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Kim believes that unification with South Korea is impossible
No reconciliation or reunification with the neighbor: North Korean ruler Kim redefined his policy in dealing with South Korea at the beginning of this year. Kim said his country must prepare for a „military response.”
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has recently regularly drawn attention to himself with menacing military gestures. The military and arms industry were instructed to intensify preparations for war. At the beginning of the year, Kim once again toughened his tone toward the United States and South Korea. In addition to arming himself with nuclear weapons, missiles and spy satellites, ruler Kim Jong Un also wants to redefine his previous policy towards South Korea.
„State of struggle”
Kim dashed hopes of rapprochement with South Korea in the new year when he set security policy goals for 2024 at the end of a several-day party meeting in the capital, Pyongyang. Accordingly, his country no longer seeks unity with its southern neighbor. “We must never again make the mistake of viewing them as counterparts for reconciliation and unity since South Korea declared us its main enemy,” state media quoted Kim as saying.
“Relations between South and North Korea are no longer relations between people of the same race,” Kim said. The relationship developed into a relationship between countries in conflict. The current situation requires his government to redefine its position on the unification policy.
International law At war
The Korean Peninsula has been in a state of war under international law since the end of the „fratricidal war” between 1950 and 1953. “This is the first time that the North Korean leadership has publicly declared that it is impossible to achieve unification,” said Park Young-ho, a North Korea expert and former researcher at the South Korea Institute for National Unification. It has been repeatedly blamed for the deterioration of relations.
Kim's statements can also be understood as a somewhat hidden threat against the neighboring country. “Due to the brutal measures taken by enemies to invade our country, it has become a reality that war could break out on the Korean Peninsula at any time,” Kim said. The governor was quoted as saying that North Korea's military must prepare to „pacify the entire South Korean region” – if necessary with atomic bombs in the event of an attack. Kim called on the North Korean armed forces to maintain „overwhelming” capabilities for a „military response.”
South Korea expects new provocations
The United States denies Pyongyang's accusations that it was preparing to launch an attack with its allies. South Koreans fear they will continue to face difficult times in the new year. South Korean intelligence recently warned that North Korea may launch new provocations before South Korea's parliamentary elections in April and the US presidential elections in November.
In addition to expanding the nuclear arsenal and building military drones, North Korean reports also listed the launch of three more reconnaissance satellites as one of the most important missions for 2024. Kim stressed that North Korea should stick to its hard line of attack. State-controlled media reports hailed the launch of North Korea's first spy satellite in November as a success. Through its own military satellites, the country wants to be able to better monitor US movements.
Missiles against the United States of America
North Korea is one of the most isolated countries in the world. It is subject to strict international sanctions because of its nuclear weapons and missile programmes. Pyongyang primarily considers the United States and South Korea among its enemies.
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It is primarily wars and conflicts that force more and more people around the world to flee their countries. Never before have there been such numbers, according to a survey conducted by a United Nations observatory.
Wars and conflicts have brought the number of people fleeing within their countries to a new high all over the world. At the end of 2023, 75.9 million people were internally displaced – that is, they had fled their communities and found housing elsewhere in their home country. This was reported by the Internally Displaced Persons Observatory (IDMC) in Geneva. This represents an increase of approximately seven percent over the previous year and 50 percent over the previous five years.
In its report, the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center distinguishes between the displaced themselves and the number of displaced people. Thus the same person can be evacuated several times within a given period of time. Conflicts in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Gaza Strip accounted for two-thirds of last year’s new displacement in 2023.
The population of the Gaza Strip has been displaced several times
African countries account for nearly half of all internally displaced people worldwide. Many of them are in Sudan: inside the country, more than nine million people fled violence at the end of 2023. In the Gaza Strip, the same people have been displaced several times. At the end of the year, a total of 1.7 million internally displaced persons were registered. In the last three months of 2023 alone after the start of the war, the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center counted 3.4 million new displacements, equivalent to 17 percent of the total conflict-related displacements worldwide during the year.
The total number of people who have had to flee their homeland due to wars, conflicts or disasters is much higher. It also takes into account people who have fled across borders to other countries. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, this number reached about 114 million people at the end of 2023. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees fears that the number will rise to 130 million by the end of the year.
