In 2012, Russia agrees to write off 90% of North Korea’s estimated $11-billion debt. 2016-2017 Kim Jong Un accelerates the North’s nuclear and missile tests.

His playbook revolves around improving relations with Russia and North Korea to lower tensions, which he regards as being brought about by former President Yoon Suk-yeol’s “ideological” approach to ...

As North Korea and Russia consider an arms deal, what can they offer each other North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has arrived in Russia where he's expected to meet President Putin amid Western ...

Diplomatic outreach to Kim Jong Un is poised to expand in the year ahead, with prospects rising for renewed leader-to-leader ...

Russia has drawn closer to North Korea since its 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine. ... Russia blames South Korea for tension, calls for diplomacy. By Reuters. October 14, 2024 9:20 PM UTC ...

US expert-NK diplomacy WASHINGTON, May 2 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's deepening partnership with Russia is a variable that will impact U.S. President Donald Trump's leverage in future diplomacy with ...

Russia has supplied North Korea with antiaircraft missiles in return for the deployment of its troops to fight in Russia’s war against Ukraine, South Korea’s national security adviser said on ...

Vladimir Putin said Russia and North Korea have ramped up ties to a “new level,” pledging to help each other if either nation is attacked in a “breakthrough” new partnership announced ...

North Korea’s exploitation of growing rifts between Russia and the West, paired with its seemingly insatiable ambitions for advanced nuclear capabilities, should prompt a substantial reevaluation in ...

Now backed by Russia, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is less likely to be open to the kind of diplomacy we saw in Trump’s… ...

North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has sought to upgrade his nuclear and other weapons programs and find new diplomatic partners for his pariah government since his diplomacy with President ...