Anonymousabout 1 hour ago
North Korea launched close-range ballistic missiles and artillery rockets from Jongju on May 26, 2026, its eighth ballistic missile firing this year and part of a dramatic escalation that has seen over 272 launches since Kim Jong Un took power — roughly eight times the combined total under his father and grandfather. With the UN sanctions monitoring panel defunct after Russia's 2024 veto, deepening Pyongyang-Moscow military cooperation, and an estimated quarter of GDP funneled into defense, the international architecture built to contain North Korea's weapons programs has fractured at every level.