https://www.voanews.com/a/south-korean-president-s-impeachment-trial-ends-with-denial-of-wrongdoing/7988353.html In December of 2024 Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law and deployed soldiers around the government building in an attempt to prevent politicians from reaching the building, however in a few hours the lawmakers were able to gather just enough people to hold a quick election, invalidating the presidents declaration of martial law. Following the confusing events,… Read more »
On Tuesday February 18th, the Taliban interim government of Afghanistan sent a diplomatic mission to the Republic of Japan. this rather surprising development comes after nearly 3 years of quiet from the west for the shaky and unstable nation of Afghanistan. Now, the purpose of this visit is relatively unknown, however the deputy economy minister, Latif Nazari, posted on X… Read more »
In the past week, China released their own AI named DeepSeek and it has sent shockwaves throughout the tech sphere. The AI is a direct competitor to the US-based company OpenAI’s ChatGPT and even performs better than ChatGPT in some circumstances. One thing that DeepSeek brings to the table that ChatGPT fails at: is the price. ChatGPT was developed over… Read more »
https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-yoon-martial-law-detain-8dd7f03661be39729741de9a3b5d1714 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg45zqz225vo https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-yoon-arrest-warrant-martial-law-57fcd2d8d98ea1d64f59d237c65a0b9a In the early morning hours of December 3rd, 2024 the South Korean president, Yoon Suk Yeol, unexpectedly declared martial law and deployed soldiers around the government building in an attempt to prevent politicians from reaching the building, however in a few hours the lawmakers were able to gather just enough people to hold a quick election, invalidating… Read more »
https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/army-news-2024/japan-unveils-historic-734-billion-defense-budget-for-2025-amid-growing-regional-security-threats https://breakingdefense.com/2024/09/new-era-of-crisis-prompts-japan-biggest-defense-budget-ever-59b-for-2025 https://apnews.com/article/japan-military-budget-us-australia-china-f82c70bd6f5cbfc184f15cf17f2fde21 Following World War 2, the Japanese disbanded all of their military forces becoming a disarmed nation. However in 1954 the Japanese Self Defense forces were established, a small army and navy barely enough to defend the home islands, but nowhere large enough to launch offensive campaigns. Over the years as Japan has distanced itself from its dark… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2024/05/15/australia-unveils-record-37-billion-defense-budget In mid October of last year, the Australian government announced their 2025 Defense budget and it contains some rather interesting figures. The new budget is planned to be around 55.7 Billion AUD, which translates to around 36.8 Billion USD. Its a truly massive amount and one that makes up around 2.2% of its entire GDP. The… Read more »
