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The expansion would bring the Cheonghae unit to 395 personnel. Seoul stresses that the mission is non-combat and independent of allied forces.

The severe cyclonic storm made landfall near Ongole overnight into Tuesday, only days after Cyclone Arnab. No casualties were reported in the first hours.

The suspects include a former national police chief whom Prabowo named chief of staff a month ago and has now dismissed. The presidential palace says the act "leads toward treason".

South Korea's president has ordered the government to consider a powerful central cybersecurity body after a string of breaches at financial and state institutions and a leak of the presidential aircraft's passenger list.

A panel led by former Labor minister Peter Garrett, which included a former chief of the Australian Defence Force, finds the government has never answered the question "why AUKUS?".

According to an investigation by The Insider, a single Shenzhen manufacturer supplies about half of Russia's high-power mesh modems, and neither the firm nor the product is under sanctions.

The South Korean military detected launches from the Sondok area. Pyongyang had earlier claimed to have tested a warhead with cluster munitions and a cruise missile with a dispersal warhead.

Two reports from the same week show the race for "loyal wingmen", drones that fly alongside crewed fighters, moving from laboratories onto ships and into operational units.

For the first time in several years, the Taiwanese president’s October speech did not trigger a major military exercise around the island. Behind the apparent lull lies a different strategy: snap drills, cyber pressure ahead of elections, criminal proxies and pressure on the Philippines.

The missiles were launched from the Wonsan area and flew about 250 kilometres. It is at least the fourth launch in October.

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff and the US are analysing the missile type. The launch took place on Saturday morning towards the East Sea.

President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law for the first time since 1980 but was forced to withdraw it after a vote in the National Assembly.

According to the NIS, the first 1,500 special forces have already been moved to Vladivostok on Russian ships. Moscow and Pyongyang have not confirmed the reports.

Pyongyang published the text of the comprehensive strategic partnership treaty signed during the first visit by a Russian president in 24 years. Seoul is considering sending arms to Ukraine.