DW

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Saturday shared his plans to promote cryptocurrency if he gets elected for a second term and said he wants the US to become a “bitcoin superpower” under his leadership.

Trump said he wants the US to become the “crypto capital of the planet” and a “bitcoin superpower.”

Trump spoke at a cryptocurrency conference in Nashville, Tennessee, where, in his efforts to woo crypto investors, he promised to make the United States the “crypto capital of the planet” and create a bitcoin “strategic reserve” using the currency that the government currently holds.

South Korea reports leak from its military intelligence command

Japan Times

South Korea was investigating a leak from its top military intelligence command​ that ​local news media said had caused a large amount of sensitive information, including personal data on the command’s agents abroad, to end up in North Korea, its military said Saturday.

South Korean and U.S. soldiers conduct a joint river-crossing exercise in Yeoncheon, South Korea, in March.

The military said in a brief statement that it planned to “deal sternly with” those responsible for the leak. But it declined to confirm the local media reports, pending its investigation of the Korea ​Defense Intelligence Command,​ where the leak took place.

KIA: 200 Myanmar Junta Positions Siezed in Four Months

The Irrawaddy

The Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and its allies have seized over 200 Myanmar junta positions in Kachin State in four months, according to its information officer, Colonel Naw Bu.

The KIA and its allies on March 7 attacked more than 10 junta outposts.

On April 1 the armed group seized Sinlum Bum, an important base controlling the 60km road between Bhamo and Lwegel for more than 60 years from which it shelled KIA-controlled Mai Ja Yang town.

The KIA occupied Lwegel, one of five trade towns along the Chinese border, on April 8.

Israel says Hezbollah rocket kills 12 at football ground, vows response

Reuters

A rocket attack on a football ground in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights killed 12 people including children on Saturday, Israeli authorities said, blaming Hezbollah and vowing to inflict a heavy price on the Iran-backed Lebanese group.

Hezbollah denied any responsibility for the strike, the deadliest in Israel or Israeli-annexed territory since the start of the conflict in Gaza.

The attack sharply escalated tensions in the hostilities which have been fought in parallel to the Gaza war and has raised fears of a full-blown conflict between the heavily armed adversaries.