The international news carried on Page 6 of Rodong Sinmun dated May 26, 2026, reports on the Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman's emphasis on the inevitability of Ukraine's ruin, Russia's nuclear force training, Nigeria's anti-terror struggle, Russia-Vietnam maritime cooperation, Indonesia's promotion of sports tourism, Kyrgyzstan's road construction, the disaster crisis aggravated by rapid glacier reduction, a chemical leak accident at a US aerospace facility, the assertion of a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, and general knowledge about historical sites in various countries of the world.

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Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Stresses Inevitability of Ukraine's Ruin

Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev, through a social media network on the 21st, stressed that the ruin of Ukraine is inevitable.

He affirmed that Ukraine has already lost its appearance as a state, this country cannot survive without Western financial support, and institutional collapse cannot be stopped.

He revealed that in a short historical period, Ukraine lost more than half of its population, more than 20% of its territory, nearly half of its industrial potential and more than one-fifth of its agricultural potential, and that most central government organs are absent or have lost their powers, while the president, government, constitutional court and other courts exist in violation of the constitution.

(Korean Central News Agency)

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For the Country's Security and Social Development

Nuclear Force Training Conducted

In Russia, training on the readiness and use of nuclear forces was conducted from the 19th to the 21st.

Over 64 000 troops, more than 140 military aircraft, 73 ships and over 7 800 pieces of armaments, equipment and special technical assets were mobilized for the training.

Also, Belarusian soldiers participated in the training and, in cooperation with the Russian side, practiced the methods of transporting and using nuclear weapons.

It is reported that the aim of the training was to acquire through practice the problems arising in the process of preparing and implementing measures to deter the “enemies” and to assess the capability of the mobilized units to carry out their missions.

During the training, launches of ballistic missiles, hypersonic missiles and others were conducted.

Anti-Terror Struggle

The Nigerian army conducted an operation to mop up terrorists in Borno State on the 22nd.

On that day, the attack of the terrorists who rushed towards a military base along the border line was frustrated, and in the process, 12 ruffians were reportedly wiped out.

Meanwhile, Turkish security forces arrested 10 terrorists in the border area with Syria.

These were members of the international terrorist organization “Islamic State”, local media reported on the 23rd.

Cooperation

Russia and Vietnam, at the negotiations on maritime issues held in Moscow on the 22nd, signed a document on a maritime cooperation plan through to 2030.

At the negotiations, issues of bilateral cooperation in the fields of the navy, shipbuilding and repair, and personnel training, as well as the joint use of the trans-Arctic transport route, were discussed.

Meanwhile, the Chinese Ministry of Public Security and the Lao police are strengthening cooperation in striking fraudulent and swindling acts via the internet.

According to the agreement on China-Laos police cooperation, the Lao police recently launched a special strike action and handed over 494 arrested fraud crime suspects to the Chinese side.

Sports Tourism Promoted

Indonesia is promoting sports tourism.

Recently, the government, as part of the work to revitalize tourism, announced a plan to organize running competitions in major geological parks from August this year to April next year.

It is reported that sports tourism accounts for an important share in this country's tourism industry.

Road Construction Pushed Forward

Kyrgyzstan has been actively pushing forward road construction since this year. According to the government of this country, as of the 20th, the length of roads newly built nationwide reached more than 4 times that of the same period last year.

In keeping with the progress of the vast construction project to improve road infrastructure, measures are being taken to satisfactorily ensure the necessary technical equipment and materials.

(Korean Central News Agency)

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Disaster Crisis Aggravated by Rapid Glacier Reduction

Every year, an average of over 2 700 billion tons of glaciers, equivalent to the amount of water consumed by the world's population for 30 years, is melting. Last year alone, about 4 080 billion tons of glaciers disappeared globally. The average annual melting over the past 10 years is nearly 4 times that of the end of the 20th century…

These are some data that show how rapidly the glaciers, which account for nearly 70% of the world's freshwater, are decreasing.

Last year, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization expressed concern that glaciers are melting rapidly due to global warming, threatening the survival of humanity.

The organization stated that in recent years the rate of glacier melting has accelerated, and the area of disappeared glaciers has recorded an all-time high. It is reported that over the 50 years since 1975, about 9 trillion tons of glaciers have vanished. The organization warned that the sea level has risen by about 20 cm compared to 1900 due to glacier melting, and if glaciers melt at an unpredictable rate, 2 billion people worldwide could suffer water and food shortages.

Meanwhile, the World Meteorological Organization stated that the period from 2015 to 2025 has been the hottest period since weather observation began, and found the cause in the fact that the global climate balance has been destroyed more severely than ever before, as the concentration of greenhouse gases continues to rise, the temperature of the atmosphere and oceans rises, and glaciers melt.

The actual situation of glacier reduction on the earth is becoming more serious day by day.

In New Zealand, the volume of glaciers nationwide decreased by 42% during the period from 2005 to 2023. As a result, the sea level is rising and the marine ecosystem is being destroyed.

In Mongolia, glaciers and snow have melted rapidly over the past 10-odd years, further increasing the risk of major floods.

