Nuclear governance & risk reduction: Philippines’ Foreign Sec. Ma. Theresa Lazaro urged renewed push to bring the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) into force, stressing the 30th anniversary and the need to keep political momentum after decades without entry into force. Diplomacy & security spillover: South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung said Ukraine’s public disclosure of a confidential transfer of two North Korean POWs to Seoul breached a nondisclosure agreement, warning it could worsen diplomacy and the security environment on the peninsula. North Korea’s tech rollout with real-world friction: North Korea’s South Hamgyong province launched a student tracking app for high schools, letting students borrow books and join after-school clubs via mobile QR codes, but unstable networks and incompatible devices have sparked widespread confusion. Cybercrime with environmental knock-on effects: A major North Korea-linked “fake job interview” malware campaign continues to target global businesses, showing how DPRK cyber operations can disrupt services and supply chains that also affect environmental monitoring and disaster response. Irregular warfare analysis: A new look at North Korea’s irregular warfare argues lessons from Kursk may be tempting to transfer to the Korean Peninsula, even as Seoul’s border monitoring and counter-infiltration readiness raise the stakes. Energy & climate-adjacent policy debate: A solar-and-storage policy discussion highlights the push for durable clean-energy rules—relevant to how sanctions and geopolitics shape decarbonization pathways.