North Korea

The Russian president skipped tacking on Pyongyang to his China visit, but growing ties between Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un are worrying Xi Jinping.

The Justice Department alleges an Arizona woman and others helped foreign workers with North Korean connections get freelance gigs at U.S. companies.

Kim Ki Nam’s career spanned six different decades and included collaboration with all three of North Korea’s leaders.

Vladimir Putin was inaugurated as Russia’s president for another six-year term and is now focused squarely on the war in Ukraine—and the alliances he needs to secure a victory.

The assault adds to North Korea’s understanding of how its munitions might perform should it attack Japan or South Korea, two countries whose defenses are increasingly integrated with the U.S.

The U.N. panel that investigates and monitors the enforcement of sanctions on the country is set to end after Russia vetoed an extension of its mandate.

North Korea has dismantled streetlights on some of the few inter-Korean roads, highlighting a new type of hatred.

The leaders aim to improve military coordination amid worries about North Korea’s nuclear program and China’s influence efforts in Pacific.

The U.S. says the Russian veto was aimed at shielding Moscow’s arms transfers.

The country was the first to close its border in the pandemic. It still hasn’t fully emerged.