North Korea - February 4

On January 31, Russia announced it would conduct joint military drills with Brazil, Cuba, North Korea, and Vietnam, hiking up tensions evocative of the Cold War. These yearly drills would be for the “common interests” of DPRK and Russia to resist US pressure. They are in direct opposition to the US-ROK joint military exercises. North Korea itself launched military drills preparing for hypothetical strikes on US targets. Source: Chosun Ilbo