According to the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, nearly 90 percent of internally displaced people were forced to flee their hometowns due to conflict and violence, while others were forced to flee due to disasters. At the end of 2023, there were 7.7 million people displaced by floods, storms, earthquakes, fires and other disasters, and had found refuge elsewhere in their countries of origin.
Preventing conflicts to fail”
The Liaison Office is committed to providing further assistance to countries in caring for internally displaced persons. “The conflict and devastation it has left behind means that millions are unable to rebuild their lives, often for years,” said Alexandra Belak, Director of the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre. Jan Egeland, secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, which founded the observatory, said the high number is a „devastating verdict on the failure to prevent conflicts and build peace.”
International law distinguishes between internally displaced persons on the one hand and refugees on the other. Refugees flee oppression, violence and war from their homeland to another country. The Internal Displacement Observatory, based in Geneva, is part of the Norwegian Refugee Council. The center works closely with the United Nations.
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US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is making an unannounced visit to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv receipt. He arrived on a night train from Poland on Tuesday morning. During Blinken’s fourth visit to Kiev since the start of Russia’s war of aggression in February 2022, he is scheduled to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Above all, the trip should send a strong signal to reassure Ukrainians, who are clearly “in a very difficult situation,” a senior US government official told reporters on the train with Secretary of State Blinken. He referred to the fighting on the front in the east and the attacks on Kharkiv. It will flash Ukraine I confirm the continued support of the United States of America. A US government official traveling with him said: “The secretary’s trip is intended to discuss how our additional assistance can be used to strengthen Ukraine’s defenses and enable it to regain the initiative on the battlefield.”
In the Kharkiv region, the Ukrainian army is currently under increasing pressure from the Russian offensive. On Monday, the Ukrainian General Staff recognized the „tactical successes” achieved by Russian forces in the region located in northeastern Ukraine. According to Ukrainian information, the Russian army launched a ground attack in the Kharkiv region of Russia on Friday.
The United States has announced several aid commitments to Ukraine in recent weeks. This aid came after the US Congress agreed to provide military aid worth $61 billion (about 56 billion euros) in April after months of stalemate.
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US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is making an unannounced visit to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv receipt. He arrived on a night train from Poland on Tuesday morning. During Blinken’s fourth visit to Kiev since the start of Russia’s war of aggression in February 2022, he is scheduled to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Above all, the trip should send a strong signal to reassure Ukrainians, who are clearly “in a very difficult situation,” a senior US government official told reporters on the train with Secretary of State Blinken. He referred to the fighting on the front in the east and the attacks on Kharkiv. It will flash Ukraine I confirm the continued support of the United States of America. A US government official traveling with him said: “The secretary’s trip is intended to discuss how our additional assistance can be used to strengthen Ukraine’s defenses and enable it to regain the initiative on the battlefield.”
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Putin’s forces are trying to advance further into the Kharkiv region. Thousands of civilians were forced to leave the war zone. Ukraine war in the news.
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Update from May 13, 10:43 p.m.: In light of the Russian attack in northeastern Ukraine, Germany and the Nordic countries promised Ukraine more arms deliveries. “We are united in our support for Ukraine in its defensive fight against the Russian attack,” Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Monday at a meeting with the heads of government of Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland in Stockholm, Sweden. “We will continue to support Ukraine – as long as necessary.”
Finland’s Prime Minister Petri Orbo was more clear. The situation on the battlefield is critical and it is time to respond and do more. “We do not want to see a new Mariupol in Kharkiv. That is why every country in the West, in the European Union, must do everything it can immediately.
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Russian attack in Kharkiv:Thousands of displaced civilians
Update from May 13, 8:40 p.m.: The Russian attack in the Kharkiv region in eastern Ukraine is also accompanied by the expulsion of Ukrainian civilians. The governor of the region said in a press conference that about 6,000 people had been evacuated from the border area with Russia. This came through the Ukrainian portal KIndependent Yev.
Update from May 13, 7:50 p.m.: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed the deputy head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, Andriy Alekseenko, the portal reported Independent Kyiv. Accordingly, Zelensky dismissed the intelligence officer by decree and appointed in his place Oleg Lohovsky. The reason for the staff change had not yet been announced Monday evening.
