Commentary China’s communist dictatorship employing “moles” should not surprise anyone. Its interactions on the world stage show it will employ any methodology to attain its ever-growing belligerent demands. From bullying to bribing to spying, the dictatorship displays its lack of a moral compass in pursuing its aims. However, what has surprised the world community and shaken Westminster in London to its core is that the dictatorship’s alleged mole was able to penetrate as far as the office of now-Security Minister Tom Tugendhat and the Chair of the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee Alicia Kearns. The revelations in the United Kingdom have rightly led to questions being asked about the security and vetting protections employed in Australia for similar parliamentary offices....Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/a-reminder-that-espionage-is-not-the-stuff-of-movies-5489965
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is believed to have crossed in Russia on his armored private train, South Korea’s defense ministry said on Tuesday, amid warnings from Washington against North Korea engaging in an arms deal with Russia. The Kremlin said on Monday that Mr. Kim was visiting Russia “at the invitation of President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin,” without specifying the timing and exact purpose of his visit. According to North Korean state media, the North Korean leader headed to Russia along with leading officials of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, government, and armed forces. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said there would be negotiations involving two delegations, and if needed, the leaders would engage in a “one-on-one format.”... 
Early love in middle school and wishing to study abroad can lead one to be beaten and given electric shocks, said Xinhai Zhu, an 18-year-old who has just arrived in the United States for his higher education. Mr. Zhu was sent to a correctional school at the Xi’an Youth Military Training Youth Education Base at the age of 15 in 2019. Due to puppy love affecting his academic record, he was sent to the school by his parents for six months. The six-month-long experience became a nightmare he would write about several years later. His time at the correctional school began brutally when its staff picked him up....
BANGKOK—One of Burma’s biggest and most powerful ethnic minority militias has arrested and repatriated more than 1,200 Chinese nationals allegedly involved in criminal online scam operations, an official of the group said Saturday. The arrests were carried out in territory controlled by the United Wa State Army, or UWSA, in eastern Shan state in raids on Tuesday and Wednesday, Nyi Rang, a liaison officer from the militia, told The Associated Press. He said in a text message that the arrested people were handed over to Chinese police at the border gate in Panghsang—also known as Pangkham city—the capital of Wa-administered territory on the border with China’s Yunnan province....