Good morning! Start your Friday with SOFREP’s Morning Brief for May 23, 2025—your quick intel on defense and global affairs.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un could face a war crime probe at the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) for ...

They who fought for justice are all heroes and representatives of the honor of the motherland,” Kim Jong Un said.

Russian strikes against targets across central and eastern Ukraine overnight injured at least six people, five of them ...

DONALD Trump and Vladimir Putin held a “candid” two-hour phone call on Monday afternoon in a desperate bid to end the three ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said North Korea’s involvement in the Russia-Ukraine war was justified, calling it an ...

Parts from South Korea, Japan, and the US were found in Russia's new "Banderol" drone-launched cruise missile, according to ...

Andriy Portnov, an ex-Ukrainian politician and formerly top aide to former President Viktor Yanukovych, was shot dead ...

Kim’s foreign policy priority is now Russia, which he has supplied with weapons and troops to help prolong its warfighting in Ukraine. Seoul fears that Kim may receive economic assistance and ...

While the T-80 MBT is old, it was considered to be one of the most formidable tanks of its kind in service in the era.