🇺🇸🇯🇵The United States has dropped plans to withdraw a Marine Corps regiment from Okinawa, according to Japan Today.

➡️The unit will remain in place due to its role in small-unit operations on nearby islands close to Taiwan in the event of a military conflict.

🔗https://japantoday.com/category/national/u.s.-forces-modify-unit-relocation-from-okinawa-to-guam-with-china-in-mind?

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🇨🇳❌🇹🇼— Taiwan’s Coast Guard has released an image showing Chinese Coast Guard vessel 1303 in the distance. No additional details were provided regarding the location where the photo was taken.

🇨🇳🇨🇳❌🇹🇼— First footage has been released showing PLA Eastern Theater Command live-fire drills east of Taiwan as part of the Justice Mission 2025 exercises.

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🇨🇳❌🇹🇼⚡️China’s Coast Guard announced it has organized vessel formations to conduct comprehensive law-enforcement patrols in waters surrounding Taiwan, including areas near the Matsu and Wuqiu islands.

🇰🇷🕊🇰🇵 — South Korean government will move to open Rodong Sinmun, North Korean ruling party WPK (Worker's Party of Korea)'s newspaper, to the South Korean public

National Intelligence Service also said that they are "considering lifting bans on North Korean websites"

🔗 Nine-tailed Fox 🇰🇷 (@saber_k086)

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🇹🇼✈️🚫⁉️Taiwan’s Civil Aviation Authority says Chinese military exercises are seriously affecting air safety, and alternative routes are being considered to manage air traffic.

🇹🇷❌🏴— Turkish television reports that seven police officers were injured in a shooting during a security operation targeting Islamic State suspects in Yalova province, in the country’s northwest.

🇨🇳❌🇹🇼Today, the PLA’s Eastern Theater Command launched the “Justice Mission–2025” exercises.

➡️In comments to Chinese state media, National Defense University professor Zhang Chi said “decapitation” is a key concept of the drills, which simulated strikes on symbolic targets linked to leaders of Taiwan independence forces.

🇨🇳He stated the exercises show the PLA’s ability to conduct precise punitive actions against the main figures of Taiwan independence at any time.

🇨🇳❌🇹🇼China’s Coast Guard has released an exercise-style poster noscriptd “Patrol and Control” after announcing so-called “law enforcement” patrols around Taiwan.

🇨🇳The image shows Coast Guard vessels encircling the island, with key ports and critical infrastructure depicted as being sealed off.

🇮🇩Reports on Indonesian social media claim Indonesia may acquire the Buk-M2K air defense system, though the government has not confirmed it.

➡️The Belarusian system was showcased at Indo Defence 2024 and is being marketed to Southeast Asian countries.

🇷🇺📞🇺🇦❓— Zelensky may speak with Putin for the first time in five years, following a meeting with Trump, though the idea is controversial in Ukraine. Washington is pushing to accelerate peace efforts.

🔗https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-meets-zelenskyy-talks-could-unlock-first-zelenskyy-putin-call-five-years-source

🇮🇳🇲🇦India’s Tata Advanced Systems Ltd. (TASL) has delivered the first batch of WhAP 8x8 armored vehicles to the Royal Moroccan Army.

➡️Produced at a new 20,000 m² facility in Berrechid near Casablanca, the vehicles are set to enter service in October 2025.

➡️The WhAP, developed with India’s DRDO, is a modular armored platform designed for troop transport, fire support, command, and other roles.