### [2025-03-31](/feed/2025/03/31/index.md)

##### Australia–North Korea relations
# The Royal Australian Air Force deploys long-range maritime patrol aircraft P-8 Poseidon to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, to monitor illegal North Korean maritime activities in the Yellow Sea, including weapons shipments prohibited under international sanctions. 




### Sources:

1. [NK News](https://www.nknews.org/2025/03/australia-deploys-aircraft-to-monitor-north-koreas-illicit-maritime-activities/)

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