Update from May 13, 6:30 p.m.: The Russian attack in the Kharkiv region causes more civilian casualties. as Ukrainian Pravda It was reported that Russian soldiers bombed a farm near a suburb east of the city. According to the regional government, one civilian was killed and three others were injured.
Ukrainian intelligence prevents attacks in Kiev and Lviv – two Russian agents arrested
Update from May 13, 5:25 p.m.: Ukraine says it has prevented several bomb attacks in Kiev. The news agency reported that Russia planned to launch attacks on a number of hardware stores in Kiev and a defense company in Lviv Reuters. According to Ukrainian intelligence, Russia planned to “detonate explosives in stores during peak hours to cause maximum harm to the civilian population.” Two Russian military agents were arrested as part of the investigation.
Ukraine attacks occupied Crimea
Update from May 13, 4:50 p.m.: Ukraine launched an air strike on Russia-occupied Crimea. The commander of the military unit there reportedly died in the attack Ukrainian Pravda. In addition, several Storm Shadow missiles are said to have damaged the air defense facility on Mount Ai-Petri.
Update from May 13, 3:57 p.m.: Federal Economy Minister Robert Habeck (Green Party) called for more support for Ukraine. During a speech at the Federal Academy for Security Policy, he said Germany “has not done enough.” dpa. Although Germany provided tremendous assistance in the defensive battle against Russia, the situation on the front shows that this is not enough.
A fighter jet launches an air alert throughout Ukraine
Update from May 13, 2:50 p.m.: The take-off of a Russian fighter plane triggered air raid warnings across Ukraine. It was reported that the plane may be a Russian MiG-31K Ukrainian Pravda. It is capable of launching the Ch-47M2 Kinschall hypersonic guided missile. Its range ranges between 500 and 2,000 kilometers, and it can hit distant targets inside Ukraine.
Updated from May 13, 1:49 p.m: Since the beginning of the war, many Russians have been arrested on charges of collaborating with Ukraine. Now a Russian court has sentenced five more Ukrainians to several years in prison on espionage charges. According to the FSB, they transferred information about the location and movements of Russian army units to Ukrainian military intelligence, Russian state media reported.
Zelensky appears to be drawing conclusions from the Kharkiv attack
Updated from May 13, 12:48 p.m: The Ukrainian army says it has replaced its commander on the front in Kharkiv. Accordingly, Mykhailo Zabrodsky became commander there from May 11. This was brought by the British guardian Quoted from Ukrainian Radio RBC Ukraine.
Updated from May 13, 12:01 p.m: Kiev admits that Russian forces are making gains in their attack on Kharkiv. „The enemy is currently achieving tactical success,” the Ukrainian General Staff said in its report on the situation that night.
The first report: Kiev / Moscow – Vladimir Putin continues to escalate his advances in the Ukrainian Kharkiv region. After intense fighting and Russia’s „tactical successes,” as the Ukrainian General Staff announced on Facebook on Monday, the fighting continues unabated.
In conversation with Ukrainian Pravda Spokesman for the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Dmitry Lykhovy, said that the “enemy” was trying to advance towards the villages of Liptsy, Staritsya and Volchansk. Both sides will use artillery and mortars to attack opposing forces. Russia also carries out air strikes with aircraft.
According to an army spokesman, the situation in Kharkiv remains complex
The intensity of the fighting can be clearly seen in Russia’s casualties, published by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. About 1,740 Russian soldiers were killed during the past 24 hours. In addition, 31 tanks and 15 artillery systems were said to have been destroyed. The information cannot be independently verified.
Letchoi explained that despite the heavy losses, Russia was able to continue achieving tactical successes. The situation on the front is constantly changing and therefore very complex. However, Ukraine planned measures to „destroy the enemy who broke through our defenses,” the spokesman said. Ukrainian Pravda.
Army of Ukraine He wants „Russian Disrupting attack plans„
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed residents on Sunday morning with a report on the situation. He talked about a total of 12 Russian attacks in the Kharkiv region Mirror mentioned. He added that the Ukrainian army is currently focusing on “thwarting Russian attack plans.”
The president also reiterated the need for Western arms supplies. These things are crucial to the country’s defense. Zelensky stressed the importance of „supporting Ukraine’s resilience through timely delivery – truly timely delivery.” In the past, Ukraine has complained several times about reluctance to deliver weapons from the West.
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