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立場別 · 2 takes across the edition
Summarises the global tech exposure: Rubaya supplies ~15% of world tantalum, and the smuggling feeds the components of major electronics and EV brands, framing 'blood coltan' as the mineral analogue of conflict diamonds for the AI-and-battery era.
“Rwanda's smuggling of conflict coltan feeds global tech, with Rubaya supplying about 15% of the world's tantalum.”
Reports Kim's 'exponential' expansion call and the claimed doubling of fissile-material output over five years, situating it within the regime's nuclear-status entrenchment and the stalled diplomacy with Washington and Seoul.
“Kim called for an 'exponential' expansion of the arsenal, saying capacity to make weapons-grade material had more than doubled in five years.”