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Spotlight, Spy Way of Life | Poland, Ukraine
Ukraine's iconic military clothing supplier M-Tac in tactical retreat

The hologram of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wearing an M-Tac T-shirt at the VivaTech conference in 2022. © Reuters

The cult brand that dresses the Ukrainian security services has partially fallen back to Poland after a Russian strike destroyed its Kyiv warehouses at the beginning of January. The company is striving to maintain a foothold from a Warsaw suburb while expanding internationally.

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Spymaster | South Korea
Cho Tae-yong, Seoul's last chance to pull the National Intelligence Service out of crisis

Cho Tae-yong, director of South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS). © Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

With threats from North Korea and China increasingly weighing on Seoul, the National Intelligence Service is seeking to counter its regional rivals and regain lost credibility under its new chief, Cho Tae-yong, a diplomat who is well liked by conservative President Yoon Suk-yeol.

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Russia, Ukraine
Passport to influence: Kyiv fights its own nationalities battle

Ukrainian passport, Lviv, on 14 March 2022. © Benedicte Van Der Maar/Hans Lucas via AFP

While Moscow has been distributing Russian citizenship in the Donbass since 2014, Kyiv is to hand out "temporary certificates" of Ukrainian citizenship in frontline areas with the help of state bodies and security services.

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International Dealmaking

Vietnam
Thales and Lockheed Martin still hopeful in race for Vietnamese telecommunications satellite

Vietnam's Vinasat-3 telecommunications satellite project has ground to a halt, ensnared by power struggles in Hanoi, but the Western groups bidding to be onboard have not lost hope.

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Corporate Intelligence

United Kingdom
Private eye Walter Soriano facing lawsuit from leading figure of Russian food sector

A major name in the Russian-British business world is suing British sleuth Walter Soriano and his firm USG Security for breach of privacy.

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United States
With LUNO A, NGA switches track to generative AI for GEOINT

Hoping to make up for lost time, the US agency is shifting its approach to using AI for geospatial intelligence analysis. Its latest call for tenders in that field, LUNO A, has sparked interest from newcomers and sector giants alike.

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