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North Korea launches an intermediate-range missile, its first test in two months
North Korea launched this Monday what is believed to be an intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) into the Sea of Japan (called the East Sea in the two Koreas), in what is its first test of this type in two months.
“Our army detected a ballistic missile launched from the Pyongyang area around 12:00 today (3:00 GMT),” the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) reported in a statement.
“The missile fell into the East Sea after flying approximately 1,100 kilometers,” the text adds.
The regime’s last weapons test occurred on November 5 when Pyongyang launched several short-range missiles.
This Monday’s launch occurred after 12:00 (3:00 GMT) and was also confirmed by the Japanese Ministry of Defense, which detected the new North Korean weapons test and pointed out that the projectile has already fallen out of its exclusive economic area (EEZ).
The Japanese government has formed a special team to collect information and study possible damage, according to government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi.
The first missile launched in 2025
Today’s is the first missile launched by North Korea in 2025 and the last launch after those that occurred on November 5, and which were attributed to an attempt to provoke by the regime in view of the presidential elections in the United States.
Then, the North launched several short-range ballistic missiles with a maximum height of 100 km and that covered a distance of about 400 km.
The essay also coincides with the visit of the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, to Seoul, in what will be his last trip to the Asian country in office, before the arrival of Donald Trump to the US Presidency.
On October 31, Pyongyang also launched an ICBM that traveled a distance of about 1,000 kilometers from its launch point in the interior of North Korea to fall into waters north of Japan, reaching a maximum height of 7,000 kilometers, according to data collected by Tokyo and Seoul.
The Japanese Ministry of Defense pointed out that this projectile was the one that had flown the longest before its impact (one hour and 25 minutes), while a military source from Seoul said it was the largest missile tested to date by Pyongyang.
North Korea said it was a new Hwasong-19 model projectile and described it as an “irreversible” achievement in its nuclear weapons development.
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Thirteen cuban military members missing after explosion at arms warehouse
Thirteen members of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR) have been reported “missing” following an explosion at an arms and ammunition warehouse in the eastern part of the island, the military institution announced.
“As a result of the explosions at an arms and ammunition warehouse in the Melones community… in the province of Holguín, 730 km east of Havana,” two officers, two non-commissioned officers, and nine soldiers are reported as “missing,” according to a statement from the Ministry of the Armed Forces released by Cuban state television.
The statement specified that “investigations are still ongoing at the site,” which led to the evacuation of more than 1,200 residents from areas near the warehouse of a military unit where “aged ammunition was being classified.”
Neither the official press nor Cuban state television have provided images of the explosions at the military unit, but independent media outlets published photos online showing a massive column of smoke and police officers deployed in the streets of the Melones community.
International
Trump considers declaring National Economic Emergency to justify universal tariffs
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump may be considering declaring a national economic emergency in order to justify implementing a package of universal tariffs on both allied and adversary countries, according to CNN.
The proclamation of these measures would grant the incoming U.S. president the freedom to create a new tariff program using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).
This move would give the president the authority to manage imports during a national emergency.
According to the report, Trump has a penchant for this law as it provides broad jurisdiction on how tariffs are implemented without strict requirements to prove they are necessary for national security reasons.
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Venezuelan opposition candidate Enrique Márquez detained ahead of Maduro’s inauguration
Enrique Márquez, a minority opposition candidate in Venezuela’s July 28 elections, was “arbitrarily detained,” denounced a political coalition he is part of and his wife, who described the action as “kidnapping.”
Since Tuesday night, there has been a wave of reports of detentions, with at least a dozen arrests just over 48 hours before President Nicolás Maduro’s inauguration for a third six-year term, following a controversial reelection.
“We inform that yesterday, 07.01.25, Enrique Márquez was arbitrarily detained,” stated the Popular Democratic Front (FDP).
“He was kidnapped by paramilitary groups who, using force as their law, aim to silence and intimidate those of us who want a better country and have a different vision,” said his wife, Sonia Lugo de Márquez, on the leader’s X account.
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