🇰🇵📞🇰🇷 — 📰 Yonhap News Agency: North Korea remains unresponsive to regular contact with South Korea via the inter-Korean liaison line for the 6th day in a row

🌐🤝🇺🇦 — 📰 BBC News: Western special forces inside Ukraine, leak shows
— "The presence of Western special forces in Ukraine has been the subject of quiet speculation for more than a year. But it's never been confirmed, until now.

The US Department of Defense is still dealing with the consequences of one of the largest leaks of classified material in recent years, most of it relating to the war in Ukraine.

The documents, some marked "top secret", paint a detailed picture of the war, including highly sensitive details of Ukraine's preparations for a spring counter-offensive against Russian forces.

One document has piqued widespread interest.

It says that the UK is among a number of countries with special forces operating in Ukraine. According to the document, dated 23 March, the UK has the largest contingent (50), followed by Latvia (17), France (15), the US (14) and the Netherlands (1)."

Link
https://archive.is/R7uJS

🇺🇸🔥📃 — Former President Donald Trump: The biggest problems for the United States are not Russia, China or North Korea, but rather they are internal

🇨🇳❌🇹🇼 — Mainland China's Taiwan Affairs Office: Our military's recent measures in the Taiwan Strait are a warning message against the complicity and provocation of Taipei separatists and outside parties.

🇪🇺🔥📃 — 📰 Politico: Europe’s eastern half claps back at Macron: We need the US
— "Stop driving Europe away from the United States, dismayed central and eastern European officials fumed on Tuesday as French President Emmanuel Macron’s comments continued to ripple across the Continent.

Macron jolted allies in the EU’s eastern half after a visit to China last week when he cautioned the Continent against getting pulled into a U.S.-China dispute over Taiwan, the self-ruled island Beijing claims as its own, imploring his neighbors to avoid becoming Washington and Beijing’s “vassals.”

The comments rattled those near the EU’s eastern edge, who have historically favored closer ties with the Americans — especially on defense — and pushed for a hasher approach to Beijing."

Link
https://archive.is/WCDj6

🇨🇳❌🇺🇸🇹🇼❗️ — 📰 Reuters: Mainland China is planning to impose a no-fly zone north of Taiwan from April 16 to April 18

🇨🇳❌🇺🇸🇹🇼 — 📰 Reuters: China to close airspace north of Taiwan April 16-18, sources say
— "China is planning to close the airspace north of Taiwan from April 16 to 18, four sources with knowledge of the matter said, a move that could disrupt flights around the region.

China and Taiwan's foreign ministries did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Four officials outside China, speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter, said the ban would disrupt Taiwan's northern flight information region (FIR) and that they were not aware of the reason for the restrictions."

Link
https://archive.is/pnmC7