Daily Mail: Pelosi stares down North Korea with visit to the DMZ – as China continues to fire missiles into Japan’s exclusion zone: White House is ‘FUMING’ with Nancy over Taiwan trip and fact she IGNORED advice not to go

* Pelosi visited the heavily-fortified DMZ during her trip to South Korea

* She was the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit the area since President Donald Trump met North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un there in 2019

* The 155-mile-long, 2.5-mile-wide zone separates North and South Korea

* South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol told Pelosi her trip to the DMZ was ‘a sign of strong deterrence between South Korea and the US against North Korea’

* Pelosi now in Japan – her last stop on her South Asia tour

* Tokyo said five Chinese missiles landed within its exclusive economic zone

* It was part of military exercises launched by Beijing in response to Pelosi’s Taiwan visit, which China is still angry about

* White House officials said to be fuming over Pelosi’s Taiwan trip

Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the heavily-fortified DMZ during her trip to South Korea on Thursday, another controversial stop after her touchdown in Taiwan.

Her visit to the 155-mile-long, 2.5-mile-wide zone separating North and South Korea made her the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit the area since President Donald Trump met North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un there in 2019.

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Update: South Korea does not want to upset China over Pelosi …. South Korean president accused of avoiding Nancy Pelosi in bid to placate China (The Guardian). More here …. South Korean president skips in-person meeting with Pelosi, causing controversy (FOX News)

U.S. House Speaker Pelosi Visits South Korea

In S. Korea, Pelosi avoids public comments on Taiwan, China — AP

Nancy Pelosi travels to South Korea; Seoul calls visit ‘show of deterrence’ against North Korea — UPI

Pelosi visited Korean Demilitarized Zone with congressional delegation — CNN

Pelosi meets leaders in South Korea, visits DMZ after contentious Taiwan trip — DW

Pelosi visits DMZ during South Korea trip in latest show of defiance — NYPost

Japan PM meets Pelosi, calls China drills ‘grave problem’ — AP

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Politico: U.S. orders aircraft carrier to remain in the region amid China-Taiwan tensions

The U.S. is also postponing a planned intercontinental ballistic missile test.

The Pentagon has directed the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan to remain in the area near Taiwan “to monitor the situation” as China launches missiles in the region, the White House announced on Thursday.

In addition, the U.S. has delayed a planned test of a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile to avoid increasing tensions, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told reporters.

“As China engages in destabilizing military exercises around Taiwan, the United States is demonstrating instead the behavior of a responsible nuclear power, by reducing the risks of miscalculation and misperception,” Kirby said of the decision.

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Update #1: US announces military activity near Taiwan (RT)

Update #2: How does the US support Taiwan militarily? (DW)

WNU Editor: This will be viewed by China as weakness, not as a move to lower tensions …. US Postpones Missile Tests to Lower Tensions with China on Taiwan (VOA).

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Reuters: Ukraine under pressure in east as NATO chief says Russia must not win

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Thursday it had been forced to cede some territory in the east of the country in the face of a Russian offensive, and the head of the NATO military alliance said Moscow must not be allowed to win the war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy this week described the pressure his armed forces were under in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine as “hell”.

He spoke of fierce fighting around the town of Avdiivka and the fortified village of Pisky, where Kyiv has acknowledged its Russian foe’s “partial success” in recent days.

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Ukraine ‘endangers civilians’ with army bases in residential areas, says Amnesty — The Guardian

Ukrainian forces ‘put civilians at risk’ – Amnesty — RT

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