Currently, four glaciers remain in Germany, but over one-fourth of their total area has melted in the last two years. The thickness of the glaciers is thinning by 1.6 m every year, which is reportedly markedly faster than the rate of glacier melting in 2018–2023. Experts predict that all glaciers in Germany will disappear by the 2030s.

Already two years ago, Venezuela became the first country whose glaciers have completely disappeared.

The Himalayan range in Asia has the most glaciers after the Antarctic and the Arctic. As the glaciers in this region are the source of 10 major rivers that supply water to billions of people, it has been called the “water tower of Asia”.

However, due to global warming, the glaciers in this region are also melting rapidly. A few years ago, hundreds of new bacteria unknown to humankind were discovered in the glaciers here, and it is said that if they flow into rivers and lakes, they could seriously affect China and India, the world's most populous countries.

In Indonesia, too, glaciers are in danger of disappearing due to global warming.

There were glaciers on five mountains in the Papua Province of this country, but the glaciers other than that of Mount Puncak Jaya have already melted away completely. When observation equipment was first installed at the summit of Mount Puncak Jaya in 2010, the thickness of the glacier here reached 32 m, but it decreased drastically due to the extreme El Niño phenomenon that struck in 2015 and 2016. According to experts, even the glacier here may completely disappear this year or next year.

As the melting of glaciers accelerates due to global warming, the possibility of explosive eruptions of volcanoes beneath glaciers is also growing larger and larger. The subglacial volcanoes in the Antarctic are the most dangerous. Subglacial volcanoes in North America, New Zealand, Russia and other places are also drawing attention. If these volcanoes erupt, large amounts of greenhouse gases will be released, further accelerating global warming. Experts express serious concern about this.

It is predicted that this year will be strongly affected by El Niño. In the past years when El Niño occurred, climate change worsened and humanity suffered from various disasters. It is said that this El Niño can also affect the precipitation and snowfall in the Americas, Africa and Asia, and cause the glaciers in the Arctic and Antarctic to melt faster. This foretells that humanity may suffer more severe climate disasters such as record heat, major floods and droughts this year and next year.

Staff Reporter

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Israel's Vicious Air Strike Atrocities against Lebanon

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Chaos from Chemical Leak Accident at US Aerospace Manufacturing Facility

Chaos was caused by a chemical leak accident at an aerospace-related manufacturing facility in California, USA.

According to local authorities, on the 21st, at the facility located in Orange County, a tank storing a highly volatile chemical substance overheated due to a cooling system failure, and toxic gas began to leak, creating a danger of a large-scale explosion or toxic substance contamination.

In connection with this, a state of emergency was declared in Orange County, an evacuation order was issued for about 40 000 residents, and schools closed.

Also, emergency response measures were activated in several cities, causing turmoil.

(Korean Central News Agency)

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Permanent Ceasefire in Gaza Strip Asserted

The Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, speaking at an open meeting of the UN Security Council on the Palestine-Israel issue on the 21st, asserted the realization of a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

Revealing that after the ceasefire agreement was reached in the Gaza Strip, Israel carried out bombings and attacks almost daily, taking the lives of numerous people, he demanded that Israel fully comply with the ceasefire agreement.

He stressed that the international community must reject any unilateral action that erodes the basis of the two-state solution, which is the only viable way out for resolving the Palestine issue.

(Korean Central News Agency)

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World Knowledge

Historical Sites in Various Countries of the World

Cradle of Maya Civilization

The Mirador area in northern Guatemala, which was hidden in the primeval forest for over 2 000 years and not well known to people, is called the cradle of Maya civilization.

The five cities in this area are larger than the already well-known city of Tikal and date from at least 1 000 years earlier.

The temples and pyramids here are among the largest in the world.

There are also relics that show the world's first highway system existed.

A few years ago, archaeologists newly discovered ruins of Maya cities, fortresses, farms, roads and so on in the deep forests of this area.

Scholars conducted a lidar scan of an area of about 2 100 km² centred on the ancient Maya city of Tikal and discovered another 60 000 architectural structures that had not been known until then. Among them is a seven-storey pointed tower structure.

The World's Oldest Free-Standing Monument

On the small island of Gozo, located in the Mediterranean Sea between the Italian island of Sicily and Tunisia, there are stone temples that few people visit.

Though tranquility now pervades this temple complex called Hagar Qim, it is said that thousands of years ago, numerous people came here.

Like the Stonehenge ruins in England, a place of coming and going was formed by piling up huge limestone slabs, and its shape is a semicircle.

The finest sculpture of the temple complex was excavated in the mid-20th century and displayed in a museum.

Here, spiral carvings and sculptures depicting animals and goddesses are still preserved.

Also, one can see tools used by architects and sculptors of the time, such as flint or obsidian blades.

Churches Built from Extrusive Rock

In a small mountain village called Lalibela in Ethiopia, there are 11 medieval churches.

According to tradition, King Lalibela visited the area around present-day Jerusalem located in the Middle East in the 13th century. After that, he drew up a plan to build a new holy city in his country and had the churches built from red extrusive rock that is common in this area.

Four of the churches are located in a special block. The buildings were built from huge extrusive rocks of the same size and are connected to each other by underground passages.

Staff Reporter