North Korea

China's President Xi Jinping hailed an "invincible friendship" with Pyongyang as he arrived in North Korea Monday, his first trip abroad this year after hosting back-to-back summits in Beijing. China, Washington's chief geopolitical rival,…

North Korea has re-elected Kim Jong Un as president of state affairs, state media reported on Monday (Mar 23). Kim’s reappointment as head of the authoritarian nation’s highest policymaking and governing body, the State Affairs…

North Korea condemned on Monday (Jan 12) what it called “shameless” moves by the United States that it said undermined the United Nations and accused Washington of a “hideous criminal act”. Pyongyang’s mission to the United Nations in…

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un will attend a military parade in Beijing, marking the first public appearance of the two leaders alongside President Xi Jinping in a show of collective defiance amid Western…

Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov arrived in North Korea on Friday for talks with North Korean military and political leaders as the countries deepen their cooperation over Russia's war in Ukraine. In…

North Korea said it has tested a new intercontinental ballistic missile. North Korea's state Korean Central News Agency says that Thursday's launch was carried out at the order or leader Kim Jong Un. KCNA says its flight records…

North Korea has sent about 500 balloons laden with trash into South Korea’s air space over the past 24 hours, officials in the South said on Thursday, disrupting flights and igniting a fire on the roof of a residential building. The…

A new agreement between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un requires both the countries to provide each other with immediate military assistance in case of a war, North Korea's state media said.…

North Korean state media says Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive in the country on Tuesday for a two-day visit. Putin is expected to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for talks focused on expanding military cooperation as they…

North Korea on Tuesday test-fired a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile toward waters off its eastern coast, South Korea's military said, adding to a series of weapons demonstrations that have raised tensions in the region.…