yet/) _2026-08-25 · James Joyner · OutsideTheBeltway_ The majority bent over backward to deny standing. ## [North Korea open for all tourists regardless of nationality, legal journal says](https://www.nknews.org/2026/08/north-korea-open-for-all-tourists-regardless-of-nationality-legal-journal-says/) _2026-08-25 · Seung-Yeon Chung · NK News – North Korea News_ Tourism in North Korea is open to all people “regardless of nationality,” according to the law journal from the country’s most prestigious academic institution, even though the DPRK is currently closed to nearly every foreigner but Russians. The assertion comes from an undated article published in the latest edition of the Journal of Kim Il \[…\] ## [North Koreans blamed for spike in intestinal worm infections in Russian region](https://www.nknews.org/2026/08/north-koreans-blamed-for-spike-in-intestinal-worm-infections-in-russian-region/) _2026-08-25 · Anton Sokolin · NK News – North Korea News_ A Russian region next to Ukraine has blamed a spike in intestinal worm infections on the influx of North Korean laborers, a health care report shows, pointing to a small coal-mining town as a hotbed of the parasites. The Rostov region’s health care watchdog named North Korean “labor migrants” as responsible for the spread of \[…\] ## [Find it on Amazon (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/cO7goEM7KVBs) _2026-08-25 · **Sponsored**_ Open the Amazon product listing to see details and availability ## [Dans Sullivan (You Know, Like Attorneys General)](https://outsidethebeltway.com/dans-sullivan-you-know-like-attorneys-general/) _2026-08-24 · Steven L. Taylor · OutsideTheBeltway_ The latest shedanigans in the Alaska Senate race (and some electoral rules thoughts). ## [On August 24th, Tom and Steven Talk “Battle for the Planet of the Apes”](https://outsidethebeltway.com/on-august-24th-tom-and-steven-talk-conquest/) _2026-08-24 · Steven L. Taylor · OutsideTheBeltway_ The fifth and final movie of the original Planet of the Apes raised expectations. It’s going to be the last movie…and the title says that there will be a battle for the entire planet…and there are apes and mutants fighting on the movie poster. Great Cornelius’ ghost! Bring on the battle! What the movie delivered \[…\] ## [Monday’s Forum](https://outsidethebeltway.com/mondays-forum-277/) _2026-08-24 · Steven L. Taylor · OutsideTheBeltway_ OTB relies on its readers to support it. Please consider helping by becoming a monthly contributor through Patreon or making a one-time contribution via PayPal. Thanks for your consideration. ## [Mayhaps She is Concerned?](https://outsidethebeltway.com/mayhaps-she-is-concerned/) _2026-08-23 · Steven L. Taylor · OutsideTheBeltway_ Tiresome is as tiresome does. ## [2026 as 2006?](https://outsidethebeltway.com/2026-as-2006/) _2026-08-23 · James Joyner · OutsideTheBeltway_ The similarities are obvious, but the environment is different. ## [Jerks, Traitors, and Losers](https://outsidethebeltway.com/jerks-traitors-and-losers/) _2026-08-22 · James Joyner · OutsideTheBeltway_ A completely "normal" statement from the dear leader of the free world. ## [Beefing up the Food Supply?](https://outsidethebeltway.com/beefing-up-the-food-supply/) _2026-08-22 · Steven L. Taylor · OutsideTheBeltway_ But I thought tariffs were good? ## [US Trade War with Canada](https://outsidethebeltway.com/us-trade-war-with-canada/) _2026-08-22 · James Joyner · OutsideTheBeltway_ We must blame them and cause a fuss before somebody thinks of blaming us. ## [Saturday’s Forum](https://outsidethebeltway.com/saturdays-forum-297/) _2026-08-22 · Steven L. Taylor · OutsideTheBeltway_ OTB relies on its readers to support it. Please consider helping by becoming a monthly contributor through Patreon or making a one-time contribution via PayPal. Thanks for your consideration. ## [Who Needs Laws?](https://outsidethebeltway.com/who-needs-laws/) _2026-08-21 · Steven L. Taylor · OutsideTheBeltway_ I mean, SCOTUS doesn't seem to care, al least not where Tump is concerned. ## [Know before it drops (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/XsRQDPkJRHi6) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ Follow a show, artist, genre or rocket and get notified before release ## [Trump Frustrated Iran Won’t Surrender](https://outsidethebeltway.com/trump-frustrated-iran-wont-surrender/) _2026-08-21 · James Joyner · OutsideTheBeltway_ He's in a bind, because he's way behind. ## [A Photo for Friday 8/21: “The Rainbow Disconnection”](https://outsidethebeltway.com/a-photo-for-friday-8-21-the-rainbow-disconnection/) _2026-08-21 · Steven L. Taylor · OutsideTheBeltway_ "The Rainbow Disconnection" ## [State Department seeks $3 million projects to counter North Korean propaganda](https://www.nknews.org/2026/08/state-department-seeks-3-million-projects-to-counter-north-korean-propaganda/) _2026-08-21 · Jooheon Kim · NK News – North Korea News_ The U.S. State Department is planning to fund efforts to document human rights abuses in North Korea and counter the regime’s propaganda apparatus, despite President Donald Trump’s recent attempts to revive diplomatic engagement with Pyongyang. The State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) is seeking “organizations to document the DPRK’s human rights \[…\] ## [Friday’s Forum](https://outsidethebeltway.com/fridays-forum-296/) _2026-08-21 · Steven L. Taylor · OutsideTheBeltway_ OTB relies on its readers to support it. Please consider helping by becoming a monthly contributor through Patreon or making a one-time contribution via PayPal. Thanks for your consideration. ## [Pro-North Korea newspaper chief in Japan returns to foreign-policy polemics](https://www.nknews.org/2026/08/pro-north-korea-newspaper-chief-in-japan-returns-to-foreign-policy-polemics/) _2026-08-21 · Seung-Yeon Chung · NK News – North Korea News_ Kim Ji Yong, the chief editor of the Choson Sinbo, has resumed writing bylined opinion columns rebutting Washington, Tokyo and Seoul after a roughly two-year silence, most recently attacking the international community’s calls for denuclearization in an article Aug. 5. The Choson Sinbo is a Tokyo-based outlet run by the pro-North General Association of Korean \[…\] ## [Kim Yo Jong mocks ‘puppet’ Seoul as Trump cuts short U.S.-ROK military drills](https://www.nknews.org/2026/08/kim-yo-jong-mocks-puppet-seoul-as-trump-cuts-short-u-s-rok-military-drills/) _2026-08-21 · Shreyas Reddy · NK News – North Korea News_ Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, derided South Korea on Thursday for scaling back joint exercises at the U.S.’s request, hours after Pyongyang launched a barrage of ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan. In a statement published by the state-owned Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) Thursday night, \[…\] ## [I’m Beginning to Think That Mike Lindell Isn’t Very Smart…](https://outsidethebeltway.com/im-beginning-to-think-that-mike-lindell-isnt-very-smart/) _2026-08-20 · Steven L. Taylor · OutsideTheBeltway_ And that he doesn't understand how elections work. ## [What to make of Trump’s oddly specific claim that North Korea has 57 nukes](https://www.nknews.org/2026/08/what-to-make-of-trumps-oddly-specific-claim-that-north-korea-has-57-nukes/) _2026-08-20 · Shreyas Reddy · NK News – North Korea News_ President Donald Trump raised eyebrows Wednesday by putting an unusually specific number on how many nuclear weapons North Korea possesses: 57. The U.S. president did not provide the source for this number when addressing reporters, leaving questions over whether it reflects intelligence assessments, an estimate of operational warheads or simply a figure drawn from another \[…\] ## [Kim Jong Un positioned in the driver’s seat as Trump races for a summit](https://www.nknews.org/2026/08/kim-jong-un-positioned-in-the-drivers-seat-as-trump-races-for-a-summit/) _2026-08-20 · Joon Ha Park · NK News – North Korea News_ A potential U.S.-DPRK summit this year has emerged as a new focus in the relationship, with President Donald Trump stepping up overtures to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un while Pyongyang raises the bar for renewed engagement. Trump said Wednesday that he plans to meet Kim later this year, despite North Korea giving little indication \[…\] ## [North Korea test launches around 10 short-range missiles from Pyongyang](https://www.nknews.org/2026/08/north-korea-launches-suspected-ballistic-missile-on-thursday-japan/) _2026-08-20 · Colin Zwirko · NK News – North Korea News_ North Korea launched a suspected ballistic missile around 5 p.m. KST on Thursday, according to the Japanese defense ministry. The ministry released an alert through the coast guard at 5:08 p.m. warning vessels to watch out for falling objects. It said in another alert 11 minutes later that the missile appeared to have “already fallen,” \[…\] ## [Thursday’s Forum](https://outsidethebeltway.com/thursdays-forum-298/) _2026-08-20 · Steven L. Taylor · OutsideTheBeltway_ OTB relies on its readers to support it. Please consider helping by becoming a monthly contributor through Patreon or making a one-time contribution via PayPal. Thanks for your consideration. ## [Russian greenhouse operator