North Korea
28 Sep
North Korea has enshrined its status as a nuclear power in its constitution, with leader Kim Jong Un calling for more modern atomic weapons to counter the threat from the United States, state media reported Thursday.
18 Sep
North Korea's Kim Jong Un expressed his "heartfelt thanks" to President Vladimir Putin, state media said Monday, as he headed home after nearly a week in Russia on a defence-focused trip.
16 Sep
Two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut docked with the International Space Station on Friday after blasting off amid raging tensions between Moscow and Washington over Ukraine.
16 Sep
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Vladivostok on Saturday where he met Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and inspected a hypersonic aircraft missile system before boarding a warship.
15 Sep
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited a Russian military aviation factory on Friday following his summit with President Vladimir Putin, as the two countries ostracised by the West seek deeper ties.
14 Sep
Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un discussed the possibility of sending a North Korean into space, Russian news agencies quoted Putin's spokesman as saying.
13 Sep
North Korea's leader vowed closer ties with Moscow on Wednesday, saying his isolated country would "always be with Russia" as President Vladimir Putin hosted Kim Jong Un at a Far East spaceport. Russia has become a pariah in the West after launching full-scale hostilities in Ukraine last year and has looked to strengthen alliances with…
8 Sep
A Russian military song and dance ensemble has arrived in North Korea, state media said Friday, with a Chinese delegation also due for a key anniversary, in fresh signs of border reopening.
2 Sep
North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles off its west coast on Saturday, Seoul's military said, the latest in a string of recent Pyongyang military actions.
30 Aug
Russia is in secret, active talks with North Korea to acquire a range of munitions and supplies for Moscow's fight in Ukraine, the White House said Wednesday. "Arms negotiations between Russia and the DPRK are actively advancing," White House National Security spokesman John Kirby said, adding that a key focus of the talks was artillery…
24 Aug
Foreign ministers from the G7 group of rich democracies condemned North Korea's failed bid to launch a spy satellite Thursday, arguing that it used banned ballistic missile technology.
24 Aug
North Korea said its second attempt to put a spy satellite into orbit failed on Thursday, three months after the first one crashed into the ocean.