North Korea has ramped up its rhetoric, but stopped short of provoking a fight. Pyongyang, buoyed by ties with Moscow, remains wary of its military inferiority to South Korea, the US and Japan.
Putin paying for 100,000 North Korean troops helps him delay a second mobilization: ISW
North Korea’s manpower injection for the Kremlin allows Russian leader Vladimir Putin to avoid another political stumbling block at home, according to the Institute for the Study of War. The …
Russia is dropping millions on pay for up to 100,000 North Korean soldiers. They’re unlikely to see much of it.
Russia is paying $2,000 a month for each North Korean soldier, per reports. But the soldiers, who could number 100,000, probably won’t see any of it.
North Korean leader calls for expanding nuclear forces in face of alleged US threats
causing property damage but so far no injuries. On at least two occasions, trash carried by North Korea’s balloons fell on Seoul’s presidential compound, raising concerns about the vulnerability of …
S. Korea reviews measures to reclaim loans to N. Korea over destruction of land routes
The unification ministry said Monday it is reviewing measures to reclaim loans granted to North Korea for building inter-Korean roads and train tracks after the North blew them up in October. The …
S. Korea reviews measures to reclaim loans to N. Korea over destruction of land routes
The unification ministry said Monday it is reviewing measures to reclaim loans granted to North Korea for building inter-Korean roads and train tracks after the North blew them up in October. The …
AI, North Korea, Trump: What Biden and Xi discussed in their final face-to-face meeting
President Joe Biden met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC conference in Lima, Peru — their last meeting of Biden’s presidency.
In their final talks, Biden is expected to press China’s Xi on North Korea’s ties with Russia
President Joe Biden is expected to use his final meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping to urge him to dissuade North Korea from further deepening its backing of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
North Korea has sent Russia 50 self-propelled howitzers and 20 multiple-launch rocket systems – FT
The Financial Times has reported that North Korea has sent Russia around 50 M1989 Koksan self-propelled howitzers and 20 multiple-launch rocket systems, some of which have been deployed to Kursk Oblast.
Biden praises cooperation at meeting with South Korean, Japanese leaders amid North Korea worries
President Joe Biden on Friday praised the cooperation between South Korea, Japan and the U.S. at countering what he described as North Korea’s “dangerous and destabilizing cooperation with Russia.” …