North Korea has ratified a landmark defence pact with Russia, state media reported Tuesday, deepening security cooperation that has seen Pyongyang send thousands of troops to help Moscow fight Ukraine. The agreement formalises months of tightening military bonds between two nations that were Communist allies throughout the Cold War. Seoul and ally
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North Korea fires missiles ahead of US election
North Korea on Tuesday fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern sea, the South Korean military said, as the country continued its weapons demonstrations hours before the U.S. presidential election. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles flew about 400 kilometers (250 miles) but didn't specify how many
North Korea’s missile test indicates enhanced capability
North Korea test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time in almost a year Thursday, demonstrating a potential advancement in its ability to launch long-range nuclear attacks on the mainland U.S. The launch was likely meant to meant grab American attention days ahead of the U.S. election and respond to
North Korea sends troops to support Russian military: Zelensky
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said there was "an increasing alliance" between Russia and regimes like North Korea and that Pyongyang had sent both weapons and troops to bolster Russia's army. Zelensky toured European capitals last week to ask for increased military aid as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine grinds on in
North Korea vows to block border with South Korea
North Korea said Wednesday it will permanently block its border with South Korea and build frontline defense structures to cope with "confrontational hysteria" by South Korean and U.S. forces, while not announcing an expected constitutional revision to formally designate South Korea its principal enemy and codify new national borders. While the
South Koreans divided on North Korea’s nuclear threat
There are two Koreas, North and South. But there’s also more than one South Korea, with the nation split into camps with polar opposite views on the danger posed by the nuclear-armed neighbor to the north. This division in South Korean sentiment has lasted through a tumultuous history of war, dictatorship,
Will the new triumvirate – Russia, China & North Korea – force the South to go nuclear?
When Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a pact last month to revive a Cold War-era mutual defense pledge between two of the world’s nuclear powers, it also had the implicit support a third nuclear power standing in the shadows: China. The new nuclear alliance,
Kim, Putin meet in Pyongyang as rivals worry about their military ties
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met Wednesday in Pyongyang as they seek to expand their economic and military cooperation and display a united front against Washington. Putin was met upon his nighttime arrival by Kim, who shook his hands, hugged him twice and rode with
Kremlin says Russia seeks for North Korea partnership
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea and Vietnam in the coming weeks, the Vedomosti newspaper reported on Monday, citing a diplomatic source. Russian ambassador to North Korea Alexander Matsegora confirmed to Vedomosti that the president's visit to Pyongyang will happen and is being "actively prepared". The newspaper said Putin could
North Korea confirms missile launch, vows bolstered nuclear force
North Korea has test-fired a tactical ballistic missile equipped with a "new autonomous navigation system", state media said Saturday, with leader Kim Jong Un vowing to boost the country's nuclear force. Kim oversaw the Friday test-launch into the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, on a mission to