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We are monitoring the aftermath of the assassination attempt on the South Korean opposition leader, which may have significant political consequences in light of the upcoming parliamentary elections. After the incident, the police quickly assembled a 68-member investigation team to check on approximately 40 individuals, including the suspect who was detained at the scene. The investigations comprised searches of the suspect’s residence, office, vehicle, phone records, and bank transactions. Lee Jae-myung was released from the hospital on Jan. 10, eight days after he was stabbed in the neck…

In April-May this year, India, now one of the world’s leading powers, will hold general elections to choose the members of its lower house of parliament and, consequently, to elect a new government. We should add the word “formally” here, because all the procedures prescribed by the existing constitution will need be complied with.For, as previously noted in NEO, there is now little doubt that the National Democratic Alliance, the center-right coalition that has ruled since 2014, will win yet another victory (the third in a row, albeit with varying margins). The NDA comprises more than forty parties and movements, but it is dominated by the Bharatiya Janata Party…

Georgia has long been recognized as a transit point for all sorts of illegal trade between Central Asia, The Middle East, and Europe. It is in the direct interest of Western law enforcement and intelligence services to understand this conduit so that they can anticipate goods movements, which can have a drastic impact on both national communities and foreign civil and military deployments. On the 5^th of February 2024, the Georgian State Security Service, (SSS) has announced that an attempt to smuggle plastic explosives into Russia by the Daryal Pass had been thwarted…