At the unveiling of a towering bronze sculpture of North Korean and Russian soldiers in combat, Kim Jong Un praised troops who chose death over capture while fighting in Ukraine. It was a striking and unusually explicit acknowledgment of Pyongyang’s long-suspected battlefield doctrine.

Kim lauded fallen troops in Kursk for choosing "without hesitation the path of self-detonation and self-death."

Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov has arrived in North Korea, Russia's defence ministry said on Sunday, the second senior Russian official to visit Pyongyang in

Russia has stated it will continue to develop military cooperation with North Korea at the United Nations. Since invading Ukraine in February 2022, Russia has strengthened military collaboration, including deploying North Korean troops.

The project, which began about a year ago, is "an ​important business" to boost bilateral cooperation including tourism, trade and the movement of people, KCNA sa

The nation’s ascent from a rogue state to a full-fledged atomic power means it may soon have a globally relevant deterrent.

Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said on Sunday that it was a “great honor” to take part in an inauguration ceremony of a military memorial in Pyongyang.

Russia and North Korea have celebrated the completion of a major new road bridge linking the two nations, with the controversial crossing expected to open as early as June. The project – spanning the Tumen River on the remote Far Eastern border – marks the first-ever direct road connection between Russia and the secretive state often dubbed the “world’s most dangerous country”.