plans to hire 50 North Korean workers as students](https://www.nknews.org/2026/08/russian-greenhouse-operator-plans-to-hire-50-north-korean-workers-as-students/) _2026-08-20 · Anton Sokolin · NK News – North Korea News_ A former state-run Russian farm is seeking to bring 50 North Korean men and women to work at its greenhouse as “student trainees,” procurement documents show, with the help of a firm controlled by a businessman known for arranging DPRK labor flows into Russia. Documents reviewed by NK News show that the Alekseevsky Agricultural and \[…\] ## [Trump says he’ll meet Kim this year, despite Pyongyang denying communication](https://www.nknews.org/2026/08/trump-says-hell-meet-kim-this-year-despite-pyongyang-denying-communication/) _2026-08-20 · Joon Ha Park | Shreyas Reddy · NK News – North Korea News_ President Donald Trump said Wednesday he plans to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later this year, despite Pyongyang’s apparent denial hours earlier that the two leaders are in contact. Speaking to White House pool reporters, Trump responded to a question about his expectations for a summit with Kim by answering, “Yeah, I will \[…\] ## [Kim Yo Jong denies Trump-Kim contact, dismisses scale back of military drills](https://www.nknews.org/2026/08/kim-yo-jong-denies-trump-kim-contact-dismisses-scale-back-of-military-drills/) _2026-08-19 · Shreyas Reddy · NK News – North Korea News_ Kim Jong Un’s influential sister Kim Yo Jong has seemingly denied U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that he is in contact with the North Korean leader, dismissing the possibility of renewed engagement with Washington. In a statement released Wednesday night through the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Kim Yo Jong said she knows “absolutely \[…\] ## [In Front of Our Noses: Trump’s Need for Sycophancy](https://outsidethebeltway.com/in-front-of-our-noses-trumps-need-for-sycophancy/) _2026-08-19 · Steven L. Taylor · OutsideTheBeltway_ A note on Natalie Harp. ## [Senator Ignoramus](https://outsidethebeltway.com/senator-ignoramus/) _2026-08-19 · James Joyner · OutsideTheBeltway_ Knowing things is not Darline Graham's thing. ## [Trump courts Kim again, US-ROK drills shrink and a more confident North Korea](https://www.nknews.org/2026/08/trump-courts-kim-again-us-rok-drills-shrink-and-a-more-confident-north-korea/) _2026-08-19 · Alannah Hill | NK News | Shreyas Reddy · NK News – North Korea News_ Donald Trump is once again reaching out to Kim Jong Un, praising their personal relationship, calling for a reduction in U.S.-South Korea military exercises and claiming the North Korean leader has responded “very positively.” This week, NK News Lead Correspondent Shreyas Reddy joins the podcast to unpack what Trump actually said, how closely it resembles \[…\] [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/nknews/podcast01.nknews.org/podcast/north-korea-news-podcast/nk-news-podcast-trump-courts-kim-again-us-rok-drills-shrink-and-a-more-confident-north-korea.mp3) ## [Wednesday’s Forum](https://outsidethebeltway.com/wednesdays-forum-303/) _2026-08-19 · Steven L. Taylor · OutsideTheBeltway_ OTB relies on its readers to support it. Please consider helping by becoming a monthly contributor through Patreon or making a one-time contribution via PayPal. Thanks for your consideration. ## [North Korean ‘trainees’ appear packaging Finnish-marketed pet food in Russia](https://www.nknews.org/2026/08/north-korean-trainees-appear-packaging-finnish-marketed-pet-food-in-russia/) _2026-08-19 · Anton Sokolin · NK News – North Korea News_ Dozens of North Koreans appeared to work at a Moscow factory handling canned food for cats and dogs marketed as a Finnish brand, according to footage released by a businessman implicated in DPRK labor procurement schemes. Multiple North Koreans underwent vocational training inside the facility in the Moscow region on a packaging line featuring boxes \[…\] ## [US-South Korea cuts military exercise length by half after Trump’s demand](https://www.nknews.org/2026/08/us-south-korea-cut-military-exercise-length-by-half-after-trumps-demand/) _2026-08-19 · Joon Ha Park · NK News – North Korea News_ The United States and South Korea have shortened their large-scale annual military exercise and scaled back some combined field training at Washington’s request, Seoul’s military said Wednesday. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) announced in a press release that the allies agreed to conduct this year’s Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) summertime exercise from Aug. \[…\]